Oct 25, 2017 · Yesterday morning, about two o’clock, the Berwick man-of-war fell in with Le Calonne, privateer of Dunkirk, the noted Luke Ryan commander, four miles off St Abb’s Head. …

On June 27, 2011 National Geographic aired a documentary about Luke Ryan, or more specifically, about a dive off the coast of Wales on a wreck thought to be one of Ryan’s …

Luke Ryan, Irish pirate, tricked Ben Franklin into giving him an American privateer commission in 1779. Turns out Franklin didn't mind.

“In the King’s Bench prison, Luke Ryan, captain of the Black Prince privateer during the war, who captured more vessels belonging to Great Britain than any other single ship during the war. …

Jul 2, 2022 · Luke Ryan was unwilling to abandon his career and signed on to captain French privateering vessels like La Marechal and the Calonne. He wasn’t as happy as he had been as …

He emerged as a significant local player in the late 1770s just as disruptions caused by Britain's war with its American colonists and France were inducing an older, less aggressive generation …

Jun 18, 2014 · When news reached the 29-year-old Luke Ryan that while he was satisfying the whores on the waterfront, his ship, the Friendship, and his entire crew were captured by a …

Jan 25, 2012 · Before his two year reign of terror ends, Ryan will sink, burn or capture over 100 British ships. If you’d like to learn more about these remarkable, scrappy privateers, you may …

In late February 1779, Captain Ryan headed out on his first privateering cruise, on the cutter Friendship, with a crew of sixty and fourteen cannons. But he couldn’t shake his old ways. He …

In the King’s Bench prison, Luke Ryan, captain of the Black Prince privateer during the war, who captured more vessels belonging to Great Britain than any other single ship during the war. …