Privateering Chronology
1550
1642-1651
English Civil War 12 privateers licensed by George Carteret take 125 prizes1689
King William III bans all trade with France.1692-97
The eight Jersey privateers captured 46 prizes.1703-1711
In the period 1703-1711 there were 38 Jersey privateers which took 151 prizes.1757
Captain Le Cronier of La Defiance captures 9 prizes worth 486,440 livres1778
According to a French Commander in Cherbourg over 150 prizes were taken by Jersey privateers in1793-1795
42 Jersey boats were captured by French privateers. This was two thirds of the island's shipping.1798
The privateer Herald engages three French ships in the Bay of Naples.1806
258 Jersey seamen held as prisoners of war by the French.
1807
1856
Declaration of Paris specifically bans privateering.
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