hi,
been doing a bit of snooping, found the info i wanted, the lead up to oliver la bouche, which covers england (seegar), mcrae and taylor, but am not typing that lot in, so i just leave this extract. but no flaming cross, sorry.
at st marys the command of the "victory" was made over to oliver la bouche,or la buze,whos efforts at shipbuilding had apperently not met with success,and the 2 ships in company,before long took what was probably the richest prize that fell into pirate hands. the ex viceroyalty of goa, the conde de ericeira,had sailed for lisbon,in january in the "nostra senhora de cabo", a 70 gun ship,taking with him a rich consignment of jewels for the portuguese goverment, and the proceeds of his own private trading during the three years of his viceroyalty.off the cape they encountered a heavy storm,which dismantled the ship,and forced them to throw many of their guns overboard,and obliged them to put back to bourbon to refit. taylor and la buze,learning of the viceroys helplessness, sailed into the anchorage under english colours.a salute from from the viceroys ship was answered with a shotted broadside.
(bear in mind this was written early 1900`s from archived material)the booty in diamonds and money was in the shape most coveted by rovers.the jewels alone est $3 million dollars.the hard cash was said to be 500,000 crowns, and the viceroy was forced to raise another 2,000 crowns as a personal ransom,which would have been higher had he not convinced them part of the jewels and moneys was his own personal property.
bernardin de st pierre , repeats a tradition, how la buze sat the table between the viceroy and the governor and in an access of generosity remitted the viceroys ransom, la buze settled there but was hung some years later.
Posted on: March 24, 2011, 05:13:06 PM
in relation to previous message, a richard lazenby was kept on the cassandra as he was the carpenters mate, from his accounts he was set ashore after witnessing the capture of the viceroy.
also the viceroy had sent a letter to govenor charles boone (bombay) stating the he was leaving goa shortly and that the new viceroy was arriving ...francisco jose de sapaio e castro.
prior to la buze getting the victory.... charles boone took command of ship up the coast from bombay, he encountered 2 ships, sailing together cassandra, victory, ....they damaged a ship called "the pharm" designed with shot proof sides to carry 12.....48pdr`s, but for any ship wreck divers out there this is the interesting bit...it was ment to have had a piece of machinery on it.....boone sent orders by a gallivant for the "pharm" to be burned, and thus that usless machine from which so much had been expected, and that had cost so much money and labour, came to an end. the machinery from what read when firing at a fort shot to high, and when moved ship a bit the shots fell short 20mtrs.
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