HMS Santa Monica
HMS Santa Monica | |
 Pearl engaging Santa Ammonica off the Azores | |
| Location | Address restricted[2] |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Coral Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Area | less than one acre |
| NRHP reference No. | 78003163[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 17, 1978 |
HMS Santa Monica was a Spanish
U.S. Virgin Islands
.
History
On 14 September 1779, HMS Pearl engaged the 28-gun Santa Monica off the Azores. At 6:00 that morning, the Spanish frigate was spotted to the north-west and was brought to action after a 3½-hour chase. The Santa Monica surrendered after a two-hour engagement, having 38 men killed and 45 wounded. Pearl had 12 killed and 19 wounded.[3] The Santa Monica was a larger frigate than Pearl, at 956 tons burden, but not as well armed; she was rerated as a 36-gun when taken into British service.[4]
There was a mutiny aboard the ship on 16 July 1781. It was grounded off Tortola on 1 April 1782.
The shipwreck has been found, in the general area of
U.S. Virgin Islands. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Its specific location is not disclosed.[1]
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Citations
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- OCLC 20706997.
- ^ "No. 12018". The London Gazette. 11 July 1758. p. 1.
- ^ Clowes (Vol.IV) p.33
References
- Clowes, William Laird (1997) [1900]. The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume IV. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-013-2.
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