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Tuesday, 14 January 2020

French navy captured a Spanish transport according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 9 July 1823

Paris, France, 4 July. The commanding officer at Toulon wrote 3 July to the minister of navy that the ship of the line le Trident off Gibraltar captured a Spanish ship, which transported a colonel and 60 soldiers to Ceutra [Ceuta,Morocco?].(1)

Source
J. Vichot. Répertoire des navires de guerre francais. Paris, 1967.

Note
1. Laid down at Toulon 1808, launched 1811 and last mentioned 1874.