Naval engagements were common throughout the 18th century, and repeatedly resulted in the capture of enemy vessels. These ships were often renamed and subsequently incorporated into the capturing nation's navy. Merchant ships were also seized and repurposed for military service.
Whydah Gally (Great Britain): The slave ship was captured in late February in the Windward Passage by Sultana ("Black Sam" Bellamy). She wrecked in a storm off Cape Cod two months later, taking Bellamy, 143 men, and 4.5 tons of treasure with her – and was the first pirate ship wreck ever discovered in North America, in 1984.
Protestant Caesar (Great Britain): The merchant ship was captured on 9 April by Adventure, Revenge, Queen Anne's Revenge, and other ships (all Blackbeard). She was looted, burnt and sunk.
Delaware (United States Navy): The 24-gun frigate commanded by Captain Charles Alexander, was captured after running aground near Philadelphia on September 26, 1777. She was taken into the Royal Navy as the Delaware.
Boston (United States Navy): The 24-gun frigate was captured at the end of the siege of Charleston, South Carolina. She was taken into the Royal Navy as HMS Charleston.
Protée (French Navy): The 64-gun ship was captured on 24 February by the Royal Navy.
Providence (United States Navy): The 28-gun frigate was captured at the end of the siege of Charleston, South Carolina. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Providence.
San Fermín (Spain): Action of 8 January 1780: The 16-gun private corvette was captured by the Royal Navy.
San Miguel (Spanish Navy): Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 16 January: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
Abondance (Kingdom of France): The Royal Navy captured the Baleine-class cargo ship on 12 December; the Navy took her into service as HMS Abondance.
Amsterdam (1781)(USA): The 20-gun brig under the command of Captain James Magee was captured by British frigate, HMS Amphytrite off Cape Ann, Massachusetts. She was taken into the Royal Navy.[5]
South Carolina: The 40-gun frigate of the South Carolina navy was captured by HMs Diomede (44), HMS Quebec (32), and HMS Astraea (32) on December 22, 1782.
Jupiter (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer La Reunion and sent to Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime but foundered before she reached port.[9]
Apollo (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Barbados to Lancaster, Lancashire. She was taken to a French port.[23]
Colonel (Great Britain): The ship was captured by three French frigates while on a voyage from the Bahamas to Liverpool. She was taken to L'Orient.[23]
Diligence (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Cork.[22]
Dispatch (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Jersey to Oporto, Portugal.[26]
Dryades (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Bridport, Dorset to Quebec, British North America. She was taken to Brest, France.[22]
Hope (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French and later recaptured and sent to Bermuda.[26]
Hope (Great Britain): The ship was captured off Barbados on 9 November by the French privateer brigLe Peuple François while on a voyage from London to Grenada.[25]
Horwood (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Oporto to Dublin, Ireland.[26]
Minerva (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Gibraltar to London.[22]
Nancy (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French on 10 June while on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to an African port. She was taken into Brest.[25]
Minerve (French Navy: The 38-gun frigate was scuttled by the French at Saint-Florent, Corsica on 18 February. She was salvaged by the Royal Navy the next day and taken into service as HMS St Fiorenzo.
Alfred (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer Le Brutus Français while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. She was taken to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[38]
Britainca (Great Britain): The snow was captured by a French schooner while on a voyage from Lisbon to Waterford. She was subsequently recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Apollo.[39]
Britannia: (Great Britain): A French privateer captured Britannia as she was on her way to the Caribbean with a cargo of slaves from West Africa.[40]
Argo (Sweden): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to a Portuguese port. She was taken to Toulon, Var, France.[36]
Ashley (United Kingdom): The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal on 23 September by the French and was sunk.[44]
Columbus (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French on 14 January while on a voyage from Cadiz, Spain to London. She was taken to a French port.[42]
Concordia (Dutch Republic): The ship was captured in the North Sea by the French and taken to Ostend or Bruges.[36]
Dom Successo (Portugal): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Bengal to Oporto.[37]
Dove (United Kingdom): The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent on 29 September by the French and was sunk. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Faro, Portugal.[44]
George (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Jamaica. She was taken to St. Domingo.[42]
Helena (Great Britain): The ship was captured in February by the French while on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Lisbon, Portugal. She was taken to L'Orient.[38]
Hendrick (Dutch Republic): The ship was captured in the North Sea by the French and taken to Ostend or Bruges.[36]
Jean (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French frigate while on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was subsequently recaptured by her crew and arrived at Glasgow.[36]
John (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Liverpool. She was taken to Brest.[42]
Latitia (Great Britain): The ship was captured in the Mediterranean Sea by a French privateer while on a voyage from "Zant" to London. She was taken to Livorno.[38]
Pomona (United Kingdom): The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent on 26 September by the French.[44]
Mermaid (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Jamaica to Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was taken to Charleston.[48]
Momus (Great Britain): The sloop was captured by the French and sent to a French port.[42]
Monmouth (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French on or before 5 February.[36]
Phyn : The ship was captured off Cuba on 23 January by the French privateer General Laveaux. She was sent to Charleston, South Carolina, United States, arriving on 19 February.[48]
Pique and HMS Blanche.
