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Census • Pirates

James Skyrme Notes

Census Conflict Contemporaries Gallery Notes Person

Ships:	Ranger, unknown type, unknown guns, unknown men
The Pirates' Who's Who: (P. Gosse, 1924)	Welsh pirate. Hanged at the advanced age—for a pirate—of 44. Commanded the Ranger, one of Captain Roberts's ships that cruised in 1721 and 1722 off the West Coast of Africa. In the fight with the King's ship that took him he was very active... more	Welsh pirate. Hanged at the advanced age—for a pirate—of 44. Commanded the Ranger, one of Captain Roberts's ships that cruised in 1721 and 1722 off the West Coast of Africa. In the fight with the King's ship that took him he was very active with a drawn sword in his hand, with which he beat any of his crew who were at all backward. One of his legs was shot away in this action, but he refused to leave the deck and go below as long as the action lasted. He was condemned to death and hanged in chains. less