1698 in piracy

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1 Events
- 1.1 Indian Ocean
2 Births
3 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] Indian Ocean

January 30 - Captain William Kidd plunders the Quedah 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-Quedah Merchant).
September - Culliford and Dirk Chivers plunder the Great Muhammed.