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Updated: October 22, 2026
There were too many privateers and armed merchantmen always in the river, besides cruisers moving to and fro on commerce-protection duty.
The most important of them, the Straits of Gibraltar, was treated as a defended area. From the point of view of commerce-protection it was held by the Mediterranean squadron. By keeping watch on Toulon that squadron covered not only the Straits, but also the focal points within the sea.