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(160 km) before they finally were able to capture the brig. She was the letter of marque Porcupine, of more than 300 tons, and was carrying a valuable cargoHMS Atalanta (366 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
in 1808 and wrecked in 1813. HMS Atalanta (1814) was originally the letter of marque schooner Siro, which HMS Pelican captured in January 1814 and whichParagon (1813 ship) (312 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Cod, in little wind, before they captured her. The schooner was the letter-of-marque Paragon, of 157 tons burthen, 20 men, and pierced for 16 guns butGunter's Tea Shop (513 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
least I could take without drawing attention.” In Patrick O'Brian's The Letter of Marque, Gunter's staff were hired for a private dinner party by Sir JosephHired armed cutter Hero (1,187 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
marque that carried the name Hero, and that were cutters. None of the letter of marque cutters match the description of either hired armed cutter Hero.Bent Salvesen (698 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
commanding one of the two private ships from Drammen which received the letter of marque from the Dano-Norwegian government that authorized them to attackJohn Lennon (Royal Navy officer) (464 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Navy during the American Revolution. In 1796, when in command of the letter of marque schooner Favorite, of Martinique, he was very severely wounded andHerald (1798 ship) (495 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
acquired a letter of marque on 15 January 1798. On 14 February 1798, as the letter of marque Herald was about four leagues from the Bay of Naples with a cargoRedbeard (comics) (2,252 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Spanish Ambush shows the court of the Spanish Viceroy in Cartagena. The Letter Of Marque And Reprisal explains the difference between a pirate and a privateerHMS Vengeance (1758) (750 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
following year she scored a success against privateers, capturing the letter-of-marque Comte de Nancy on 6 April 1760. Vengeance departed for Quebec onCoromandel (ship) (831 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Davy & Co. This may have been Coromandel, Messervy, master, that the letter of marque Echo, of Malta, captured on 18 September 1812 while Coromandel wasHubert Hugo (1,932 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
brutally suppressed. Four of them were flogged and imprisoned. Since the letter of marque stated the ship's name as L'Aigle Noir, or the Black Eagle, theyHMS Alcide (1779) (373 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Kitts and the Saintes in 1782. On 12 September 1780 Alcide captured the letter of marque Pocahontas. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS PocahontasTartar (1813 privateer) (571 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
reported her armament as 18 guns. In 1812 Veasey was captain of the letter-of-marque Baltimore, which the Royal Navy captured in October. Emmons conflatesList of Redbeard albums (573 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
12: The Treasure Of Redbeard (1971, Le trésor de Barbe-Rouge) 13: The Letter Of Marque And Reprisal (1971, La mission secrète de l'épervier) 14: The LiberationBattle of La Guaira (1812) (599 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
an incoming brig. After the engagement it turned out that she was the letter of marque Rachel, originally commanded by Captain N. Dalmahoy (or Dalmarhoy)Andrew Barton (privateer) (1,316 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
behalf of the Scottish crown, he may be described as a privateer. The letter of marque against Portuguese shipping was originally granted to his fatherHMS Blossom (1806) (926 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
outbreak of war with America, Blossom and Hyacinth were in sight when the letter of marque Sir Alexander Ball captured the American ship Grace Ann Green. BlossomHMS Cambrian (1797) (4,931 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
spotted two vessels, which they immediately chased. Stag captured one, the letter of marque Heureux Premier, which was armed with 10 brass 6-pounder guns, andThe Antelope (1,345 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
citizen of the Banda Oriental, that he had relied on the validity of the letter of marque, that he had argued against the capture of the French ship, and thatPrize (law) (4,975 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
government." The formal commission bestowed upon a naval vessel, and the Letter of Marque and Reprisal granted to private merchant vessels converting themFrench frigate Bellone (1807) (573 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
boats and 200 men of the squadron of which Junon was part captured the letter of marque schooner Lottery. Lottery was of 210 tons burthen (bm), copper-bottomedList of single-ship actions (4,849 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
with USS Saratoga 1781, January 9 – The sloop USS Saratoga captures the letter-of-marque Tonyn 1781, March 7 – Liverpool privateer Woolton captures FrenchHMS Daedalus (1780) (829 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
destroyed the armed ship Bell, of 20 guns. Daedalus and Hornet, and the letter of marque slave ships Ellis and Saint Ann shared, by agreement in the proceedsReaper (schooner) (131 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
The letter of marque giving Capt. Sturdivant permission to take offensive action against British shipping History United States Name Reaper General characteristicsHMS Rover (1808) (3,438 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
