The only way for the curse to be broken was for Jones to resume his duties or someone to kill him and take over as the new captain.

It was transformed into a barnacled, decaying ship with a monstrous crew as a result of Jones abandoning his duty to ferry souls to the next life. The Flying Dutchman' has powerful armaments, consisting of rotating tri-barreled guns capable of repeating fire.ĭespite its immortality, the Dutchman could be damaged as seen when it battled the Black Pearl. Afterwards, he either recruits dying survivors for his crew or executes them, dumping their bodies in the sea. Jones, however, eschewed his duties and made the Flying Dutchman the most feared ship on the seas. Both Jones and the ship were made immortal by the sea goddess, Calypso, in exchange for serving as psychopomp and ushering the souls of those who died at sea to the next world. Jones and his crew, like the ship itself, are slowly losing their humanity and mutating into conglomerates of different sea life forms. Main article: Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean)Ī mythic ship, the Flying Dutchman is commanded by the legendary Captain Davy Jones.

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