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Master and Commander
Posts: 1431
| Subject: Yo-Ho-Ho and a bottle of milk
So I am a relative of the youngest pirate known today. 11 year old John King sailed with a pirate named Bellamy on the "Widah" in 1714. His remains were found on a dive which turned up a shoe, part of a stocking and a bone at the wreck site. He was a cabin boy. Pass the rum and watch your wallet when I'm around!!!! |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1431
| Subject: RE: Yo-Ho-Ho and a bottle of milk
I spelt dat wrong. It's "Wydah"....I think |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 877
| Subject: RE: Yo-Ho-Ho and a bottle of milk
Try again..it's Whydah... here's a link to a website on the wreck -
http://www.whydah.com/ |
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Plankowner
Posts: 5024
Location: Gulfport, MS | Subject: RE: Yo-Ho-Ho and a bottle of milk
A book about the "Whydah" first came out in Great Britain in 1999, and can still be found. I found it to be one of those "all-nighters" that I had trouble putting down... "The Black Ship, the Quest to Recover an English Pirate Ship and its Lost Treasure", Barry Clifford with Paul Perry Original publisher was Headline Book Publishing, published in the states by Cliff Street Books (Harper Collins) |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 606
Location: Citrus County FL | Subject: RE: Yo-Ho-Ho and a bottle of milk
Holy Cripe! What a randy bunch you are decended from -- you're telling us your great-great-great-grandfather was eleven years old when he died (was killed)? |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1431
| Subject: RE: Yo-Ho-Ho and a bottle of milk
As I understand the story, he was taken as a captive by the pirates from another ship but he wanted to join the band and was taken in as one of the crew (cabin boy). They only lasted about a year before the Whydah was lost in a big storm of the American coast though...... did I spell the Whydah right |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 6180
Location: Summerville, SC | Subject: RE: Yo-Ho-Ho and a bottle of milk
Went right over the top, Bill. |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 6180
Location: Summerville, SC | Subject: RE: Yo-Ho-Ho and a bottle of milk
Robert, I didn't know they had a band on Pirate ships. What did he play? |
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