Pirates & Privateers

[csadn]

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.).

[Shoot@Me]

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.).

Thank you, I had to look it up. It does appear there were Xebecs with as many as 32 guns, and there were even fully square-rigged "xebec-frigates" used by European nations. I am simply not as familiar with the Mediterranean and the Barbary pirates as I am with piracy in the Caribbean.