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Sam Bellamy

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Pirate

The Resume

    (circa February 23, 1689-April 27, 1717)
    Born in Hittisleigh, England, United Kingdom
    Known as the ‘Prince of Pirates’, ‘Black Sam’ and the ‘Robin Hood of the Sea’
    Captured more than 50 ships, including the ‘Marianne’, ‘Sultana’, and ‘Whydah Gally’
    Drowned to death along with 143 of his crew when the ship ‘Whydah’ was sank by a nor’easter near Cape Cod
    One of the ships, the ‘Marianne’, was badly damaged in the process, leaving seven survivors

Why he might be annoying:

    He cheated on his wife, whom he left behind along with their child in Canterbury, with 15-year-old Maria Hallett.
    He had a child with Hallett even though the two of them weren’t married.
    He worked with Blackbeard when he first became a pirate under the service of Benjamin Hornigold (1716).
    One of his cabin boys was an 11-year-old rich kid named Jon King.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a well-mannered and tidy man.
    His mother died of childbirth.
    He treated his entire crew equally regardless of ethnicity.
    His child by Hallett died, resulting in her imprisonment and exile.
    After capturing the ‘Whydah’, he gave the ship’s Captain, Lawrence Prince, the ‘Sultana’.
    He died trying to meet Hallett near Maine.
    His flagship, the ‘Whydah’, is the first confirmed pirate ship to be found in modern times (1984).
    He is heavily featured in many modern-day works.

Credit: Big Lenny


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 19 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 76.47% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 116 Votes: 72.41% Annoying