Ship Duel Packs ?

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HMS Speedy -vs- El Gamo - Would get us our missing 32 gun Xebec

Needs your backstory added please Michael.
Rob.

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Needs your backstory added please Michael.
Rob.

Borrowing from the Wikipedia:

'The Action of 6 May 1801 was a minor naval engagement between the 32-gun xebec-frigate El Gamo of the Spanish Navy under the command of Don Francisco de Torris and the much smaller 14-gun brig HMS Speedy under the command of Thomas, Lord Cochrane. El Gamo was subsequently captured. The skirmish is notable for the large disparity between the size and firepower of El Gamo and Speedy – the former was around four times the size, had much greater firepower and a crew six times the size of Speedy, which had a reduced crew of 54 at the time of the engagement.'

Patrick O'Brian used this action in Master and Commander. With HMS Sophie -vs- Cacafuego he changed the names but the details are the same. I suspect all you Napoleonic Nerds already knew this. ;)

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Borrowing from the Wikipedia:

'The Action of 6 May 1801 was a minor naval engagement between the 32-gun xebec-frigate El Gamo of the Spanish Navy under the command of Don Francisco de Torris and the much smaller 14-gun brig HMS Speedy under the command of Thomas, Lord Cochrane. El Gamo was subsequently captured. The skirmish is notable for the large disparity between the size and firepower of El Gamo and Speedy – the former was around four times the size, had much greater firepower and a crew six times the size of Speedy, which had a reduced crew of 54 at the time of the engagement.'

Patrick O'Brian used this action in Master and Commander. With HMS Sophie -vs- Cacafuego he changed the names but the details are the same. I suspect all you Napoleonic Nerds already knew this. ;)

Thanks Michael.
Rob.