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  • Action of 13 October 1796
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  • The Action of 13 October 1796 was a minor naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought off the coast of Spain between the 32-gun HMS Terpsichore under Captain Richard Bowen and the Spanish 34-gun frigate Mahonesa under Don Tomás de Ayalde. The Mahonesa was captured after a fight lasting an hour and forty minutes.
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Partof
  • the French Revolutionary Wars
Date
  • 1796-10-13
Commander
  • Captain Don Tomás de Ayalde
  • Captain Richard Bowen
Caption
  • --10-13
Casualties
  • 1
  • 4
  • 12
  • 250
Result
  • British victory
Place
  • off Cape Gata, Mediterranean Sea
Conflict
  • --10-13
abstract
  • The Action of 13 October 1796 was a minor naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought off the coast of Spain between the 32-gun HMS Terpsichore under Captain Richard Bowen and the Spanish 34-gun frigate Mahonesa under Don Tomás de Ayalde. The Mahonesa was captured after a fight lasting an hour and forty minutes.