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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:
A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. [1] Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms.
Privateer ships of the United Kingdom (1 C, 45 P) Privateer ships of the United States (56 P) Pages in category "Privateer ships" The following 57 pages are in this ...
1804, March 9 – French privateer Grande Decide captures British merchantman Caldicot Castle; 1804, March 25 or 28 – HMS Hippomenes captures French privateer Egyptienne; 1804, April – A French privateer captures the slave ship Sarah and takes her and her cargo of slaves into Guadeloupe; 1804, May 12 – A French privateer captures the ...
For ships, see Category:Privateer ships. Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. * Fictional privateers (3 P) A.
The word "privateer" applies to any private citizen in the world who raises a ship and crew to engage in the destruction of enemy shipping for profit. Although specifically allowing attacks upon enemy warships, privateers are typically amateurs employed against commercial shipping because armed navy ships are more likely to fight back effectively.
The list of battleships includes all battleships built between 1859 and 1946, listed alphabetically. The boundary between ironclads and the first battleships, the so-called ' pre-dreadnought battleship ', is not obvious, as the characteristics of the pre-dreadnought evolved in the period from 1875 to 1895.
Fancy was initially a 46-gun privateer named Charles II – after Charles II of Spain – in Spanish service, commanded by a Captain Gibson, and was anchored at A Coruña, Spain. On 7 May 1694 , Henry Every and a few other conspirators organised and carried out a successful mutiny and, setting Captain Gibson ashore, left A Coruña for the Cape ...