Recommended Guided Tours of Bristol Landmarks & Historical Sites He was killed in battle in 1722, and his body buried at sea. Just as Blackbeard had a few years earlier, Roberts met with an undesirable end at the hands of the British Navy. Not only that, he was actually a pretty good one, taking 456 vessels in just 4 years. Before long, Roberts himself turned to piracy and ended up becoming captain. In 1719, pirates boarded a ship he was stationed on which resulted in his capture. He was originally in the merchant navy and sailed from Bristol on slave ships bound for the Caribbean and West Africa. It is said the infamous pirate had his throat slashed, and suffered 5 gunshot wounds and 20 sword cuts.Īnother pirate known to Bristol from the 18th century was Bartholomew Roberts. In November 1718, Blackbeard was killed by a group of soldiers and sailors during a sea battle off the coast of North Carolina. One such vessel which was captured in 1717, he famously renamed ‘Queen Anne’s Revenge’.
The story goes that Blackbeard captured and looted some 23 ships during his reign of terror around the seas of the Caribbean. His long distinctive facial hair led to him being called ‘Blackbeard’, and a fearsome reputation proceeded. In adult life, Teach’s involvement in piracy earned him a crew 400 strong. Blackbeard the man is thought to have been Edward Teach (or ‘Thatch’), born in the Redcliffe area of Bristol around 1680. Was this (over) dramatic, ship-snatching villain from Bristol? Allegedly so. So was there an infamous pirate named Blackbeard? Who lodged smoking fuses within his hair to appear intimidating? The answer by most accounts seems to be yes.
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