the Mughal ships, believed to be the Fateh Muhammed. Tew was killed in this battle, reportedly disemboweled by a cannon shot. Demoralized, his crew surrendered immediately, though they were freed later when Avery's Fancy captured the Fateh Muhammed. The Amity returned to Baldridge's settlement under John Ireland's command to refit; they later swapped the Amity for Richard Glover's Charming Mary and plundered ships in the Indian Ocean under captain Richard Bobbington. Legacy Tew's burial site is unknown, but he is said to be the father of Ratsimilaho, a man who created a kingdom on the east coast of Madagascar. In addition, it has been claimed that Tew was one of the founders of the mysterious (and some believe fictional) pirate colony of Libertatia. King William III commissioned Captain William Kidd to hunt down several pirates, Thomas Tew and John Ireland among them, but Tew was already dead by the time Kidd set sail. Jolly Roger Flag Tew's personal standard is often depicted as a flag with a white arm holding a short sword on a black field. Buccaneer Edmund Cooke used a similar design, except on a red-and-yellow striped field instead of black. However, there is no evidence from period sources that Tew ever flew this flag, which is a 20th-century attribution. Notes References Botting, Douglas. The Pirates. Time-Life Books, 1978. Johnson, Charles. The History of the Pirates: containing the lives of Captain Mission…. London: Printed for, and sold by, T. Woodward, 1728. Merchant, Gloria. Pirates of Colonial Newport. The History Press, 2014. Zacks, Richard. The Pirate Hunter, 2003. Uncharted 4: A Theifs End, 2016 External links RedFlag Of Captain Thomas Tew Maidford Taverns of New York:Chapter 2/ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/44240/44240-h/44240-h.htm#IV 1695 deaths American pirates British pirates English pirates 1649 births 17th-century pirates People from Newport, Rhode Island People of colonial Rhode Island