Pique (French Navy): The 38-gun fifth rate frigate was captured on 4 January by the Royal Navy's HMS Blanche.
Pickmans (Dutch Republic): The ship was captured in the North Sea by the French and taken to Ostend or Bruges.[36]
Pomona (United Kingdom): The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent on 29 September by the French and was sunk.[44]
Rosamund (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to Jamaica. She was taken to St. Domingo.[42]
Vengeur (French Navy): The corvette was captured in October in the Irish Sea by a British privateer. She subsequently foundered in a storm with the loss of all hands.[49]
Vrouw Magdalena (Dutch Republic): The ship was captured in the North Sea by the French and taken to Ostend or Bruges.[36]
William (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to the West Indies. She was later recaptured by HMS Thorn.[33]
Britainca (Great Britain): The snow was captured by a French schooner while on a voyage from Lisbon to Waterford. She was subsequently recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Apollo.[39]
Eliza of Cornwall (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a Dutch privateer. She was later recaptured by HMS Fox, which also captured the Dutch privateer.[54]
Endeavour (Great Britain): The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa by a French privateer and was taken into Gorée.[52]
Ferret (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 31 January by the French privateer Carmagnole while on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was taken to Havana, Cuba.[56]
Friendship (Great Britain): The ship was captured in the English Channel by a French privateer on 2 October while on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset to London. She was later recaptured and taken to Portsmouth. The privateer was also captured.[58]
Good Samaritan (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French.[59]
Governor Parr (Great Britain): The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean by the French while on a voyage from Jamaica to Nova Scotia, British North America.[53]
Hope (Great Britain): The ship was captured in the Windward Passage while on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to Jamaica. She was recaptured but was the captured again by the French.[60]
Hope (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer L'Hirondelle.[59]
James and Mary (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Bangor to London. She was taken to Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, France.[58]
James and William (Great Britain): The brig was captured by a French schooner while on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool. She was subsequently recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Apollo and HMS Polyphemus.[39]
John and Thomas (Great Britain): The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall by a French privateer on 30 September.[58]
Lavinia (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French frigate while on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Cork, Ireland. She was taken to L'Orient.[56]
Live Oak (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer L'Hirondelle while on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool.[59]
Maria (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies. She was taken to Saint Martin.[50]
Martinico (Great Britain): The ship was captured in the Mediterranean Sea by the French while on a voyage from "Sassee" to Lisbon, Portugal. She was taken to Salice, Corsica.[50]
Mary Ann (Ireland): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Dublin to Jamaica and was taken to Aux Cayes.[55]
Mary Gracie (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French.[53]
Mentor (Great Britain): The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa by a French privateer and was taken into Gorée.[52]
Nostra Senora de Arabida (Portugal): The ship was captured in the Indian Ocean by the French while on a voyage from Bengal to Lisbon. She was taken to Mauritius.[59]
Nostra Senora de Pedude de St. Antonio (Portugal): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Oporto. She was taken to Vigo, Spain.[59]
Thomas and Sarah (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 22 April by the French privateer Adventure while on a voyage from Ancona, Kingdom of Sicily to an English port.[62]
Calypso (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French frigate, set afire and sunk. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London.[67]
Carolina (Portugal): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from a Brazilian port to Oporto.[65]
Draper (Great Britain): The ship was captured and sunk by the French. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Dublin, Ireland.[67]
Duke of Cumberland (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 6 November by Spanish Frigates. She was taken to the River Plata.[68]
Eliza (Great Britain): The ship was captured in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire by the French privateer Enterprize. She was subsequently released.[69]
Elizabeth and Peggy (Great Britain): The ship was captured in the Irish Sea by the French while on a voyage from Limerick to London.[39]
Enigheten (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from a Cornish port to Naples. She was taken to Genoa.[69]
Eolo (Venetian Navy): The 70-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
Hampshire (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 2 January by the French privateer Patriot while on a voyage from London to Jamaica. She was taken to Brest, Finistère, France.[51]
Hopewell (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from London to Antigua. She was later retaken by her crew and arrived at Portsmouth, Hampshire. The privateer was captured and taken to Appledore, Devon.[66]
