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Warship · 1804

Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes

Off Cape Santa Maria, Portugal

Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
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History

A Spanish frigate sunk by the British in peacetime, an event that pushed Spain into war. Its coins were returned to Spain in 2012.

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