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
Cœur de pirate Cœur de pirate Béatrice Martin (; born September 22, 1989), better known by her stage name Cœur de pirate (; French for "Pirate's Heart"), is a Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist. A francophone from Montreal, she sings mostly in French and has been credited with "bringing "la chanson française" to a whole new generation of Quebec youth". Born in the province of Quebec, Martin started playing the piano when she was only three years old. She entered the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal at age nine and studied there for five years. At age 15, she played as a