James (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica. She was taken to Saint Martin.[51]
John (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to Jamaica. She was taken to a Cuban port.[64]
Kitty (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from an Indian port to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was taken to a Puerto Rican port.[64]
Mary (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French in the West Indies while on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool. She was later recaptured.[64]
Oak (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Lisbon to London. She was taken to Ostend, West Flanders, France.[69]
Pallas (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French off Charleston while on a voyage from the Clyde to Charleston. She was taken to Port-aux-Paix.[64]
Patrouina (Portugal): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from a Brazilian port to Oporto.[65]
Peggy (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Jamaica to an American port. She was taken to Havana, Cuba.[64]
Piodade (Portugal): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from a Brazilian port to Oporto.[65]
William (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Liverpool to Martinique. She was taken to Cayenne, French Guiana.[51]
Alfred (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire She was taken to a French port.[74]
Apollo (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Virginia, United States to London. She was taken to a French port.[74]
Barbara (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Liverpool to the West Indies. She was taken to Guadeloupe.[68]
Betsey (Great Britain): The brig was captured while on a voyage from Liverpool to New York. She was later recaptured and taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[76]
Betsey (Great Britain): The ship was captured of the coast of Africa on 3 June by the French frigate Convention while on a voyage from Liverpool to an African port.[77]
Brothers (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a privateer off Oporto. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Oporto.[78]
Endeavour (Great Britain): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Newfoundland to a British port. She was later recaptured and taken to Dartmouth, Devon.[79]
Freedom (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer Dragon while on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London. She was taken to Bergen, Norway.[74]
Gantil (France): The ship was captured by the Guernsey privateer Resolution.[68]
General Gray (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from the South Seas to London. She was taken to a French port.[68]
Good Intent (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from London to Galway, Ireland. She was later recaptured by the American privateer Atlantic.[79]
Jamaica (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a privateer. She was later retaken by her crew and taken to St. Domingo.[80]
Jane (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Virginia, United States to London. She was taken to a French port.[74]
Jean (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Liverpool to Virginia, United States. She was taken to Puerto Rico.[75]
Mary (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Newfoundland to the West Indies. She was taken to Guadeloupe.[79]
Nancy (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Liverpool to the West Indies. She was later recaptured by the Guernsey privateer Alarm.[77]
Nanine (France): The ship was captured by the Guernsey privateer Resolution.[68]
Poplar (Great Britain): the ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Grenada to Martinico. She was taken to Guadeloupe.[81]
Prince of Wales (Great Britain): The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean (47°40′N18°00′W / 47.667°N 18.000°W / 47.667; -18.000) on 11 October by the French privateer La Confiance while on a voyage from Bristol to the West Indies. She was recaptured later that day by the British privateer King Pepple and taken to King's Road.[82]
Quaker (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Africa to Jamaica. She was taken to Guadeloupe.[68]
Racoon (France): The privateer was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Pigmy. She was taken to Portsmouth.[79]
Surprize (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 8 December by a French privateer.[79]
Swallow (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Lisbon to Newfoundland.[79]
Three Friends (flag unknown): The ship was captured by the British while on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hambro'. She was taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[76]
Vine (Great Britain): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Virginia, United States to London. She was later recaptured by the British privateer Marquis of Townsend and taken to Jersey, Channel Islands.[77]
Venus (Great Britain): the ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from London to Saint Thomas, Virgin Isles. She was taken to a Puerto Rican port.[81]
William and John (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a Spanish privateer while on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to Jamaica. She was taken to a Hispaniolan port.[76]
Astrea (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 8 November by the French privateer Scipio. She was recaptured on 10 November by the Royal Navy's HMS Nymphe.[90]
Chateau Margo (Portugal): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Oporto to Limerick, Ireland. She was later recaptured and taken in to Lisbon.[93]
