I've tried to do some research into this but am not finding anything clear...
How feasible is it that these two occurences could exist in or around either the far east or india in a period between 1780 and 1800...
- An english ship given a letter of marque to act as a privateer in that region
- another ship crewed by either japanese or chinese sailors operating in more blatant piracy?
Certain things are flexible in this (date and location can be changed, I just think those are the most likely).
So far I have found the Sunda Strait campaign which would fit only it seems that the Privateers were purely on the french side with the english forces being Royal Navy or EIC vessels and while the EIC are technically privateers in this I wasn't wanting the ship to be that official...
So, any help or ideas of where to look to find this situation?
How feasible is it that these two occurences could exist in or around either the far east or india in a period between 1780 and 1800...
- An english ship given a letter of marque to act as a privateer in that region
- another ship crewed by either japanese or chinese sailors operating in more blatant piracy?
Certain things are flexible in this (date and location can be changed, I just think those are the most likely).
So far I have found the Sunda Strait campaign which would fit only it seems that the Privateers were purely on the french side with the english forces being Royal Navy or EIC vessels and while the EIC are technically privateers in this I wasn't wanting the ship to be that official...
So, any help or ideas of where to look to find this situation?