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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

American Privateer Saucy Jack-- Part 2: 40+ Prizes

Jean Pierre Chazal was the captain of the Saucy Jack for most of its career and during its career, the privateer captured over forty British vessels.  Lots of prize money for the captain, officers and crew.  Thomas Hall Jervey (1778-1846) commanded the ship on its first cruise.

The Saucy Jack's signal book recently came up for auction and consists of ten pages.  One page had nine hand-drawn and colored signals and 90 separate instructions for combinations of those flags.  One is for "rendezvous in Savannah," another "rendezvous in Wilmington" and yet another for "engage the enemy on her weather bow."

--Brock-Perry




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