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Captain Thomas Roome Coyle, the Phoenix, Cadiz. As they passed Cape St Vincent en route...

ADM 106/338/157 | Navy Board: Records. IN-LETTERS. Miscellaneous. R-V. (Described at item level). | Captain Thomas Roome Coyle, the Phoenix, Cadiz. As they passed Cape St Vincent en route to Tangiers on the 20th of March they saw a ship in Lagos Bay which raised the Turkish colours and fired at him, thinking he was a merchant ship. When they fired a broadside back he took his flag down and sailed off. Gives and account of the fight engaged by himself, the Mary and Vice Admiral Herbert in the Rupert. They boarded the ship and towed it into Cadiz on the 24th. Gives a report of the ship's dimensi…

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Source	UK National Archives
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	The National Archives, Kew
Date	1678 Mar 2
Type	catalogue level 7, closure O
Details	search Lagos
Found at	https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C13404213
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Record ID	`uk-tna-discovery:C13404213`

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Captain Thomas Roome Coyle, the Phoenix, Cadiz. As they passed Cape St Vincent en route.... UK National Archives, 1678. Vero Archive, record uk-tna-discovery:C13404213.