During these wars she captured many enemy merchantmen and smaller privateers in northern or Caribbean waters.

She destroyed a small privateer on the Jamaica station on 23 January 1805.

Reindeer also destroyed another small privateer of two guns.

However many guns they might have to bring to bear, they were not able to run down, or outmanoeuvre the small privateers.

Furet was a small privateer armed only with five swivels and carrying a crew of 27 men.

In British service she captured some six small privateers.

Clio captured a small Danish privateer armed with six guns and carrying a crew of eleven men.

She then captured two small American privateers and assisted in the recovery of a third, much larger one.

Well, you could charter one of those small privateers to sail to England with a dispatch.

During this time, Amethyst captured six French merchant ships and small privateers.