| 词条 | Action of 14 September 1779 |
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|conflict =Action of 14 September 1779 |partof =the Anglo-Spanish War |image =Dominic Serres - Captain George Montagu of the 'Pearl', 32 guns, engaging the Spanish frigate 'Santa Monica' off the Azores, 14th. September 1779.jpg |image_size = 300px |caption =HMS Pearl, engaging the Spanish frigate Santa Monica off the Azores, 14th. September 1779; by Dominic Serres |date =14 September 1779 |place =off the Azores, Atlantic |coordinates = |map_type = |latitude = |longitude = |map_size = |map_marksize = |map_caption = |map_label = |territory = |result =British victory |status = |combatant1 ={{flagicon|Spain|1701}} Spain |combatant2 ={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} |commander1 ={{flagicon|Spain|1701}} Don Manuel Núñez Gaona{{POW}} |commander2 ={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} George Montagu |units1 = |units2 = |strength1 =frigate Santa Mónica 26 guns |strength2 =frigate HMS Pearl 32 guns |casualties1 =1 frigate captured 38 killed 45 wounded 180 captured[1] |casualties2 =12 killed 19 wounded |notes = |campaignbox ={{Campaignbox Anglo-Spanish War (1779)}} }} The Action of 14 September 1779 was a minor naval engagement between the British Royal Naval frigate {{HMS|Pearl|1762|6}} and the Spanish frigate Santa Mónica off the Azores during the Anglo-Spanish War.[2] The Spanish Navy had been patrolling the Azores since July with a small squadron of ships under of Lt. Gen. Don Antonio de Ulloa, with his flagship Fenix, ships of the line Gallardo, Diligent and San Julián, and the frigates Santa Maria and Santa Mónica.[1] On 14 September, Pearl, Captain George Montagu while cruising off the Azores in the early hours of the morning chased a large ship which turned out to be Santa Mónica under the command of Don Miguel de Nunes.[1] At 09:30am, Pearl caught up with Santa Mónica and commenced action. After fighting for two hours, Santa Mónica had become severely damaged and had 38 men killed and 45 wounded; de Nunes therefore struck her colours. Santa Mónica was a new ship, mounting 26 long 12-pounder guns on her main deck, and two 4-pounders on her quarter-deck, with a crew of 271 men.[1] Santa Mónica in addition was larger than Pearl. Pearl was little damaged except in her rigging; she had suffered a loss of 12 men killed and 19 wounded. Ulloa was acquitted in a court martial back in Cadiz in October back because of the loss of Santa Mónica.[2] The British Royal Navy took Santa Mónica into service as HMS Santa Monica. She wrecked on Tortola on 1 April 1782. Citations and referencesCitations1. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|last1=Nichols|first1=John|title=The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 147|date=1830|publisher=R. Newton|pages=82–83|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ijxDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA83&dq=pearl+santa+monica+1781&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ePWJVNuiE8aqU7eOgNgD&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=pearl%20santa%20monica%201781&f=false|accessdate=11 December 2014}} References2. ^1 Winfield p.196-97.
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