1722 in piracy

See also 1721 in piracy, 1723 in piracy and Timeline of piracy.

Events

March - Greyhound Galley seized and robbed by Spanish subjects.
March–April - Matthew Luke, Spanish guardacostas, plunders four British vessels, killing all aboard.
May - Luke captured by HMS Lanceston, and brought to Jamaica. He is later hanged there with all but seven of his crew.

February 5 - Bartholomew Roberts' consort vessel, Ranger, captured by Chaloner Ogle.
February 10 - Roberts' ship, Royal Fortune, was overtaken and defeated by Ogle in HMS Swallow. Roberts was killed and his crew captured.
March 28 - 54 of Roberts' pirates are sentenced to death at Cape Coast Castle.

February 10 - Bartholomew Roberts, who reportedly robbed 470 vessels in his career, killed in action off Cape López.

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