6-468: Skyrme is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: James Skyrme (died 1722), Welsh pirate Richard Skyrme (born 1960), English cricketer Thomas Skyrme (1913–2002), British civil servant, army officer, and magistrate Tony Skyrme (1922–1987), British physicist [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Skyrme . If an internal link intending to refer to
12-488: A fleeing merchantman, Roberts sent Skyrme in Ranger to capture it. Once Ranger was alone, Ogle sprung his trap and opened fire on the pirates. After a short battle Ranger was heavily damaged, a number of pirates had been killed, and Skyrme's leg was sheared off by cannon fire. Skyrme tried to continue the fight but Ranger eventually struck its colors and surrendered. Desperate pirates tried to blow up Ranger by firing
18-486: A pistol into a barrel of gunpowder but failed and were badly burned. Five days after defeating Skyrme, Ogle returned to Cape Lopez and wiped out the rest of Roberts' fleet; Roberts died early in the battle. Swallow took the survivors and a badly wounded Skyrme to Cape Coast Castle where they were tried and most of them, Skyrme included, were hanged that March. Ranger itself survived the battle against Ogle's Swallow , though it did not last much longer. Returned across
24-511: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skyrme&oldid=1062628392 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description All set index articles James Skyrme James Skyrme ( fl. 1720 - died March 1722, last name occasionally Skyrm)
30-540: The pirates. Renaming the vessels, Roberts gave command of Ranger to Thomas Sutton and gave Skyrme Little Ranger , which Roberts used as a storeship. Sailing alongside Roberts, they captured a number of other ships and their crews. Later that year Roberts put into Cape Lopez to careen , replacing Sutton with Skyrme as captain of Ranger . In February 1722, Captain Chaloner Ogle of HMS Swallow baited Roberts into attacking his 50-gun warship. Mistaking it for
36-518: Was a Welsh pirate best known for Captaining two of Bartholomew Roberts ’ prize ships . In the summer of 1720, James Skyrme sailed from Bristol as first mate of Greyhound . That October off St. Lucia , Bartholomew Roberts took over a dozen vessels, Greyhound included. Captured, Skyrme signed their Articles and joined Roberts’ crew while Roberts burned Greyhound . Two French ships attacked Roberts in April 1721, but were themselves captured by
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