By going north, once again Vane evaded his pursuers. Vane's crew gave contrary statements to their prisoners. The crew from robbed vessel said that pirates headed south. During his chase, Rhett encountered ship which had been plundered by Vane. One of them was famous colonel, William Rhett, who wanted to capture Vane personally. Their biggest prize was the slave ship, brigantine from Africa with 90 black slaves.Īs the pirates' attacks became a constant threat, the governor Spotswood of South Carolina hired many capable pirate hunters to capture the pesky pirates. Together, they easily plundered a lot of ships. He used it as a second ship and promoted his quartermaster Yeates as the captain of that ship. While he was sailing to the Carolinas, Vane captured a big warship. Between 17, pirate captain Charles Vane and his ship Range were infamous all across the West Indies He caught many runaway pirates, but Vane evaded. Provoked Rogers sent a former pirate, Captain Benjamin Hornigold to hunt him down. That was a clear message that Vane will not accept the pardon. While they were trying to avoid the ship in flames, Vane sailed away laughing. Whatsoever, when Rogers arrived in the region with the flagship the “Delicia” and two warships the “Rose” and “Milford”, Vane set on fire, his recently captured French prize vessel and set it to sail straight forward Rogers ' ships.
In fact he was one of the few brave pirates that did not accept the king's pardon.
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