Sloops were commonly used pirate vessels: The 70 ton Revenge sloop armed with 70 men and 10 guns captained by Pirate Stede Bonnet, The Ranger of 6 guns and 60 men captained by Charles Vane, The Black Robbin of 6 guns and 25 men captained by Richard Worely, The Scowerer captained by John Evans with 4 guns and 6 men,
The Buck sloop of 6 or eight guns and 35 men, The Fortune sloop with 50 men captained by Bartholomew Roberts, The Revenge captained by George lowther with 8 guns and 10 swivels with 60 men, The Fancy sloop of 50 men captained by Edward low, The Ranger captained by Charles Harris.
The Sloop
The schooner was not a commonley used pirate vessel though the pirates Francis Spriggs, John Phillips, Edward Low,etc. used these vessels - mostly small schooners of 4 or 6 guns and a small canoe full of men. John Phillips captained The Revenge schooner of 11 men and 6 guns, Edward low captained a small schooner, and Francis Spriggs The Delight with 18 men and 12 guns. Though the most remembered pirate schooner is the one that took on Aaron Smith- an English sailor who after beating, and cruel comments he escaped and was aquitted at his trial for he was a honest man and married ashortly after his trial.
The Schooner
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The Buck sloop of 6 or eight guns and 35 men, The Fortune sloop with 50 men captained by Bartholomew Roberts, The Revenge captained by George lowther with 8 guns and 10 swivels with 60 men, The Fancy sloop of 50 men captained by Edward low, The Ranger captained by Charles Harris.
The Sloop
The schooner was not a commonley used pirate vessel though the pirates Francis Spriggs, John Phillips, Edward Low,etc. used these vessels - mostly small schooners of 4 or 6 guns and a small canoe full of men. John Phillips captained The Revenge schooner of 11 men and 6 guns, Edward low captained a small schooner, and Francis Spriggs The Delight with 18 men and 12 guns. Though the most remembered pirate schooner is the one that took on Aaron Smith- an English sailor who after beating, and cruel comments he escaped and was aquitted at his trial for he was a honest man and married ashortly after his trial.
The Schooner
Both these pictures were copy pasted from thepiratesrealm.com
