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Description: | This print, made after a oainting by William John Huggins, is inscribed: 'To Vice Admiral... Sir George Cockburn... This Plate representing an Action with the Spanish slave Frigate Velos Passahera captured by boarding by H.M. Ship Primrose.. off Whydah, Bight of Benin the 6th September 1830. [with key].
In fact, the encounter and capture of the ship (the name of which is correctly spelt Veloz Passagera), took place on 7 September 1830.
Veloz Passagera had a cargo of 555 slaves aboard. The surviving crew was charged with piracy in England.
Box Title: Actions 1827-1839. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | Primrose 1810 [HMS] prints Velos Passahera fl.1830 [Spanish] | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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