Captain Samuel Bellamy, aka 'Black Sam' Bellamy (d. 1717), was a British pirate active during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730). Bellamy’s final ship Whydah was wrecked off Cape Cod in a storm, and the pirate captain drowned along with almost all of his crew. The wreck was rediscovered in 1984, and many artefacts from it have since been rescued which collectively give a fascinating insight into both the plunder and equipment of an 18th-century pirate ship.
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1716Samuel Bellamy is a memebr of the pirate crew led by Benjamin Hornigold.
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Mar 1717The British pirate Samuel Bellamy captures the slave ship Whydah in the Bahamas.
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Apr 1717The British pirate Samuel Bellamy dies when his ship Whydah is shipwrecked off Cape Cod.
