Halsey's Restaurant Pirate Page (Simpson Bay, St Maarten), call 599 544-2882



86 Welfare Road, Simpson Bay, St. Maarten, N.A. phone 599.544.2882 \| Open 7 days a week

Captain Halsey, originally hailed Boston. As a privateer, he raided French and Spanish shipping in 1704 and by 1705 he received a new commission and turned pirate and sailed to Madagascar in command of the Charles, which had 10 guns. In late 1706, Captain Halsey was disposed by his crew who thought him to be a coward after refusing to fire upon a larger Dutch ship in the Indian Ocean. His crew was convinced the ship was nothing more than a merchantman.Captain Halsey's intuition was correct however for the Dutch ship turned on the Charles and fired. Afterwards, Captain Halsey was reinstated as captain. In 1707, Captain Halsey seized two coastal traders at the Nicobar Islands. Then Halsey sailed to the Straits of Malacca. He found little success there, as his crew was now afraid to fire upon any ship larger than their own after the encounter with the Dutch ship. At Madagascar Captain Halsey picked up more crew and Captain Nathaniel North became Quartermaster. While visiting _Mocha in the Red Sea, August, 1707, Captain Halsey encountered a British squadron of five ships with a total of 62 guns. Captain Halsey displaying immense courage and attacked the squadron. The largest of the British ships fled and the others scattered in all directions. Captain Halsey captured two of the ships, taking Ł50,000 in cash and cargo. In 1708, Captain Halsey returned to Madagascar. A hurricane struck and destroyed his ships. Captain Halsey was sick with a fever and died soon after. He was buried with great ceremony. Of the ceremony, Daniel Defoe quotes: "He was brave in his person, courteous to all his prisoners, lived beloved, and died regretted by his own people. His grave was made in a garden of water melons, and fenced in with pallisades to prevent his being rooted up by wild Hogs."