National Monuments Service's Underwater Archaeology Unit recording two cannon on the Dunworley Bay wreck site; the wreck dates to the first half of the 1600s and may have been associated with the infamous 1631 raid on Baltimore by the Ottoman Turkish pirates. Pic: C. Kelleher, National Monuments Service
To: nickcarraway
2 posted on
05/05/2020 4:38:36 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
To: nickcarraway
“Every year, the outlaws swing out of the trees, rob the merchants and ride back to Washington D.C. for a glorious feast over the stolen goods, which they may in some small way share with a few peasants, to secure their support. “
-Sultan Knish
5 posted on
05/05/2020 4:51:28 PM PDT by
Paladin2
To: nickcarraway
“The wealth the pirates accrued enabled them to spend well above the asking price for provisions they needed in West Cork.”
“Where we’ve been told
that a purse of gold
buys any man a crown.”
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - “Pirates”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD9C1az9ZYc
7 posted on
05/05/2020 5:16:02 PM PDT by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
To: nickcarraway
“They’re always tryin’ to steal me Lucky Charms!”
9 posted on
05/05/2020 5:47:07 PM PDT by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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