rescinded it. Soon after, Jørgensen sailed on a second voyage in the letter of marque Margaret and Anne, accompanied by the brig Flora. On arrival in IcelandPiracy in the British Virgin Islands (1,866 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
countries. As these vessels were in fact not at war with England, the Letter of Marque became obsolete and the act committed constituted piracy. The BritishCharles Rathbone Low (1,272 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Tale of the Sea and Land (1869) Tales of Naval Adventure (1872) The Letter of Marque and Tales of the Sea and Land (1873) The Autobiography of a Man-o'-War'sHMS Doterel (1808) (1,455 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
New Hampshire to Bordeaux. On 2 November Doterel and Recruit drove the letter of marque schooner Inca on the shoals at Cape Romain. Inca was armed with sixHMS Sceptre (1802) (1,246 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
as Anaconda and St Lawrence. On 12 May 1814, Sceptre recaptured the letter of marque Fanny. The capture and recapture of Fanny, together with Sceptre'sCatherine Lundoff (418 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(2008) Great Reckonings, Little Rooms (2009) The Egyptian Cat (2010) The Letter of Marque (2010) At Mother Laurie's House of Bliss (2011) A Day at the InnJosé Joaquim Almeida (7,942 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Juan Pedro de Aguirre, who also owned 20%. It is maintained that the "letter of marque against the Spanish flag " authorized by the " Supreme DirectorUSS Trumbull (1776) (1,506 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
rigging, and sails were shot to pieces. Holed below the waterline, the letter of marque took on water at an alarming rate, and her danger was compoundedHMS Recruit (1806) (1,603 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
carrying salt from Liverpool. On 2 November, Recruit and Doterel drove the letter of marque schooner Inca on the shoals at Cape Romain. Inca was armed with sixSeth Harding (395 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Roebuck and Orpheus. Harding was subsequently exchanged, commanded the letter of marque Diana, but was captured again. After this release, the fighting captainNadezhda (1802 Russian ship) (1,172 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
voyages of scientific exploration This 26-cannon armament comes from the letter of marque. It is almost certainly a mistake as that would be heavy armamentHistory of Guernsey (4,366 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
amongst around 70 ships varying in size from 5 to 500 ton.: 175 The Letter of Marque would set out which countries' ships could be taken, by which shipHMS Acasta (1797) (5,194 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
90 men. On 10 December Acasta, Poictiers and Maidstone captured the letter of marque brig Herald, bound from Bordeaux to Baltimore. The British took HeraldGeneral Armstrong (1,792 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
ship sailing from Suriname to Liverpool with dry goods. However, the letter of marque Barton of Liverpool recaptured Lucy & Alida. The American privateerHMS Cormorant (1804) (1,025 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
to New York. Batavia's crew regained possession of her, but then the letter of marque Irlam detained Batavia again. Irlam came into Liverpool, from whereFrench frigate Sémillante (1791) (2,049 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Bower, and was sailing under a letter of marque dated 2 May 1793. The letter of marque described her as a sloop of 100 tons burthen (bm), armed with twelveHMS Belvidera (1809) (1,715 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Statira, which were at anchor in Lynhaven Bay, chased and captured the letter of marque schooner Lottery, of 225 tons, and pierced for 16 guns though onlyJoseph Peabody (675 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
officer on privateers, and acted with credit as second officer of the letter of marque Ranger. He was captain of several merchant vessels, and his companyHMS Bramble (1809) (680 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Lightning. They were also in company on 15 April at the capture of the letter of marque Caroline. On 7 May there was an auction of the cargo of the AmericanHMS Hyacinth (1806) (1,298 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
of 1812. Ten days later, Hyacinth and Blossom were in sight when the letter of marque Sir Alexander Ball captured the American ship Grace Ann Green. NineHMS Ringdove (1806) (1,819 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
June she was one of the vessels that were present at the capture of the letter of marque Ulysses, Sam Hill, Master. Ulysses, of Massachusetts, carried eightHMS Conflict (1805) (1,070 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Conflict was in company with Indefatigable, when Indefatigable captured the letter of marque Diane, which was on her way to Île de France, carrying naval storesGravesend Grammar School (2,289 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
been staged, including some written by student and teachers such as The Letter of Marque (pronounced "Mark"), directed by Carrie Lee-Grey (SMOOSH) and writtenMinerva (1773 ship) (1,673 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Register notes that Minerva had a new master, one Dodds by name. The letter of marque issued on 11 October 1804 to "Dods", shows her armament as two 9-pounderBrunswick (1791 ship) (406 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
of marque on 10 October 1793. The size of the crew previewed on the letter of marque suggested that the initial plan was that Brunswick would cruise asOcean (1790 ship) (753 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
beads, and ten captives. Daedalus and Hornet, were working with the letter of marque slave ships Ellis and St Anne to find and defeat "Renaud's Squadron"HMS Hornet (1794 sloop-of-war) (1,684 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
