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Naval Action Report of a Busy Cadiz Bay Encounter
A fragmentary account notes French ships lifting from Cadiz Bay with 120 sail including 64 great ships, and 18 three-deckers. English and Dutch vessels, many burned or captured, sail into Cadiz and Gibraltar approaches. Several named ships and groups are listed, including the St Paul, Friendship, Union, and the St. Domingo, with Danes and Hamburghers also mentioned as taken or released amid ongoing naval activity and shore battery reinforcements. The report names numerous vessels and captains, marking a large-scale engagement near Cadiz and Cadiz Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schrijver
van der Poel
FaHlor
Smirna
C. Littleton
Mar Chant
Affrican
Foln
Dan
Success
Ruby
Oxendon
Fokn
Samuel
Sarsh
Good-Speed
Sarah
St. Fob
Tituan
Schidam
St. Paul
Cadiz
Ann
Elizabeth
David
Seville
Phenix
Trump
Union
Ana
Mary
Veffels
St. Lucar
Fafor
Malaga
John
Thomas
Richard
Gibraltar
Afie
Loyaly
Schrijner
Mander Poel
HeBsad
Febn Borb
Fob Starling
Fekn Steckins
Fela Tinnegatter
Margarets
Rhine
St.Folie