On December 9, 1718, near Cape of Good Hope, Captain Pieter de Vloming encountered pirates. When ordered to surrender, he refused and invited them aboard instead. After avoiding their initial boarding attempt, pirates fired muskets, wounding the captain. They then damaged the ship's rigging with cannon fire. The crew tried to escape by hoisting the jib sail. A second pirate ship, flying a blood flag, positioned itself behind their cabin. Though wounded, Captain de Vloming saw this and called to strike the flag, but this was not done immediately. The pirates threatened to kill everyone if they fired a shot or didn't lower their flag. The crew, fearing death, called to surrender. A sailor named Jacob Cornelisz de Boer from Alkmaar lowered the flag without orders. The pirates demanded they launch their boat and come aboard, threatening cannon fire if they refused. The second narrator took the boat to the pirates, while the first narrator threw the company's main papers overboard. The captain died during this time. 23 armed pirates then boarded their ship. The pirate ship was armed with 26 cannons, 20 swivel guns, and 2 mortars in each crow's nest. It was called the "Crown Prince of Prussia," but now "the Dragon," previously captained by Jacob van der Stolk as a merchant ship from Rotterdam. It had been captured at St. Jago Island. The pirate captain was named Candon. The second ship was an English South Sea Company vessel called "the Right," with 26 cannons and 6 swivel guns, captained by Spelt.
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