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Attack on Ribadeo

16th September 1719 (1719/09/27 NS)
Fought at : Ribadeo - Spain

On September 15th, Johnson, in the Weymouth, having the Winchester and Dursley Galley in company, heard that there were two Spanish men-of-war and a large merchantman lying in Rivadeo. Accordingly the Weymouth and Winchester appeared off the port on the following day; boats were sent in to take soundings; and the two ships anchored alongside the enemy and abreast of a battery of eight guns. The battery was taken, the men-of-war were destroyed, and the merchantman was brought off.

 

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British Vessels
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Weymouth (50) 1719-1733
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
Sir Robert JohnsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1722
Squadron Flagship
Winchester (50) 1717-1781
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
James StewartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1751
 

 
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Posted by Alberto Paraje on Tuesday 25th of February 2025 11:39

Hello. I have located an interesting piece of information published in the "Gazeta de Lisboa" No. 41 dated October 12, 1719, which mentions the entry into the port of Lisbon on October 5, of the ship of the line "Antelope" from the action on Ribadeo. He has with him a merchant captured in Ribadeo. Therefore, the third ship that intervened in the attack on Ribadeo, along with the "Weymouth" and the "Winchester", was the "Antelope".


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