Oily what i was a little worried about was why he called himself Pugwash

The Captain himself was a rather round kindhearted pirate who captained the vessel the Black Pig, ably assisted by Pirate Barnabas, Master Mate, Pirate Willy and Tom the cabin boy.
"Master Bates", "Seaman Staines" and "Roger the cabin boy" have all been invented since the series went off the air in the 70s
His sworn enemy was Cut Throat Jake, pirate captain of the Flying Dustman and his band of ruffians. Pugwash was a pretty bloody useless pirate and leader really and inevitably had his bacon saved by the young cabin boy.