Alan Campbell

The Captain, Alan Alexander Campbell McKay, was born in the town of Glasgow, located in Scotland, Great Britain, the 3rd of April, 1673. He was the son of a whiskey distiller, Alexander Campbell, and a washing woman, Ginny McKay. Even though his parents were not rich, they both came from respective clans.

He was raised in disliking anyone disliking Scotland, and so he did. And when he grew older, he also got to disliking the elite of society, however, on his older days, he is moving towards that elite he hated. His first "real" ship was the model of a sloop, which his father made for him, and he hardly did anything but sail in the local pond with that model.

At an age of fifteen (15), he got service on a British 100-gun First Rate Ship-of-the-line, HMS Royal James, renamed HMS Victory in 1691 (for more information on the ship, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Royal_James_%281675%29). He served for three years on that ship, gaining his superior's favour prior to his tactical and strategical understanding of ships and how they should be lead, "... a talent I've never seen earlier from a Scott with his status. He really has a wit and mind that exceeds many men's." as his superior, Captain Edward Stanley expressed it after a crucial storm just outside Trafalgar, where Campbell had the ship through un-orthodoxily ways.

Then, 21st May, 1689, he travelled for the Americas at the age of eighteen (18). He with a trade convoy, commisioned by the London Virginia Company. He arrived at Charlestown the 18th June, 1689. He had absolutely nothing to go with, so the first few years, he served on the ship St. Patrick's Day, under command by the Irish Dainéal O'Connel, an independent merchant. In those first nine (9) years he served there, he rised in the ranks, at last getting the rank of First Mate. In that time, he sailed all the waters of the Caribbean, from Charlesfort in Florida to Cayenne in the Guyana, and he sailed even farther with Mr. O'Connel. As a matter of fact, he sailed from the Dutch part of Guyana to New Orleans, so he experienced the whole Eastcoast of North America.

When O'Connel was killed in close-quarter however, Campbell took command of the Chesse-Maree. He was captain on that ship for fourteen (14) years, until it was burned down in port the year of our Lord 1712, and he changed it in with a Light Corvette "Elliot". He then sailed Elliot from 1712 to 1723. As he entered the Saint George Squadron of White, he quickly gained fortunes, and in no time, had a fortune big enough that he could buy and sail both a 'van Hoorn' Snow and a 'Stralsund' Frigate. They were accordingly named Interceptor and HMS Courage.