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Whydah Museum

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Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Whydah Museum
Phone:
+1 508-487-8899

Address:
16 Macmillan Wharf, Provincetown, MA 02657-2226

The Whydah Gally was a fully rigged galley ship that was originally built as a passenger, cargo, and slave ship. On the return leg of its maiden voyage of the triangle trade, it began a new role in the Golden Age of Piracy, when it was captured by the pirate Captain Samuel Black Sam Bellamy. Bellamy sailed the Whydah up the coast of colonial America, capturing ships as he went. On 26 April 1717, the Whydah was caught in a violent storm and wrecked. Only two of Whydah's crew survived, along with seven others who were on a sloop captured by Bellamy earlier that day. Six of the nine survivors were hanged, two who had been forced into piracy were freed, and one Indian crewman was sold into slavery. The Whydah and her treasure eluded discovery for over 260 years until 1984, when the wreck was found – buried under 10 ft to 50 ft feet of sand, in depths ranging from 16 ft to 30 ft feet deep, spread four miles parallel to the Cape's coast. With the discovery of the ship's bell in 1985 and a small brass placard in 2013, both inscribed with the ship's name and maiden voyage date, the Whydah is the only fully authenticated Golden Age pirate shipwreck ever discovered.
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