The “Malagueño” and “Eva Livesey” 1801

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On the morning of April 2, 1801, with a northeasterly wind and a rough sea, the 16-cannon brig of the Royal Spanish Navy "Malagueño", on patrol off the north coast of Portugal, sighted the British merchant ship "Eva Livesey" of ten guns that has left Porto bound for the port of London loaded with wine and spices.
When she sights the Spanish brig, the British man turns aboard to take refuge in Porto. However, the Spanish catches up with him in a pursuit with the wind on the port side, reaching the height of it and cutting off the wind from the windward side. The “Malagueño” fired a volley from her starboard battery that caused damage to the British's rigging and sails.
Quicker than her prey, moving ahead, the Spaniard cuts off her bow and fires a second volley from the starboard battery.
Faced with the artillery and crew superiority of the Spanish brig, the captain of the "Eva Livesey" lowered the flag.
Marinated by a prize crew, the "Eva Livesey" heads to the port of El Ferrol where she will make her entrance three days later.
The design stamp is made after painting of Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau : “The Malagueño in action, 2nd April 1801”.
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