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Updated: June 16, 2025
Not a moment was to be lost, and as soon as two other boats could be patched up, more of the Triton's crew were sent on board to repair the damages the prize had received. She proved to be the Mahonesa, and her brave captain, Don Tomas Ayaldi.
When taken possession of she proved to be the Mahonesa, a Spanish frigate of 36 guns, besides cohorns and snivels, manned with a crew of 275 men. She was completely disabled, her main-deck guns were rendered entirely useless, the booms having fallen down upon them, while her standing and running rigging was cut to pieces, she having also lost thirty men killed and as many more wounded.
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