Spanish corvette Galgo (1795)

Galgo was a brigantine corvette launched at Ferrol in 1795.[Note 1] On 23 November 1796 HMS Alarm was cruising off Grenada when she encountered Galgo and captured her. Galgo was under the command of Don Barber. She was sailing from Porto Rico to Trinidada and was carrying 80,335 dollars and provisions for the government at Trinidada. Alarm took Galgo into Grenada.[2]

History
Spain
Name: Galgo
Namesake: Galgo Español
Builder: Royal Dockyard, Ferrol
Launched: 1795
Captured: 23 November 1796
General characteristics
Class and type: Corvette or brig-sloop
Tons burthen: bm
Sail plan: Brig
Complement: 124 (at capture)
Armament: 18 × 6-pounder guns + 6 swivel guns (at capture)

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. Winfield incorrectly links this Galgo to the vessel that became HMS Galgo.[1]

Citations

  1. Winfield (2008), p. 289.
  2. "No. 13996". The London Gazette. 25 March 1797.

References

  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
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