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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 ...
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 .
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 ...
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 .
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.
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 ...
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
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).