Absolutely Mr Bridge, after all it worked before according to the records. Mind you that also was allied with a bounty of £20 per head of every pirate killed.

The "gunboats" (Sloops actually) worked and would work better than Q-ships because the "gunboats" were used not only to clobber the pirates at sea but also the ports from which they sailed. There was no such thing as an arrest or a trial, piracy on the high seas warranted death for those involved.