Nothing sounds better to the ear than a firm, stern, and quickly memorable pirate name. When people became sea robbers, they often changed their names in order to make it difficult for the authorities to identify them. For others, the name change was purely symbolic: the newly minted pirates mastered not only new activity, but also absolutely new life, which some people preferred to log in with a new name.

In addition to the many pirate names, there are also many recognizable pirate nicknames. Nicknames have always been an integral part of gang culture, and pirates were no exception in this regard. We will tell you about the most common pirate nicknames, let’s look at their origins and give a list of the most popular ones.

• Blackbeard. The origin of the nickname is very trivial. had a thick black beard, and, according to legend, before battle he wove burning wicks into it, the smoke of which made him look like the devil himself from the underworld.
• Calico Jack. Nickname pirate, so he was dubbed for his love for various decorations made of chintz fabric.
• Spaniard Killer. This is exactly what they called the famous man who was cruel and ruthless towards the Spaniards.
• Red, Bloody Henry. Two nicknames that belonged to the famous pirate. The first nickname has a direct relation to the color of his hair, and the second - to his far from merciful deeds.
• Gentleman Pirates. A nickname given to him due to his aristocratic origins.
• Vulture. Nickname of a French pirate. It is not entirely clear why this nickname stuck to him; apparently, it somehow better reflected his character and temperament.
• Lanky John. Pirate nickname of a fictional pirate. In addition to this nickname, he had one more - Ham.
• Black Corsair. Nickname of the main character in the novel of the same name by Emilio Salgari.

These were the nicknames of the most famous real and fictional pirates. If you need unique thematic names, then in the Corsairs Online game, when creating a character, you have at your disposal a pirate nickname generator, you can try to pick up something interesting for yourself.

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Surnames and names of famous pirates

Pirates- these are sea and river robbers of any nationality, who at all times robbed ships of all countries and peoples.

The word "pirate" (lat. pirata) comes from the Greek. "to try, to experience" The meaning of the word pirate is a seeker of luck, a gentleman of fortune.

The word "pirate" came into use around the 4th-3rd centuries BC. e., and before that the concept of “laystes” was used, known since the time of Homer and closely associated with such concepts as robbery, murder, extraction. Piracy in its original form sea ​​raids appeared simultaneously with navigation and maritime trade. All coastal tribes who mastered the basics of navigation engaged in such raids. Piracy as a phenomenon is reflected in ancient poetry - in Ovid's poem "Metamorphoses" and the poems of Homer.

As trade and legal ties between countries and peoples developed, attempts were made to combat this phenomenon.

The pirates had own flag. The idea of ​​flying a pirate flag appeared in order to psychological impact on the crew of the attacked ship. For the purpose of intimidation, a blood-red flag was initially used, which was often depicted symbols of death: skeleton, skull, crossed bones, crossed sabers, death with a scythe, skeleton with a cup.

The most common method of pirate attack there was boarding (French abordage). The enemy ships approached side by side, grappled with boarding gear, and pirates jumped onto the enemy ship, supported by fire from the pirate ship.

Modern piracy

Currently, most pirate attacks occur in East Africa(Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique).

The area of ​​the Strait of Malacca in Southeast Asia is not free from pirate raids.

Types of pirates

Sea pirates

River pirates

Teucrians- Middle Eastern pirates in the 15th-11th centuries BC. They were destroyed by the united forces of the Greeks during the Trojan War.

Dolopians- Ancient Greek pirates (Skyrians), in the second half of the 6th century BC they settled on the island of Skyros. They hunted in the Aegean Sea.

Ushkuiniki- Novgorod river pirates who traded along the entire Volga up to Astrakhan, mainly in the 14th century.

Barbary pirates– pirates North Africa. Based in the ports of Algeria and Morocco.

Liquedelaires- pirates of the Northern European seas, descendants of the ancient Vikings.

Buccaneers – English name filibuster, synonymous with a pirate who operated in American waters.

Filibusters– 17th century sea robbers who robbed Spanish ships and colonies in America. The word comes from the Dutch "vrijbuiter", which means "free breadwinner".

