pirates

"It's a Dutch barque. Probably stolen by the pirate Bonnet."
―Henry Turner[src]

Bonnet was a pirate of the Caribbean. By 1751, the pirate Bonnet stole a Dutch barque, the Ruddy Rose, and was pursued by the British Navy, notably the HMS Monarch. However, while attempting to escape the Monarch, the Ruddy Rose was attacked and Bonnet's crew were killed by Captain Armando Salazar and his crew of cursed ghosts who haunted the Devil's Triangle.

Biography

The pirate flag flown on the Ruddy Rose, the Dutch barque stolen by Bonnet.

The pirate flag flown on the Ruddy Rose, the Dutch barque stolen by Bonnet.

Not much is known of Bonnet's life, other than Bonnet engaged in piracy and became a pirate known even to young sailors like Henry Turner.[2][3] In 1751,[1] the HMS Monarch, a warship of the British Navy, was sent to chase a pirate ship that flew the Jolly Roger flag called the Ruddy Rose,[2] a Dutch barque which Henry observed to have been stolen by the pirate Bonnet. In an attempt to escape, the Rose sailed into the mysterious uncharted waters of the Devil's Triangle, where Bonnet's crew were attacked by Captain Armando Salazar, a pirate hunter of the Spanish Navy who became a cursed ghost, and the crew of the Silent Mary. Salazar's crew quickly slaughtered the entire pirate crew, and presumably Bonnet as well.[3]

Behind the scenes

Bonnet was first mentioned in media relating to the 2017 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.[3]

While unconfirmed, the name "Bonnet" is likely a reference to Stede Bonnet, a historical pirate who left behind a prosperous Barbados plantation in order to "go on the account" as a pirate captain and a partner of Blackbeard's,[4] notably making an appearance in Tim Powers' 1987 novel On Stranger Tides, one of the inspirations for the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.[5] A pirate named "Stede" appeared in Terry Rossio's original 2012 screenplay draft for Dead Men Tell No Tales.[6]

In Jeff Nathanson's early 2013 screenplay draft of Dead Men Tell No Tales, at the beginning of the film, the British ship HMS Monarch was engaged in a battle with the French ship the Courageux, captained by a man named Thurot. When Thurot saw how heavily damaged the Courageux was and that many of his men were dead and wounded, he ordered his crew to strike the colors.[7]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales: Movie Graphic Novel
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Novelization
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  4. ↑ WP favicon Stede Bonnet on Wikipedia
  5. ↑ On Stranger Tides
  6. ↑ Wordplayer.com: WORDPLAY/Archives/Screenplay - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES by Terry Rossio
  7. ↑ Dead Men Tell No Tales script by Jeff Nathanson, second draft, 5/6/2013