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Battle of Cape Lopez | |||||||
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Part of the Golden Age of Piracy | |||||||
An illustration of the battle by Charles Dixon | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Great Britain | Pirates | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Chaloner Ogle | Bartholomew Roberts † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1 ship of the line |
1 frigate 1 brig | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
None |
3 killed 272 captured 1 frigate captured |
The Battle of Cape Lopez was fought in early 1722 during the Golden Age of Piracy. A Royal Navy ship of the line under the command of Captain Chaloner Ogle defeated the pirate ship of Bartholomew Roberts off the coast of Gabon, West Africa.