destroyed the armed ship Bell, of 20 guns. Daedalus, Hornet, and the letter of marque slave ships Ellis and Saint Ann shared, by agreement, in the captureHMS Tigress (1808) (1,340 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Martinique. There French merchants bought her and fitted her out as the letter-of-marque Pierre Cézar (equally Pierre César or Pierre Czar or Pierre Caesar)HMS Matilda (1805) (761 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
entire crew might have been lost. Mathilde had earlier captured the letter of marque Clyde, which had been on her way to Liverpool. Prior to her captureHMS Clyde (1796) (1,770 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Clyde recaptured the ship Hiram. Six days later, Clyde captured the letter of marque schooner Aire, which was sailing from Brest to Santo Domingo. ThenCaledonia (1805 ship) (607 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
a letter of marque on 20 September 1805. At the time he acquired the letter of marque his intention may have been to sail her as a privateer. A complementHMS Sophie (1809) (2,825 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
North Star and Sophie captured the Brick. On 22 June Sophie captured the letter of marque Amelia. Late in 1812 or early in 1813, Sophie shared in the captureKitty's Amelia (1803 ship) (1,344 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
for a British vessel. She was reported wrecked in 1809. In 1803 the letter of marque and slaver Kitty captured the French ship Jeune Amèlie as she wasHMS Monsieur (1780) (1,318 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
prize crew was asleep. The next day they sailed to Kinsale where the letter of marque Hercules took possession. On 12 March 1780 the Third Rate AlexanderHMS Amazon (1799) (2,682 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
weeks and had captured the packet Prince of Wales from Lisbon, and the letter of marque Lady Nelson, which had been sailing from Virginia to Glasgow. A numberHMS Milbrook (1798) (2,211 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
over two weeks later, on, 17 September, Milbrook, in company with the letter of marque Ceres, captured the Danish brig Kraben. Kraben was condemned to theContinental Navy (5,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
under James Nicholson, had gained acclaim in bloody action against the Letter of Marque Watt. On August 28, 1781, she met HMS Iris and General Monk and engagedSaint Ann (1797 ship) (817 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Saint Ann shared by agreement with HMS Daedalus and HMS Hornet, and the letter of marque slave ship Ellis in the proceeds of the recapture of Quaker (DecemberHMS Curlew (1812) (2,839 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Cod, in little wind, before they captured her. The schooner was the letter of marque Paragon, of 157 tons burthen, 20 men, and pierced for 16 guns butSugar Cane (1786 ship) (1,141 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
July 1795, John Marman received a letter of marque for Sugar Cane. The letter of marque authorized Sugar Cane to engage in offensive action against FrenchWilliam Kidd (5,726 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
preserve his crew, rather than subject them to Royal Navy impressment. The letter of marque was intended to protect a privateer's crew from such impressmentHMS Dominica (1810) (1,010 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
schooner in around 1805. Then in 1809 she was armed at Guadeloupe as the letter of marque Duc de Wagram. The British captured her in 1809 and Admiral LordJuan Bautista Azopardo (1,285 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
They failed, although they did manage to capture an enemy sloop. The letter of marque expired in 1808 whereupon Azopardo retired from privateering forDavid Jewett (2,201 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
against the Spanish. From 1815 to 1817 the Invincible made use of the letter of marque issued for her and Jewett, and four ships were captured: the polaccaRenato Beluche (673 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Colombian patriots who were rebelling against Spanish rule with the letter of marque of Venezuelan general Simón Bolívar. Beluche would spend the nextCyrus (1800 whaler) (1,794 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
the command of Captain Archelaus Hammond. By 25 September 1803, the letter of marque Scorpion was at Delagoa Bay on the east coast of Africa. There sheHMS Pultusk (1807) (1,571 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
February 1809. The officer in charge was Lieutenant Robert Leech, and the letter of marque had been armed with eight guns and had had a crew of 20 men. PrizeHMS Topaze (1793) (2,301 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
in the 57th day of her first cruise during which she had captured the letter of marque Westmoreland, of Liverpool, after a sharp action, and the brig BrunswickHMS Anson (1781) (3,749 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
from Batavia with a cargo of coffee. On 27 April Anson captured the letter of marque brig Vainquer. Vainquer was pierced for 16 guns but only mountedHMS Glatton (1795) (3,009 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
for the EIC. Glatton's letter of marque was dated 22 August 1793. The letter of marque permitted her, while under Drummond's command, to assist in the captureHippolyte Bouchard (6,112 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A portion of the "letter of marque" issued to Bouchard by the Argentine government.Hired armed cutter John Bull (1,203 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
