According to the 1728 edition of «A General History of the Pyrates», a letter explains how the Greyhound was captured in 1716 by John Martel, who flew one flag «in which was the Figure of a Man, with a Sword in his Hand, and an Hour-Glass before him, with a Death’s head and Bones». In two other flags «were only the Head and Cross Bones».
Source: Paul K. Alkon, «Defoe and Fictional Time», University of Georgia Press 2010
Sizes: ensign W12 x L18 mm, mast flags W8 x L12 mm, jack W6 x L9 mm, pennant W4 x L48 mm.
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