Action of 4 April 1808

Action of 4 April 1808
	Part of the Napoleonic Wars
	; Battle location in Cadiz Bay. Rota is on left of map
Date	4 April 1808
Location	Off Rota, Cádiz, Spain
Result	British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
	Captain Murray Maxwell
Strength
Frigates: HMS Mercury; HMS Alceste; HMS Grasshopper	Large number of merchantmen,; 20 gunboats,; shore batteries
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 2 wounded; 1 Frigate damaged	Unknown casualties,; 7 merchants captured,; 2 gunboats destroyed,; 7 gunboats run ashore

The action of 4 April 1808 was a naval engagement off the coast off Rota near Cadiz, Spain where Royal Naval frigates Mercury, Alceste and Grasshopper intercepted a large Spanish convoy protected by twenty gunboats and a train of batteries close to shore.

^ Perrett pg. 54
^ Winfield pg. 229
^ Winfield pg. 229
^ Perrett pg. 54

[1] Perrett pg. 54

[2] Winfield pg. 229

[3] Winfield pg. 229

[4] Perrett pg. 54

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