"Stuart" wrote:

I believe that during WWII we had some special ships, just looked
like
ordinary merchant ships but with concealed armaments. Should deploy
a few
of those, wait for the pirates to turn up and blow the *******s out
of the
water - no questions asked.


Firearms leave a trail.

Give me a vessel equipped as a fire boat.

Wash the decks CLEAN with 1,500 GMM from an 8" nozzle.

About like washing bug splatter from the windshield of your car.

Ship would be clean with nothing to trace except sea water and you're
providing something for the sharks to investigate.

Lew