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Essex Pirates were a British Basketball League team from Southend-on-Sea in the county of Essex. They were founded in 2009 and played their home games at the Southend Leisure & Tennis Centre. Following the loss of a major sponsor the franchise withdrew from the league just two weeks prior to the start of the 2011-12 season and have remained inactive since with much of their former fan-base now following Essex Leopards.