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Duckworth's Fleet: The Capture of the Frigates Carmen and Florentia
Official Report: the Leviathan and the Emerald stalk a Spanish convoy of 12 sail off Gibraltar ...At dawn I bore down upon the two frigates...on which I directed a volley of musketry to be fired, concluding they would strike: but this not having the desired effect,I gave a yaw, and dispatched all the guns before the gangway at her yard and masts -- 14in. (35cm.) col space, in a complete issue of The Times, 5 May 1800
Official Report: the Leviathan and the Emerald stalk a Spanish convoy of 12 sail off Gibraltar ...At dawn I bore down upon the two frigates...on which I directed a volley of musketry to be fired, concluding they would strike: but this not having the desired effect,I gave a yaw, and dispatched all the guns before the gangway at her yard and masts -- 14in. (35cm.) col space, in a complete issue of The Times, 5 May 1800