 He later moved to the more profitable waters of the Caribbean, attacking both English and Spanish ships.British Admiralty Records, in the Public Records Office in the UK show, in a report dated 18 July 1700, that "HMS Poole", a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate commanded by Captain John Cranby, engaged Wynn's ship off the Cape Verde islands.Cranby chased Wynn into a cove at Brava Island where Wynn was able to hold out.