Little Ranger
Brig · Pirate command (formerly France) · Lost 1722 · Cuba & the Greater Antilles
A 24-gun prize brig from Bartholomew Roberts' pirate fleet, destroyed in the same 1722 hurricane that wrecked his flagship at Port Royal.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Little Ranger was a small armed vessel taken as a prize by Bartholomew Roberts' pirate fleet before his final defeat. Brought to Port Royal, Jamaica, together with flagship Royal Fortune following Roberts' death at Cape Lopez in February 1722, she was destroyed roughly two weeks later when a hurricane swept through the harbor, sinking more than 50 vessels.
Vessel
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- Sail
- Captured French brig taken into Bartholomew Roberts' pirate fleet as a consort
Loss
- August 1, 1722
- Storm
- Port Royal harbor, Jamaica
- Kingston Harbour, Jamaica
- Captured off West Africa as the French brig Comte de Toulouse's consort → Port Royal, Jamaica, for condemnation and sale
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The Wreck Today
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- Within the Port Royal submerged town and harbor site protected by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust
Position
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- Port Royal, Jamaica
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (55/100)
Little Ranger's precise origin, construction details, and wreck position are not established in the sources reviewed beyond her role as one of Roberts' prizes lost in the 1722 hurricane.
Society for Historical Archaeology / tDAR (Gulseth, 2013)
Loss of Little Ranger with Royal Fortune in the 1722 hurricane
