Action of 19 January 1799
The Action of 19 January 1799 was a minor naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars fought in waters of the Strait of Gibraltar, off Punta Europa. A Spanish squadron of 14 gunboats with a mistico as flagship, commanded by Francisco Mourelle de la Rua, attacked a British merchant convoy escorted by several Royal Navy warships, among them a 74-gun ship of the line. The British warships failed to defend the convoy, losing a gunboat sunk and another captured. The convoy also lost a ship and two brigs. For this action Mourelle de la Rua was promoted to frigate captain.
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Action of 19 January 1799
The Action of 19 January 1799 was a minor naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars fought in waters of the Strait of Gibraltar, off Punta Europa. A Spanish squadron of 14 gunboats with a mistico as flagship, commanded by Francisco Mourelle de la Rua, attacked a British merchant convoy escorted by several Royal Navy warships, among them a 74-gun ship of the line. The British warships failed to defend the convoy, losing a gunboat sunk and another captured. The convoy also lost a ship and two brigs. For this action Mourelle de la Rua was promoted to frigate captain.
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1799年1月19日の海戦（Action of 19 Jan ...... の海戦での功績で、デ・ラ・ルアはフリゲートの艦長に昇進した。
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The Action of 19 January 1799 ...... s promoted to frigate captain.
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Сражение 19 января 1799 года, ...... л повышен до капитана фрегата.
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1 gunboat captured,
1 gunboat sunk,
1 merchant ship captured,
120 prisoners
2 merchant brigs captured,
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1799-01-19
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Spanish victory
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1 gun-brig,
14 gunboats
1third-rate,
3 merchant brigs
3gunboats,
4merchant ships,
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27,260,725
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744,281,854
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Anglo-Spanish War (1796)
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Engraving of Gibraltar as seen from the north, depicting the view as seen in 1852.
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1799年1月19日の海戦（Action of 19 Jan ...... の海戦での功績で、デ・ラ・ルアはフリゲートの艦長に昇進した。
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The Action of 19 January 1799 ...... s promoted to frigate captain.
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Сражение 19 января 1799 года, ...... л повышен до капитана фрегата.
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1799年1月19日の海戦
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Action of 19 January 1799
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Бой у Гибралтара (1799)
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Action of 19 January 1799
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