Examples of using Privateers in English and their translations into Russian
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As a rule, the buccaneers called themselves privateers, and many sailed under the protection of a letter of marque granted by British,
French privateers began to attack English ships in the Irish Sea
From her, he learned that there were two privateers around Corunna, one of which had captured a brig from Lisbon with a cargo of bale goods two days earlier.
which was home to privateers who preyed on English shipping.
captured two large 24-gun Dutch privateers, the Hercules and Mars.
I have read of privateers, under commission from American colonies to clean up these waters
The letter of marque by its terms required privateers to bring captured vessels
The site also served as a refuge for pirates and privateers who used the island as a base from which to attack Spanish galleons.
sent colonial guard ships and authorized their own privateers in response, neutralizing the French activity.
Queen Elizabeth I had successfully used a private fleet( Privateers) in dealing with her competitors Invincible Armada.
serving aboard warships and privateers on the Great Lakes,
taking sixteen French ships and several privateers, and received the gratitude of the merchants in the British colony of Barbados.
Martin was sent to the West Indies as captain of the fifth-rate HMS Tamar in which he captured nine privateers.
allowing Spanish privateers to capture the St. François, which had been fully loaded with supplies, provisions, and tools for the colony.
Dutch and English privateers.
When diplomatic means did not suffice, Britain resorted increasingly to seizure of what it considered"contraband" in Dutch bottoms on the high seas by the Royal Navy and British privateers.
The Brethren or Brethren of the Coast were a loose coalition of pirates and privateers commonly known as buccaneers
which had previously been dispersed following repeated assaults by English privateers.
assassination of Peter I of Castile, Portuguese and Castilian privateers were dispatched against each other, several of which made detours
which served as a base for privateers.