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2. HMS Hippomenes (1803) - Wikipedia

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   On 30 April, Kenneth Mackenzie (or M'Kenzie) of the 16-gun, ex-French privateer brig Guachapin, who had left his ship 50 leagues to leeward and brought up her boats, [13] assisted Shipley in superintending the landing of Maitland's troops at Warappa. The Dutch governor initially rejected the surrender terms but surrendered on 5 May after the ...

3. Privateer - Wikipedia

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   This included attacking foreign vessels and taking them as prizes and taking crews prisoner for exchange. Captured ships were subject to condemnation and sale under prize law, with the proceeds divided by percentage between the privateer's sponsors, shipowners, captains and crew. A percentage share usually went to the issuer of the commission ...

4. HMS Swallow (1795) - Wikipedia

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   HMS Swallow was an 18-gun Albatross-class brig-sloop of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1795 and sold in 1802. During her naval career she captured a number of French privateers while on the Jamaica station. After her sale she became an armed whaler sailing under a letter of marque. As a privateer she captured two French whaling vessels but ...

5. Category:18th-century ships - Wikipedia

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6. HMS Nemesis (1780) - Wikipedia

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   A last payment of head money for Forsoget, which was a Danish privateer, was paid in September 1830, by which time Ferris was dead. [Note 6] On 23 July 1810, boats from HMS Belvidera, Captain Richard Byron, and Nemesis attacked three gun-schooners of the Dano-Norwegian Navy.

7. HMS Linnet (1806) - Wikipedia

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   Privateer:14 guns HMS Linnet was originally His Majesty's revenue cutter Speedwell , launched in 1797, that the Royal Navy purchased in 1806. Linnet captured a number of privateers before the French frigate Gloire captured her in 1813.