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1698 in piracy

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See also: 1697 in piracy, other events of 1698, 1699 in piracy and the Timeline of piracy.

Indian Ocean

  • January 30 - Captain William Kidd plunders the Quedagh Merchant, an Armenian merchant vessel sailing under French passes, near the Malabar Coast.
  • April - Kidd encounters Robert Culliford's pirate vessel Mocha Frigate at Île Sainte-Marie. Most of Kidd's crew desert to Culliford. Kidd burns the Adventure Galley and takes his remaining crew aboard the Adventure Prize (ex-Quedagh Merchant).
  • September - Culliford and Dirk Chivers plunder the Great Muhammed.

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