sailing from St Sebastian to St Andero. Early in September 1809 the letter of marque cutter John Bull captured the Spanish vessel N.S. Aransia. She hadHMS Barbadoes (1813) (1,467 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
On 10 December 1812 HMS Acasta, Poictiers, and Maidstone captured the letter of marque brig Herald, bound from Bordeaux to Baltimore. The British took HeraldAirship (15,958 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
1985, p. 83, ISBN 0-87474-364-8 Theodore Richard, Reconsidering the Letter of Marque: Utilizing Private Security Providers Against Piracy (April 1, 2010)HMS Vincejo (1799) (2,892 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Isle de France (Mauritius). On 30 November 1811, Rover captured the letter-of-marque Comte Regnaud. Comte Regnaud was armed with ten 18-pounder carronadesHMS Echo (1797) (3,285 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
and a few broadsides from the French vessel, she struck. She was the letter of marque barque Amazon(e), armed with ten 6-pounder guns and carrying a crewLord Eldon (1802 EIC ship) (1,967 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
had left Portsmouth he was issued a letter of marque on 25 June. The letter of marque authorized him to engage in offensive action against the French shouldPiracy (22,701 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
specifically authorized Congress to issue letters of marque and reprisal. The letter of marque and reprisal was recognized by international convention and meantUS Navy airships during World War II (1,751 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
United States Navy aircraft wings Theodore Richard, Reconsidering the Letter of Marque: Utilizing Private Security Providers Against Piracy (April 1, 2010)HMS Swallow (1745) (3,974 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
HMS Aquilon. Beginning a run of prizetaking, Swallow then captured the letter of marque Le Tigre on 12 February, having been sent to cruise off Oleron. SomeBell (1788 ship) (1,580 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Falmouth up to the crews. In 1798, HMS Daedalus, HMS Hornet, and the letter of marque enslaving ships Ellis and Saint Ann were cruising jointly to findHMS Cyane (1806) (3,987 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
boats captured eight merchantmen before, on 22 May, she captured the letter of marque Medusa while cruising of Majorca. Medusa was armed with 12 guns andHMS Indefatigable (1784) (5,265 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Indefatigable, in company with the gun-brig Conflict, captured the letter of marque Diane, which was on her way to Île de France, carrying naval storesElliott (1783 ship) (2,079 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
William Denison. The crew numbers come from the declaration for the letter of marque. Information from the database on slave voyages or other sourcesHMS Barbadoes (1804) (2,186 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
September 1800 she was under François Beck. On 2 April 1801, as the letter-of-marque Nancy, Davidson master, was returning from Sierra Leone, the FrenchMohawk (1781 ship) (2,093 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
also reported that the French squadron had, on 4 July, captured the letter-of-marque Mohawk between Lampedusa and Pantelleria as she was sailing betweenVulture (1779 ship) (1,842 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
the crew and the armament suggests that Vulture's owners acquired the letter of marque, as an option to engage in privateering when she returned. VultureOttoman Tunisia (10,764 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
(University of Oklahoma 1976) at 46. The certificate the pirate lacks is the Letter of marque (in European law) issued by a sovereign state which here grants theSeringapatam (1799 ship) (2,717 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
American ship from the Peruvians. One of the vessels he captured was the letter of marque Greenwich, of 338 tons burthen, armed with 10 guns and having a crewList of shipwrecks in 1813 (3,000 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Ocean (44°30′N 15°00′W / 44.500°N 15.000°W / 44.500; -15.000) by the letter of marque Eugene ( France) whilst on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to São MiguelPrince of Wales (1786 ship) (4,412 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Prince of Wales was Thompson, not Scales, which is inconsistent with the letter of marque and other evidence. The item in Scots Magazine does not give theMiguel Enríquez (privateer) (17,307 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
despite the circumstances not falling under the stipulations of the letter of marque. This also ignored royal decrees that allowed any slave that arrivedList of shipwrecks in 1797 (1,773 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Saint Croix, Virgin Islands before 2 June. Nelly Great Britain The letter of marque ship was lost on Heneaga. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to NassauJoseph Needham Tayler (3,046 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
whenever he went afloat. On 27 April 1800 he assisted in the capture of the letter of marque Vainqueur from Bordeaux bound for St. Domingo, and two days afterwardsList of shipwrecks in 1814 (3,579 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Lancashire. Mercury was later refloated. Minerva United Kingdom The letter of marque was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. SusannaList of shipwrecks in 1801 (3,014 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to London. Lord Hawke United Kingdom The letter of marque schooner departed from Waterford for the West Indies. No furtherPrivate maritime security companies (4,713 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
requires |journal= (help) Richard, Theodore T. (2010). "Reconsidering the Letter of Marque: Utilizing Private Security Providers Against Piracy". Public Contract