1722 in piracy
See also 1721 in piracy, 1723 in piracy and Timeline of piracy.
This article covers 1722 in piracy.
Events
Caribbean Sea
- March - English ship seized and robbed by Spaniards.
- March–April - Matthew Luke, an Italian guarda costa privateer, plunders four British vessels, killing all aboard.
- May - Luke attacks English war vessel, mistaking it for a merchant ship. He and his crew are captured and brought to Jamaica, where all but seven of his crew are hanged.
- August - Under the command of Thomas Anstis, John Fenn's ship, the Morning Star, wrecks on Grand Cayman.
West Africa
- February 5 - Bartholomew Roberts' consort vessel, Ranger, captured by Chaloner Ogle.
- February 10 - Roberts' ship,, is overtaken and defeated by Ogle in. Roberts is killed and his crew is captured.
- March 28 - 52 of Roberts' pirates are sentenced to death at Cape Coast Castle.
Deaths
Bartholomew Roberts' Crew
In total, 118 pirates in Roberts' crew die after being defeated by Chaloner Ogle.14 crew members are killed on board Roberts' vessels during the battle with Ogle:
- February 5 - 10 killed on vessel Ranger
- February 10 - 3 killed on vessel Royal Fortune
- February 10 - Bartholomew Roberts, who reportedly robbed 470 vessels in his career, killed in action off Cape López.
- 52 crew members, including Christopher Moody, Israel Hynde, are executed by hanging on April 3–20 at Cape Coast Castle.
- 15 crew members die of wounds en route to Cape Coast Castle.
- 4 crew members die in the castle dungeons while awaiting trial and/or hanging.
- 13 of 17 members sentenced to Marshalsea Prison die during the passage to London.
- All 20 members sentenced to 7 years of labor in the Cape Coast mines die before finishing their sentence.
- 1 of 2 members with respited guilty sentences dies.