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On 2 September lookouts on the Vengeance spotted two ships closing down on it, and Lazcano made the choice of turning around and engaging them in combat. During the battle Vengeance lost both its masts, was rendered immobile and was boarded, where Basque Jack was captured after killing six would-be detainers. Basque Jack was raiding ships along Anguilla’s waters around March 1719 when his ship was heavily damaged and captured by a Royal Navy sloop; he was handed over to the governor in Marigalante, where he would be hanged in 12 April.

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  • On 2 September lookouts on the Vengeance spotted two ships closing down on it, and Lazcano made the choice of turning around and engaging them in combat. During the battle Vengeance lost both its masts, was rendered immobile and was boarded, where Basque Jack was captured after killing six would-be detainers. Basque Jack was raiding ships along Anguilla’s waters around March 1719 when his ship was heavily damaged and captured by a Royal Navy sloop; he was handed over to the governor in Marigalante, where he would be hanged in 12 April.
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  • On 2 September lookouts on the Vengeance spotted two ships closing down on it, and Lazcano made the choice of turning around and engaging them in combat. During the battle Vengeance lost both its masts, was rendered immobile and was boarded, where Basque Jack was captured after killing six would-be detainers. He was sent to Port Elisabeth and put in a makeshift prison, where he promptly escaped. It is rumored that he promised his guards a considerable sum from his loot if they freed him, and some time before 1719 two guards resigned and left the island, purportedly having acquired <>. He was able to leave the island as most locals sympathized and aided the pirates. Basque Jack was raiding ships along Anguilla’s waters around March 1719 when his ship was heavily damaged and captured by a Royal Navy sloop; he was handed over to the governor in Marigalante, where he would be hanged in 12 April.
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