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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.

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  • 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.
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  • Action of 19 January 1799
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  • 120 prisoners
  • 1 gunboat captured,
  • 1 gunboat sunk,
  • 1 merchant ship captured,
  • 2 merchant brigs captured,
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  • Spanish victory
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  • 3gunboats,
  • 14 gunboats
  • 1 gun-brig,
  • 1mistico,
  • 1third-rate,
  • 3 merchant brigs
  • 4merchant ships,
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