The Brave, But unlucky Pirate(Charles Vane)

Certainly one of the most skillful pirate Captains. Charles Vane, an English man whos skills in combat were unmatched. Unfortanly he was not social. He did not get along with his crew... and that eventually lead to the end of his career which started in 1716 where he was a crew member under Henry Jennings. When Jennings left the crew with a Pardon from Wodes Rogers, Vane took control of the vessel and continued sailing. He quikly became infamous when others knew of his murderous ways of destroying vessels and torturing prisoners. He was one of the few pirates that did not accept the king's pardon letter. Vane had lost his most prize possession a slave ship to his second and command. He then attacked a vessel expecting very little resistence, but soon found out that it was a well armed french military ship, so he fled. Skillful as he was, he quickly captured a couple of small ships and rebuilt his pirate fleet. However, while they were at the Bay of Honduras , hurricane wrecked his ships. Almost entire crew drowned. Vane and another survivor somehow stranded on a small fisherman's island. They were waiting for any kind of a ship that would rescue them. Unfortunately, his “rescuer” was the former buccaneer, Captain Holford, who knew Vane well. He imprisoned and extradited him to authorities in Port Royal. Vane was put on trial, found guilty and hung in the November 1720.