21.   But a close examination by some historians has found that pirate ships may have been one of the earliest places in modern society where blacks attained equality with whites.

22.   Carranza said they have strong reason to believe the captured vessel was a pirate ship pouncing on merchant vessels going to and from the Subic Freeport.

23.   Cuban officials later claimed their fighter pilots mistook the Bahamian gunboat for a pirate ship.

24.   He said one patrol boat was hit by a small-arms fire from the suspected pirate ship.

25.   He said one patrol boat was hit by small-arms fire from the suspected pirate ship.

26.   Naval patrols seized a suspected foreign pirate ship following a brief chase and clash Saturday night in Philippine waters, officials said on Sunday.

27.   Naval patrols seized a suspected foreign pirate ship following a brief chase and clash Saturday night in Philippine waters, officials said Sunday.

28.   New information is coming from the discovery of sunken pirate ships and research into court documents, government correspondence and statements by victims of pirate violence.

29.   One featured a picture of a pirate ship manned by former presidents Carlos Menem and Fernando de la Rua and U.S. President George W. Bush.

30.   The identity of the other vessel is unclear, although Clifford thinks it may be a pirate ship because it was surrounded by iron cannons.