
The Ship's Bell
Recovered from the Whydah Gally, the engraved bell bears witness to Bellamy's flagship and her final storm.
Samuel Bellamy
A fortune won in months. A legend sealed in one storm.
The Whydah's wreck preserves something pirate history rarely gives us: objects that can be studied beside the written record.

Recovered from the Whydah Gally, the engraved bell bears witness to Bellamy's flagship and her final storm.

From luxury goods to colonial commodities, explore the treasure that made Bellamy one of the wealthiest pirates of his age.

Logbooks, court records, and contemporary accounts reveal the man behind the myth.
Bellamy rises to command after the crew removes Benjamin Hornigold.
His company captures vessels across the Caribbean and Atlantic.
Bellamy captures the Whydah Gally and makes her his flagship.
The Whydah is lost in a violent nor'easter off Cape Cod.
Recovered artifacts preserve the material record of Bellamy's final voyage.