Cleopatra (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool. She was taken in to Bordeaux.[85]
Concord (Great Britain): The ship was captured off the coast of Africa.[92]
Gelderland (United Netherlands Navy): The 68-gun ship was captured on 16 November in the North Sea off Texel by the Royal Navy.[88]
General Prescot (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish. She was recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Cerberus but four Spanish Navyfrigates recaptured her again. She was taken in to a Spanish port.[103]
Golondrina (Spain): The 14-gun packet ship was captured on 24 March by the Royal Navy's HMS Mermaid and HMS Sylph.[88]
Harlequin (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 28 October while on a voyage from Liverpool to Martinico.[92]
Harriet (Great Britain): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. She was subsequently recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Amethyst and sent in to Cork, Ireland.[88]
Hanover (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from Venice to and English port. She was taken in to Málaga, Spain.[103]
Le Bordeloes (France): The privateer was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Révolutionnaire. She was taken in to Plymouth.[85]
Le Grand Feraillard (France): The privateer was captured on 11 October by the Royal Navy's HMS Phoebe.[106]
L'Épervier (France): The ship was captured in March by the Royal Navy's HMS Cerberus.[88]
Les Deux Frères (France): The ship was captured on 18 March in the Mediterranean Sea by the Royal Navy's HMS Le Tigre).[88]
L'Espérance (France): The privateer was captured on 22 December in the Atlantic Ocean off Viana do Castelo, Portugal by the Royal Navy's HMS Netley.[94]
Lion (Great Britain): The brig was captured by the French She was sent into Boulogne.[93]
Liveley (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 9 November by a Spanish privateer off the coast of Berbice while on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies.[92]
Lydia (United States): The ship was captured by the French. She was subsequently wrecked on The Olives rocks.[95]
Mary Campbell (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from the Clyde to New Providence, New Jersey, United States. She was taken in to the Passage Islands.[91]
Matilda (Great Britain): The ship was captured off the coast of Africa.[92]
Nancy (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from London to New Providence, New Jersey, United States. She was taken in to a Puerto Rican port.[103]
Nancy (Great Britain): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Dingle, County Cork, Ireland to Lisbon, Portugal. She was later recaptured and arrived at Dingle.[87]
Nostra Señora de la Soledade (Spain): The ship was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Diamond. She was taken in to Plymouth, Devon.
Pallas (United States): The ship was captured by the French. She was taken to Bordeaux.[95]
Patrick (Ireland): The ship was captured by the French on 12 January while on a voyage from Dublin to Oporto She was set afire and sunk.[100]
Peggy (Great Britain): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Dublin, Ireland. She was taken in to "Camarines".[91]
Seaforth (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from New York, United States to Barbados. She was subsequently wrecked on 6 August on Tortuga.[105]
Three Friends (Great Britain): The ship was captured, then recaptured and was taken to Lisbon.[86]
Tuley (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 29 November by the French privateed Vengeance. She was taken in to Bordeaux.[110]
Ucca Cardagora (Spanish Navy): The 12-gun ship was captured in March in the West Indies by the Royal Navy's HMS La Prompe. She was set afire and burnt.[88]
Undaunted (United Netherlands Navy): The ship was captured on 13 August in the North Sea off the Dutch coast by boats from the Royal Navy's HMS Pylades.[88]
Vengeance (United Netherlands Navy): The ship was captured on 14 August in the North Sea off the Dutch coast by boats from the Royal Navy's HMS Pylades. She was set afire and sunk.[88]
Vriendschap (Batavian Republic): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from Amsterdam to Lisbon, Portugal. She was taken in to Vigo, Spain.[103]
Active (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a privateer while on a voyage from Bermuda to London. She was recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Cerberus and sent to Cork, Ireland.[116]
Active (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Dutch while on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to London. She was taken in to a Dutch port.[117]
Adjutor Dahl (Portugal): The ship was captured by the Guernsey privateers Alarm and Marquis of Townsend while on a voyage from St. Andero to Lisbon. She was taken in to Guernsey.[119]
Adrihoa (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French off the coast of Africa.[96]
Apollo (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish. She was taken in to Oporto, Portugal.[113]
Ariadne (United States): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool, Great Britain. She was taken in to St. Andero, Spain.[112]
Arrogant (Ireland): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from St. Ube's to Limerick. She was taken in to a Spanish port.[113]
Augusta (flag unknown): The ship was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Driver while on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London. She was taken in to Cuxhaven.[121]
Bee (Great Britain): The ship was captured off Jamaica by the Spanish and was sent in to a Cuban port.[131]
USS Boston capturing Berceau
Bellona (Great Britain): The ship was captured by two French privateers while on a voyage from London to Jamaica. She was later recaptured and arrived at Jamaica.[129]
