Action of 28–29 December 1669
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action-of-28-29-december-1669-206-15222351
title:
Action of 28–29 December 1669
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On 28 December 1669, as the Mary Rose, a third-rate, carrying forty-eight guns, with a crew of 230 men, commanded by Captain John Kempthorn, was convoying a fleet of merchant ships through the Straits of Gibraltar, seven large Algerine corsairs, full of men, stood towards her. Captain Kempthorn ordered the convoy to make sail, while he, single-handed, advanced to engage the foe. The fighting continued into the following day, as the Algerines attacked the Mary Rose with much fury, and boarded her
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2023-12-24T02:49:43Z
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2024-09-10T19:50:10Z
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