Sweden-flagged fishing vessel (ex-Aine 2003-2017, Tina Jeannette 2017-2020) Ahlma GG 206 2020-

Skagen, Denmark 19 August 2025

Sweden-flagged, IMO 9278129, MMSI 265019000 and call sign SVXL or Ireland-flagged, homeport Sligo, manager/owner Doherty Joseph, Asslagh, Ireland, call sign EIGK. As Tina Jeanette L920.  Built by Stalrem, Gdansk, Poland in 2003. Denmark-flagged 2017-2020. 

The Algerian privateers fleet anno 1808

Frigates: 3, 1-50 guns, 1-46 guns, 1-44 guns.

Polacres: 6, 1-22 guns, 1-18 guns, 1-16 guns, 1-4 guns, 1-10 guns, 1-4 guns.

Xebecs: 7, 1-32 guns, 1-28 guns, 1-22 guns, 1-20 guns, 1-16 guns, 1-14 guns, 1-12 guns.

Boats: 2, with latin sails, 4 guns.

Yacht: 2, one sent as aviso to the Spanish coast, one merchant yacht

Totally 20 vessels with a total armament of 376 guns. Further more 2-2 gun galiotes to guard the harbour, 10 gun chaloupes or bomb vessels to serve at sea and 50 to act if the city was under attack.

Source

Albert Devoulxx. “La Marine de la Régence d’Alger”, Revue Africaine, No.. 77, September 1869. 

The Algerian privateers fleet anno 1807

Frigates: 3, 1-50 guns, 1-46 guns, 1-44 guns.

Polacres: 2, 1-18 guns, 1-3 masts unarmed.

Xebecs: 2, 1-32 guns, 1-20 guns.

Boats: 1 with latin sails, 4 guns.

Spéronades: 1-2 guns, one  mast.

Gun chaloupes: 5-1 gun, 1 mast, in service of the Regence off the Tunisian coast.

Gun chaloupers or bomb vessels:5, with one mast

Totally 9 vessels 10 gun chaloupes with a total armament of 221 guns.

Source

Albert Devoulxx. “La Marine de la Régence d’Alger”, Revue Africaine, No.. 77, September 1869. 

The Algerian privateers fleet anno 1800

Frigates: 2-36 guns, one called l’ Américaine.

Xebecs: 6, 1-34 guns, 2-32 guns, 1-18 guns, 1-16 guns, 1-10 guns called Kirlankotch.

Brigs: 1-22 guns.

Polacres: 4, 2-222 uns, 1-18 guns, 1-6 guns.

Goelettes: 2, 1-16 guns, 1-12 guns.

Demi-galleys: 1-3 guns.

Totally 16 vessels with a total armament of 335 guns.

Source

Albert Devoulxx. “La Marine de la Régence d’Alger”, Revue Africaine, No.. 77, September 1869. 

The Algerian privateers fleet anno 1799

Frigates: 2-36 guns, one called El-Merikana.

Polacres: 4, 2-22 guns, 1-18 gun, 1-6 guns.

Xebecs: 6, 1-34 guns, 2-32 guns, 1-18 guns, 1-16 guns, 1-10 guns called Kirlankotch.

Brigs: 1-22 guns.

Goelettes: 2-12 guns.

Totally 15 vessels with a total armament of 238 guns. One 34 guns xebec cpatured by 2 Portuguese warships.

Source

Albert Devoulxx. “La Marine de la Régence d’Alger”, Revue Africaine, No.. 77, September 1869. 

The Algerian privateers fleet anno 1798

Frigates: 2-36 guns.

Corvettes: 3, 2-30 guns, 1-26 guns.

Polacres: 4, 1-22 guns, 1-18 guns, 1-16 guns, 1-6 guns.

Xebecs: 11, 2-34 guns, 2-24 guns, 3-18 guns, 1-16 guns, 1-10 guns, 1-6 guns.

Vessels: 1-6 guns, 1-4 guns.

Barques: 3, 1-4 guns, 3 masts, of the Bey of Oran, 2 unarmed.

Demi galleys: 1-5 guns, 17 row benches.

Goelettes: 2-12 guns.

Cutters: 1-16 guns.

Totally 27 vessels with a total armament of 487 guns and 2 unarmed barques.

Source

Albert Devoulx. “La Marine de la Régence d’Alger”, Revue Africaine, No.. 77, September 1869. 

The Algerian privateers fleet anno 1806

Frigates: 3, 1-50 guns (new), 1-46 guns, 1-44 guns.

Polacres: 2, 1-22 guns, 1-6 guns.

Xebecs: 5, 1-32 guns, 1-28 guns, 2-6 guns, 1-4 guns.

Goelettes: 1-16 guns.

