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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 215. Chapters: List of ships captured in the 19th century, List of ships captured in the 18th century, USS Chesapeake (1799), USS President (1800), HMS Speedy (1782), SS Kronprinz Wilhelm, HMS Lutine (1779), HMS Amelia (1796), SS Empire Endurance, SM U-14 (Austria-Hungary), HMS Cyane (1806), HMS Netley (1798), Russian battleship Retvizan, HMS Revolutionnaire (1794), HMS Implacable (1805), Dutch corvette Scipio (1784), HMS Nymphe (1780), HMS Leander (1780), HMS Hermione (1782), Letter of marque, HMS Concorde (1783), French frigate Pomone (1787), USS Nightingale (1851), Spanish cruiser Tornado, USS Atlanta (1861), French frigate Africaine (1798), Sunny South (clipper), HMS Calcutta (1795), HMS Nemesis (1780), HMS Superieure (1803), HMS Belle Poule (1806), General Goddard (1782), HMS Eclair (1801), Estonian icebreaker Suur Toll, HMS Tonnant (1798), Princess Royal (sloop), La Amistad, Russian battleship Oryol, HMS Swiftsure (1787), French frigate Sibylle (1792), HMS Black Joke (1827), USS Britannia (1862), Dutch brig Komeet (1789), HMS Colibri (1808), French frigate Psyche (1804), HMS Guerriere (1806), HMS Hippomenes (1803), HMS Babet (1794), HMS Java (1811), HMS Curieux (1804), HMS Canopus (1798), HMS Manly (1804), Russian battleship Pobeda, HMS Greenwich (1747), HMS Reindeer (1804), French frigate Armide (1804), HMS Atalante (1797), Huascar (ironclad), HMS Entreprenante (1799), HMS Montreal (1761), USS Trumbull (1776), USS Nautilus (1799), HMS Telegraph (1813), HMS Danae (1798), HMS Vengeance (1800), CSS Teaser, French frigate Egyptienne (1799), USS Advance (1862), HMS Berwick (1775), HMS Hannibal (1786), USS Alfred (1774), French frigate Chiffone (1800), HMS Thames (1758), French lugger Affronteur (1795), French brig Alerte (1787), HMS Espoir (1797), HMS Macedonian, HMS Donegal (1798), HMS Ariel (1777), HMS Shelburne (1813), HMS Little Belt (1807), French frigate Aigle (1782), USS Tristram Shandy (1864), HMS Seagull (1805), USS Intrepid (1798), HDMS Allart (1807), HMS Grinder (1809), French brig Albanaise (1790), HMS Cleopatra (1779), French brig Lodi (1797), Seringapatam (1799), French frigate Minerve (1794). Excerpt: Throughout naval history during times of war the ships involved in battles, blockades and other patrol missions would often result in the capture of enemy ships or those of a neutral country. If a ship proved to be a valuable prize efforts would sometimes be made to capture the vessel with inflicting the least amount of damage as was practically possible. Both military and merchant ships were captured, often renamed and then used in the service of the capturing country's navy, or in some other utility capacity for that country. As an incentive to search far and wide for enemy ships cargoes on board these vessels were often divided up and awarded to the capturing crew members. Throughout the 1800s war prize laws were established to help opposing countries settle claims amicably. Private ships were also authorized by various countries at war through a Letter of marque, legally allowing a ship and commander to engage and capture the various ships that were deemed unfriendly to that country. Legend: USS United States engaging HMS Macedonian The Quasi-War was an undeclared war fought mostly at sea between the United States and French Republic from 1798 to 1800. France who was plagued by massive crop failures and was desperately in need of grain and other supplies commissioned numerous French privateers who both legally and illegally captured cargo from merchant vessels of every flag engaged in foreign trade with Britain. Approximately 300 American ships were captured by the French navy and privateers under France's Letter of marque. International law mandated that a ship captured during wartime by a belligerent was lost to the owner and that no compensation was to be...
