Roberts Shipīorn John Roberts in southern Wales about 1682. He also raided at least four major ports and several smaller fishing towns along the coasts of North and South America as well as Africa. Roberts had a pirate career of a little over two years and was known to have captured at least 250 ships in that short time period. This however does not diminish Roberts impact on piracy in the Caribbean. The word successful is very relative and thus almost meaningless without some qualifiers and thus is not up for debate here. However, several Chinese pirates also captured more ships, had longer careers and attained more wealth for example 19th centure female pirate Ching Shih. While these numbers might be an exaggeration, there is no doubt, he was a dangerous and daring pirate when he came into his own.Īs for the claim of most successful pirate, Henry Morgan captured more, but Morgan, rogue that he was, was still technically a privateer.
If we are to believe the claims, Bartholomew Roberts (he was never called Black Bart in his time) was perhaps the most successful pirate of all time, with the capture of over 400 ships and over £50 million of booty in a career that spanned a mere 2 years and six months.
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