Privateers

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Christian Huskies square off against the New Orleans Privateers in the Southland Tournament.

The Cowgirls looked strong against the Privateers on Wednesday as a late 16-2 run led to a 68-56 victory after UNO won the first meeting in New Orleans in February.

Three pitchers for the combined to allow one run on four hits on Friday in a 3-1 win over the New Orleans Privateers at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, the eighth straight win for head coach David Pierce’s team.

He will give a presentation on Privateers, Buccaneers and Blockade Runners, Part 3. Light refreshments will be served.

New Orleans Privateers are set to battle the Gold Rush of NAIA member Xavier (LA).

People attending the Dec. 14 party following the Anna Maria Island Privateers’ Christmas Parade gather under the sail shades to eat lunch and visit with Santa Claus.

Pride of Baltimore II, like her predecessor, Pride of Baltimore, is a reproduction of one of the most famous of these privateers, Chasseur.

The Privateers nearly staged a comeback, but the ‘Cats pulled through in the final 9 seconds of play to take the win.

They were English privateers who took Quebec City (hundreds of miles from the nearest bay or gulf, let alone the Atlantic).

Acting aggressively, Genêt outfitted privateers that sailed with American crews under a French flag and attacked British shipping.

Adjudicating captures, invalid letter of marque, or illegal cruelty The letter of marque by its terms required privateers to bring captured vessels and their cargoes before admiralty courts of their own or allied countries for condemnation.

After nearly being captured by Jamaican privateers, and hearing that the king had extended the deadline for pardons for piracy, Rackham and his crew returned to Nassau to surrender to Woodes Rogers.

After the failure of the British invasions and a Spanish counter invasion of Georgia in 1742, belligerent naval actions in the Caribbean were left to the privateers of both sides.

Another blow to Jamaica's partnership with privateers was the violent earthquake which destroyed much of Port Royal on June 7, 1692.

A number of privateers were part of the English fleet that opposed the Spanish Armada in 1588.

As a result, the sugar monoculture and slave-worked plantation society spread across Jamaica throughout the eighteenth century, decreasing Jamaica's dependence on privateers for protection and funds.

As a rule, the buccaneers called themselves privateers, and many sailed under the protection of a letter of marque granted by British, French or Dutch authorities.

ASIN: B0007J8WMW By the middle of the 18th century, Bermuda was sending twice as many privateers to sea as any of the continental colonies.

Because corsairs gained a swashbuckling reputation, the word "corsair" is also used generically as a more romantic or flamboyant way of referring to privateers, or even to pirates.

By sending the newly appointed privateers after Spanish ships and settlements, England had successfully set up a system of defense for Port Royal.