The ships belonged to the pirate; Bartholomew Roberts; who captured 11 slave ships near the city of Whydah on the West African coast in January 1722. CBR: Welsh buccaneer known as Black Bart (although not in his lifetime); he was very successful as a pirate in the Caribbean. Born c. May 17; 1682 - February 10; 1722. From an engraving in 'A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates' by Captain Charles Johnson; London; 1725 edition. Reproduced in 'The Pirates of the New England Coast; 1630 -1730'; by George Francis Dow and John Henry Edmonds; published by the Marine Research Society; Salem; Massachusetts; 1923. P. 360.