In 1794, as revolutionary France fought Britain for control of the Indian Ocean, a single privateer from Île de France—the 44-gun *La Confiance* under Captain Robert Surcouf—captured over 80 British merchant ships and humiliated the Royal Navy. This episode explores Surcouf's audacious tactics, the fierce naval economy of Port Louis, the *corsaire* culture that turned piracy into a patriotic enterprise, and how one man's bravado reshaped imperial strategy in the Mascarenes. We also look at the blurred line between privateer and pirate, the role of enslaved and free sailors of colour, and the legacy of Surcouf in Mauritian memory.
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