Privateers generally avoided encounters with warships, as such encounters would be at best unprofitable.

* 2008-Promo Ship Obago Deuce-This extremely rare ship was scheduled to be a late year promo for in-store handout, but was only distributed in ~ very ~ limited quantities to employees and convention-helper Privateers.

Privateers were also required by the terms of their Letters of Marque to obey the laws of war, honor treaty obligations ( avoid attacking neutrals ), and in particular to treat captives as courteously and kindly as they safely could.

HMS Hogue ( 1811 ) | HMS Hogue, which trapped the Young Teazer before the ship explodedDuring the American Revolution, the village avoided a raid by American Privateers through the " rouge ruse " wherein the townswomen, young and old, garbed in cloaks with their red lining worn outwards marched in an early morning of 30 June 1782 to successfully convince American Privateers lying offshore to find another place to pillage.

Privateers put wartime surplus alloy barrels on their Tiger 100 racers, and won races, inspiring the Triumph GP model.

Gaber paired up with Enzo Jannacci as I Due Corsari (" The Two Privateers "), who made their debut at the end of 1958 with two vinyl singles-" Come Facette Mammeta ", a classic song of Neapolitan humour, and " Non occupatemi il telefono " (" Don't Hog the Telephone ").

Privateers teams are often found competing in rally and circuit racing events, and often include competitors who build and maintain their own vehicles.

" The Provision of Naval Defense in the Early American Republic: A Comparison of the U. S. Navy and Privateers, 1789 – 1815.

* July 16 – Okinawa-based U. S. Navy PB4Y-2 Privateers of Patrol Squadron 28 ( VP-28 ) begin patrols of the coast of the Peoples Republic of China.

John Newland Maffitt ( February 22, 1819 – May 15, 1886 ) was an officer in the Confederate States Navy who was nicknamed the " Prince of Privateers " due to his remarkable success as a blockade runner and commerce raider in the U. S. Civil War.

* Commander John Newland Maffitt ( privateer ), officer in the United States Navy and Confederate States Navy, nicknamed the " Prince of Privateers ", son of the above

* American Privateers in The War Of 1812: Examines the myths and facts behind Captain Samuel Reid's sea battle in the Azores and whether Reid's action actually delayed the British squadron and aided General Jackson's defense of New Orleans.

Privateers were a large part of the total military force at sea during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Privateers based at Minehead were involved in the war with Spain and France during 1625 – 1630 and again during the War of the Spanish Succession from 1702 – 1713.

It was during this period that he acquired the nickname " Prince of Privateers " ( which was somewhat inaccurate, since he was a naval officer and not an actual privateer.

Privateers and pirates were common during the 16th century throughout the Spanish Main but were unheard of in the Pacific.

Privateers were part of naval warfare from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Privateers would continue to use Nimrod's NRA / C2 until the middle of 1984, when both privateers running the chassis were forced to fold.

Privateers from Puerto Rico were often called " guarda costas ", or " coast guards.

Privateers led by pirate Jean Lafitte were also recruited by Jackson for the battle.

American Privateers were threatening Cape Sable Island when the 94th Regiment arrived ; they surprised the ship in the night and destroyed it.

In 1675 Grenada was captured by Dutch Privateers, but luckily for the French, a French man-of-war arrived unexpectedly, and the island was recaptured.

* Ralph M. Eastman, Some Famous Privateers of New England, ( Boston: Privately printed by State Street Trust Company, 1927 ).

* William Morrison Robinson, Jr., The Confederate Privateers ( Columbia, S. C .: University of South Carolina Press, 1928 ).

The Armée de l ’ Air mustered two fighter groups with F8Fs, two bomber groups with B-26s, while the Aéronavale ( naval aviation ) could muster F6F Hellcats, SB2C Helldivers, F4AU-1 and four-engined PB4Y Privateers ( navalized versions of the B-24 Liberator heavy bomber ).

We have proved so able to solve technological problems that to contend we cannot realize a universal goal in the immediate future is to be extremely shortsighted, if nothing else.

It is, however, a disarming disguise, or perhaps a shield, for not only has Mercer proved himself to be one of the few great lyricists over the years, but also one who can function remarkably under pressure.

In the conduct of these and many other campaigns, the Hetman proved to be a much abler journalist than his critics allowed.

After scouring around a bit in the open area, I came across what proved to be tar-soaked logs which crackled and burned brightly, giving off vast rolls of smoke into the ashen sky.

Sherman proved that a railway base could be movable and the most brilliant feature of the Atlanta campaign was the rapid repair of the tracks.

for if this can be proved we shall surely be the gainers -- I mean, if there is a use in poetry as well as a delight ''.

Because of these involvements in the matter at stake, Boniface lacked the impartiality that is supposed to be an essential qualification for the position of arbiter, and in retrospect that would seem to be sufficient reason why the English embassies to the Curia proved so fruitless.

The same can be said of shaving yet the electric razor has proved useful to many men.

Sessions devoted to `` Ethics and Foreign Policy Trends '', `` Moral Principle and Political Judgment '', `` Christian Ethics in the Cold War '' and related subjects proved to be much livelier under this procedure than if Catholics were merely talking to themselves.

The north portion of the Essex bridge was well worth the cost of construction, although it proved to be twice what was estimated in the beginning.

This material proved to be unsatisfactory, since we could not obtain reproducible results on various portions of the sample.

No general installation should be made until a model installation has been proved and its maximum capability determined.

Walton dropped everything to serve as a district co-ordinator in the hard-fought Wisconsin primary and proved so useful that he was promoted to be liaison officer to critically important New York City.

The cook got drunk, and President Wheelock proved to be a man of broad talents by carving the ox himself.

In this tangle of conflicting claims, the patent-sharing scheme adopted by the A.L.A.M. at its founding proved to be the best device for avoiding or mitigating the burdens of incessant litigation.

It might be, indeed it had already proved to be a marriage without love, but it was marriage.

The Hotel Westmore proved to be one of the older hotels in Pearson City, and definitely second-rate.

Then Heywood Sullivan, Kansas City catcher, singled up the middle and Throneberry was across with what proved to be the winning run.

It was the first time we've been ahead this season ( when John Richey kicked what proved to be the winning field goal ) ''.

Yet this cannot be proved.

She said that proved she wasn't to be trusted with a fire in her room, and she could be burned to a crisp without anybody knowing it.