Whydah

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[[File:WhydahACP.png|thumb|250px|The ''Whydah'']]
The '''''Whydah''''' was a [[British Empire|British]] [[frigate]] originally built as a [[Slave ships|slave ship]] for [[Laurens Prins]], and functioned as a [[Piracy|pirate]] vessel for [[Samuel Bellamy]] before his death in 1717.

==History==
Named after a trading post on the West [[Africa]]n {{Wiki|Gold Coast (region)|Gold Coast}}, the ''Whydah'' was built in England in 1716 as a massive galley with three masts, weighing three hundred tons. It was used by Laurens Prins to transport slaves across the [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref name="Initiates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''</ref>

In February 1717, Prins used the ''Whydah'' to transport a [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] – a "[[Fragment of Eden|Fragment]]" – from [[Africa]] for the [[Templars]]. This had caught the attention of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]], who sent Samuel Bellamy, an Assassin posing as pirate, to intercept the artifact. En route, the ''Whydah'' was attacked by Bellamy and the pirates [[Olivier Levasseur]] and [[Alonzo Batilla]], to which the latter managed to cripple the vessel, enough so for it to be taken by Bellamy as his flagship.<ref name="Pirates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''</ref> Afterwards, Bellamy and his crew converted the ''Whydah'' from a ten-gun galley to a twenty-eight gun galley.<ref name="Initiates"/>

[[File:AC3 naval ships.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The ''Whydah'' during the storm]]
Using the ''Whydah'', Bellamy subsequently plundered several ships near [[Virginia]]. Along with Bellamy's other ships, the ''Whydah'' then attempted to reach {{Wiki|Block Island}}, off the coast of [[Rhode Island]]. With the weather worsening, the ships soon lost contact with each other. On 26 April 1717, while near {{Wiki|Cape Cod}}, the ''Whydah'' was hit by a storm.<ref name="Initiates"/>

It was at this time that the Templars attacked, believing that Bellamy still held the Fragment of Eden. They destroyed the ''Whydah'' and killed Bellamy and the entirety of his crew.<ref name="Pirates"/>

==Trivia==
*The ''Whydah'' was referred to as the "fastest ship in the [[West Indies]]" by Alonzo Batilla.<ref name="Pirates"/>
*The Whydah Bell can later be purchased by [[Edward Kenway]] for his Art collection in [[Great Inagua]].

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
WhydahDeckACP.png|Laurens Prins standing on the deck of the ''Whydah''
WhydahHoldACP.png|The hold of the ''Whydah''

</gallery>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Slave ships]]
[[Category:Pirate ships]]
[[Category:Assassin ships]]
[[Category:Frigates]]

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