1722 in piracy
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See also 1721 in piracy, 1723 in piracy and Timeline of piracy.
Events[edit]
Atlantic Ocean[edit]
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Caribbean Sea[edit]
- March - Greyhound Galley seized and robbed by Spanish subjects.
- March–April - Matthew Luke, Spanish guardacostas, plunders four British vessels, killing all aboard.
- May - Luke captured by HMS Lanceston, and brought to Jamaica. He is later hanged there with all but seven of his crew.
Indian Ocean[edit]
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West Africa[edit]
- February 5 - Bartholomew Roberts' consort vessel, Ranger, captured by Chaloner Ogle.
- February 10 - Roberts' ship, Royal Fortune, was overtaken and defeated by Ogle in HMS Swallow.[1] Roberts was killed and his crew captured.
- March 28 - 54 of Roberts' pirates are sentenced to death at Cape Coast Castle.
Deaths[edit]
February 10 - Bartholomew Roberts, who reportedly robbed 470 vessels in his career, killed in action off Cape López.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Cordingly, David (2006). Under the Black Flag: the romance and the reality of life among the pirates. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks. pp. xix. ISBN 978-0-307-76307-5.
- ^ Lane, Kris (2019). Piracy in the Early Modern Era : An Anthology of Sources. Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated. pp. xiii. ISBN 9781624668241.