Talk:Robert Culliford

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Strangely enough, the information here seems to contradict the one found on the William Kidd page, which names Robert Culliford as the first Pirate Captain Kidd came upon. Anyone knows more about either of them?

-Ghilz 23:29, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)

Both are correct. Culliford mutinied and stole Kidd's first ship, and the first pirate that Kidd went after when he was a "pirate hunter" was Culliford. Later on, Culliford took much of Kidd's crew. They had many contacts. -Vina 19:27, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

The statement that Kidd pirated the Quedagh Merchant is inaccurate, as Kidd took the ship legally. Although it was an East India Company ship, and therefore usually off-limits, it was flying French colors and presented Kidd with French papers when he came alongside. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.205.27.90 (talk • contribs)

False. The Quedagh Merchant was an Armenian ship, and had Armenian papers. Kidd excused its capture by the fact that the English captain had purchased passes from the French East India Company to guarantee French protection, and presented those passes when Kidd showed French colors, but that hardly made it a French ship or a legal capture.Pirate Dan (talk) 17:06, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Presenting French passes when challenged would have been sufficient for an Admiralty court to condemn it as a valid prize, but Kidd plundered more ships than just Rouparelle and Quedagh Merchant so he would have been convicted anyway.TheLastBrunnenG (talk) 19:25, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Consort

In the 17th century a pirates consort was the captain of another ship that sailed with him - not literally a consort as the meaning means now.

Bisexuality

Does Stroud actually say "there is no definitive proof for it"? I'd actually like to know how Travers has covered this material before going along with the change. Thanks. Contaldo80 (talk) 13:35, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Travers says, "Overall, though, the question of homosexuality among western pirates remains an undecided issue due to lack of sufficient evidence. Many pirates sailed together on a long term basis, such as John Swann and Robert Culliford, but that does not prove a homosexual relationship."TheLastBrunnenG (talk) 19:25, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

One Source

Added the One Source hatnote tag. Entire article (except for the Swann section I just added) relies on a single source:

Zacks, Richard (2002). The Pirate Hunter : The True Story of Captain Kidd. Hyperion Books (ISBN 0-7868-8451-7).

Don't have time right now to rewrite it myself. TheLastBrunnenG (talk) 20:54, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

First Paragraph

The current introduction to this page makes little sense, and uses an extremely uncommon phrase, could someone who understands what the phrase "checking the designs" means please change it to be clearer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:188:CB80:BE50:C6D:A6EE:2A3A:2808 (talk) 22:34, 6 April 2022 (UTC)