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In November 1718, Maynard was tasked with hunting down and capturing the notorious pirate Blackbeard. While leading HMS Pearl, Maynard lured Blackbeard into attacking his ship off the coast of North Carolina, and in the ensuing struggle Maynard and his crew killed Blackbeard. Expecting to be rewarded for his actions, Maynard was never fully ...
Maynard took command of the two armed sloops on 17 November. He was given 57 men—33 from HMS Pearl and 24 from HMS Lyme. Maynard and the detachment from HMS Pearl took the larger of the two vessels and named her Jane; the rest took Ranger, commanded by one of Maynard's officers, a Mister Hyde. Some from the two ships' civilian crews remained ...
Blackbeard fell for it and saw only an easy target and not a trap, taking only a few men with him on board. He swaggered on board and was ambushed, refusing to go down easily. According to the logs of Lieutenant Maynard and his commanding officer Captain Gordon, Blackbeard took over 24 cuts from the sword after seemingly fighting for hours.
Blackbeard’s formidable legend ended on November 22, 1718. In a bloody and gruesome battle, Teach was killed by Maynard himself. Pirate lore suggests Maynard decapitated the buccaneer and hung ...
The navy vessels lack cannons, so Blackbeard is tempted into a boarding action. Many of Maynards men remained below deck for cover, and upon his sign they storm on deck to engage the pirates in a fierce melee. Blackbeard approaches Maynard, who shoots him with his pistol, but this fails to stop him.
Blackbeard orders Maynard to remove a bullet from his neck, and demands sailor Gilly watch him. Gilly slips Maynard a note begging him to slit the pirate's throat, but Maynard declines. Maynard slips into the Blackbeard's quarters and finds Bellamy's logbook, which he hopes will contain evidence that Bellamy gave Morgan stolen goods.
Better known as Blackbeard. Died in battle against Robert Maynard [3] Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721–1773), Prussian cavalry lieutenant general: Died from syphilis [4] Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848), Italian opera composer Neurosyphilis [5] Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867), French poet [6]
With Maynard in command, the group finally located Blackbeard's ship, the Adventure, and attacked, resulting in his subsequent death and post-mortem decapitation by Maynard. [2] The Pearl remained in American waters until 1719, returning to Britain to be paid off in December 1719. [1]