Privateers and PrivateeringStatham, Edward Phillips
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Privateers and Privateering
Statham, Edward Phillips
Naval biography; Privateering
Clipperton, John, commands _Success_, with _Speedy_ as consort
(Captain Shelvocke), 76;
ill-will between them, 76;
separates from Shelvocke, 77;
leaves record at Juan Fernandez, 87;
has trouble with his crew, 88;
takes some prizes, 88;
one of them recaptured, 88, 89;
captures rich prize, 89;
she is recaptured by Spanish war-ships, 89;
takes to drink, 89;
some of his crew desert, 90;
encounters Shelvocke, 90;
they disagree and part, 91;
sails for China, 91;
returns home in an Indiaman, 91;
his death, 91;
other reference, 38
Clowes, Sir W. Laird, naval historian, 12 _n._, 313, 314
_Cochon Gras_, 197
Cochrane, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Alexander, 356
_Coëtquen_, 212
Coggleshall, George, American seaman and writer, 270, 314, 325
Colbert, French Minister of State, 204
Coldsea, Mr., 85
Coleridge, Samuel T., the poet, 81
_Comet_, 308, 310, 311, 312
_Comte d'Artois_, 195
Concepcion (Chili), 81
_Concepcion_, 91
_Concorde_, 210
Confederate States of America, 13
_Confiance_, 257, 258-260
Connelly, Mr., 66
Constable, Captain Charles, 235, 236, 237
Cooke, Edward, 51, 61
_Cora_, 308
Cork, 42, 43, 45
Corunna, 99, 104
Cosby, Captain, 281
_Courier_, 246
Courtney, Captain Stephen, 45, 60, 61
Courts-Martial:
Captain Charles Constable, of the _Falcon_, 238
Captain William Dampier, of the _Roebuck_, 36
Lieutenant James E. Gordon, of the _St. Lawrence_, 314, 315
Captain Thomas Griffin, of the _Captain_, 161
Captain Savage Mostyn, of the _Hampton Court_, 162
Lieutenant Baker Phillips, of the _Anglesea_, 193, 194
Captain Edward Rumsey, of the _Pembroke_, 238
Captain Matthew Smith, of the _Diomede_, 246
Surviving officers of the _Nonsuch_, 221
_Creole_, 247
Crow, Captain Hugh, 12, 13
Curaçao, 239, 340
Curtis, Vice-Admiral Sir Roger, 334
_Cybèle_, 246, 247
Cyclones of the Indian Ocean, 242
Dampier, William, circumnavigator and privateer, served in the Navy, 35;
a buccaneer, 36;
commands a man-of-war, 36;
is tried by Court-Martial and dismissed, 36;
commands _St. George_, privateer, with _Cinque Ports_ as consort, 37;
South Sea voyage a failure, 37;
discontent, mutiny, and desertions, 37;
futile action with French ships, 37;
captures a large Spanish provision ship, 37;
parts from _Cinque Ports_, 38;
men desert with mate and steward, 38;
takes a brigantine and sails for East Indies, 38;
imprisoned in Dutch factory, 38;
arrives in England, 38;
controversy as to account of voyage, 38;
other references, 41, 44, 55, 58, 59, 64, 65, 73, 75
Dana, Richard, 83
Danes, The, 5
Daniel, Captain James, 82
_Danycan_, 211, 212
Dartmoor Prison, 281
Dartmouth, 157
_Dartmouth_, 185
_Dash_, 307
_Dauphin_, 204, 205
Dawson, Captain John, 112, 113, 114
Death, Captain, of the _Terrible_, 106, 109, 110, 111
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