A bell previously recovered from the wreck of the Whydah pirate ship Whydah Pirate Museum via Facebook. Archaeologists in Cape Cod have recovered six skeletons from the ruins of the Whydah, a ...

Divers continue exploring the Whydah off Cape Cod for sunken pirate loot. Aug. 8, 2008 — -- More than 300 years ago, the pirate ship known as Whydah was the stuff of adventure stories -- a ...

The Whydah, however, was a former slave ship captured by pirates in 1716 and pressed into service as a plundering vehicle. Her crew collected the riches of 50 other ships in a matter of months.

YARMOUTH, Mass. -- The undersea explorer who discovered the Whydah Gally, the first authenticated pirate shipwreck in North America, believes he’s found where the ship’s legendary treasure ...

The Whydah was a slave ship that was captured by notorious pirate captain "Black Sam" Bellamy in February 1717, just two months before it sank on April 26, 1717.

For the pirates of the 18th century, treasure meant gold. But for the investigators at Whydah Pirate Museum in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, treasure could simply mean big rocks – as long as there ...

The Whydah Gally, a cargo and former slave ship seized by the infamous pirate Black Sam Bellamy just months before it sank, still has many secrets to reveal.

The bell from the pirate ship Whydah. Photo via AP Photo/Al Behrman The year was 1715 , and a 100-foot ship by the name of Whydah sailed out of London at the command of Lawrence Prince.

Pirates, the Reality: Loot From the Whydah. Shipwreck's Story Begins Its Voyage in Cincinnati Museum. By Lisa Cornwell. July 2, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. EDT.

The Whydah pirate. The ship was commissioned in 1715 by King George I of England, before being captured by "Black Sam" Bellamy in 1717.

When the pirate ship Whydah broke up in a fierce storm off Cape Cod in 1717, it sank carrying the plunder from 54 ships it had seized over the last year. Of the 146 men aboard, 144 died. For years ...

Cincinnati. Samuel Bellamy didn't set out to be a pirate. Keep that in mind as you tour the exhibit galleries in "Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah From Slave Ship to Pirate Ship."The ...