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DescriptionAction off Sombrero-E6myAqKXMAASo6C.jpg
English: Action of 19 July 1805 off Porto Rico: a division under Captain François-André Baudin, comprising the frigate "Topaze", the corvettes "Département des Landes" and "Torche", and the brig "Faune", intercept and burn the British frigate HMS "Blanche".
Date
before 1898
date QS:P,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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