Gentlemen pirates (Fix)

[whitedragonking]

Stede Bonnet (c. 1688[1] – 10 December 1718[2])[3] was an early 18th-century Barbadian pirate, sometimes called "The Gentleman Pirate"[4] because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados, and inherited the family estate after his father's death in 1694. In 1709, he married Mary Allamby, and engaged in some level of militia service. Because of marital problems, and despite his lack of sailing experience, Bonnet decided to turn to piracy in the summer of 1717. He bought a sailing vessel, named it Revenge, and traveled with his paid crew along the Eastern Seaboard of what is now the United States, capturing other vessels and burning other Barbadian ships.

 

Ah British pirates

Google for more info but at a time British ships privater ships pirate from France and america and many others.

They call them selfs Gentlemen pirates because they had normal non-criminal lives before becoming a pirate. some even in the royal navy

[Wunderwaffen1945]

Nice found +1

[whitedragonking]

Wunderwaffen1945, on 04 January 2013 - 08:26 AM, said:

Nice found +1

thanks :)

[sgtpepper500]

Nice find(+1)

[PrototypeRewired]

Nice bit of info.