D27 Change of Watch 2008

On 14 March the RMPS helped host a hospitality suite in honor of the late Captain Henry Avery. As you can see from the pictures below several members were into the spirit of the evening. Pictures were provided by P/C H. Clay Helm, JN.

Henry Avery is most famous for being one of the few major pirate captains to retire with his loot without being arrested or killed in battle. In  1694 Avery was serving as first mate aboard the privateer Charles II under a Captain Gibson, then anchored at La Coruna, Spain. Avery and a few fellow conspirators succeeded in a mutiny and set Captain Gibson ashore.  He renamed the ship the Fancy and sailed for the Cape of Good Hope.