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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.
June 21 - Bartholomew Roberts invades the harbor of Trepassey, Newfoundland, plundering 22 vessels and burning all but one. July - Roberts captures nine or ten French vessels off the Grand Banks and commandeers a new ship, the 26-gun Fortune. Aboard the Fortune, Roberts proceeds to take ten English vessels, then sails back toward the Caribbean.
They were later used by buccaneers and pirates such as John Phillips, Edward Low and Bartholomew Roberts. Buccaneers operated under a ship's articles that, among other things, governed conduct of the crew. These "articles of agreement" became authority independent of any nation, and were variously called the Chasse-Partie, Charter Party, Custom ...
February 10 - Bartholomew Roberts, who reportedly robbed 470 vessels in his career, killed in action off Cape López. [7] 104 of Roberts' pirates are executed or killed by the Vice Admiralty Court: [8] 52 crew members, including Christopher Moody, Israel Hynde (maybe Israel Hands), are executed by hanging on April 3–20 at Cape Coast Castle. [6]
Bartholomew Roberts was killed at the very beginning of the battle during the second broadside unleashed by the ship of the line. Several men were killed or wounded on both sides and 272 pirates taken prisoner in all. Many were wounded and died in captivity on their way to the prison of Cape Coast Castle. Fifty-four pirates were hanged for ...
That October off St. Lucia, Bartholomew Roberts took over a dozen vessels, [2] Greyhound included. Captured, Skyrme signed their Articles and joined Roberts’ crew while Roberts burned Greyhound. [3] Two French ships attacked Roberts in April 1721, but were themselves captured by the pirates.
Ogle was given command of the fourth-rate HMS Swallow in March 1719 and saw action against the pirate fleet of Bartholomew Roberts in the Battle of Cape Lopez in February 1722. [3] Ogle spotted three of Roberts' ships at anchor and initially pretended to flee: the pirate ship Ranger under Captain James Skyrme gave pursuit and was captured by ...
Along his way he spawned the career of Bartholomew Roberts, among others. In 1720, near the African island of Comoros , England and his men got into a violent conflict with James Macrae . After 10 days of hiding on an island, England and Macrae agreed to a peace deal, upsetting England's crew; he was subsequently voted out as captain and ...