Feluccas; 2-1 gun.

Boats: 1-2 guns.

Pinques: 1-4 guns.

Totally 15 vessels with a total armament of 268 guns.

Source

Albert Devoulx. “La Marine de la Régence d’Alger”, Revue Africaine, No.. 77, September 1869.

The Algerian privateers fleet anno 1805

Frigates: 3, 1-46 guns, 1-44 guns, 1-36 called l’Américaine.

Xebecs: 3, 1-32 guns, 1-28 guns, 1-24 guns.

Brigs: 1-22 guns,

Polacres: 2, 1-22 guns, 1-18 guns.

Goelettes: 1-16 guns.

Totally 10 vessels with a total armament of 282 guns.

Source

Albert Devoulx. “La Marine de la Régence d’Alger”, Revue Africaine, No.. 77, September 1869. 

The Algerian privateers fleet anno 1804

Frigates: 2, 1-46 guns, 1-36 called l’Américaine.

Xebecs: 4, 2-32 guns, 1-28 guns, 1-24 guns.

Brigs: 2-22 guns.

Goelettes: 1-18 guns,

Polacres: 1-22 guns.

Totally 10 vessels with a total armament of 280 guns.

Source

Albert Devoulx. “La Marine de la Régence d’Alger”, Revue Africaine, No.. 77, September 1869. 

The Algerian privateers fleet anno 1803

Frigates: 3, 1-46 guns, 1-44 guns, 1-36 called l’Américaine.

Xebecs: 7, 2-32 guns, 1-28 guns, 2-24 guns (one captured by a Portuguese 74 guns ship of the line, 2-18 guns (of which was new).

Brigs: 1-22 guns.

Goelettes: 2, 1-18 guns, 1-16 guns.

Polacres: 4, 1-22 guns, 1-18 guns, 1-8 guns (3 masts), 1-4 guns (3-masts).

Totally 17 vessels with a total armament of 410 guns.

Source

Albert Devoulx. “La Marine de la Régence d’Alger”, Revue Africaine, No.. 77, September 1869. 

The navy of Tripoli according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 23 December 1829

Privateers of Tripoli captured in the tears 1818-1821 25 large Sicilian ships, 17 large Swedish ships, 1 Sardinian ship and 1 American ship the latter fitted out on account of Marseille. The total value of their cargoes was more as 160,000 piasters. The number of privateers belonging to the Pasha was in the past 16 armed ships including 1 frigate, 4 brigs and 4 polacres with a total armament of 171 guns. Since then was the navy completely reorganized and purchased the pasha a large number of gunboats which were perfect for the shallow waters near the coast line to act against large ships of the enemy.

French and Italian privateers captured Austrian ships off Lissa according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 2 January 1806

An item dated Ancona, Italy 11th December 1805 reported the arrival in the harbour there of the French privateers le Massena captain Bavastro, le Verdier captain Prébois and the Italian privateer le Pinot captain Barthelemy Paul with their prizes consisting of 3 brigs and 2 polacres all Austrian-flagged. The Austrian ships Superbe with 6-8pd guns, Benéfico, Leopold and the Viggilant were both armed with 6-4 pd guns and the Libéral with 4-4pd guns were captured on the 5th off the island Lissa.after a heavy fight; just four names were supplied in the item.

Spanish privateer Chebeck captured British privateer Maria according to the Dutch newspaper Haagsche courant dated 3 June 1801

An item dated Malaga, Spain 22nd April reported the arrival on the 17th of the Spanish privateer of San Francisco de Paulo Chebeck armed with 4-8pd captain Peterz Beniderme with the by her captured British privateer polcacre Marie armed with 12-8/6pd guns. On board of the British privateer were the captain and 16 sailors wounded, on board of the Chebeck just four lightly.

Neapolitan navy in the Mediterranean according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 27 September 1820

Naples, 4 September. On Saturday 2 September left a squadron the harbour towards Sicily. The squadron consisted of the ship of the line Capri, frigate Amelia, corvette Leeuw, polacres Sint Antonie and Italië and 4 brigantines.(1) All ships were loaded with guns, war stores and troops. On 3 September departed from Naples and other harbour again some vessels with landing troops on board.

Note
1. Names are Dutch translations.

The Greek, Tripolitanean and the Turkish navies in the Levant according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 28 August 1821

Vienna, 16 Augustus. The newspaper le Spectator de l’Orient of Smyrna dated 14 July described the events at Aiway where a Greek fleet of 70 vessels 16 June anchored off Moskoniss and around 09.00 o’clock attacked. The Turkish finally set the town in to fire and were forced to leave the town which was plundered by Greek landing troops.

