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  2. 1717 in piracy - Wikipedia

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    January – HMS Scarborough bombards and destroys several pirate vessels careening on St. Croix, stranding the pirate crew. Late February – Black Sam Bellamy in the Sultana takes the Whydah Gally near Jamaica and keeps it for his own use. April 1 – Benjamin Hornigold and a pirate named Napping capture a large armed sloop, the Bennet, out of ...

  3. Samuel Bellamy - Wikipedia

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    Captain Samuel Bellamy (c. 23 February 1689 – 26 April 1717), later known as "Black Sam" Bellamy, was an English sailor turned pirate during the early 18th century. He is best known as the wealthiest pirate in recorded history , and one of the faces of the Golden Age of Piracy .

  4. Whydah Gally - Wikipedia

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    After a three-day chase, Prince surrendered his ship near the Bahamas with only a desultory exchange of cannon fire. Bellamy decided to take Whydah Gally as his new flagship; several of her crew remained with their ship and joined the pirate gang. Pirate recruitment was most effective among the unemployed, escaped bondsmen, and transported ...

  5. Bold Venture - Wikipedia

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    Salty seadog Slate Shannon (Bogart) owns a Cuban hotel, Shannon's Place, [1] sheltering an assortment of treasure hunters, revolutionaries, and other shady characters. With his sidekick and ward, the sultry Sailor Duval (Bacall), tagging along, he encounters modern-day pirates and other tough situations while navigating the waters around Havana .

  6. Paulsgrave Williams - Wikipedia

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    Paulsgrave Williams (c. 1675 – after 1723), first name occasionally Paul, Palsgrave, or Palgrave, was a pirate who was active 1716–1723 and sailed in the Caribbean, American eastern seaboard, and off West Africa.

  7. Richard Noland - Wikipedia

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    Afterwards he returned to the Caribbean as a guarda costa privateer, captaining a ship alongside a Spaniard, Don Benito, with a mixed crew. [8] When the War of the Quadruple Alliance ended in early 1720, English and Spanish officials agreed to return ships captured by each other's privateers; the Spanish at St. Augustine agreed to make ...

  8. List of fictional ships - Wikipedia

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    Immer Essen ("Always Eating") – cruise ship, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, 1982; The Inferno – The Goonies, 1985; HMS Interceptor – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003; USS Intrepid – cruise ship in the film Intrepid, 2000 [4] Jenny – Forrest Gump, 1994; Jenny – tugboat in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, 1979

  9. Mutiny on the Bunny - Wikipedia

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    The short was released on February 11, 1950, and stars Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. [2] It is one of three nautical-themed shorts with Sam as a pirate, along with Buccaneer Bunny (1948) and Captain Hareblower (1954). The title is a reference to the film Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).