This part of our website includes allsorts of interesting people from Welsh Pirates like Black Bart to explorers and cartographers (map makers) to magnificent hero's like Harold Lowe. True one would expect nearly all of these people to be historical personalities but there are adventures with a Welsh connection alive and well and doing their best to open frontiers today, even in space with NASA astronaut Joe Tanner.
Harold Lowe
Commander Harold Godfrey Lowe RD RNR wrote his name into history as a hero for actions during the loss of the White Star Ship, TITANIC.
Harold is portrayed by Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd in the James Cameron movie 'Titanic' where we have a sense of the urgency and danger he was facing.
On the 10th of February 1722, at Cape Lopez in what is now the West African state of Gabon a Captain Challoner Ogle of the Royal Navy engaged and defeated one of the worlds most notorious outlaws, Bartholomew Roberts.
Roberts had come a long way from his roots in the little Welsh town of Haverfordwest both figuratively and literally.
His journey so far had taken him across the Atlantic from the cool waters of Newfoundland to the blistering equatorial heat he and his crew now suffered. Years of constant running had taken its toll on the men and their vessels, 'The Royal Fortune' and 'The Ranger'. Piracy was losing its appeal, living 'on the run' was part of their occupation but now they were being hunted.
Black Bart, A prize for the plundering. (page 2)
On a few occasions each year the Portuguese would mass a convoy to take produce from Brazil back to Europe.
Black Bart, A stolen sloop to Barbados. (page 3)
There were numerous laws including the banning of some pastimes pirates would normally take for granted.
Black Bart, South to Saint Bartholomew. (page 4)
They finally arrived at St. Bartholomew in the West Indies where they were given a marvellous welcome.
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- Black Bart, Ogle scores first success
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- Robert Jones, adventurer with a connection to Wales (Monmouthshire)
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