Corsairs- this word appeared at the beginning of the 14th century from the Italian “corsa” and the French “la corsa”. IN wartime the corsair received from the authorities of his (or another) country a letter of marque (corsair patent) for the right to plunder enemy property. The corsair ship was equipped by a private shipowner, who bought a corsair patent or a letter of reprisal from the authorities. The captains and crew members of such a ship were called corsairs. In Europe, the word "corsair" was used by the French, Italians, Spaniards and Portuguese to refer to their own and foreign gentlemen of fortune. In the countries of the Germanic linguistic group, a synonym for corsair is privateer, V English speaking countries - privateer(from Latin word privatus - private).

Privateers- private individuals in the countries of the German language group who have received a license from the state (letter, patent, certificate, commission) to capture and destroy ships of enemy and neutral countries in exchange for a promise to share with the employer. This license in English was called Letters of Marque - letter of marque. The word "privateer" comes from the Dutch verb kepen or German kapern (to capture). German synonym for corsair.

Privateers is the English name for a privateer or corsair.

Pechelings (flexelings)- this is how Dutch privateers were called in Europe and the New World (America). The name comes from their main port of residence - Vlissingen. This term dates back to the mid-1570s, when Dutch sailors began to gain fame (plunder) around the world, and little Holland became one of the leading maritime countries.

Klefts (sea guides)– Greek pirates in the era Ottoman Empire, attacking mainly Turkish ships.

Wokou- pirates of Japanese origin who attacked the shores of China, Korea and Japan in the period from the 13th to the 16th centuries.

Surnames and names of famous pirates

Teuta- queen of the Illyrian pirates, III century. BC

Arouge Barbarossa I(1473-1518)

Khair ad-Din (Khizyr)(1475-1546), Barbarossa II

Nathaniel Butler(born 1578)

Hawkins John(1532-1595)

Francis Drake(1540-1596)

Thomas Cavendish(1560-1592)

Dragut-Rais(16th century)

Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin(c. 1645-1707)

Edward Teach(1680-1718), nicknamed "Blackbeard"

Jan Jacobsen(15(?)-1622)

Arundell, James(d. 1662)

Henry Morgan(1635-1688)

William Kidd(1645-1701)

Michel de Grammont

Mary Read(1685-1721)

Francois Ohlone(17th century)

William Dampier(1651-1715)

Abraham Blauvelt(16??-1663)

Olivier (Francois) le Vasseur, nicknames "La blues", "buzzard"

Edward Lau(1690-1724)

Bartholomew Roberts(1682-1722), nicknamed "Black Bart"

Jack Rackham(1682-1720), nicknamed "Calico Jack". It is believed that he is the author of the pirate symbol - the skull and crossbones.

Joseph Barss(1776-1824)

Henry Avery

Jean Ango

Daniel "The Destroyer" Montbard

Laurens de Graaf(17th century)

Zheng Shi(1785-1844)

Jean Lafitte(?-1826)

Jose Gaspar(first quarter XIX c), nickname "Black Caesar"

Moses Vauquelin

Amyas Preston

WilliamHenryHayes(William Henry Hays)(1829-1877)

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Pirates have always been associated with adventurers, robbers, brigands and rowdies who gained fame not only at sea, in love affairs, but even in politics. But let’s look at their activities in the sea, since it was precisely this that brought those fabulous riches that are still being sought today. Even the names pirate ships were intended to intimidate their opponents, and the Jolly Roger flag completely instilled panic in the crew of the attacked ship.

The most famous pirates

Speaking about the era of piracy, it is worth considering that not all adherents of this way of earning and living were pirates in the truest sense of the word. In those days, there was a division into outright robbers, corsairs, privateers, filibusters, etc.

Interestingly, privateering was legalized in England, which tried with all its might to prevent Spain from entering New World. Roughly speaking, the English crown secretly issued patents for the robbery of Spanish galleons, which were returning from the Americas with gold and silver.

