Murderous Piracy on the Saladin (1844)

The trial of the crew of the Saladin was a celebrated pirate trial, long after the end of the Golden Age of Piracy. The tale of greed, betrayal, murder, and the huge amount of money that had inspired such acts was enough to grip the public imagination for years to come. Ship Name: Saladin Nationality: United Kingdom Built: 1835 Tonnage: 550 Ship Type: Barque Ship Wrecked: Nova Scotia Year Wrecked: 1844 Reason Wrecked: Navigational Error Lives Lost: None in the Wreck, 8 on the Voyage Sources: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/piracy https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20190512/html.php http://yarmouthhistory.ca/yarmouthhistory/LocalHistory/Entries/2014/10/1_Piracy_and_Murders_on_the_Barque_Saladin.html https://novascotia.ca/museum/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=4108 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=67&dat=18440808&id=54ExAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FicDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3304,3181519 https://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol05/tnm_5_4_1-18.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20090903050357/http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/Saladin.html