Matelot

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Matelot
Biographical information
Gender	Male
Died	Aboard the HMS Interceptor near an unnamed shoal
Statistics
Ship(s) captained or crewed	HMS Interceptor
Affiliation	Motley crew
Behind the scenes
First appearance	The Curse of the Black Pearl
Last appearance	The Curse of the Black Pearl
Cause	Stabbed in the back and thrown overboard
Portrayer	Rudolph McColam

Matelot was a pirate recruited by Captain Jack Sparrow at Tortuga prior to the pursuit of Hector Barbossa and the Black Pearl.

Matelot, a thin, bald man, served aboard the commandeered HMS Interceptor, and fought against the crew of the Black Pearl during their raid on the Interceptor. During the battle, Matelot was stabbed in the back and pitched into the sea.

[edit] Behind the scenes

"Matelot" is a French word meaning "seamen". In pirate slang, "Matelot" referred to a pirate who was in a union known as "matelotage" with another pirate; they shared all their possessions (even the wives) and if one of them died, the other succeeded him. ^[1]

[edit] Appearances

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

[edit] Notes and references

1. ↑ Jan Rogozinski, Pirates! Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend [1]

The motley crew
Captain: Jack Sparrow HMS Interceptor Anamaria – Cotton – Cotton's parrot – Crimp – Duncan – Joshamee Gibbs – Kursar Ladbroc – LeJon – Marty – Matelot – Moises – Quartetto – Tearlach – William Turner Captain: Joshamee Gibbs HMS Interceptor/Black Pearl Anamaria – Cotton – Cotton's parrot – Crimp – Duncan – Kursar – Ladbroc LeJon – Marty – Matelot – Moises – Quartetto – Elizabeth Swann – Tearlach – William Turner Captain: Jack Sparrow Black Pearl Anamaria – Cotton – Cotton's parrot – Crimp – Crippled man – Hendry Cutts – Duncan – Joshamee Gibbs – Gordon Greer – Doc Grog – Gunner – Irish man – Jack – Kursar – Ladbroc – Leech – LeJon – Marty – Matelot – Moises James Norrington – Nill Ofrill – James Pidgeley – Scary Mary – Giladoga – Pintel – Quartetto – Ragetti – Skinny man – Spencer Sinclair – John Smith Elizabeth Swann –Sweepy – Tearlach – William Turner – Very old man
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