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The capture of the sloop Ranger was a naval battle which occurred on June 10, 1723 near Block Island in the Atlantic Ocean. Two pirate ships under the command of Englishmen Edward Low and Charles Harris attacked HMS Greyhound , a post ship of the British Royal Navy which they mistook for a civilian whaler .
Rackham commanded William, a small but fast twelve-ton sloop during the action. Her armament was light, consisting of at least four cannons, and at the time of battle carried a crew of fourteen including Rackham and the pirates Mary Read and Anne Bonny. Calico Jack was originally a pirate under Captain Charles Vane, but
The History of the American Sailing Navy; The Ships and Their Development. New York: Norton, 1949. Canney, Donald L. The Old Steam Navy. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press, 1990. ISBN 0-87021-004-1 ISBN 0870215868
July 27 – Vane captures a sloop from Barbados and incorporates it in his fleet. July 29 – Vane captures the John and Elizabeth, looting some pieces of eight. Autumn Howell Davis leads a mutiny on Rogers' sloop Buck and turns back to piracy. He captures two French ships and a Spanish sloop off Hispaniola.
The pirates employed the same tactic as before, surprising the crew while they were distracted with the cargo. [33] Cofresí then mugged Anne ' s captain, Beagle ' s navigator John Low, stealing $20 from him. [30] The ship's crew was forced to leap overboard and were left behind while the pirates commandeered the vessel. [30]
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.)
There they encountered pirate trader John Plantain and fellow pirate Edward Condon. The pirates spent Easter of 1721 at the Mascarene Islands. [4] At Reunion Island in April 1721 Taylor, Levasseur, and Seagar captured probably the most valuable prize in pirate history, the 700-ton Portuguese treasure ship Nossa Senhora do Cabo (Our Lady of the ...
Adventure (1804 ship) was a French privateer captured in 1803. She became a whaler that made two voyages to the Southern Whale Fishery. She was wrecked in April 1808 as she set out on her third. Adventure (1834 ship) was a wooden sloop that was built in 1834 at Brisbane Water.