Benjamin Hornigold seize other vessels with impunity. Hornigold's second-in-command during this period was Edward Teach, who would later be better known as the pirate Blackbeard. When Hornigold took command of the "Ranger", he delegated the captaincy of his earlier sloop to Teach. In the spring of 1717 the two pirate captains seized three merchant ships in quick succession, one carrying 120 barrels of flour bound for Havana, another a Bermudian sloop with a cargo of spirits and the third a Portuguese ship travelling from Madeira with a cargo of white wine. In March 1717, Hornigold attacked an armed merchant vessel sent to
Charles Harris (pirate) According to Captain Charles Johnson: And from a local newspaper article on execution day: Yet another source claims Harris's flag used the same design, but on a blue field instead of black: Charles Harris (pirate) Charles Harris (1698-1723) was an English pirate active in the 1720s. He is best known for his association with George Lowther and Edward Low. Harris was ship's mate and navigator aboard the logwood hauler "Greyhound" in January 1722 when it was seized by pirate George Lowther aboard the "Happy Delivery" between Honduras and Boston. The "Greyhound’s" captain Benjamin Edward fought Lowther for a time but