The Fortune
In late December 1683, de Graaf, his compatriots and their fleet of seven ships arrived off Cartagena. Local governor, Juan de Pando Estrada, commandeered three private slave trading vessels - the 40-gun San Francisco, the 34-gun Paz and a smaller 28-gun galliot. The Spanish, led by a 26 year old commander, struggled against De Graaf's more experienced pirates. The San Francisco was grounded and the other two ships were captured. De Graaf took the San Francisco as his new flagship and renamed it the Fortune. The pirates then proceeded to blockade the town.
In January 1684 an English convoy arrived carrying a note for de Graaf from his wife offering a Spanish pardon and commission. De Graff ignored the note, not trusting the Spanish to keep their promises. In summer and fall of 1684 de Graaf remained in Petite Goave. He sailed in November 1684, but had little or no success in raiding the shipping lanes.
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