A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of...
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The Privateer Industries Privateer is an American amphibious amateur-built aircraft that was designed by John Meekins and Bill Husa and is under development...
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The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer is an American World War II and Korean War era patrol bomber of the United States Navy derived from the Consolidated...
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Wing Commander (franchise) (redirect from Privateer II: The Darkening)
to continue the Privateer franchise between 1995 and 2003, by either developing a sequel (Privateer 3) or an online game (Privateer or Wing Commander...
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Henry Morgan (redirect from Henry Morgan (privateer))
Henry Morgan (Welsh: Harri Morgan; c. 1635 – 25 August 1688) was a Welsh privateer, plantation owner, and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. From his...
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Look up privateer or privateering in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A privateer is a pirate operating on behalf of a government. Privateer may also refer...
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Commander: Privateer is an adventure space trading and combat simulator computer video game which was released by Origin Systems in September 1993. Privateer and...
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motorsport, a privateer is usually an entrant into a racing event that is not directly supported by an automobile or motorcycle manufacturer. Privateers teams...
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Privateer 2: The Darkening is a space flight simulation game that was released in 1996 for MS-DOS and published by Electronic Arts under the Origin Systems...
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Privateer Holdings is an American private equity company that invests in the legal cannabis industry. It is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and employs...
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The New Orleans Privateers are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of New Orleans (also known locally as UNO), located in the Lake Terrace/Lake...
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USS Privateer (SP-179), later YP-179, was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1930. Privateer was...
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List of single-ship actions (redirect from Congress (privateer))
repulses the privateer American Tartar 1778, April 24 – USS Ranger captures HMS Drake (details) 1778, December – the Bristol privateer Tartar has an...
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Privateering is the seventh solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 3 September 2012 by Mercury Records...
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Letter of marque (category Privateering)
license in the Age of Sail that authorized a private person, known as a privateer or corsair, to attack and capture vessels of a foreign state at war with...
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French ship Mars (redirect from French privateer Mars)
Toulon, renamed Mars in 1892. Broken up for scrap in 1906. Several French privateers also bore the name. Mars (1746), involved in the Skirmish of Loch nan...
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Privateer Press is a role-playing game, miniature wargame, acrylic paint, board game and card game production and publishing studio. Privateer Press is...
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The Confederate privateers were privately owned ships that were authorized by the government of the Confederate States of America to attack the shipping...
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"Barrett's Privateers" is a modern folk song in the style of a sea shanty, written and performed by Canadian musician Stan Rogers, having been inspired...
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The Privateer Yacht Club is a private yacht club located in Hixson, Tennessee, on the shore of Chickamauga Lake (United States). The club is also the...
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Privateer is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,118 at the 2000 census. It is included...
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Piracy (redirect from French privateers)
predictable routes have long created opportunities for piracy, as well as for privateering and commerce raiding. Historic examples of such areas include the waters...
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other teams during the 1960s and 1970s and several quite competitive privateer teams never built their own chassis. Rob Walker Racing Team was the most...
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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...
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The Ireland Privateer was a 1930s American two-seat, single pusher-engined monoplane sports flying boat which could be equipped as an amphibian. About...
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corsair is a privateer or pirate, especially: Barbary corsair, Ottoman and Berber privateers operating from North Africa French corsairs, privateers operating...
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Scuderia Ferrari (section Privateer entries)
Italian racing authorities. However, Ferrari cars entered by non-Italian privateer teams wore their respective national racing colours until the 1961 Belgian...
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Poisson Volant (redirect from "Poisson Volant" (privateer))
including naval vessels and privateers. Between 1760 and 1814, warships of the Royal Navy captured numerous privateers named Poisson Volant. In April...
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The Maritime Privateers are an intercollegiate athletic program in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III representing the State...
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Privateer is the second album by British guitarist Tim Renwick, only available on Audio License, released in 2007 as the follow-up to his 1980s Tim Renwick...
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