Corsair (disambiguation)
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A Corsair
was a French privateer.
Corsair may also refer to:
Corsair
Corsairs were privateers, authorized to conduct raids on shipping of a nation at war with France, on behalf of the French Crown. Seized vessels and cargo were sold at auction, with the corsair captain entitled to a portion of the proceeds...
was a French privateer.
Corsair may also refer to:
- Other privateers and pirates were referred to as Corsairs; for example Barbary pirates, were also called Barbary corsairsBarbary corsairsThe Barbary Corsairs, sometimes called Ottoman Corsairs or Barbary Pirates, were pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Tunis, Tripoli and Algiers. This area was known in Europe as the Barbary Coast, a term derived from the name of its Berber...
or Ottoman Corsairs
Military
- F4U CorsairF4U CorsairThe Vought F4U Corsair was a carrier-capable fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Demand for the aircraft soon overwhelmed Vought's manufacturing capability, resulting in production by Goodyear and Brewster: Goodyear-built Corsairs were designated FG and...
, a single-engined, single-seat shipborne fighter aircraft - A-7 Corsair IIA-7 Corsair IIThe Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II is a carrier-based subsonic light attack aircraft introduced to replace the United States Navy's Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, initially entering service during the Vietnam War...
, a single-seat light jet attack aircraft - O2U CorsairO2U Corsair|-References:NotesBibliography* Eden, Paul and Soph Moeng. The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. London: Amber Books Ltd., 2002. ISBN 0-7607-3432-1....
, a biplane scout and observation aircraft - USS Corsair (SS-435)USS Corsair (SS-435)USS Corsair , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the California rockfish, or a pirate or privateer, especially Turkish or Saracen....
, a United States diesel-electric submarine
Transportation
- Edsel CorsairEdsel CorsairThe Edsel Corsair was an automobile produced by the former Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln Division of the Ford Motor Company of Dearborn, Michigan and sold through its Edsel marque in 1958 and 1959. For 1958, the Corsair was built on the longer Edsel wheelbase derived from Mercury brand automobiles. In...
, an American automobile of the late fifties - Ford CorsairFord CorsairThe Ford Consul Corsair, manufactured by Ford Motor Company in the United Kingdom, was a midsize car introduced at the London Motor Show in October 1963 and available as either a saloon or estate from 1964 until 1970...
, a British automobile model of the late sixties, and an Australian model of the late eighties - Corsair was one of the GWR 3031 ClassGWR 3031 ClassThe Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work...
locomotives that was built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915 - Corsair (dinghy)Corsair (dinghy)The Corsair is a class of sixteen foot three handed sailing dinghy. The boat was designed by Australian designer Alan Payne who is famous for designing Sir Frank Packer's America's Cup challenge yacht Gretel II.- The Boat :...
, a class of sixteen foot three handed sailing dinghy - Corsair Trimaran, built by Corsair MarineCorsair MarineCorsair Marine International is an international sailboat builder that builds trimarans. It is now headquartered in Vietnam.- History :Corsair Marine was founded in 1984 in Chula Vista, California by John T. Walton .In 1994, John Walton sold Corsair Marine to Paul Koch who was Corsair Marine's...
- Corsair motorcycle, built by Cotton (motorcycle)Cotton (motorcycle)The Cotton Motorcycle Company, was a British motorcycle manufacturer of 11a Bristol Road, Gloucester, and was founded by Frank Willoughby Cotton in 1918. F.W. presided over the company until his retirement in 1953. The company was reconstituted as E. Cotton Ltd, and traded till 1980.-The...
- Cessna 425Cessna 425|-See also:...
, originally known as Corsair
Companies
- CorsairflyCorsairflyCorsair S.A. trading as Corsairfly, is an airline based in Rungis, France. It is currently the second largest French airline after Air France and operates international scheduled and charter services to 62 European destinations, the French overseas territories, Africa and North America...
(formerly Corsair), a French airline - Corsair MemoryCorsair MemoryCorsair Memory is a computer peripherals and hardware company headquartered in Fremont, California. Corsair designs and sells a range of products for computers, including high-speed DRAM modules, ATX power supplies , USB flash drives , CPU and memory cooling solutions, computer cases, solid-state...
