Port Royal

E258745
historic site town

Port Royal is a historic Jamaican town at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, once a notorious 17th-century pirate haven and major Caribbean port.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Port Royal canonical 6
Port Royal, Jamaica 2
Town of Port Royal 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
town ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
culturalDepiction featured in films about piracy ⓘ
featured in pirate literature ⓘ
currencyCurrent Jamaican dollar ⓘ
currencyHistorical Jamaican pound ⓘ
dateOfMajorDestruction 1692-06-07 ⓘ
economy fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
formerColonyOf Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
governingCountryDuring17thCentury England ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains 17th-century artifacts ⓘ
sunken city structures ⓘ
heritageStatus historic preservation area ⓘ
underwater archaeological site ⓘ
historicalEra 17th century ⓘ
knownFor Caribbean trade ⓘ
buccaneers ⓘ
earthquake destruction ⓘ
piracy ⓘ
privateering ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedAtMouthOf Kingston Harbour ⓘ
locatedIn Kingston Parish ⓘ
locatedOn Palisadoes ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Caribbean Sea ⓘ
navalHistory Royal Navy station ⓘ
base for British Caribbean fleet ⓘ
near Kingston ⓘ
notableStructure Fort Carlisle ⓘ
Fort Charles ⓘ
Fort James ⓘ
St Peter’s Church, Port Royal ⓘ
partOf British West Indies ⓘ
portionOfTownSank yes ⓘ
religionHistorical Anglicanism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
servedAs base for privateers ⓘ
commercial hub ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
significantEvent 1692 Jamaica earthquake ⓘ
fires after 1692 earthquake ⓘ
tsunami of 1692 ⓘ
transport Port Royal Street (road link to Kingston) ⓘ
wasMajorPortIn Caribbean ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingston → hasHistoricArea → Port Royal ⓘ
Port Royal, Virginia → namedAfter → Port Royal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port Royal, Jamaica
Kingston Parish → contains → Port Royal ⓘ
West Indies station → headquartersLocation → Port Royal ⓘ
subject surface form: West Indies Station
this entity surface form: Port Royal, Jamaica
Elizabeth Swann → homeLocation → Port Royal ⓘ
Will Turner → homePort → Port Royal ⓘ
Kingston Metropolitan Area → contains → Port Royal ⓘ
GoldenAgeOfPiracy → hasKeyLocation → Port Royal ⓘ
Cypress Wetlands → managedBy → Port Royal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Town of Port Royal