Capture of the Veloz Passagera

Capture of Veloz Passagera
Part of the Suppression of the Slave Trade

HMS Primrose engaging Veloz Passagera.
Date7 September 1830
Location
near Prince's Island, West Africa, Atlantic Ocean
Result British victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom Slave Trader
Commanders and leaders
William Broughton Jozé Antonio de la Vega
Strength
1 sloop-of-war 1 ship
Casualties and losses
3 killed
12 wounded
1 sloop-of-war damaged		 43 killed
20 wounded
1 ship captured

The Capture of Veloz Passagera was a single-ship action that occurred during the British Royal Navy's anti-slavery blockade of Africa in the early and mid 19th century. The sloop-of-war HMS Primrose, of 18 guns, under Captain William Broughton, captured the 20-gun Spanish slave ship Veloz Passagera, Jozé Antonio de la Vega, master.

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