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"A new Town of Port Royal was constructed near Old Port Royal and it became the principal station of the British naval forces in the Caribbean" Does anyone know when this new Port Royal was built, by any chance? --Obsessed 00:52, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

I tagged this with a request for a citation, since the claim that New Port Royal became the "principal" naval base sounds like it might conflict with Kingston becoming the new capital. Lawrence King 03:11, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Old and new Port Royal are the same. After the 1692 earthquake, the Navy took over operation of much of Port Royal, constructing a large naval yard to base its Caribbean opeations out of. This base was closed in 1905. Kingston was indeed the capital after the earthquake but the naval base was in Port Royal itself and occupied much of the town's real estate during that time.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccreate (talk • contribs)

Why did Bart. Roberts go to Port Royal? I understand he operated between 1719 and 1722, ie, 30 years or so after the Port Royal earthquake. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Splitsides (talk • contribs)

Many pirates frequented Port Royal during the so called Golden Age of Piracy. But it was not a haven of piracy as it was duing the pre-1692 era of the buccaneers. By the time of GAoP, pirates were often hunted and hanged with zeal in Port Royal, filling the gibbets Gallow's Point. Calico Jack was captured there along with Anne Bonny and Mary Read. He was promptly hanged along with his fellow crew members in 1725. Anne and Mary pleaded their bellies, Mary dying in the Old Gaol in Port Royal.

During the period, nearly every pirate imaginable passed through the port, though without the brashness of their buccaneer predecessors, due in large part to the change in political favor.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccreate (talk • contribs)