EXPEDITION FINDS FRAGMENTS OF ARMENIAN SHIP WRECKED BY WILLIAM KIDD

ARMENPRESS
March 11, 2008

YEREVAN, MARCH 11, ARMENPRESS: Members of the Ayas Armenian nautical
club are back from an expedition to the Caribbean Sea. Club chairman
Karen Balayan told Armenpress their goal was to look for fragments
of an Armenian merchant ship that was attacked and robbed by famous
pirate, William Kidd in 1698 in the Indian Ocean and was then sailed
to the Caribbean.

Karen Balayan said they managed to find some fragments of that
ship that will be thoroughly examined. He said the four-month long
expedition was filmed and will be shown soon as a documentary.

William "Captain" Kidd was a Scottish sailor remembered for his
trial and execution for piracy after returning from a voyage to the
Indian Ocean.

Some modern historians deem his piratical reputation unjust, as there
is evidence that Kidd acted only as a privateer. Kidd’s fame springs
largely from the sensational circumstances of his questioning before
the English Parliament and the ensuing trial.

His actual depredations on the high seas, whether piratical or not,
were both less destructive and less lucrative than those of many
other contemporary pirates and privateers.