Early in the conflict, Captains Lambert Wickes and Gustavus Conyngham operated out of various French ports for the purpose of commerce raiding.
Because Benjamin Franklin had given him an official commission, he was not merely a privateer, but an actual Captain in the United States Navy.
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Gustavus Conyngham (about 1744 – 27 November 1819) was born in County Donegal, Ireland, and was a merchant sea captain, officer in the Continental Navy and a privateer.
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden | Gustavus Fox | Henry Conyngham, 8th Marquess Conyngham | Gustavus von Tempsky | Gustavus Kelly | Gustavus Franklin Swift | Gustavus Conyngham | Gustavus Adolphus College | George Gustavus Walker | Frederick Gustavus Burnaby | James Lenox-Conyngham Chichester-Clark | Gustavus Wynne Cook | Gustavus Myers | Gustavus Katterfelto | Gustavus Hesselius | Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 10th Viscount Boyne | Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne | Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne | Gustavus Green | Gustavus Blin Wright | Gustavus Athol Waterhouse | Gustavus Abeel | Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham | Francis Conyngham | Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness Conyngham | Conyngham Greene |