legal pirates

What Is A Privateer Ship?

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What Is A Privateer Ship? A Letter of Marque authorized armed merchant ships to challenge any likely enemy vessel that crossed its path during the course of a commercial voyage. A Privateer Commission was issued to vessels, called privateers or cruisers, whose primary objective was to disrupt enemy shipping. Do privateers still exist? Privateering continued

What Is A Legal Pirate Called?

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What Is A Legal Pirate Called? A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. What are the different types of pirates? There are many kinds of pirates: corsairs, Vikings, Buccaneers, and privateers. What were legal pirates called? Privateers were essentially “legal pirates”, engaging in activities