Briton (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 16 November by a French privateer, She was taken in to Boulogne, France.[121]
Brothers (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from Liverpool to Oporto, Portugal. She was taken in to Vigo, Spain.[96][98]
Caroline (Jersey): The ship was captured on 14 April by the French privateer Le Diable Quatre while on a voyage from Jersey to Quebec. She was subsequently recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Nymphe and taken in to Plymouth, Devon.[115]
Caroline (Great Britain): The ship was captured by two Spanish privatters while on a voyage from Jamaica to Vera Cruz.[138]
Caroline (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from Newfoundland to Oporto, Portugal. She was later recaptured by the Portuguese and taken in to Viana, Portugal.[113]
Ceres (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 27 May by the French privateer L'Heureux. She was recaptured on 8 June and was taken in to the Isles of Scilly.[129]
Charlotte (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Halifax, British North America to London. She was taken in to a Spanish port.[140]
Charlotte (Ireland): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Cork to Jamaica. She was taken in to Guadeloupe.[131]
Columbia (Guernsey): The ship was captured off Gibraltar.[141]
Commercial (Great Britain): The ship was captured in the North Sea off Coquet Island, Northumberland on 26 October by the French privateer La Mouche. She was taken in to Bremen.[142]
Commerce (Great Britain): The ship was captured off Oporto, Portugal. She was subsequently recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Netley.[96]
Concord (United States): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from China to America. She was taken in t Isle de France.[96]
Concord (Jersey): The French privateer La Grand Decide captured Concord while Concord was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Newfoundland, British North America. La Grand Decide took Concord in to a French port.[135]
George (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a privateer in the West Indies.[143]
Convenienta (Portugal): The ship was captured by the Guernsey privateers Alarm and Marquis of Townsend while on a voyage from St. Andero to Lisbon. She was taken in to Guernsey.[119]
Cortis (Spain): The ship was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Flora and was sent in to Lisbon, Portugal.[127]
Cultivator (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer Minerve while on a voyage from Demerara to London. She was recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Sirius.[135]
Dick (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 15 October by the French privateer La Grand Decide while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. HMS Fishguard recaptured Dick on 16 October.[145]
Dorset (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 16 November in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk by the French privateer Chasseur, She was taken in to Boulogne, or Dunquerque. France.[121][148]
Dublin Packet (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from New York, United States to Livorno. She was taken in to Cadiz, Spain.[133]
Duke of Kent (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 12 February by the French privateer L'Anuge while on a voyage from Halifax to Liverpool.[104]
Duke of Kent (Great Britain): The French privateer Le Grande Decide captured Duke of Kent on 27 October. Her captors plundered and then released her.[137]
El Feliz (Spain): The ship was captured by the Portuguese while on a voyage from A Coruña to Vera Cruz. She was taken in to Lisbon, Portugal.[113]
Elisabeth (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer Bougainville while on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool. She was later recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Endymion.[118]
Eliza (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 24 March by a French privateer while bound for Lisbon. She was sent in to La Rochelle.[104]
Eliza (Ireland): The ship was captured on 12 August off Bermuda by the French privateer Bellone while on a voyage from Dublin to Oporto, Portugal. She was taken in to St. Andero, Spain.[137]
Elizabeth (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. She was recaptured by the Royal Navy's Hired armed cutter Nile and taken in to Dover, Kent.[97]
Elizabeth (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from Newfoundland to Lisbon, Portugal. She was taken in to A Coruña.[97]
El Roi Carlos (Spain): The ship was captured on 17 September by the Royal Navy's HMS Doris while on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Spain. She was taken in to Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain.[153]
Endeavour (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Newfoundland to Figueiras, Portugal.[118]
Endeavour (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish between 28 October and 30 November. She was taken in to Bologna, Spain.[136]
Enterprize (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French off Benin and sunk.[147]
Experiment (Great Britain): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Grenada to London. She was taken in to St. Martins.[120]
Fairy (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer La Renominee while on a voyage from Lancaster to the West Indies. She was taken in to Guadeloupe.[110]
Fame (Great Britain): The ship was captured by four Spanish privateers while on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Portugal. She was taken in to Vigo, Spain.[110]
Fame (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Jersey.[155]
