Blockade of Nassau

The Blockade of Nassau was a naval blockade set up in Jule 1718, by the British Empire to curb piracy in the Caribbean and to gain control of the port of Nassau. The British Empire, under the command of Governor Woodes Rogers and Commodore Peter Chamberlaine took control of the city, and gave the local pirates a choice to take the King's pardon, or to be hung till death. While most of the pirates took the pardon, Charles Vane and Edward Kenway, along with a few others managed to escape the blockade.