The Island Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 (edited) I dont know if this has been started, I thought it would be cool to start a list of all pirate ships with names. If you guys know any other names these captains used please add them. To be continued.... William Kidd- Adventure Galley, Galley-Frigate 34 Guns Adventure Prize (formerly Queda Merchant ex-Moorish Ship) 34 Guns 400 tons John Bowen- Speaking Trumpet, ex-slaver 50 guns 450 tons Speedy Return, Brig Blackbeard- Queen Anne's Revenge, ex-French slaver flute 40 guns 250 tons Adventure, sloop 6 Guns Bartholomew Roberts Little Ranger, sloop 10 Guns Good Fortune, Brig 18 Guns (Anstis ran off w/ it) Royal Rover, sloop-of-war 32 Guns Royal Fortune (several ships, same name)Frigate 42 Guns Sea King, Brig 30 Guns Thomas Anstis- ran off with the Good Fortune, Brig 18 Guns John Evans- Scowerer, sloop 4 Guns Thomas Cocklyn- Wyndham Galley, ex-slaver 24 Guns Speakwell, sloop 24 Guns Samuel Bellamy- Sultana, British ship-rigged galley 26 Guns Whydah, ex- British slaver 28 Guns 300 tons Charles Vane Ranger (several ships, same name), sloop, brig, Lark, sloop 6 Guns Christopher Condent- Flying Dragon (later renamed Fiery Dragon) sloop 10 Guns 150 tons Louis Guittar- La Paix, (Peace) 20 Guns Mounted and 8 in the hold Pink Joseph Bannister- Golden Fleece, 30 Guns Jean Hamlin- Trompeuse(Deceiver) French Royal Frigate 32 Guns La Nouvelle Trompeuse(The New Deceiver) Philip Lyne- Sea Nymph, sloop James Skyrme- Ranger William Moody- Rising Sun, 35 Guns Olivier La Buse- Postillion, sloop 8 Guns Indian Queen, Brig 28 Guns ?, Brig 14 Guns (Johnson qoutes when he meets Davis) Palgrave Williams- Marianne, sloop Richard Worley- Eagle, sloop 8 Guns John Cole- New York's Revenge Revenge, sloop 6 Guns Benjamin Hornigold- Ranger, Benjamin, Spanish Sloop 10 Guns Happy Return, sloop Mary, sloop Adventure, sloop 10 Guns 20 tons Joseph Cooper The Night Rambler William Fly- Fame's Revenge (Formerly ex-British slaver Elizabeth) Snow John Halsey- Charles Henry Avery- Fancy, 46 Guns John Phillips- Revenge Robert Sample- Flying King, (formerly Mercury) sloop 4 Guns Matthew Luke- Vengence or Venganza, Brig John Taylor- Cassandra Victory, (formerly Fancy under England) Frigate 34 Guns Francis Spriggs- Delight(formerly Squirrel see Low) 12 Guns George Lowther- Happy Delivery, Merchant 16 Guns Thomas Tew- Amity, sloop 16 Guns Liberty, sloop 8 Guns 80 tons Robert Culliford- Mocha Edward England- Royal James, Pearl Fancy, (formerly Dutch Ship) Frigate 34 Guns 300 tons Stede Bonnet- Revenge (later renamed Royal James), sloop 12 Guns 60 tons John Gow- Revenge, Merchant 18 Guns John Quelch- Charles, Brig 80 tons John Rackham- Ranger (replaced Vane as captain), brig William, sloop 6 Guns 12 tons Samuel Burgess- Pembroke, sloop Margaret Thomas Howard- Prosperous, 36 Gun Edward Low- Fancy, Scooner 10 Guns 80 tons Rose Pink, ex-French man-of-war sloop Squirrel, ex- British man-of-war sloop 12 Guns (given to Spriggs renamed Delight) Ranger, (Unknown given to Charles Harris consort) sloop 8 Guns Merry Christmas, large ship 34 Guns William Dampier- Roebuck, 292 tons George Booth- Speaker, ex-British slave ship 50 Guns 450 tons Charles Yeates- Katherine, Bermuda sloop 8 or 10 Guns Nathaniel North- Defiance, Indian Frigate 56 Guns Howell Davis- Rover, sloop 32 Guns and 27 Swivels Nicholas Brown- Blessing Henry Jennings- Diamond, sloop 4 Guns St. Marie, French frigate 32 Guns Barsheba, sloop 8 Guns 40 tons John Martel- John and Marshall, Galley 22 Guns Nicholas Woodall- Wolf, sloop 30 tons Charles Harris, Ranger, sloop 8 Guns John Fenn, Morning Star, Brig 32 Guns Antelope, Sloop 24 Guns Lane, Queen Anne's Revenge (formerly Elizabeth and Katherine) sloop 6 Guns Edited April 5, 2010 by The Island My favorite pirate ship name "The Night Rambler" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Island Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 Does anyone have the ship names for Emanuel Wynn, Black Caesar, Nicholas Brown, John Fenn? I ran out of captains and ships my brain is shutting down. My favorite pirate ship name "The Night Rambler" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 May I make a suggestion? The list might be more useful if it included other information where it is known: type, guns, tonnage, crew etc. Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Jack Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 (edited) Here is a reformated version, w/ a new name and ship types: William Kidd- Adventure Galley, Galley-Frigate New York Revenge John Bowen- Speaking Trumpet, Speedy Return Blackbeard- Queen Anne's Revenge, flute 40 guns Adventure, sloop Bartholomew Roberts Little Ranger, Good Fortune, Royal Rover, Royal Fortune (several ships, same name) Thomas Anstis- ran off with the Good Fortune John Evans- Scowerer Thomas Cocklyn- Wyndham Galley Speakwell Samuel Bellamy- Whydah Charles Vane Ranger (several ships, same name), sloop, brig, Christopher Condent- Flying Dragon (later renamed Fiery Dragon) sloop Louis Guittar- La Paix, pink Joseph Bannister- Golden Fleece Jean Hamlin- Trompeuse La Nouvelle Trompeuse Philip Lyne- Sea Nymph James Skyrme- Ranger William Moody- Rising Sun Olivier La Buse- Postillion Palgrave Williams- Mary Anne, sloop Richard Worley- Eagle John Cole- New York's Revenge Revenge Benjamin Hornigold- Ranger, Benjamin Joseph Cooper The Night Rambler William Fly- Fame's Revenge John Halsey- Charles Henry Avery- Fancy John Phillips- Revenge Robert Sample- Flying King Matthew Luke- Vengence or Venganza John Taylor- Cassandra Francis Spriggs- Delight(formerly Squirrel) George Lowther- Happy Delivery Thomas Tew- Amity Liberty Robert Culliford- Mocha Edward England- Royal James, Pearl Stede Bonnet- Revenge (later renamed Royal James), sloop John Gow- Revenge John Quelch- Charles?? John Rackham- Ranger (replaced Vane as captain), brig The William, sloop Samuel Burgess- Jacob, Margaret William Condon- Fiery Dragon (formerly Condent's Flying Dragon) Thomas Howard- Prosperous Edward Low- Fancy, Rose Pink, Squirrel, Ranger, Merry Christmas William Dampier- Roebuck George Booth- Speaker John Yeates- Katherine Nathaniel North- Defiant Edited April 1, 2010 by Tartan Jack -John "Tartan Jack" Wages, of South Carolina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 (edited) Further data: Bonnet's Revenge/Royal James initially had 10 guns, but was later up-armed to 12 guns, probably when he landed at Nassau after the fight with the Spanish warship where he was wounded. That's in Lindley Butler, Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast. Rackham's William was only 12 tons burthen, per Cordingly, Under the Black Flag, p. 56. Henry Avery's Fancy had 46 guns, according to the East India Company's letter of 1694 to the Lords Justices. Jameson, Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period, p. 154. I could have sworn that I read somewhere that the ship Edward England commanded when he fought MacRae in 1720 was also named the Fancy, but I can't find the reference. Maybe Botting? And are we really sure that "Christopher Condent" and "William Condon" are two different people? Edited April 1, 2010 by Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Howell Davis's last ship was called the Rover, and had 32 guns and 27 swivels according to Johnson's 1724 General History of the Pyrates, p. 187. I'm not sure if this is the same ship as Bartholomew Roberts' Royal Rover. Do we really want to try to list the crews of the ships? That would seem to me to be an impossible task, with people constantly dying from illness or injuries, volunteering to join the crew, getting forced, leaving the ship with their injury compensations, and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 And are we really sure that "Christopher Condent" and "William Condon" are two different people? Nope, we're sure that they're the same person - debate surrounds the forename, might also have been Edmund. Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captscurvy_nc Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Blackbeard had three ships under his command if my memory serves me correctly. The Queen Anne's Revenge, Adventurer and the Revenge (I think? I know it waas Stede Bonnet's ship before he was "offered" the chance to join with Blackbeard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Island Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 I hope we can make a master list of all of them and agree with Foxe on adding type of ship and guns she carried. Thank you Daniel and Tartan for the help also. I did not know Condon was Condent makes sense how similar the name is. My favorite pirate ship name "The Night Rambler" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Island Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 (edited) I hope we can make a master list of all of them and agree with Foxe on adding type of ship and guns she carried. Thank you Daniel and Tartan for the help also. I did not know Condon was Condent makes sense how similar the name is. Dont forget if, i was a pirate and had a ship, she would be called Rosey Palm and Her Five Sisters... Tartan Jack lets go with your list if you want to captain this project and add the guns and ship type on your revised list and also put what Daniel has added? Edited April 1, 2010 by The Island My favorite pirate ship name "The Night Rambler" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Actually, since it's your post at the top of the topic, you would be the best person to keep track of the info by editing your first post as things are added. People usually look at two things in topics like this: 1) The first post and 2) The most recently added post. (Trust me, years of experience doing such things bear this out.) Plus if one person is keeping track of the data, they can create a consistent format to make the list more readable, and thus more useful for research. (The web is a great way to generate useful research information of this sort, especially when we cite our sources.) I also find it's a good idea to give credit to the folks who added things to the list. That way we know who to blame praise when the list comes under scrutiny. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Jack Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 (edited) And are we really sure that "Christopher Condent" and "William Condon" are two different people? Nope, we're sure that they're the same person - debate surrounds the forename, might also have been Edmund. Thanks. I'd not heard the end of that debate. I knew they maybe were, but not if they were for sure. Also, if anyone wants to update the list, please feel free! Add the ship type, cannon and other pertinent info. Edited April 1, 2010 by Tartan Jack -John "Tartan Jack" Wages, of South Carolina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Jack Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 (edited) I hope we can make a master list of all of them and agree with Foxe on adding type of ship and guns she carried. Thank you Daniel and Tartan for the help also. I did not know Condon was Condent makes sense how similar the name is. Mission's right. Cut and paste the list from my above post, which IS your list, just spaced different to allow space for ship type, guns, and other relevant info. The main list should be in post 1 (and a sticky). As that's your list (and a GREAT start, by the way!), add to it. I'd be glad to be list capt & update it, but . . . Unless we start a new thread and lock this one, there is no way my post can be the main one. I have no mod powers. Edited April 1, 2010 by Tartan Jack -John "Tartan Jack" Wages, of South Carolina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Island Posted April 3, 2010 Author Share Posted April 3, 2010 (edited) made alot of updates on ships. Edited April 3, 2010 by The Island My favorite pirate ship name "The Night Rambler" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Very nice! I haven't seen research of this nature really take off on this forum until now. I wish I had focused on the topic so I could add to it. