What types of pirate ships? Ships used by pirates, privateers, buccaneers and filibusters. Their ships for boarding. What ships, what characteristics, what were they like, why? Whether they were Corsairs, Buccaneers, Filibusters, their ships were specially prepared to reach prey at sea. They knew that a ship carrying goods, usually carried few crew and sparsely … Continue reading Pirate ships: How and why were they like that?