Here's a post-worthy tribute:
Bootstrap Bill eventually escaped the crushing seafloor by making a deal with Davy Jones: one hundred years of service aboard the Flying Dutchman in exchange for freedom from his watery grave.
In retaliation, Barbossa had Bootstrap tied to a cannon by his own and thrown into the ocean depths. Because he was under the Aztec curse, he could not die; instead, he was forced to spend years eternally drowning and crushed by the pressure of the sea floor until he was found by Davy Jones. Servitude Aboard the Flying Dutchman