Talk:Port Royal

New and old
"A new Town of Port Royal was constructed near Old Port Royal and it became the principal station of the British naval forces in the Caribbean" Does anyone know when this new Port Royal was built, by any chance? --Obsessed 00:52, 12 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I tagged this with a request for a citation, since the claim that New Port Royal became the "principal" naval base sounds like it might conflict with Kingston becoming the new capital. Lawrence King 03:11, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Old and new Port Royal are the same. After the 1692 earthquake, the Navy took over operation of much of Port Royal, constructing a large naval yard to base its Caribbean opeations out of. This base was closed in 1905. Kingston was indeed the capital after the earthquake but the naval base was in Port Royal itself and occupied much of the town's real estate during that time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccreate (talk • contribs)

Why did Bart. Roberts go to Port Royal? I understand he operated between 1719 and 1722, ie, 30 years or so after the Port Royal earthquake. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Splitsides (talk • contribs)

Many pirates frequented Port Royal during the so called Golden Age of Piracy. But it was not a haven of piracy as it was duing the pre-1692 era of the buccaneers. By the time of GAoP, pirates were often hunted and hanged with zeal in Port Royal, filling the gibbets Gallow's Point. Calico Jack was captured there along with Anne Bonny and Mary Read. He was promptly hanged along with his fellow crew members in 1725. Anne and Mary pleaded their bellies, Mary dying in the Old Gaol in Port Royal.

During the period, nearly every pirate imaginable passed through the port, though without the brashness of their buccaneer predecessors, due in large part to the change in political favor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccreate (talk • contribs)

Pronouncing Jamaica
An editor doesn't believe that Jamaica needs a pronunciation guide. There are foreigners reading this (I'm thinking native Spanish speakers here0 that might have trouble with that! I think it should be left.Student7 (talk) 23:56, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree with the editor; it doesn't make much sense. Xihr  23:30, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Rewriting?
An editor has placed a "Rewrite" tag on the article. I have looked the article over and can't see any obvious reason. It suggests that there is an ongoing discussion on this page. There isn't. I think the editor at least needs to sketch out in broad terms what bothers him. If that doesn't happen and no one else objects, I would like to remove the tag. Student7 (talk) 21:31, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree, while it clearly needs style-unifying work and some concision, so do a few million other articles. The importance of the city is made clear, and it's well-documented and reasonably organized. There's no comment here, on the history page, or on the Wikipedia cleanup page. Editor Kintetsubuffalo merely added the rewrite template without any comment anywhere. I'll just remove it now since 45 days have passed since your comment. Twang (talk) 07:24, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

"Port Royal is the site of the only historical earthquake which can be dated closely by not only date, but time." Really? The time of just about every earthquake in the last century can be determined with precision. If anyone rewrites this, please keep in mind that history includes yesterday. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.144.70.5 (talk) 05:35, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Agree on move
Agree that earthquake material should be summarized more tightly since there is an article already.

Would like to request that large moves and large copyedits not occur on the same edit please, so we can follow them better and understand what is happening. When they are both done simultaneously, they are confusing and other editors can't figure out what went into the trash can. Thanks. Student7 (talk) 03:05, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Coordinate error
The following coordinate fixes are needed for

—209.112.234.86 (talk) 22:58, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * ❌. You haven't specified what you think the error to be, and the coordinates currently in the article appear to be correct. Deor (talk) 12:36, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Sources for Port Royal
These are alternate sites for the history of Port Royal.

Piracy in Port Royal

Piracy in Port Royal

Piracy in Port Royal

Piracy in Port Royal

174.22.13.242 (talk) 18:43, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

why does Port Royal has French name ?
"Port Royal" is not spanish, its french for "king's harbor". why this place has a french name? Madame Grinderche (talk) 23:32, 2 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I always thought it was English for "Port Royal", ie. a royal port. Why do you think the name is French, not English? Wouldn't the French name be "Port du Roi" or something like that? - BilCat (talk) 00:01, 3 December 2014 (UTC)


 * The English name would be "Kingly Haven". "Port Royal" is indeed French. "Port du roi" would mean "Haven of the King", so a bit different. --212.186.14.29 (talk) 10:43, 30 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Irregardless, it was still named by the English. French languages were once commonly spoken in England, such as Anglo-Norman and Law French, so French style names would not be unlikely or unheard of. BilCat (talk) 04:22, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

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Pirates of the Carribean?
Port Royal is a major location in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and there's no mention here of it. Ditto/ (Talk) 14:22, 4 August 2016 (UTC)


 * The film series is mentioned in Port Royal. That should be sufficient. - BilCat (talk) 16:28, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

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Misleading dates and information
Port Royal was not established in 1494. Christopher Columbus landed on the island in 1494 in St. Ann's Bay on the north side of the island. He left and did not return to the island for nine years. The first settlers came to the island with Juan de Esquival in 1508 (14 years later) and the first Spanish settlement was called Sevilla la Nueva, New Seville. The town was built in 1510 in the now Parish of St. Ann.

Port Royal was called Caguay by the Taino and was used as a fishing camp. Once the Spanish settled they called it Cayo de Carena or Caguaya because it was where they careened boats. When the English invaded in 1655 they changed the name to Cagway and then later to Port Royal. There is still a Cagway Street in Port Royal. Sources can be found in Columbus's diaries and letters as well as the writings of Bartolome de las Casas.

While Pirates had been coming to the island throughout Spanish occupation their numbers increased significantly after 1655, when they were invited to come use the island as their port in exchange for guarding the city until Fort Charles was completed and a soldiers were installed. After under the governorship of Henry Morgan Pirates and privateers were hunted and hanged. Penndragon70 (talk) 04:27, 18 January 2023 (UTC)