Monthly Archives: July 2024

Treasure! ARRR! When I began plunderin’ for the Fenwick Pyrate it was in pursuit of an alleged pyrate ghost, pyrate treasure, and a secret pyrate tunnel. Alas, the plunderin’ did not reveal any of those things. Well, there’s a tunnel and maybe a pyrate. In 1692, British privateer Robert Fenwick arrived in Charles Town onContinue reading “The Fenwick Pyrate”

Yer probably familiar with the ship names of some of the more (in)famous pyrates from the 17th and 18th centuries:  Henry Avery’s The Fancy, Bartholomew Roberts’ Revenge, Sam Bellamy’s Whydah Galley, William Kidd’s Adventure Galley, and Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge.  Intriguing names, to be sure, but when I stumbled upon a pyrate ship that hadContinue reading “The Fiery Dragon”