, a hardware company that specializes in designing and manufacturing computer memory and power supply units
Video games
- Corsairs: Conquest at SeaCorsairs: Conquest at SeaCorsairs: Conquest at Sea is a 1999 strategy/action/adventure game for the PC, developed and published by Microïds . The game is a simulation of the life of a privateer employed by either England or France in, most likely, the 17th century...
, a game by Microïds - Corsairs (Freelancer), a fictional criminal organization in Freelancer
- Corsair, an evolution to the Gambler class in Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan
- Corsair, a special agent of the Alliance in the Mass Effect universe
- Corsair, a Protoss unit in StarCraftStarCraftStarCraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The first game of the StarCraft series was released for Microsoft Windows on 31 March 1998. With more than 11 million copies sold worldwide as of February 2009, it is one of the best-selling...
- Corsair, a Fourth Job Advancement of the Pirate class in MaplestoryMapleStoryMapleStory is a free-to-play, 2D, side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by the South Korean company Wizet. Several versions of the game are available for specific countries or regions, and each is published by various companies such as Nexon...
Television, film, music, and literature
- Corsair (comics)Corsair (comics)Corsair is a fictional character, a star-faring hero in the Marvel Comics universe. He leads the space-faring team the Starjammers and was best known as the father of X-Men superheroes Cyclops, Havok, and Vulcan...
, the leader of the Starjammers and father to Cyclops, Havok, and Vulcan in the Marvel universe - Corsairs of UmbarCorsairs of UmbarThe Corsairs of Umbar were a fleet of Men of Umbar in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, allied to Sauron in his war against Gondor.-Literature:...
, from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth - The CorsairThe CorsairThe Corsair was a semi-autobiographical tale in verse by Lord Byron in 1814 , which was extremely popular and influential in its day, selling ten thousand copies on its first day of sale...
, a poem by Lord Byron - Corsair (novel)Corsair (novel)Corsair is a fantasy novel written by Chris Bunch and published in 2001. It features Gareth Radnor, an honorable young man whose parents were killed by Linyati slavers, found himself to became a captain of a ship Steadfast after the death of its former captain...
, a fantasy novel by Chris Bunch - Corsair (Dudley Pope novel), a nautical historical novel by Dudley PopeDudley PopeDudley Bernard Egerton Pope was a British writer of both nautical fiction and history, most notable for his Lord Ramage series of historical novels. Greatly inspired by C.S. Forester, Pope was one of the most successful authors to explore the genre of nautical fiction, often compared to Patrick...
- Corsair (film)Corsair (film)Corsair is a 1931 American film directed by Roland West. The film is based on the novel Corsair by Walton Green.-Cast:*Chester Morris as John Hawks*Thelma Todd as Alison Corning*Fred Kohler as Big John*Ned Sparks as Slim...
, film version of the novel
- Corsair (film)
- CorsairCorsair (Cussler novel)Corsair is the 6th novel in The Oregon Files by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul. The book follows the corporation team's mission to recover the US Secretary of State, Fiona Katamora, before the upcoming peace summit. They discover that all is not as it seems and that the plane crash that brought her...
, a 2009 adventure novel by Clive Cussler - "Corsair", a 2007 song by In Fear and Faith from their EP, Voyage
- Le CorsaireLe CorsaireLe Corsaire is a ballet typically presented in three acts, with a libretto originally created by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges loosely based on the poem The Corsair by Lord Byron. Originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to the music of Adolphe Adam, it was first presented by the ballet of...
, a ballet created by Joseph Mazilier to music by Adolphe Adam et al. - CorsarenCorsarenCorsaren was a weekly satirical and political magazine published by Meïr Aron Goldschmidt who also wrote most of its content. The first issue was published on the 8 October 1840 in Copenhagen, Denmark....
, a nineteenth-century Danish magazine - The CorsairsThe CorsairsThe Corsairs were an American doo wop ensemble from La Grange, North Carolina.The group consisted of three brothers and their cousin. Initially they performed as The Gleems, and toured the East Coast, where they were overheard by Abner Spector. Changing their name in 1961 to The Corsairs, they...
, a 1960s doo wop group - The Corsair, a fellow Time LordTime LordThe Time Lords are an ancient extraterrestrial race and civilization of humanoids in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' eponymous protagonist, the Doctor, is a member...
with a recognizable tattoo, who had been a friend of The DoctorDoctor (Doctor Who)The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and has also featured in two cinema feature films, a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series....
in the British TV series Doctor WhoDoctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
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