On the return leg of her maiden voyage of the triangle trade, Whydah Gally was captured by the pirate Captain Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy, beginning a new role in the Golden Age of Piracy.īellamy sailed Whydah Gally up the coast of colonial America, capturing other ships as he went along.
Whydah Gally / ˈ hw ɪ d ə ˈ ɡ æ l i, ˈ hw ɪ d ˌ ɔː/ (commonly known simply as the Whydah) was a fully rigged ship that was originally built as a passenger, cargo, and slave ship. Whydah was the flagship of a 5-ship fleet which included the Marianne, Mary Anne, Anne, and Fisher Recovered: More than 65, recovery ongoing Late night of 26 April 1717, Billingsgate, Cape Cod, Massachusetts Bay Colony 41★3′31″N 69★7′34″W / 41.892°N 69.9594°W / 41.892 -69.9594ġ985, by discovery of the ship's inscribed bell and a brass placard, both inscribed with ship's nameġ50 men at launch went down with 145 men & 1 boy (incl. Ruins under perpetual recovery and conservation private ownership and exclusive dive rights (later re-named Bellamy Cay) Caribbean Sea Crew of Captain/Commodore Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamyīlanco Islet, B.V.I.
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