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    years with the British. Santa Margarita was built at Ferrol in 1774. In the action of 11 November 1779 Captain Alex Graeme of HMS Tartar brought her to...
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  • 11 November 1779 was a minor naval engagement between the British Royal Naval frigate HMS Tartar and the Spanish frigate Santa Margarita off Lisbon during...
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    recaptured the frigate. HMS Santa Margarita had previously been a Spanish-built frigate of 36 guns that had been captured in 1779 by the Royal Navy off...
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    November 1779 she and HMS Tartar captured the 34-gun Spanish frigate Santa Margarita, which was subsequently taken into the navy as HMS Santa Margarita. With...
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    HMS Fury was a Swan class ship sloop of the Royal Navy and was launched in March 1779. She performed mainly anti-privateering duties during the American...
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    Jersey 1 April 1777. and capturing the Spanish Santa Margarita of 28 guns off Cape Finisterre on 11 November 1779. She went on to see further service during...
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    sixth-rate HMS Tartar in July 1779, in which he took part in the action of 11 November 1779, seizing the Spanish 38-gun frigate Santa Margarita off Cape...
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    French frigate; the frigate withdraws 1779, November 11 – HMS Tartar captures the Spanish frigate Santa Margarita. (details) 1780, June 1 – USS Trumbull...
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    1793, retaken by HMS Santa Margarita in 1796, broken up 1803 HMS Lark 1762 – abandoned and burnt at Rhode Island together with HMS Juno HMS Boston 1762 –...
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  • North Sea and the Atlantic as far as New York before Cerberus and Santa Margarita captured her in the Channel in 1795; taken into the Royal Navy as Arab...
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    command of the ship on 9 January 1779 and she left Antigua on 16 February in the company of the 74-gun third-rate, HMS Sultan with despatches from both...
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  • November Rattlesnake lent her small assistance to HMS Tartar in capturing the Spanish frigate Santa Margarita; and, when the prize was commissioned for the...
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    the Peace of Amiens. In 1793, Harvey became captain of the frigate HMS Santa Margarita in the West Indies. There he participated in the successful campaigns...
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    and from there to the Caribbean. In the action of 29 July 1782, HMS Santa Margarita briefly captured Amazone, off Cape Henry, but the next day the squadron...
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    London, Colossus, Robust, Hannibal, Valiant, Thalia, Cerberus, and Santa Margarita. On 10 April 1795, Rear-admiral Sir John Colpoys, was cruising in the...
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    Richmond-class frigate was captured on 8 June by the Royal Navy's HMS Santa Margarita. Thomas and Ellen ( Great Britain): The sloop was captured on 18...
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  • 26 Santa Clara Cartagena 23 April 1773 34 Santa Margarita Ferrol 23 June 1774 34 captured 11 November 1779 Santa Marta Ferrol 5 July 1774 34 Santa Dorotea...
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    cruising with HMS Tartar and HMS Rattlesnake, chased down and captured the 34-gun Spanish frigate Santa Margarita on 11 November 1779. The following...
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  • returning to duty until early 1796, serving first as a volunteer in Santa Margarita under Captain Thomas Byam Martin, and distinguishing himself during...
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  • HMS Quebec was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1781 and broken up in 1816. She sailed under various captains, participating in the American Revolutionary...
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    (2000). Women Rulers Throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Guide. Abc-Clio: Santa Barbara. ISBN 1-85109-339-7 Jones, Colin (2002). The Great Nation: France...
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  • Netherlands (2005) Marley, David F. Pirates and Privateers of the Americas. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 1994. Morris, Mowbray. Tales of the Spanish...
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