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The action of 6 February 1799 was a minor naval action that took place during the French Revolutionary Wars off the island of Majorca between two Royal Navy ships and two Spanish naval frigates. By the end of 1798 the situation had changed in the Mediterranean with the destruction of the French fleet at Aboukir and the capture of the Spanish island of Menorca in November 1798 by British forces. The Royal Navy were using the island as a place to launch raids and conduct further operations. Operations continued from Menorca, 16 February Argo and Leviathan attacked the town of Cambrils.

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rdfs:label	Action of 6 February 1799 (en)
rdfs:comment	The action of 6 February 1799 was a minor naval action that took place during the French Revolutionary Wars off the island of Majorca between two Royal Navy ships and two Spanish naval frigates. By the end of 1798 the situation had changed in the Mediterranean with the destruction of the French fleet at Aboukir and the capture of the Spanish island of Menorca in November 1798 by British forces. The Royal Navy were using the island as a place to launch raids and conduct further operations. Operations continued from Menorca, 16 February Argo and Leviathan attacked the town of Cambrils. (en)
foaf:name	Action of 6 February 1799 (en)
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dct:subject	Naval battles involving Spain Conflicts in 1799 Naval battles involving Great Britain Naval battles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Wikipage revision ID	1084575825 (xsd:integer)
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Cambrils Capture of Minorca (1798) Royal Navy Battle of the Nile Spanish Navy Naval battles involving Spain Menorca French Revolutionary Wars Frigate Mortar (weapon) Swivel guns Majorca Striking the colors Conflicts in 1799 Naval battles involving Great Britain Naval battles of the Napoleonic Wars Alcúdia Broadside (naval) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography HMS Argo (1781) James Bowen (Royal Navy officer) Fifth-rate Mediterranean dbr:Pablo_Perez_(Spanish_Navy) Bow chaser Third Rate
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3038%3FdocPos=3%7Ctitle=
sameAs	Action of 6 February 1799 Action of 6 February 1799 Action of 6 February 1799 Action of 6 February 1799
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campaignbox	Anglo-Spanish War (1796) (en)
casualties	530 (xsd:integer) Light (en) Santa Theresa captured, (en)
commander	James Bowen (Royal Navy officer) dbr:Pablo_Perez_(Spanish_Navy)
conflict	0001-02-06 (xsd:gMonthDay)
date	1799-02-06 (xsd:date)
partof	the French Revolutionary Wars (en)
place	Off Majorca (en)
result	British victory (en)
strength	1 (xsd:integer) 2 (xsd:integer)
has abstract	The action of 6 February 1799 was a minor naval action that took place during the French Revolutionary Wars off the island of Majorca between two Royal Navy ships and two Spanish naval frigates. By the end of 1798 the situation had changed in the Mediterranean with the destruction of the French fleet at Aboukir and the capture of the Spanish island of Menorca in November 1798 by British forces. The Royal Navy were using the island as a place to launch raids and conduct further operations. On 6 February 1799, HMS Argo and HMS Leviathan surprised two Spanish frigates at anchor near the south point of the Bahia de Alcudia on Majorca. The Spanish set sail with the British in pursuit but a violent westerly gale came up that took away Leviathan's main top-sail. After dark the Spanish frigates separated but Leviathan had fallen behind and saw neither the separation nor Argo's signal that she had chased the one to port. Leviathan had nearly caught up with Argo, who had fired bow chasers damaging the Santa Theresa's smaller sails, slowing her down. More damage was inflicted but this time from the gale damaging more sails and rigging. At about midnight Argo got alongside the Santa Theresa and fired a broadside that wounded two men and badly damaged Santa Theresa's rigging. At this point the Spanish captain of Santa Theresa Don Pablo Perez realized that further resistance was futile and after a conference with his men struck her colours. Santa Theresa was upwards of 950 tons burthen, carrying 42 guns plus coehorns and swivel guns and in addition to her crew of 280 seamen and marines, she had 250 soldiers on board. Santa Theresa had recently been completely refurbished and provisioned for a four-month cruise. Her consort Proserpine, which had escaped, though smaller, was equally well armed. The Santa Theresa was bought into British service and kept the name. Operations continued from Menorca, 16 February Argo and Leviathan attacked the town of Cambrils. (en)
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causalties	Light
date	1799-02-06 (xsd:date)
result	British victory
strength	1Third Rate 1fifth-rate 2frigates
commander	James Bowen (Royal Navy officer) dbr:Pablo_Perez_(Spanish_Navy)
is part of military conflict	French Revolutionary Wars
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf	wikipedia-en:Action_of_6_February_1799
is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	List of battles 1601–1800 List of battles by geographic location HMS Argo (1781) List of wars involving Spain
is foaf:primaryTopic of	wikipedia-en:Action_of_6_February_1799

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