What the records say
- When
- 12 Dec 1779
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 14.63° N, 86.82° W
- Description
- 1779 naval battle
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Action of 12 December 1779
1779 naval battle
The action of 12 December 1779 was a minor naval engagement that took place in the Bay of Honduras during the American Revolutionary War between a British Royal naval Fourth-rate fifty gun ship and a fifty gun Spanish privateer.
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