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On 1 May Scourge chased a French 14-gun privateer brig on shore at St. Martin's. The privateer's crew escaped after setting fire to the brig, which blew up before boats from Scourge could reach it. [15] On 20 January 1799, Scourge captured a Spanish brig from Cadiz bound to La Guira with a cargo of wine, brandy, and merchandise.
HMS Tapageur was the French privateer cutter Tapageur, launched in 1778 or 1779, possibly at Dunkirk. [2] The British captured her in 1779, while she was operating out of Saint Malo. She wrecked a year later in the West Indies.
HMS Racoon (or Raccoon) was a brig-sloop built and launched in 1795.She served during the French Revolutionary Wars and in the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.She had an active career under several captains, working essentially independently while capturing or destroying some 20 enemy privateers and naval vessels.
Pickle chased the privateer for an hour and a half but the privateer was faster and Pickle gave up the chase. [13] Hayer, who wrote the report of the action, described the privateer as having two 12-pounder and two 9-pounder guns, and a crew of about 70 men. Pickle had a crew of 35, of whom three were incapacitated by illness. [13]
A privateer was a private person authorized by a country's government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping. Privateering was an accepted part of naval warfare from the 16th to the 19th centuries, authorised by all significant naval powers. Notable privateers included:
Privateer: For Havard et Compagnie. [23] 11 September ... 20 October Great Britain: Almon Hill & Sons ...
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Privateer P-1 with Gypsy engine Privateer P-3. The two seat sportsplane's fuselage had two distinct parts, a forward boat hull containing the cockpit and mounting wings, engine and the land undercarriage on amphibious versions and a rear part bearing the tail. The hull had ash longerons with spruce stringers and was Alclad skinned. It was flat ...