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Canterbury

HMS Canterbury

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateFourth rate
Guns60 guns
WarWar of the Quadruple Alliance

Ship of the line under Captain George Walton, sent with a detachment after the Spanish ships that fled inshore at Cape Passaro. His report to Byng is famous for its brevity: "We have taken and destroyed all the Spanish ships and vessels which were upon the coast; the number as per margin."

Career

11 August 1718

George Walton