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1722 in piracy

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See also 1721 in piracy, 1723 in piracy and Timeline of piracy.

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Caribbean Sea

  • March - The Greyhound Galley seized and robbed by Spanish subjects.
  • March–April - Matthew Luke, Spanish guardacostas, plunders 4 British vessels, killing all aboard.
  • May - Luke captured by HMS Lanceston, and brought to Jamaica. He is later hanged there with all but 7 of his crew.

    • West Africa

  • February 5 - Bartholomew Roberts' consort vessel, the Ranger, captured by Chaloner Ogle.
  • February 10 - Roberts' ship Royal Fortune overtaken and defeated by Ogle in the HMS Swallow. Roberts is killed and his crew captured.
  • March 28 - 54 of Roberts' pirates are sentenced to death at Cape Coast Castle.

    • Deaths

    February 10 - Bartholomew Roberts, who reportedly robbed 470 vessels in his career, killed in action off Cape López.

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