Fame (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from San Sebastián, Puerto Rico to Charlestown. She was later retaken by her crew and went ib to Jamaica.[121]
Felicidade da Silva (Portugal): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Port Passage to Lisbon. She was taken in to Vigo, Spain.[133]
Ferrailleur (France): The privateer was captured by the Guernsey privateer Mayflower and was taken in to Guernsey.[115]
Flora (Great Britain): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica. She was later recaptured and arrived at Jamaica.[129]Flora was captured a third time and sent in to Málaga, Spain.[150]
Fortune (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer. She was taken in to Málaga, Spain.[117]
Fox (Ireland): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from Cork to Oporto, Portugal. She was taken in to Vigo, Spain.[126]
Fraternity (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer Mars.[114]
Free Briton (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 16 November in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk by the French privateer Chasseur. She was taken in to Boulogne, France.[148]
Generous Planter (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer L'Eole while on a voyage from London to Jamaica. She was taken in to Brest, Finistère, France.[110]
Hero (Great Britain): The ship was captured off Bermuda by a privateer.[160] She was later recaptured by the United States Navy and taken in to St. Kitts.[121]
Hiram (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 13 September in the Atlantic Ocean by the French privateer Courier. She was sent in to Cayenne, French Guiana.[160]
Hope (Great Britain): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Portugal. She was taken in to "Vivera".[97]
Hope (United States): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from New York to Jamaica. She was taken in to Guadeloupe.[125]
Hope (Great Britain): The ship was captured in the English Channel off Dover, Kent while on a voyage from Liverpool to London. She was taken in to Calais, France.[121]
Hope (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 16 November in the North Sea off Cromer by the French privateer Chasseur. She was taken in to Dunquerque, France.[148]
Hope (Great Britain): The Portsmouth-registered ship was captured by the Spanish between 28 October and 30 November. She was taken in to Bologna, Spain.[136]
Hope (Great Britain): The Poole-registered ship was captured by the Spanish between 28 October and 30 November. She was taken in to Bologna.[136]
Hoyden (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 7 January by the French privateer Le Rage while on a voyage from Newofoundland to Dartmouth, Devon.[96]
Jamaica (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French off St. Lucia while on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Martinico, West Indies. She was ordered in to Guadeloupe but was recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Experiment and taken in to Bermuda.[104][115]
Jane (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer and was taken in to Málaga, Spain.[135]
Jane (Great Britain): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. She was subsequently recaptured by the British ships Herriot and Trident and taken in to Liverpool.[136]
Jane and Sarah (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French navy frigate and sunk while on a voyage from Newfoundland to Lisbon.[127]
Jenny (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Madeira, Portugal to Cork, Ireland. She was later recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Beaulieu.[110]
Jersey (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Newfoundland to Ireland.[118]
Juno (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Newfoundland to London. She was sent in to a French port.[162]
Jupiter (Great Britain): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Martinico to London. She was taken in to St. Martin's.[127]
Lark (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish and was taken in to Vigo, Spain.[98]
Latona (Portugal): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Memel, East Prussia to Lisbon. She was later recaptured by the British privateer Earl Spencer and taken in to Oporto.[132]
L'Augusta (France): The ship was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Experiment while on a voyage from Guadeloupe to France. She was sent in to Bermuda.[115]
Lord Petre (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a Spanish privateer while on a voyage from Mogadore to London. She was taken in to a Spanish port.[141]
Louis (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer in the Bay of Bengal. She was on a voyage from the East Indies to America.[163][165]
Louisa (Sweden): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Barcelona, Spain. She was taken in to Tripoli, Ottoman Tripolitania. Eighteen other Swedish vessels were taken in the same action.[136]
L'Union (France): The privateer was captured by the Guernsey privateer Lord Nelson. She was taken in to Guernsey.[113]
Maria (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from London to Martinico, West Indies. She was taken in to Guadeloupe.[141]
Martha and Mary (United States): The ship was captured by the French privateer L'Auguste.[120]
Martin (United States): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Virginia to Spain. She was taken in to Saint Sebastian's.[166]
Mary (Guernsey): The ship was captured by the French privateer Aurora while on a voyage from Guernsey to Trinidad. She was later recaptured by the Guernsey privateer Rusce and was taken in to Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain.[126]
