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[[File:AC4 Jackdaw.png|thumb|250px|The ''Jackdaw'' docked in Great Inagua]]<br />
The '''''Jackdaw''''' was a [[brig]] captained by the [[Piracy|pirate]], and later [[Assassins|Assassin]], [[Edward Kenway]], which he obtained with the help of [[Adéwalé]], during his time in the [[Caribbean|West Indies]].<br />
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Before Kenway's captaincy, the [[Ships|ship]] was a part of a [[Spanish Treasure Fleet]], and named '''''El Dorado'''''. Upon securing it, Kenway renamed the vessel ''Jackdaw'', after the bird of the same name.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref><br />
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==Procurement==<br />
After an imprisoned Edward Kenway was placed on a ship in the fleet bound for [[Spain]], he met his future quartermaster, Adéwalé, who helped free Edward from their leg irons, and assisted him in incapacitating the guards until the pirate retrieved his equipment.<br />
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Following this, the pair secured a crew by freeing other prisoners from their Spanish captors, before they set their sights on a brig in the fleet, ''El Dorado'', and made their way to relinquish it. Subsequently, Kenway used the pirates he freed to help sail the ship from the fleet under the cover of a severe storm, successfully escaping the natural disaster while the remaining ships were sunk. Kenway then renamed the ship the ''Jackdaw'', after a small, swift bird from his home of Wales.<br />
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==Schematics==<br />
The ''Jackdaw'' was 60 meters long, 48.5 meters high, had a width of 11.9 meters, and had 26 sails. Accompanying this, the ''Jackdaw'' was armed with 46 {{Wiki|broadside|broadside cannons}}, four {{Wiki|cannons|chaser cannons}} and two {{Wiki|swivel gun}}s. Accompanying this, she could hold a sizeable number of [[Naval mines|fire barrels]], {{Wiki|heated shot}} and mortar rounds, and was equipped with a iron plated {{Wiki|naval ram}}.<br />
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At her strongest, the ''Jackdaw'' possessed a sizeable amount of iron-plating reinforcement across her hull, which provided ample protection in combat against a number of [[Man O' War|Men O' War]].<br />
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She was also equipped with a {{Wiki|diving bell}} for exploration of various underwater wrecks, as well as a whaling rowboat and harpoons, which allowed Edward to [[Hunting|hunt]] for local sea life. Like most ships of the time and area, her masts featured pedal-activated lifts and hooks to allow both ascent and descent.<ref name="AC4"/><br />
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==Notable Conflicts==<br />
While the ''Jackdaw '' did not participate in any major historical battles of the era, it still had more than its fair share of legendary combat. Notable skirmishes, such as the battle which took Blackbeard's life near the Bahamas and the later conflict off the coast of Principe in which Bartholomew Roberts was killed, were fought on the ''Jackdaw'''s decks. The ship also single-handedly outgunned and destroyed all of the naval forts around the West Indies at one time or another. <br />
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The ''Jackdaw'' also took many ships, from gunboats to Men O' War, including the five [[Legendary Ships]] that roamed the West Indies Sea: [[El Impoluto]], the Brothers-In-Arms [[HMS Fearless]] and [[Royal Sovereign]], the [[La Dama Negra]], and the [[HMS Prince]]. <br />
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==Crew==<br />
*Edward Kenway<br />
*Adéwalé (until 1721-22)<br />
*[[Anne Bonny]] (from 1721-22 onward)<br />
*Numerous unnamed pirates<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*Like many other references to the Assassin Order involving avians, a {{Wiki|Western Jackdaw|jackdaw}} is a small, black bird belonging to the crow family. Coincidentally, the color of the bird's feathers themselves could also be a reference to piracy often being symbolized by black.<br />
*[[Darby McDevitt]] mentioned the ''Jackdaw'''s name was also a reference to the fable of [http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/subjects/english/aesops_fables/25-32/eagle_and_jackdaw the Eagle and the Jackdaw]. The fable is recited during the memory, "[[Delirium]]".<br />
*The former name of the ship, ''El Dorado'', is Spanish for "the gilded one; the golden".<br />
*In the captain's cabin, there is a statue of an eagle near the rear window.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180"><br />
AC4 - Concept Art - Ship.jpg|Concept art of the ''Jackdaw''<br />
AC4-CA-Jackdaw.jpg|Concept art of the ''Jackdaw'' in combat with another vessel<br />
BlackFlag promo 4.jpg|Edward hunting a whale, while on board the ''Jackdaw''<br />
Blackflag06.jpg|The ''Jackdaw'' off the coast of an island<br />
Naval battle ACIV.jpg|The ''Jackdaw'' in combat with another vessel<br />
Naval battle 2 ACIV.jpg|The ''Jackdaw'' in combat during a storm<br />
Jackdaw.jpg|Developmental artwork depicting the ''Jackdaw''<br />
AC4-Jackdaw cabin.jpg|Edward in his captain's quarters of the ''Jackdaw''<br />
This_Tyro_Captain_3.png|The ''Jackdaw'' sailing the Caribbean<br />
The Treasure Fleet 9.png|Adéwalé and Edward aboard the ''Jackdaw''<br />
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==Reference==<br />
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[[Category:Ships]]<br />
[[Category:Assassin ships]]<br />
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