Adventure (ship)

"And what of you? The mighty Blackbeard. Beheaded, they say. Still, your body swam three times around your ship and climbed back onboard."

- Jack Sparrow to Blackbeard

The Adventure was a sloop that sailed in the Caribbean in the 1710s. She was captained by the infamous pirate Edward Teach "Blackbeard".

History
After Blackbeard lost the Queen Anne's Revenge and the 10-gun sloop Adventure on a sandbar in 1718, he removed his booty to the remaining ships and sailed to Bath Town in North Carolina. There he sold his captured ships, keeping only one, an 8-gun sloop which he also named Adventure.

Though he received a Royal Pardon, Blackbeard soon turned back to piracy. He sailed to the Bermudas, where he captured two or English vessels. He emptied them of their stores and other necessaries, and allowed them to proceed. He also encountered two French vessels bound for Martinique, the one light, and the other laden with sugar and cocoa: he put the men on board the latter into the former, and allowed her to depart. Blackbeard brought the captured vessel into North Carolina, where he and the governor shared the prizes. The captured French ship was burned and left to sink.

A few months later, while the Adventure was docked off the coat of Ocracoke island, the two sloops appeared, flying the British flags. The sloops were the Pearl and the Ranger, crewed by the British Royal Navy sailors, and commanded by Lieutenant Robert Maynard, who was sent by the governor of Virginia to capture Blackbeard. In the ensuing battle, the British crews suffered heavy casualties, but they defeated the pirates, capturing the Adventure. But, despite their victory, Blackbeard managed to escape.

Behind the scenes

 * The Adventure appears briefly in Tim Powers' novel, On Stranger Tides, which was used as the basis for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. She was captured by the Royal Navy in 1718.

Appearances

 * Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides