Royal Bank of Saint Martin

The bank during its opening.

"Today, we dedicate the Royal Bank of Saint Martin—the most secure banking institution in the Caribbean!"

―Mayor Dix

The Royal Bank of Saint Martin was a bank in the town of Saint Martin on the island of the same name during the early 1750s. The entire bank was stolen by Jack Sparrow and his Motley crew during its opening.

History

By 1751, the Royal Bank was constructed and set to open at the town of Saint Martin by Mayor Dix and Bank manager Krill. Many people of Saint Martin were gathered around the bank as it was prepared to be opened, including a down-on-his-luck pirate Captain Jack Sparrow and his motley crew of the Dying Gull. Sparrow's crew planned a bank heist, having attached several horses to the large one-ton vault inside it and planned to use the horses to pull the vault through the wall of the bank and back to their ship.

A down-on-his-luck Jack Sparrow asleep in the bank's vault before robbing the bank.

With everyone else present unbeknownst to Captain Jack Sparrow's crew robbing the bank, the opening of the Royal Bank of Saint Martin continued. Standing in front of the newly constructed Royal Bank, Dix stared over the gathered crowd, knowing that with the dedication of the bank, it was his moment to solidify himself as a man of importance. Having a secure bank with ties to the continent meant more people of means would be attracted to Saint Martin. The mayor could rid the island of the riffraff and make it a destination for the wealthy. Looking over his shoulder, he eyed the Royal Bank. However, when Krill opened the vault inside the bank for the people of Saint Martin to see, they instead saw Jack Sparrow sleeping inside the bank's vault. A squad of British Navy marines arrived on the scene as a woman identified Sparrow as a pirate, along with the Mayor's wife, Frances, in the vault. But, shortly after Mayor Dix and the British commander ordered his marines to fire at Sparrow, the Dying Gull crew began their attempt to steal the vault. However, with the immense weight of the vault, the entire bank ended up being pulled across the town of Saint Martin.

The bank robbery in Saint Martin.

As the vault was dragged in the bank heist, gold coins being tossed helter-skelter from the open vault and the hole in the building. Frantically, Jack Sparrow tried to grab as many as he could, but without success, because at the same time, he was being dragged too. Many of the gold and valuables inside the vault came spilling out onto the street, much to the delight of the civilians that happened to be nearby. Sparrow eventually managed to climb back atop the bank and onto a balcony as the massive building was pulled through the streets of Saint Martin. But, unfortunately for the crew, they soon neared a bridge. The bank, unable to fit underneath the bridge, crashed into it and was ripped into dozens of pieces, leaving the pirates with only the bank's vault. After the robbery, only one coin remained in the vault, which was promptly taken by Sparrow without his crew noticing.

Behind the scenes

The Royal Bank of Saint Martin first appeared in The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Novelization, as well as referenced in the reference book Disney Pirates: The Definitive Collector's Anthology, which were all tie-in books to the 2017 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.

Appearances

• The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth (First appearance, simultaneous with Dead Men Tell No Tales Novelization and Disney Pirates: The Definitive Collector's Anthology)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Novelization (First appearance, simultaneous with The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth and Disney Pirates: The Definitive Collector's Anthology) (First identified as Royal Bank of Saint Martin)
  • Pirates des Caraïbes : La Vengeance de Salazar
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales: Movie Graphic Novel

Sources

• Disney Pirates: The Definitive Collector's Anthology