Wreck-hunters have discovered the remains of a small 17th-century pirate ship ... indicates it was a tartane — a small ship with triangular lateen sails on two masts that could also be propelled ...

They believe it to be a 17th-century Barbary coast pirate ship ... designed to have a low profile when sailing near other ships. «I've seen tartanes described as 'low-level pirate ships,' which ...