That way you don't lose too much money when the ship is captured.

"He'll have seen too many captured ships of the line brought in."

The ship is captured and has a ton of security on board.

The private ship had no real defenses and was easily captured.

The ship was almost captured, and we were fighting desperately.

For example, he sank or captured 25 ships in 10 days.

"For the good of the Empire, this ship must not be captured."

"But what could be the point of capturing an Iranian ship?"

The British also captured 11 other ships and destroyed six.

"You captured a whole ship just to get a suit of armor?"