High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Whydah Gally (variously written as Whidah or Whidaw) was the flagship of the pirate "Black Sam" Bellamy. The ship sank in a storm off Cape Cod on April 26, 1717, taking Bellamy and the majority of his crew with it.The Whydah was first launched in 1715 from London, England. A three-masted ship of galley-style design, it measured 31 meters in length (about 105 feet), rated at 300 tons burden, and could travel at speeds up to 13 knots (14.95 mph). Christened Whydah after the West African slave trading kingdom of Ouidah (pronounced WIH-dah), the vessel was configured as a heavily-armed trading and transport ship for use in the Atlantic slave trade, carrying goods from England to exchange for slaves in West Africa. It would then travel to the Caribbean to trade the slaves for precious metals, sugar, indigo, and medicinal ingredients, which would then be transported back to England. Fitted with a standard complement of eighteen six-pound cannon, which could be increased to a total of twenty-eight in time of war, the Whydah represented one of the most advanced weapons systems of the time.

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