Captain Pugwash 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 (the first series was performed and broadcast live), also called "Captain Pugwash", first shown on the BBC in 1957, a later colour series, first shown in 1974–75, and a traditional animation series, "The Adventures of Captain Pugwash", first aired in 1998. The eponymous hero – Captain Horatio Pugwash – sails the high seas in his ship called the "Black Pig", ably assisted by
Thomas Day (pirate) Thomas Day (pirate) Thomas Day (fl 1697, first name occasionally John) was a pirate and privateer active off the American east coast. He is known for being one cause of increasing tensions between the Governors of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Early in 1697 Captain Ball of the ship "Kent" from Bristol died en route to the Americas and was succeeded by the ship’s mate, Thomas Day. He put into port at the Province of South Carolina, condemning the ship and selling off its cargo of indigo and sugar. With the proceeds he purchased a brigantine and sailed north with intentions of