But in general, if you make a list of the most desperate and famous personalities of that era in their field, it could look something like this:

• Captain Kidd.
• Edward Teach "Blackbeard".
• Henry Morgan.
• L'Ollone.
• Jetrow Flint.
• Olivier Le Vasseur.
• William Dampier.
• Arouge Barbarossa.
• Jen Shi and many others.

Famous names of pirate ships. List

Naturally, each of these thugs preferred to have their own ship, and, if possible, a flotilla of three or more ships. However, if secondary ships had names, sometimes even satirical ones, the flagship had to bear such a name so that it would be on everyone’s lips. Allegories or openly provocative names were often used. Here is an incomplete list of the most famous ships of that time (names of pirate ships in English or French are given along with Russian translation):

• "Golden Hind"
• Adventure Galley;
• Queen Ann's Revenge;
• "The Careless Corsair" (El corsario descuidad);
• "Periton" (Le Periton) - flying deer;
• "Avenger";
• "Whydah"
• "Royal Fortune"
• "Fantasy" (Fancy);
• “Happy Delivery”;
• "Rising Sun";
• "Retribution" (Revenge), etc.

And that's not all. Very often you could find the names of pirate ships like “Unipresent Death”, “Victoria the Bloody Baroness”, “Lucky Prize”, “Bell”, “Cerberus”, “Black Widow”, “Leviathan”, “Water Shaver”, etc. In general, there was plenty of imagination. But let's dwell on what the famous pirate ships were. Their names did not always reflect the true nature of the threat, because by and large Spanish galleons were 36-48-gun frigates, which were not possible to board for capture. The pirate ship would have been shot as it approached, no matter how well it maneuvered.

Therefore, usually the robbers were content with frigates of a lower rank. Having 24, 36 or 40 guns on board was considered top. And escort by several ships with 20 or even 12 guns on board could play a decisive role in the battle.

Main characteristics of ships

Despite the loud and sometimes intimidating names of pirate ships, they could not always compare with the same Spanish ships or the English fleet.

For example, William Kidd's Adventure was a 34-gun brigantine frigate of an unusual type (with straight sails and an oar crew).

Queen Anne's Revenge, originally called Concorde, was more powerful, having 40 guns. The "Golden Hind" was first launched from the stocks as the "Pelican", according to various estimates, with 18-22 guns.

The most famous literary hero and his squadron

In the literature, the names of pirate ships have been replenished with one more famous character- Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini - “The Odyssey of Captain Blood”, “The Chronicles of Captain Blood”), whose unrequited love for the daughter of the governor of Barbados (and then Jamaica) forced the 36-gun frigate “Cinco Llagos” captured from the Spaniards to be named after her. Since then, "Arabella" has become a thunderstorm of the seas.

By the way, in the work it is mentioned and called literary hero Levasseur, and his ship is called "La Foudre" ("Lightning"). There is also the name “Avenger” of one of the constant opponents of the main character - Captain Easterling.

Captain Blood himself, in his characteristic humorous manner, named minor ships like "Elizabeth" (in honor of the Queen of England) or in honor of three Greek goddesses - "Atropos", "Clotho" and "Lachesis".

Only towards the end of the story was the 80-gun frigate Victorieuse, commanded by Baron de Rivarol, captured. But, according to the plot, the author could not rename it, because Blood became the governor, and his ships became part of the Jamaican squadron.

Cinema

And how can we do without the “Black Pearl” from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” quadrology? There are also some nuances here. Captain Barbossa's name clearly echoes Barbarossa.

And there’s no need to talk about “The Flying Dutchman” at all. The film indicates that this is a ship, although in fact no one knows who owned this ghost ship, and whether it exists at all or only in a single copy.

Instead of an afterword

Well, if we take into account that children love this kind of adventure, it’s not difficult to come up with a name for a pirate ship for children, because their imagination is often much more developed than that of an adult. Even common names like "Thunderstorm" or "Thunder" will do. Here children are masters of using associations that frighten their peers.

