1. In 1718, Charles Vane was captured but agreed to stop his criminal actions and declared his intention to accept a King's Pardon; however, just months later he and his men, including Edward England and Jack Rackham, returned to piracy.
19 Facts About Charles Vane
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Unlike some other notable pirate captains of the age like Benjamin Hornigold and Samuel Bellamy, Charles Vane was known for his cruelty, and in court documents is said to have beaten and interrogated sailors from ships he captured.
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Charles Vane lived in Port Royal before becoming a pirate, but he was most likely not born there.
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Charles Vane worked with Henry Jennings during Jennings' attack on the salvage camp for the wrecked Spanish 1715 Treasure Fleet.
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Charles Vane first operated as an independent captain in the summer of 1717.
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When word reached the pirates that King George I of Great Britain had extended an offer of pardon to all pirates who wished to surrender, Charles Vane led the pirates who opposed taking the pardon, which included many with Jacobite leanings.
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Charles Vane afterwards declared to Pearse that he intended to take the King's pardon.
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Charles Vane sailed back to Nassau and harassed Pearse repeatedly, trading their sloop for the Lark.
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Around this time Charles Vane's crew renamed the Lark, calling it the Ranger.
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Charles Vane's ship was too large to pass one of the harbour's two entrances, and the other was blocked by Rogers' fleet.
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That night, Charles Vane turned the French ship into a fireship, setting it on fire and sailing it towards Rogers' ships.
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Charles Vane commandeered a small 24-gun sloop, the Katherine, and escaped out the smaller entrance as Rogers' ships returned.
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Charles Vane was voted out of command in favour of Calico Jack Rackham.
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When English ships arrived to collect water near the island, Charles Vane tried to join one of the crews under a false name.
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Charles Vane was recognized by an old acquaintance and arrested.
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Charles Vane was taken to Spanish Town, Jamaica and held in prison for some time.
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Charles Vane learned that Deal had been tried, convicted, and hanged sometime earlier.
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Charles Vane's corpse was hung in chains at Gun Cay.
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Charles Vane appears as a side character and minor antagonist in the 2013 video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, in which he was voiced by Ralph Ineson.