Mary Anne
Pirate Vessel · Great Britain · Lost 1717 · Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals
A wine-laden prize taken by pirate captain Samuel Bellamy the same day his flagship Whydah Gally wrecked, and lost in the same Cape Cod storm.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Mary Anne was a small merchant vessel carrying wine that pirate captain Samuel Bellamy's crew captured off Cape Cod on the morning of April 26, 1717. That evening, a violent nor'easter drove both Mary Anne and Bellamy's flagship Whydah Gally aground near present-day Wellfleet and Eastham. Unlike the Whydah, whose crew was almost entirely lost, seven of Mary Anne's crew of pirates and captured sailors survived the wreck, several of whom were later tried and executed in Boston.
Vessel
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- Sail
- Captured merchant vessel taken over by Samuel Bellamy's pirate crew
Loss
- April 26, 1717
- Storm
- Off Eastham/Cape Cod, near Whydah Gally's wreck site
- Cape Cod Bay / Atlantic Ocean
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- Wine
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Eastham, Massachusetts
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (60/100)
Her precise wreck location, construction details, and full crew complement are not established in the sources reviewed.
Narrative of Mary Anne's capture, wreck, and surviving crew's trial
Confirmation of Mary Anne as part of Bellamy's fleet lost in the same storm