But, seriously, the names of pirate ships are very often associated not with abstract concepts or mystical phenomena, but rather with the history of England, because most of these fortune-seekers, one way or another, were associated with the English crown, and by and large fought against the Spaniards. Naturally, there were those who robbed indiscriminately, but privateering in those days was, so to speak, the most gentlemanly craft with a huge number of restrictions. Take the same Henry Morgan, who later became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica, or Sir (English admiral). History is full of surprises...

Stories about pirates excited the imagination back in the 19th century, but now, thanks to the series of Hollywood films “Pirates Caribbean Sea"This topic has become even more popular. We invite you to “get acquainted” with the most famous real-life pirates.

10 PHOTOS

1. Henry Every (1659-1699).

The pirate, known by the nickname "Long Ben", grew up in the family of an English navy captain. When a riot broke out on the ship where he served as first mate, Everett joined the mutineers and became their leader. His most famous trophy was the Indian ship Ganga-i-Sawai, loaded with gold and silver coins, as well as precious stones.

2. Anne Bonny (1700-1782).

Anne Bonny, one of the few women who succeeded in piracy, grew up in a wealthy mansion and received good education. However, when her father decided to marry her off, she ran away from home with a simple sailor. Some time later, Anne Bonny met the pirate Jack Rackham and he took her on his ship. According to eyewitnesses, Bonnie was not inferior to male pirates in courage and ability to fight.

3. Francois Olone (1630-1671).

The French filibuster, known for his cruelty, began his career as a soldier in the West India Company. He then became a buccaneer in Saint-Domingue. Most known operations The Ohlone were the capture of the Spanish cities of Maracaibo and Gibraltar. The pirate finished his warlike and bloody path at the stake of the cannibals to whom he was captured in Nicaragua.

4. Edward Lau (1690-1724).

Edward Lau was born into a family of thieves and was himself a robber with early childhood. At one time he served as a sailor, then gathered a crew and captured a small sloop. Thus began his career as a pirate. During his voyage, Edward Lau captured more than a hundred ships.

5. Jack Rackham (1682-1720).

Before becoming a pirate, Jack Rackham served in the Navy with early age. At first, things did not go very well for Captain Rackham and his crew - they were almost caught several times. Fame came to the pirate after he met Mary Read and Anne Bonny, and began to rob in the waters of Jamaica. The glorious epic ended with the authorities announcing a hunt for them, as a result of which Rackham was hanged and Reed died in prison.

6. Steed Bonnet (1688-1718).

Steed Bonnet was a nobleman who served as a major in the colonial militia on the island of Barbados before becoming a pirate. According to rumors, the reason why Bonnet joined the pirates was the scandalous nature of his wife. Pirate for a long time robbed along the coast of North America and in the south until he attracted the attention of the authorities, who sent two sloops to the pirate’s location. Bonnet's ship was captured and he was hanged at White Point.

7. Bartholomew Roberts (1682-1722).

Bartholomew Roberts did not become a pirate by choice, but was forcibly assigned to the crew as a navigator after pirates captured the ship he was sailing on. Becoming captain after just six weeks, Roberts successfully fished in the Caribbean and Atlantic, capturing more than four hundred ships.

8. Henry Morgan (1635-1688).

The son of a landowner, Henry Morgan deliberately decided to become a pirate in order to make a fortune. Starting with the purchase of one ship, he soon commanded an entire flotilla of 12 pirate ships that captured entire cities. He was caught and sent to London, but soon the influential pirate was not only released, but also appointed lieutenant governor of Jamaica.

9. William Kidd (1645-1701).

According to some historians, William Kidd was not a pirate in the strict sense of the word, but carried out exclusively privateering contracts. Kidd fought in the War of the League of Augsburg, commanding various capital ships and capturing French and pirate ships in the Indian Ocean. His further expeditions took place in various regions of the world. Most of all, Kidd became known after his death, in connection with the legends about the treasures he hid, which have not yet been found.

