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Master of a Breton ship, the Mychell, of St. Malo, owned by Hayman Gillard. Captured by an English ship in 1532. Her crew was made up of nine Bretons and five Scots.
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(P. Gosse, 1924)
Master of a Breton ship, the Mychell, of St. Malo, owned by Hayman Gillard. Captured by an English ship in 1532. Her crew was made up of nine Bretons and five Scots.

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Captain Nicholas Barbeunknown1520
 
1532unknown
Jean Fleuryunknown1521
 
 
15271527
 a 16th-century French naval officer and privateer. He is best known for the capture of two out of...
Giovanni da Verrazzano14851508
 
15281528
 an Italian explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France. He is renowned ...
Wijerd Jelckama14901520
 
15291523
 a Frisian military commander, warlord and member of the Arumer Zwarte Hoop ("Arumer Black Hope")....
Henry Killigrew [1]unknown1520
 
1529unknown
 a former pirate, was made a Vice-Admiral by Queen Elizabeth I and tasked with suppressing piracy....
Kellwantonunknown1520
 
1531unknown
 A notorious pirate in the sixteenth century. Was captured in the Isle of Man in 1531.
De Meltonunknown1520
 
1539unknown
 A well-known pirate in the sixteenth century. Was with Kellwanton when he was captured in the Isl...
Jean Ango14801530
 
15391551
 a French ship-owner who provided ships to Francis I for exploration of the globe. A native of Die...
Bowenunknown1530
 
1539unknown
 A Bristol man. In 1537, when the Breton pirates were becoming very daring along the south coast o...
Peter Dromyoweunknown1530
 
1539unknown
 A Breton pirate. One of the crew of Captain du Laerquerac, who in 1537 took several English ships...
Captain John Du Laerqueracunknown1530
 
1539unknown
 This Breton pirate was captured in 1537 by a Bristol seaman called John Wynter. Du Laerquerac, wi...
Captain William Phelippunknown1530
 
1539unknown
 In 1533 a Portuguese merchant, Peter Alves, engaged Phelipp to pilot his ship, the Santa Maria De...
Sayyida al Hurra14851510
 
1542unknown
 Allied with the Turkish corsair Barbaros of Algiers. al Hurra controlled the western Mediterranea...
Hayreddin Barbarossa14781504
 
15451546
 an Ottoman admiral of the fleet who was born in the island of Midilli (Lesbos) and died in Consta...
Francis Bemeunknown1530
 
1549unknown
 In 1539 this Baltic pirate was cruising off Antwerp, waiting to waylay English merchant vessels.
Hans Van Meghlynunknown1530
 
1549unknown
 A pirate of Antwerp, who owned a vessel of forty-five tons, painted black with pitch, and carried...
Turgut Reis14851500
 
15651565, Jun 23
 an Ottoman Greek Admiral and privateer who also served as Bey of Algiers; Beylerbey of the Medite...
Salih Reis1488 ca1529
 
15681568
 a Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral. In 1529, he took part in the Turkish-Spanish battle near...
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