According to a letter dated 30 September 1805, published in the Naval Chronicle the British sloop Port Mahon captured the El Galgo near Trinidad de Cuba. A letter written by the commanding officer of the Port Mahon, namely captains Sam. Chambers, dated 30 September at Trinidad de Cuba, North East by North, gives more information:
"Her Majesty's sloop Port Mahon, under my command, this morning crossed upon a schooner, lying to, but on our approach, made sail from us. I have the honour of informing you, she was captured after a chase of two hours, and proves His Catholic Majesty's packet el Galgo, commanded by Lieutenant Ignacio Guosqucz, with thirty men, pierced for fourteen guns, but only four brass swivels mounted. She is a very fine vessel, coppered and copper-fastened, well found, and sails fast; left Cadiz on the 9th of August, had delivered dispatches at Camana, and was bound, with others to Trinidad de Cuba and Vera Cruz, which were thrown overboard".
The brig sloop Port Mahon was originally captured while on stocks at Port Mahon 1798, became in 1817 a police hulk and was sold in 1837. Her dimensions were 91½ x 25, armed with 18 guns and of 277 tons builders measurement.
Sources
The Naval Chronicle for 1806. January-June.
J.J. Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. An Historical Index, 2 vols. David&Charles, Newton Abbot, 1969.
"Her Majesty's sloop Port Mahon, under my command, this morning crossed upon a schooner, lying to, but on our approach, made sail from us. I have the honour of informing you, she was captured after a chase of two hours, and proves His Catholic Majesty's packet el Galgo, commanded by Lieutenant Ignacio Guosqucz, with thirty men, pierced for fourteen guns, but only four brass swivels mounted. She is a very fine vessel, coppered and copper-fastened, well found, and sails fast; left Cadiz on the 9th of August, had delivered dispatches at Camana, and was bound, with others to Trinidad de Cuba and Vera Cruz, which were thrown overboard".
The brig sloop Port Mahon was originally captured while on stocks at Port Mahon 1798, became in 1817 a police hulk and was sold in 1837. Her dimensions were 91½ x 25, armed with 18 guns and of 277 tons builders measurement.
Sources
The Naval Chronicle for 1806. January-June.
J.J. Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. An Historical Index, 2 vols. David&Charles, Newton Abbot, 1969.
