| Fancy | |
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| Years in use: 1695-1696 | |
 A contemporary image of the Fancy (shown in background) attacking Every's prey |
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| Flags flown: | Image:Pirate Flag of Henry Avery.svg (Attributed) |
| Owner: | Henry Avery |
| Captains: | Henry Avery |
| Original name: | Charles II |
| Ship renamed: | Fancy, 1694 |
| Fate: | Fate unknown |
| Statistics | |
| Complement: | 150 |
| Armament: | 46 guns |
The Fancy was Henry Avery's ship, and was commanded by him between May 1694 to late 1695, when he retired from piracy and the fate of the Fancy becomes unknown. Henry Every or Avery or Avary (born c 1653 in Plymouth, disappeared from record 1696 was a Pirate / marooner whose aliases Henry Every or Avery or Avary (born c 1653 in Plymouth, disappeared from record 1696 was a Pirate / marooner whose aliases Henry Every or Avery or Avary (born c 1653 in Plymouth, disappeared from record 1696 was a Pirate / marooner whose aliases MAY ( also known as: Mei メイ 메이 is a Korean singer well known in South Korea for singing the song "Miracle"
History
The Fancy was initially a 46-gun privateer named Charles II - after Charles II of Spain - in Spanish service, commanded by a Captain Gibson, and was anchored at A Coruña, Spain. Charles II ( November 6 1661, Madrid – November 1 1700, Madrid was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. A Coruña ( Spanish: La Coruña; Galician: A Coruña; also Corunna in English, and archaically The Groyne) is Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. On May the 7th, 1694, Henry Avery and a few other conspirators organised and carried out a successful mutiny and, setting Captain Gibson ashore, left A Caruña for the Cape of Good Hope. Year 7 ( VII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Henry Every or Avery or Avary (born c 1653 in Plymouth, disappeared from record 1696 was a Pirate / marooner whose aliases Mutiny is a conspiracy among members of a group of similarly-situated individuals (typically members of the Military; or the Crew of any ship even The Cape of Good Hope ( Afrikaans: Kaap die Goeie Hoop, Kaap de Goede Hoop Cabo da Boa Esperança Persian Language: دماغه امید نیک At this time the Charles II was renamed Fancy.
Upon arriving at the Cape, Every sailed to the island of Johanna (Anjouan) in the Comoros Islands, where he had the Fancy careened - removing barnacles and weed from the section of the hull that was permanently below water, increasing her speed. Anjouan (also known as Ndzuwani or Nzwani) is an autonomous Island of the Union of Comoros. The Comoros (ˈkɒməroʊz; جزر القمر Juzur al-Qumur) officially the Union of the Comoros (Union des Comores الإتّحاد القمريّ Careening a sailing vessel means to beach it at high Tide in order usually to expose one side or another of the ship's hull for maintenance He also had the Fancy razeed, intentionally removing parts of the ship's superstructure in order to increase her speed. Razee Plane A razee (or razée) is a Sailing ship that has been cut down ( razeed) to reduce the number of decks A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline Following this work, the Fancy became one of the fastest ships active in the Indian Ocean, and Every used this speed to attack and take a French pirate ship, looting the vessel and recruiting approximately 40 of the crew to his own ship, leaving him with a total complement of around 150. The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface
Every continued to be active in the Indian Ocean where he worked alongside other famous pirates of his time, including Thomas Tew. Thomas Tew (?-1695 aka the Rhode Island Pirate was a 17th century English Privateer turned Pirate. Most notable in his captures was the Ganj-I-Sawai, a ship under the command of Aurangzeb. The Ganj-i-Sawai was a heavily armed trading ship belonging to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb which along with its escort the Fateh Muhammed was captured Aurangzeb ( (full title Al-Sultan al-Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram Abul Muzaffar Muhiuddin Muhammad Aurangzeb Bahadur Alamgir I Padshah Ghazi) ( November 4, Mounting 62-cannons and four to five hundred musket-armed guards, cannon fire from the Fancy was instrumental in Every's victory - the first salvo caused a cannon to explode, and a number of gunners were killed. Every's career ended when the crew returned to Nassau, in the Bahamas, where Every returned to Britain aboard the sloop Isaac. Nassau is the Capital, largest city and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent sovereign English -speaking country consisting of two thousand Cays and For the military definition of sloop see Sloop-of-war. For the open learning project see SLOOP Project.
The fate of the Fancy is unknown.
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