Quote Originally Posted by Shoot@Me View Post
The corsairs of the Barbary Coast in the Mediterranean were active much longer, but I'm not sure any of them sailed in frigate-sized ships.
Depends on how you define "frigate-sized" -- some of the xebecs and such were up around 30 guns. Smaller ships were preferred for obvious reasons (fewer crew to ride herd on; able to hide in places bigger ships couldn't; etc.).