User blog comment:J Fan/Dead Men Tell No Tales - Details: Story, Characters and Setting/@comment-26261241-20150526142211/@comment-1984959-20150527013248

''And now, with this photo, it is confirmed that there's gonna be a flashback. East India Trading Company bags on the right.''
 * The fact that EITC bags are aboard the ship could mean anything. For example, just because we had Aztec gold in CotBP didn't mean we would have seen a flashback about the Aztecs. I still think flashbacks are possible, but as Capt.Sparrow23 pointed out, it's not official as of yet.

I agree woth Uskok, the wicked wench is a eitc ship, and since it became the black pearl, it whas a pirate ship.
 * Not to mention that the Wicked Wench most likely was not black.

''Barbossa is Captain of the Black Pearl and it is taken over by Blackbeard. At that time Jack Sparrow is making his way to London to rescue Gibbs from the gallows and Barbossa becomes a Privateer around the same time.''
 * A bit off topic, I know, but thought I'd point out that most of these events are spaced out and not happening the same time. According to available info, OST takes place "several years" after AWE - don't have an exact number per say, but one could say at least 2 years had passed between films. All these events could've happened at any time, save for Jack going to London to save Gibbs, which obviously would've happened much closer to the events of OST.