Brussels, 25 August. A private letter coming from the Istrian coasts dated 28 June described the battle in the Aegean Sea. The Greek and Turkish fleets collided 18 June off the island Tenedos. Two Turkish ships escaped to the Sea of Marmora while the Greek fleet captured another 5 warships and 20 transports. The squadron of Tripoli consisting of 1 corvette, 3 polakken, 1 brig and 1 chebecq succeeded in escaping and joining the Turkish fleet. The Greek fleet sighted these ships in the Bay of Thessalonica and sent the two Turkish frigates since 26 June manned with Greek sailors flying the Ottoman flag away from the Greek fleet. The Tripolitanean squadron let both frigates approached assuming that they were allies when suddenly they were attacked by the frigates and captured.

According to another tiding was a large convoy of transports destined towards Constantinople and mainly loaded with grain and victuals and valuable merchandise of Egypt and Syria after passing the Caspian Sea almost complete captured by the Greek fleet.

Movements of British warships and Greek pirates in the Mediterranean according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 2 March 1827

Frankfurt, 25 February. In letters from Trieste, dated 14 February, was mentioned that the British commodore Hamilton captured after a short resistance a Greece polacre, coming back from a piracy cruise at Hydra. Hamilton send the prize towards Malta. Metaxa, regent of Syra, recently departed with a hired Hydriotic goelette, to undertake action against the pirates. He was however forced to seek refugee in a monastery.

The Algerian naval strength according to the Dutch magazine Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius dated January 1758

An item reported that the Algerian navy consisted of the next units.
‘t Groot Deyliks warship Lion, commanded by Mahomed Rays, 40 guns
the new warships commanded by Hagi Mustapha Rays, 40 guns, also fitted out with 30 rows
1 polacca commanded by Said Rays, 16 guns
1 chebecq commanded by Hagi Imberah Rays, 26 guns
1 chebecq commanded by Zee Mahomed Rays, 26 guns
1 chebecq commanded by Mahomed Rays, 20 guns
1 chebecq commanded by Osman Rays, 22 guns
1 chebecq commanded by Osman Rays, 10 guns
1 chebecq commanded by Hagi Ussem Rays, 6 guns
1 chebecq or row galliot commanded by Messouwd Rays, 4 guns
1 row galliot commanded by Mahomed Rays 2 guns, 2 swivels, 12 rows
1 row galliot commanded by Mahomed Rays 2 guns, 9 rows
1 row galliot commanded by Osman Rays 2 guns, 6 swivels, 17 rows
1 row galliot commanded by Ibrahim Rays 2 guns, 14 rows
1 row galliot commanded by Isuff Rays 2 guns, 12 rows
On stocks 2 chebecqs (one of 20 and of 10 guns)

Turkish and Swedish merchant ships wrecked in the Bay of Spezzia according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 6 April 1818

Genoa, 14 March. Due to heavy weather on 8 March were two ships in the Bay of Spezzia wrecked. One was a Turkish polacre coming from Alexandria and of which crew of 20 men just 11 survived. Her master died when they reached the coast. The other ship, the Swedish brig Ernest was grounded in the sand but her crew of 11 men was rescued.

Movements of the Algerian, Greek and Turkish navies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 17 October 1821

Kingdom of Sardinia. Genoa, 3 October. Letters brought with the latest courier of Tuscany brought the tidings of a Turkish fleet at Coron, Morea, with 4-80 gun ships, several frigates, corvettes and gunboats, with ammunition and troops. The 10th September were 11 Algerian ships seen, sailing towards the Levant. An Algerian chebeck with orders for Smirna captured underway a large Greek polacre with a crew of 90 men. The latest tidings coming from Zante reported that the Turkish fleet was ordered to destroy Idra, Spezia and Ipzara, being the major harbours of the Greek sea trade.

Zante, 15 September. According to an extract of a letter were yesterday, 14th September in the harbour the remaining ships of the Turkish fleet lying, with the ships of the Barbaray States in the worst possible condition. There were 3 ships of the line, 6 vessels of medium size, frigates, brigs and corvettes, and 24-25 transports. It became known that the fleet was ‘controlled’ by British officers, divided over the ships of the line, bringing the fleet from Rhodes towards Cyprus and Egypt to join the vessels of Egypt and the Barbary States. Today came the news that the fleet was to depart in two divisions, one towards the Gulf of Lepante and the other towards the Strait between Corfu and the coast of Epirus, to aid the Turkish ships blockaded by a Greek flotilla in the harbour of Gomenizza.

The British navy in the Mediterranean according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 2 March 1827

Frankfurt, 25 February. Letters arriving from Trieste dated 14 February reported that the British commodore Hamilton captured after just a short resistance a Greek polacre who returned at Hydra after a piratical voyage. She was send to Malta.