Thomas Anstis ( born Thomas Anstis , died in April 1723 ) is an English pirate who operated at the beginning of the 18th century during the Golden Age of Piracy under the command of Howell Davis and Bartholomew Roberts , who subsequently began his own career, robbing ships off the east coast of the American colonies in the Caribbean. .
| Thomas Enstis | |
|---|---|
| English Thomas anstis | |
| Place of Birth | Great Britain |
| Nationality |  England |
| Date of death | 1723 |
| Place of death | The Caribbean |
| Cause of death | killed by his team |
| Occupation | Pirate captain |
 External Images | |
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 | Thomas Enstys on the Cayman Islands stamp |
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Early career
Enstis was first mentioned as a member of the sloop squad Buck , who sailed from Providence in 1718 . During the journey, Thomas persuaded six other crew members to rebel, and at the same time they announced their intention to sail south as pirates. Howell Davis was elected captain. After the death of Davis, Bartholomew Roberts took his place, capturing several more ships. Enstis commanded one of them, the brigantine "Luck" ( English Good Fortune ).
Roberts, Fenn, and Admiral Flowers
On the night of April 18, 1721 , Roberts' ships approached Africa , but Enstis and his crew escaped from the others on "Fortune" and continued to hunt in the Caribbean. Between Haiti and Jamaica, they robbed two ships. At one of them, Irvine, they staged a gang rape over a woman, and then killed her. After that, they stopped for a krengi
Going further to Bermuda , Thomas noticed a treasure ship called the Morning Star, sailing from Guinea to Carolina. After its capture, the ship was equipped with 32 cannons and placed under the command of gunner John Fenn . Enstis chose to retain the command of less “Luck” because of its superior handling. Two ships continued to sail along the southeast coast. Soon, the members of the Morning Star team began to show dissatisfaction, as they were forced to become pirates, and decided to submit a petition for pardon to King George .
Having sailed to the island at Cape San Antonio near Cuba , the team waited for a response for the petition 9 months, until August 1722 , until their courier ship brought news that the petition had been ignored, and the king sent Admiral Sir John Flowers to destroy them. Heading south, they met Grand Cayman , where the Morning Star ran aground, and when the survivors were picked up by Good Luck, pirates were spotted on the HMS Hector and HMS Adventure ships and began to pursue. Enstis had to cut the anchor rope and run, subsequently on the oars, as the wind died down. Thomas lost about forty people at Grand Cayman, most of whom were captured by the landing party of the Royal Navy soldiers under the command of Flowers.
Enstis and Fenn (who escaped from Grand Cayman before the arrival of the soldiers) sailed to the Gulf of Honduras, ranged a ship on the island off the coast, capturing 3-4 ships along the way and replenishing the impoverished crew from the captives. Then Enstis headed for the Bahamas in early December 1722 . Along the way, he captured the Antelope sloop, which he added to his squadron, and the 24-gun ship that he assigned to Fenn.
The Last Days and Death
The pirates moored in Tobago in April 1723 , intending to rank their new ships, and they had just begun to do so, as noted by the English warship of John Flowers HMS Winchelsea . The pirates had to burn the ship and sloop and escape into the interior of the island, but the English sailors overtook them and captured them. Enstis again ran on his brigantine, but his team, discouraged by the setbacks, killed him sleeping in a hammock and captured those who were on his side. Then the rebels surrendered to the Dutch authorities in Curacao , accepted an amnesty from them, and the captured captives were hanged .
Literature
- Botting, Douglas. The Pirates (The Seafarers; v . 1 ) . Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1978. ISBN 0-8094-2652-8
- Burl, Aubrey (2006) Black Barty: Bartholomew Roberts and his pirate crew 1718-1723 . Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-4312-2
- Earle, Peter. The Pirate Wars . New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005. ISBN 0-312-33579-2
- Grosse, Philip, ed. A General History of the Pirates . London: Sainsbury, 1927.
- Lane, Kris E. Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas - 1500-1750 . London: ME Sharp, 1998. ISBN 0-7656-0256-3
- Rogozinski, Jan. Pirates !: Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend . New York: Da Capo Press, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80722-X
- Seitz, Don Carlos, Howard F. Gospel and Stephen Wood. Under the Black Flag: Exploits of the Most Notorious Pirates . Mineola, New York: Courier Dover Publications, 2002. ISBN 0-486-42131-7
- Steele, Philip. The World of Pirates . Boston: Kingfisher Publications, 2004. ISBN 0-7534-5786-5
- Encyclopedia "Pirates and robbers", Moscow, publishing house "Rosman", 2001.
Links
- Brethren of the Coast: Captain Thomas Anstis
- Thomas Enstys at the JOLLY ROGER: A History of Robbery