| Action of 25 November 1804 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Napoleonic Wars | |||||||
.jpg) HMS Donegal | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom |
 Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Richard Strachan | unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 Ship of the line (74 guns) | 1 frigate (42 guns) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| light |
1 frigate captured 380 captured[1] | ||||||
The action of 25 November 1804 was a minor naval engagement that took place off Cádiz early in the Napoleonic Wars between the Royal Navy and Spanish Navy. The battle ended with the capture of the Spanish frigate Amfitrite by HMS Donegal.[2]
- ^ Lecky, Halton Stirling (1913). The King's Ships: Together with the Important Historical Episodes Connected with the Successive Ships of the Same Name from Remote Times, and a List of Names and Services of Some Ancient War Vessels, Volume 2. Muirhead. p. 244. ISBN 9780140123029.
- ^ The Annual Biography and Obituary, Volume 13. Longman & Rees. 1829. p. 6.