Guarda costa
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Guarda costa or guardacosta was the name used in the Spanish Empire for the privateers based in their overseas territories who were tasked with hunting down pirates, smugglers, and foreign privateers.
Detail of 1739 engraving depicting guarda costa ships.
A half galley or periagua, a type of ship often used by guarda costa
Old port of San Juan, Puerto Rico, one of the main guarda costa bases.
Dunkirkers
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During and after the Dutch Revolt, the Dunkirkers or Dunkirk Privateers were commerce raiders in the service of the Spanish monarchy and later the Kingdom of France. They operated from the ports of th
Guarda costa
…The last became important enough to be nicknamed the "Dunkirk of America" due to its privateering activity being comparable to that of the notorious Dunkirkers of Habsburg Spain. The Guipuzcoan Company of Caracas, founded in 1728, also received permission to hire privateers. The number and aggression of guarda…
Dutch warships under Witte de With fighting against Dunkirkers off Nieuwpoort in 1640
Jean Bart boards a Dutch vessel at the Battle of Texel
The Bombardment of Dunkirk by a combined Anglo-Dutch fleet, 1695