Matthew Luke

Matthew Luke (died 1722, occasionally named Mateo Luque or Matteo Luca)[1] was a pirate and privateer active in the Caribbean.

Luke, originally from Genoa, had been cruising the Caribbean under commission from the Spanish Governor of Puerto Rico as a guarda costa privateer.

The paper wrap from a powder cartridge was determined to be a page from the journal of a snow named Crean, whose crew had been murdered.

[6] The Launceton's logbooks note, "25 Apr 1722 - Cape Tiberon - captured boat from Puerto Rico with hiding crew.

"[7] The crewmen were tried and shown to be pirates, one of whom confessed to killing twenty English men with his bare hands.