Battle

Cutting out of the Hermione

25 Oct 1799 · 10.47° N, 68.02° W

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25 Oct 1799
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
10.47° N, 68.02° W
Description
1799 naval action between Britain and Spain
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Cutting out of the Hermione

1799 battle of the War of the Second Coalition

The cutting out of the Hermione was a naval action that took place at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela on 25 October 1799. The formerly British frigate HMS Hermione, which had been handed over to the Spanish by its crew following a vicious mutiny, lay in the heavily guarded sea port of Puerto Cabello, now under the command of Captain Ramón Echalaz.

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