Episode 248 – The Sceptre
Captain Kidd was engaged in a race to the Strait of bab-el-mandeb with the East India Company pirate hunter Sceptre.
Month: February 2022
Episode 247 – Weary of Ill-Success
William Kidd lost 40 men on Mohilla Island. He scraped together some replacements, but then he made a decision that
Episode 246 – Careening
Captain Kidd and the crew had to careen Adventure Galley, and they found the process more hazardous than expected. The
Episode 245 – The Devil Knows How to Row
William Kidd arrived at Madagascar at the beginning of 1697. He expected to find pirates, but he found something far
Episode 244 – A Wolf in Shark’s Clothing
William Kidd escapes the long arm of Commodore Thomas Warren, and Warren spreads word of Captain Kidd, the nefarious pirate.
Episode 243 – Ye Honesty of His Designs
On 11 December, 1696 the Adventure Galley encountered a Naval fleet under Commodore Thomas Warren. Warren was the worst kind