Mary (United States): The ship was captured by the French privateer Bayonis while on a voyage from New York to Jamaica. She was returned after being plundered, taking on board the crew of the American merchantmen Brothers and Sophia, which had alson been captured by Bellona.[137]
Mary and Margaret (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish between 28 October and 30 November. She was taken in to Bologna, Spain.[136]
Mary Ann (Great Britain): The ship was captured off Oporto, Portugal. She was subsequently recaptured.[113]
Minerva (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 25 February by the French privateer La Laure while on a voyage from St. Thomas to London. She was taken in to Brest.[104]
Minerva (Ireland): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Danzig, Prussia to Dublin. She was taken in to Morlaix, Finistère, France[165]
Monarch (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer Bellone while on a voyage from Quebec to London. She was later recaptured and taken in to Plymouth, Devon.[153]
Moses Meyer (Great Britain): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Madeira, Portugal to New York, United States. She was later recaptured and taken in to St. Kitts.[138]
Nancy (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish and taken into Vigo, Spain.[98]
Nancy (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from Madeira, Portugal to Lisbon. She was taken in to Palma, Mallorca, Spain.[140]
Newhaven (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French and taken in to Guadeloupe.[127]
New Success (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from London to Limerick, Ireland. She was later recaptured by the Guernsey privateer Lively and taken in to Guernsey.[167]
Nile (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 16 November in the North Sea off Cromer by the French privateer Chasseur. She was taken in to Boulogne, France.[121][148]
Nimrod (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 27 March by a French privateer and was sunk by her.[115]
Neptune (Batavian Republic): The ship was captured in the North Sea by the Royal Navy's HMS Romney while on a voyage from Rotterdam to Tenerife, Spain. She was taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[129]
Nostra Señora de Camo (Portugal): The schooner was captured by the French privateer Heureux Courier at St Michael Island She was later recaptured by the Jersey privateer Tartar and taken in to Jersey.[163]
Nostra Señora de los Dolores (Spain): The ship was captured by the Guernsey privateer Resolution while on a voyage from Barcelona to Vera Crus and was taken in to Guernsey.[151]
Nostra Señora de Rosario e Santa Margaretta (Portugal): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Pernambuco to Lisbon. She was taken in to Vigo, Spain.[126]
Nymph (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer Vengeance while on a voyage from Mouth Bay to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily She was subsequently recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Netley and taken in to Lisbon, Portugal.[115]
Palladium (Ireland): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from Cork to Jamaica. She was taken in to A Coruña, Spain.[122]
Pallas (French Navy): The 36-gun fifth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
Paquet de Fayal (Portugal): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from Lisbon to Madeira. She was taken in to Tenerife, Spain.[160]
Patriot (United States): The ship was captured by the Jersey privateer Revenge while on a voyage from Saint-Domingue, Hispaniola to Spain. She was taken in to Jersey.[168]
Pearson (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a privateer while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. She was recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Sheerness and sent to the Isles of Scilly.[116]
Peggy (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer L'Arrange while on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Guernsey. She was taken in to L'Orient.[129][163]
Peggy (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a Spanish privateer while on a voyage from Newfoundland to Oporto. She was later recaptured by the Portuguese and was taken in to Viana, Portugal.[113]
Phœnix (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer Afrique while on a voyage from the West Indies to livorno. She was taken in to Guadeloupe.[153]
Piersou (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 11 July by the French privateer L'Ecole while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. She was later recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Sheerness.[169]
Polly (Great Britain): The ship was captured off Jamaice while bound for London. She was later recaptured and put into St. Lucca, Jamaica.[134]
Pomona (Hamburg): The ship was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Aquilon while on a voyage from Vera Cruz to Hamburg. She was taken in to Jamaica.[141]
Portland (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool. She was taken in to Bordeaux.[112]
Portland (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Jamaica. She was taken in to a Cuban port.[133]
Princess Charlotte (Great Britain): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to New York, United States. She was later recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Hussar and taken in to Cork, Ireland.[141]
Princess Royal (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French. She was recaptured on 9 March by the Royal Navy's HMS Repulse.[170]
Princess Royal (Jersey): The ship was captured on 1 May while on a voyage from Jersey to Labrador, British North America. She was recaptured on 5 May by the British privateer Venus.[141]
Providence (Jersey): The ship was captured by the French privateer La Decide.[141]
