Piet Pieterszoon Hein was a brilliantly successful Dutch privateer who captured a Spanish treasure fleet. It centers around a finctional privateer who attempts to raid a Spanish galleon. The commission was the proof the privateer was not a pirate. The island, and Funchal specifically, were vulnerable to privateer and pirate attacks. This led to the establishment of privateer navies. As an English privateer, he plundered riches from French ships. Sparrow is surprised to learn Captain Barbossa is now a privateer in the Royal Navy. Regiment was involved in the defeat of an American privateer at Annapolis Royal. In its early days, Lotus sold cars aimed at privateer racers and trialists. John Wolsey was a Long Island privateer who was captured by the British. She is the eighth vessel of the French Navy named after the privateer Jean Bart. Until 1813 the region was generally quiet except for privateer actions near the coast. He appears onscreen in the fourth film, where he employs Hector Barbossa as a privateer. She was the captured privateer "La Croyable", recently purchased by the U.S. Navy. He was a cousin of Sir Walter Raleigh and the privateer and explorer Humphrey Gilbert.