HMS Cacafogo
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hms-cacafogo-294-411266
title:
HMS Cacafogo
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One to three vessels may have served the British Royal Navy under the name Cacafogo, or Cacafoga, or Cacafuago, or Cacafuego, all being colloquial Spanish for "Spitshit" or "Shitfire". Mortar vessel: The first mention of a Cacafuego occurred in 1797. Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson's flotilla at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797) contained a mortar vessel. By some accounts the name of the mortar vessel was Ray; other records give it as Cacafuego. Both are possible, though Ray does not appea
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List of ships with the same or similar names
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cacafogo
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2022-05-31T03:03:22Z
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