An anti piracy tactic from the classical world.

[Fovea]

The pirates generally want an ocean going vessel they can operate out of like a base?

Fine. At some point offer the pirates a trojan horse they can't refuse
from the black market.
Wait a decent period to let them settle in.

Then detonate the mines stuck to their keel on Pay per View.

[Bicoastal]

1. I say we take out the modern pirates the same way we eliminated the old ones...

...with a lot of embarrassing jokes about their ridiculous costumes.

[bbinacan]

2. I like it, n/t

[Ian David]

3. We could just equip all our vessels with Corbomite devices. n/t

[liberalmuse]

4. Funny, I had read in many books when I was younger...

that all it took to tame a pirate was a comely wench:

[doctor jazz]

5. Spike their rum with estrogen.

:rofl:

[lumberjack_jeff]

6. Release the Rodents of Unusual Size. n/t

[jpak]

11. What you really need is a holocaust coat, a wheelbarrow and a french giant

They will scatter like cockroaches every time...

:evilgrin:

[taterguy]

7. Pirates discover the explosives and take the ship straight to the Suez Canal or vital shipping lane

Smooth move Exlax

[Fovea]

9. I havent heard of a single Scuba diver

associated with Somalian Pirates.
I doubt most of them would be safe around a scuba tank, let alone a regulator.

What part of remote triggering a limpet mine aint you gettin, Einstein?

[taterguy]

10. Until 1993 no one had heard of a Somalian taking out a Blackhawk helicopter

What part of Murphy's Law ain't you getting Stephen Hawking?

[Fovea]

12. The part where an illiterate somali

from a glorified skif with an AK 47 and a bag of lentils
somehow manages to find a limpet mine the size of a big suitcase fused to the hull
of a container ship. Disarm it, and re-purpose it.

[pscot]

8. Aargh, matey. Tie 'em across a canon's mouth

and blast 'em straght to hell.