Salvadora (Spain): The ship was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Swiftsure while on a voyage from Cadiz to Vera Cruz. She was taken in to Gibraltar.[141]
Santa da Grocez (Spain): The ship was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Flora while on a voyage from Vera Cruz to Cadiz. She was sent in to Lisbon.[152]
Santa Isable (Spain): The brig was captured by the British privateer Earl St. Vincent. She was taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall, Great Britain.[126]
Sarah (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Grenada to Virginia, United States. She was taken in to Curacoa.[96]
Sea Nymph (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Lisbon to Oporto, Portugal. She was taken in to a Portuguese port.[171]
S. Fr. de Asis (Spain): The privateer was captured by the Guernsey privateer Mayflower and was taken in to Guernsey.[115]
Shandy Hall (Great Britain): The ship was captured by two French Navy frigates while on a voyage from Newfoundland to Portugal, She was set afire and sunk.[110]
Snake (Jersey): The privateer was captured by the French privateer Vangeur.[133]
Sophia (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a Spanish privateer while on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Livorno. She was taken in to Vigo, Spain.[131]
Sophia (United States): The ship was captured on 12 August off Bermuda by the French privateer Bellona while on a voyage from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands to Halifax.[137]
Southo (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Smyrna to London. She was taken in to Málaga, Spain.[117]
Sovereign (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Newfoundland to the West Indies. She was taken in to Guadeloupe.[115]
Speculation (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Martinique to Jamaica. She was taken in to Guadeloupe.[128]
Speedy (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall to London. She was later retaken by her crew and arrived at Youghal, County Cork, Ireland[104]
St. James Planter (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer Bellone while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. She was later recaptured by the Guernsey privateers Alarm, Dispatch and Marquis of Townsend and taken in to Guernsey.[139]
Swan (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 16 June by the French privateer Gersonge while on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Galloway, Ayrshire.[135]
Swift (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer Le Bergen while on a voyage from Sierra Leone to London. She was taken in to Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.[172]
Sybil (Great Britain): The ship was captured but was recaptured by the Guernsey privateer Ruse. She was taken in to Dartmouth, Devon.[113]
Tanner (United States): The ship was captured by the British while on a voyage from Vera Cruz to New York. She was taken in to Jamaica.[120]
Tartar (Spain): The privateer was captured by Venus, of Liverpool. She was taken in to Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland.[104]
Tartar (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French off Benin and sunk.[147]
Tartar (Great Britain): The ship was captured by two Spanish Navy ships while on a voyage from Madeira, Portugal to Martinico, West Indies.[126]
Tigre (Great Britain): The ship was captured in the North Sea by the French.[115]
Tom (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer L'Eole.[118]
Trelawney (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer Bougainville while on a voyage from Liverpool to Livorno. She was later recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Endymion.[118]
Triton (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish. She was taken in to Oporto, Portugal.[113]
Whitby Packet (Great Britain): The ship was captured in the English Channel by a French privateer while on a voyage from Littlehampton to Hull. She was taken in to Boulogne, France.[130]
William (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer Le Brave while on a voyage from the West Indies to Liverpool.[150]
William (Great Britain): The ship was captured by a privateer in the West Indies.[157]
William (Great Britain): The brig was captured in the North Sea by a Dutch privateer. She was later recaptured and sent in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[130]
William and Betsey (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Newfoundland to London. She was taken in to L'Orient, Morbihan, France.[96]
William and Betsey (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 16 November in the North Sea off Cromer by the French privateer Chasseur. She was taken in to Boulogne.[148]
William and Mary (Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish between 28 October and 30 November. She was taken in to Bologna, Spain.[136]
Williamson (Great Britain): The ship was captured on 19 April by the French privateer Bellona while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. She was taken in to Bordeaux.[131]
Winyau (United States): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from New York to Falmouth, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was taken in to Brest.[97]
Young William (Great Britain): The ship was captured while bound from the South Seas to London. She was later recaptured and sent in to Cork, Ireland.[127]
Young William (Great Britain): The ship was captured off Jamaica while bound for London.[134]
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^Néréide was captured three different times: 1st capture by British on 20 December 1797; 2nd capture by French on 23 August 1810; 3rd capture by British 3 December 1810.
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