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Island Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 I added quite a few also added a Pirate named Lane, Does anyone know his first name he sailed with England describes in detail his boat in Johnson's book? My favorite pirate ship name "The Night Rambler" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 That's odd. I thought I posted the name of the Black Joke, commanded by Benito de Soto, but it seems to be gone now. De Soto was a 19th century pirate, though; are we going to include them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Jack Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 2 notes: 1)Condent's Flying Dragon and Fiery Dragon are the same boat renamed, not 2. It was destroyed in the same harbor as Kidd's Adventure Galley sank. The expedition looking for Kidd's ship stumbled upon the Dragon too. Could that entry be: Christopher Condent/William Condon- Flying Dragon (later renamed Fiery Dragon) sloop 10 Guns 150 tons Fiery Dragon (rename of above) Benito de Soto Black Joke 2) Thanks for the work! As Foxe noted in the thread that inspired this one . . . It is striking how many were actually 20-30 guns, larger than the "classic" sloop. -John "Tartan Jack" Wages, of South Carolina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Jack Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 made alot of updates on ships. Your doing a GREAT job! Awesome list, a lot of work and very, very interesting. -John "Tartan Jack" Wages, of South Carolina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Island Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 I was trying to keep it around the Golden Age of Piracy thats why, i did not include the Black Joke, I put Dampier in because he had a ship Roebuck during that time. Thanks My favorite pirate ship name "The Night Rambler" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sea haugh Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 John Taylor with Cassandra at Portobelo was rechristened by the Spanish with great ceremony. New name Unknown , was he still a pirate of sorts thereafter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 While this list does contain a lot of valid info, it also contains several errors. (I know because I used it in my Surgeon's Quarters article and have received more than a little criticism of the veracity of that content.) Unfortunately, since the information presented here is not properly sourced, the errors cannot be easily identified and thus it is not very valuable if you want to do effective research. I am working on a list of sourced golden age pirate's ships. I am currently reading through all the court accounts (which is where a lot of the ship info seems to come from), their burthen, men and guns. When I am done with that, I am going to read Ed Fox's Pirates in Their Own Words (and, if it comes out in time, Pirates in Their Own Words II), which contains a variety of period sources not found elsewhere. I also want to go through John Franklin Jameson's Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period, look through the Johnson's General History (which while not actually a primary source has ship data from what I believe are court and newpaper accounts) and Dow & Edmonds The Pirates of the New England Coast (again, not primary, but many of their sources are period newspaper accounts). Once I am finished with all that, I will update my article information so that it contains only sourced ship info. I should note that I am doing that while continuing to write my regular monthly pirate surgeon articles, so it will probably be a year or more before I have this completed. That's the trouble with proper research - it takes time. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RisingSun Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Mission you stated this list contains several errors could you please tell us what errors those are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 No, I honestly can't...which is the real problem with the list. It cites no sources, so there's no way to verify it. I used it for an article I wrote several years ago and people occasionally point out errors to me in my list. (This happens sporadically, so I don't remember the complaints. But, one example I do recall: Nicholas Woodall wasn't a pirate and so doesn't belong on the list.) I have been trying to go through the period sources and create my own list so I can correct the one in my on-line article, but it's a very tedious, time-consuming project because you have to read all the contemporary sources and record mentions of the ships, noting who had them, when they had them, how many men and guns the ship had (which usually changes - sometimes dramatically - during the tenure of ownership) and what type of ship it was. Some of this can be really difficult to figure out because the period documents occasionally identify ships by the wrong name, wrong ship type and wrong captain (or are sometimes given an aliases). So I wouldn't rely on this list to be accurate. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalJames Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Perhaps these sites can be helpful: https://www.threedecks.org http://www.historylogbook.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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