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Captains of the privateers of the War of 1812. Ho-Ho-Kus Publishing Company, 1994. Documents about Prince de Neufchatel in the possession of the UK National Archives; Drawing of Prince de Neufchatel in the UK National Maritime Museum; The battle with HMS Endymion in: Maclay, E.S., A History of American Privateers, New York, 1899
Bill Johnston (February 1, 1782 – February 17, 1870) was a Canadian-American smuggler, river pirate, and War of 1812 privateer.Born in Canada, Johnston was accused of spying in 1812 and he joined the American side of the war and lived the rest of his life in the United States.
HMS Anaconda was an 18-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy during the War of 1812.She was cruising as an American privateer until sailors from HMS Sceptre captured her in 1813. . She served briefly in the Royal Navy during the later stages of the War of 1812, especially at the Battle of New Orleans, before being sold in Jamaica in 18
A letter of marque and reprisal (French: lettre de marque; lettre de course) was a government license in the Age of Sail that authorized a private person, known as a privateer or corsair, to attack and capture vessels of a foreign state at war with the issuer, licensing international military operations against a specified enemy as reprisal for a previous attack or injury.
1812, November 2 – British letter-of-marque Caledonia repels US privateer Retaliation; 1812, November 21 – Merchantman John Tobin repels attack by American privateer brig Alfred; 1812, November 22 – HMS Southampton captures USS Vixen; 1812, December 11 – American privateer Saratoga captures the British letter of marque Rachel in the ...
Boyle left Comet at Beaufort and headed north to Baltimore and thence to New York City where he took command of the privateer Chasseur, of which he was part owner. The privateer tried to put to sea on 24 July, but British warships obliged her to wait four days off Staten Island. Once at sea, Boyle set a course for the British Isles via the ...
The Battle of Fayal was a military engagement fought between American and British forces on September 26–27, 1814 during the War of 1812. It occurred near the Portuguese city of Horta on Faial Island, [a] in the Azores. A Royal Navy squadron on its way to Jamaica and Louisiana attacked the American privateer General Armstrong while she was at ...
Privateers and Gentlemen is a role-playing game in which players create characters who are naval officers serving on Royal Navy warships during the late 18th century, during the days of Admiral Horatio Nelson and C.S. Forrester's fictional Captain Horatio Hornblower, sometimes called the "Age of Fighting Sail".