He began gaining more crew and vessels and had a real fleet going for him. Other famous pirates were actually under his leadership at one point before being their own great pirates. Every had 5 ships that were able to attack most other ships that were overly defensed. It is said that Henrys biggest profiting attack was on a Grand Moghul’s India convoy ship. The single ship that was attacked was a part of a larger fleet, but after the fleet spotted Every’s ships they fled and only a couple were left after an all-night chase. Men were captured from the ship and tortured for locations of treasures, this is not at all uncommon for the era. His overall net earnings from this attack were about 600,000 pounds of gold, jewels, and silver. Each crew member was given 1,000 pounds of these treasures, which was equivalent to 80 years of sea
He began gaining more crew and vessels and had a real fleet going for him. Other famous pirates were actually under his leadership at one point before being their own great pirates. Every had 5 ships that were able to attack most other ships that were overly defensed. It is said that Henrys biggest profiting attack was on a Grand Moghul’s India convoy ship. The single ship that was attacked was a part of a larger fleet, but after the fleet spotted Every’s ships they fled and only a couple were left after an all-night chase. Men were captured from the ship and tortured for locations of treasures, this is not at all uncommon for the era. His overall net earnings from this attack were about 600,000 pounds of gold, jewels, and silver. Each crew member was given 1,000 pounds of these treasures, which was equivalent to 80 years of sea