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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:
Victual Brothers or Vitalians or Likedeelers 1360–1401
Gödeke Michels (leader of the Likedeelers) 1360–1401
Klaus Störtebeker ,
Wismar , (leader of the Likedeelers), 1360–1401
Didrik Pining , German, c. 1428–1491
Paul Beneke , German, born in
Hanseatic City of
Danzig ,
Pomerelia c. 1440s–1490s
Kemal Reis , Turkish, c. 1451–1511
Oruç Reis (Barbarossa) , Turkish, c. 1474–1518
Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha , Turkish, 1478–1546
Turgut Reis (Dragut) , Turkish, c. 1485–1565
Timoji , Hindu, 1496–1513
Murat Reis the Older , Turkish, c. 1506–1609
Sir Francis Drake , English, c. 1540–1596
Sir George Somers , English 1554–1610
Captain Christopher Newport , English, c. 1561–1617
Magnus Heinason , Faroese, c. 1568–1578 privateer in Dutch service under the
Dutch revolt and 1580s, and privateer and merchant in Danish service on the
Faroe Islands c. 1578–1589
Piet Hein , Dutch, 1577–1629
Alonso de Contreras , Spanish, 1582–1641, privateer against the Turks under the banner of the
Order of Malta and later commanded
Spanish ships
James Erisey , English, 1585–1590s
Peter Easton , England/Newfoundland, c. 1611–1614
Sir
Henry Morgan , Welsh, 1635–1688
Jean Bart , French, 1651–1702
William Dampier , English, 1652–1715
William Kidd , Scottish, c. 1654–1701
Nicolas Baeteman , Dunkirker 1659–1720
Alexander Dalzeel , Scotland, c. 1662–1715
René Duguay-Trouin , French, 1673–1736
Kanhoji Angre ,
Maratha , 1698–1729
Lars Gathenhielm ,
Swedish , 1710–1718
Ingela Gathenhielm ,
Swedish , 1710/18–1721
Fortunatus Wright , English of Liverpool, 1712–1757
David Hawley , colonial United States, 1741–1807
Jonathan Haraden , colonial United States, 1744–1803
William Death , English, 1756
Alexander Godfrey , colonial Nova Scotia, 1756–1803
Jose Campuzano-Polanco , colonial Santo Domingo, 1689-1760
Etienne Pellot , aka "the Basque Fox", French, 1765–1856
Noah Stoddard , United States, 1755-1850
Robert Surcouf , French, 1773–1827
John Goodrich (1722-1785), Loyalist privateer in the American Revolution
David McCullough, colonial United States, 1777-1778
Jean Gaspard Vence , French, –1783
Joseph Barss , Colonial Nova Scotia, 1776–1824
Jean Lafitte 1776–1854,
French
Louisiana hero in the
Gulf of Mexico
John Ordronaux (privateer) , United States, 1778–1841
Ephraim Sturdivant , United States, 1782–1868
Hipólito Bouchard , Argentina, 1783–1843
Otway Burns , North Carolina, United States 1775–1850
Wetheman (active 1151/52 – c.1170), Danish,
Wendish Crusade