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Jolly Roger is the traditional English name for the ensign flown to identify a pirate ship preceding or during an attack, during the early 18th century (the latter part of the Golden Age of Piracy). The vast majority of such flags flew the motif of a human skull, or “Death's Head”, often accompanied by other elements, on a black field ...
A French-Breton pirate. She raided French towns and ships in the English Channel. John Crabbe: d. 1352: 1305–1332 Flanders: Flemish pirate known for his successful use of a ship-mounted catapult. Once won the favor of Robert the Bruce and acted as a naval officer for England during the Hundred Years' War (after being captured by King Edward III.)
Pirate ships include ships operated by pirates and used for conducting piracy upon the seas, bays, and rivers. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 ...
While dead men tell no tales, we have uncovered all the gripping details about 13 famous pirates who ruled the high seas. Stay with us to find out why Mary Read dressed as a man, Charles Vane was ...
Queen Anne's Revenge was an early-18th-century ship, most famously used as a flagship by Edward Teach, better known by his nickname Blackbeard.The date and place of the ship's construction are uncertain, [3] and there is no record of its actions prior to 1710 when it was operating as a French privateer under the name La Concorde.
Ilya Podogin – Soviet SSN, Icebound by Dean Koontz, 1995. USS Independence – fictional Wasp -class amphibious assault ship where a large part of The Swarm by Frank Schätzing takes place, 2004. Indra – schooner, Secret Sea by Robb White, 1947. HMS Iphigenia – frigate, The Fighting Temeraire by John Winton, 1971.
Bartholomew Roberts (17 May 1682 – 10 February 1722), born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who was, measured by vessels captured, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. [2] During his piratical career, he took over 400 prize ships, although most were mere fishing boats. [3][4] Roberts raided ships off the Americas and the ...
Whydah Gally[1] / ˈhwɪdə ˈɡæli, ˈhwɪdˌɔː / (commonly known simply as the Whydah) was a fully rigged ship that was originally built as a passenger, cargo, and slave ship. On the return leg of her maiden voyage of the triangle trade, Whydah Gally was captured by the pirate Captain Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy, beginning a new role in the ...