Captain Pugwash by John Hay and starring Nick Frost as Captain Pugwash and Jason Flemyng in an unknown role. Production is set to begin in 2018, with the plot following Captain Pugwash travelling to Botany Bay, where he eventually finds himself at the helm of The Black Pig on a mission to rescue Tom the Cabin Boy's father, who is marooned on a volcanic island. Captain Pugwash Captain Pugwash is a fictional pirate in a series of British children's comic strips and books created by John Ryan. The character's adventures were adapted into a TV series, using cardboard cut-outs filmed in live-action
William Smith (ship captain) on the site at Mountain Cemetery in Sonoma. He is the only veteran of the American Revolution believed to be buried in California. William Smith (ship captain) William Smith (1768–1846) was an American ship captain and Revolutionary War veteran. He is the only known Revolutionary War veteran buried in the state of California. William Smith was born in 1768 in Flowerdew Hundred Plantation in Virginia. When Smith was 11 years old he joined the Virginia Navy alongside his father. Together, the two served on the "Tartar" and the "Manly". In 1789, he went to the West Indies 23 times as