What the records say
- When
- 10 Feb 1722
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 0.62° S, 8.71° E
- Description
- 1722 defeat of the pirate Bartholomew Roberts
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Cape Lopez
1722 British naval battle with pirates off Gabon
The Battle of Cape Lopez was fought in on 10 February 1722 during the Golden Age of Piracy. HMS Swallow, a British ship of the line under Captain Chaloner Ogle, defeated the pirate ship of Bartholomew Roberts off the coast of Gabon, West Africa.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of Cape Lopez begins off of the coast of West Africa (and present-day Gabon), as the Royal Navy brings an end to the piracy of Bartholomew Roberts”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page