10. Edward Teach (1680-1718).

The famous English pirate Edward Teach, nicknamed "Blackbeard", began his pirate career under the command of Captain Hornigold. Later, when Hornigold surrendered to the British authorities, Teach set sail on his own on the ship Queen Anne's Revenge. The most famous “feat” of the pirate is the blockade of Charlestown, during which 9 ships with influential passengers were captured, for which Teach received a huge ransom.

The peak of maritime robberies occurred in the 17th century, when the World Ocean was the scene of struggle between Spain, England and some other growing European colonial powers. Most often, pirates made their living through independent criminal robberies, but some of them ended up in government service and deliberately harmed foreign fleets. Below is a list of the ten most famous pirates in history.

William Kidd (22 January 1645 - 23 May 1701) was a Scottish sailor who was convicted and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean to hunt pirates. Considered one of the most cruel and bloodthirsty sea robbers of the seventeenth century. Hero of many mysterious stories. Some modern historians, such as Sir Cornelius Neale Dalton, consider his pirate reputation to be unfair.

Bartholomew Roberts (May 17, 1682 - February 17, 1722) was a Welsh pirate who robbed about 200 ships (according to another version 400 ships) in the vicinity of Barbados and Martinique over two and a half years. Known primarily as the opposite of the traditional image of a pirate. He was always well dressed, had refined manners, hated drunkenness and gambling, and treated the crew of the ships he captured well. He was killed by cannon shot during a battle with a British warship.

Blackbeard or Edward Teach (1680 - November 22, 1718) was an English pirate who traded in the Caribbean in 1716–1718. He liked to strike terror into his enemies. During the battle, Teach wove incendiary wicks into his beard and, in clouds of smoke, like Satan from hell, burst into the ranks of the enemy. Because of unusual appearance and eccentric behavior, history has made him one of the most famous pirates, despite the fact that his “career” was quite short, and his success and scale of activity were much smaller compared to his other colleagues from this list.

Jack Rackham (December 21, 1682 - November 17, 1720) was an English pirate, famous primarily for the fact that his crew included two more equally famous corsairs, female pirates Anne Bonny, nicknamed “Mistress of the Seas” and Mary Read.

Charles Vane (1680 – 29 March 1721) - English pirate who robbed ships between 1716 and 1721 in the waters North America. He became famous for his extreme cruelty. As history says, Vane was not attached to such feelings as compassion, pity and sympathy; he easily broke his own promises, did not respect other pirates and did not take anyone’s opinion into account. The meaning of his life was only production.

Edward England (1685 - 1721) - pirate active off the African coast and waters Indian Ocean from 1717 to 1720. He differed from other pirates of that time in that he did not kill prisoners unless absolutely necessary. Ultimately, this led to his crew mutinying when he refused to kill sailors from yet another captured English merchant ship. England was subsequently landed in Madagascar where he survived for some time by begging and eventually died.

Samuel Bellamy, nicknamed Black Sam (February 23, 1689 - April 26, 1717) was a great English sailor and pirate who traded at the beginning of the 18th century. Although his career lasted a little more than a year, he and his crew captured at least 53 ships, making Black Sam the richest pirate in history. Bellamy was also known for his mercy and generosity towards those he captured in his raids.

Saida al-Hurra (1485 – c. 14 July 1561) - last queen of Tetouan (Morocco), reigning between 1512–1542, pirate. In alliance with the Ottoman corsair Arouj Barbarossa of Algeria, al-Hura controlled the Mediterranean Sea. She became famous for her fight against the Portuguese. Rightfully considered one of the most outstanding women of the Islamic West modern era. The date and exact circumstances of her death are unknown.

Thomas Tew (1649 - September 1695) was an English privateer and pirate who made only two major piracy voyages, a voyage later known as the "Pirate Circle". He was killed in 1695 while attempting to rob the Mughal ship Fateh Muhammad.

Steed Bonnet (1688 - December 10, 1718) was a prominent English pirate, nicknamed the "pirate gentleman." Interestingly, before Bonnet turned to piracy, he was a fairly wealthy, educated and respected man, owning a plantation in Barbados.

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