1722 in piracy

none See also 1721 in piracy, 1723 in piracy and Timeline of piracy. This article covers 1722 in piracy. Events Caribbean Sea March - English ship Greyhound Galley seized and robbed by Spaniards.Defoe Daniel https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/17001 A general history of the pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present time T. Warner 1724 2nd 1724 38-39 March–April - Matthew Luke, an Italian guarda costa privateer, plunders four British vessels, killing all aboard.Gosse Phillip The Pirates' Who's Who https://www.gutenberg.org/files/19564/19564-h/19564-h.htm 2024-06-10 www.gutenberg.org Burt Franklin 1924 978-1605970462 May - Luke attacks English war vessel Lanceston, mistaking it for a merchant ship. He and his crew are captured and brought to Jamaica, where all but seven of his crew are hanged. August - Under the command of Thomas Anstis, John Fenn's ship, the Morning Star, wrecks on Grand Cayman.Wells David A Brief History of the Cayman Islands October 1, 2018 The West India Committee 17 West Africa February 5 - Bartholomew Roberts' consort vessel, Ranger, captured by Chaloner Ogle.Capt Bartholomew Roberts (c.1682 - 1722) https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-106872 2024-06-10 Royal Museums Greenwich February 10 - Roberts' ship, Royal Fortune, is overtaken and defeated by Ogle in Swallow. Roberts is killed and his crew is captured.Cordingly David Under the Black Flag: the romance and the reality of life among the pirates Random House Trade Paperbacks 2006 978-0-307-76307-5 New York xix March 28 - 52 of Roberts' pirates are sentenced to death at Cape Coast Castle. Deaths Bartholomew Roberts' Crew In total, 118 pirates in Roberts' crew die after being defeated by Chaloner Ogle. 14 crew members are killed on board Roberts' vessels during the battle with Ogle:Defoe Daniel A general history of the pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present time T. Warner 1724 2nd 321-326 February 5 - 10 killed on vessel Ranger February 10 - 3 killed on vessel Royal Fortune February 10 - Bartholomew Roberts, who reportedly robbed 470 vessels in his career, killed in action off Cape López.Lane Kris Piracy in the Early Modern Era : An Anthology of Sources Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated 2019 9781624668241 xiii 104 of Roberts' pirates are executed or killed by the Vice Admiralty Court:Breverton Terry Breverton's Nautical Curiosities: A Book of the Sea September 1, 2010 Lyons Press 978-1599219790 1st 268, 269 52 crew members, including Christopher Moody, Israel Hynde (maybe Israel Hands), are executed by hanging on April 3–20 at Cape Coast Castle. 15 crew members die of wounds en route to Cape Coast Castle. 4 crew members die in the castle dungeons while awaiting trial and/or hanging. 13 of 17 members sentenced to Marshalsea Prison die during the passage to London. All 20 members sentenced to 7 years of labor in the Cape Coast mines die before finishing their sentence. 1 of 2 members with respited guilty sentences dies (unknown if by execution or natural causes). References Piracy Category:Piracy by year Category:1722 in military history