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Jacques François Perroud
Jacques François Perroud (1770 – 1822) was a French privateer, famed for his capture of the large East Indiaman ''Lord Nelson'' on 14 August 1803, and for his spirited defence of his 32-gun ''Bellone'' against the overwhelming 74-gun ship of the line HMS ''Powerful'' during the action of 9 July 1806. Career Perroud was born in 1770 to a family from Bordeaux. From 1796, he operated from Mauritius, captaining the privateers ''Pichegrue'' and the ''Hasard'' from 1799. On 6 July 1799, he captured the American merchantman ''Aurore'', under Captain Sutter, and brought her back to Port-Louis. The ship was requisitioned to ferry prisoners to France, and Perroud took her command, arming her with eight guns and 30 men. ''Aurore'' departed from Mauritius on 23 August 1799 and arrived in Lorient on 9 May 1800. From 1801, Perroud mounted the 34-gun 8-pounder frigate ''Bellone'', with a crew of over 200 men. On 14 August 1803, he met with the large East Indiaman ''Lord Nelson''. Ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privateer
A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign or delegated authority issued commissions, also referred to as a letter of marque, during wartime. The commission empowered the holder to carry on all forms of hostility permissible at sea by the usages of war. This included attacking foreign vessels and taking them as prizes, and taking prize crews as prisoners for exchange. Captured ships were subject to condemnation and sale under prize law, with the proceeds divided by percentage between the privateer's sponsors, shipowners, captains and crew. A percentage share usually went to the issuer of the commission (i.e. the sovereign). Privateering allowed sovereigns to raise revenue for war by mobilizing privately owned armed ships and sailors to supplement state power. For participants, privateerin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Minerve (1794)
''Minerve'' was a 40-gun of the French Navy. The British captured her twice and the French recaptured her once. She therefore served under four names before being broken up in 1814: * ''Minerve'', 1794–1795 * HMS ''Minerve'', 1795–1803 * ''Canonnière'', 1803–1810 * HMS ''Confiance'', 1810–1814 French service as ''Minerve'' Her keel was laid in January 1792, and ''Minerve'' was launched in 1794. On 14 December, off the island of Ivica, she captured the collier ''Hannibal'', which was sailing from Liverpool to Naples. However, eleven days later, recaptured ''Hannibal'' off Toulon and sent her into Corsica. ''Minerve'' took part in combat off Noli. At the action of 24 June 1795, she and the 36-gun engaged the frigates and . ''Minerve'' surrendered to the British, ''Artémise'' having fled, and was commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS ''Minerve''. British service as HMS ''Minerve'' French Revolutionary Wars On 19 December 1796, ''Minerve'', under the command of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Privateers
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, vessels used for piracy are pirate ships. The earliest documented instances of piracy were in the 14th century BC, when the Sea Peoples, a group of ocean raiders, attacked the ships of the Aegean and Mediterranean civilisations. Narrow channels which funnel shipping into predictable routes have long created opportunities for piracy, as well as for privateering and commerce raiding. Historic examples include the waters of Gibraltar, the Strait of Malacca, Madagascar, the Gulf of Aden, and the English Channel, whose geographic structures facilitated pirate attacks. The term ''piracy'' generally refers to maritime piracy, although the term has been generalized to refer to acts committed on land, in the air, on computer networks, and (i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
