Battle of Moca (1779)
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| Battle of Moca (1779) | |||||||
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| Part of American Revolutionary War | |||||||
 View of Mocha, 1690 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kingdom of Portugal | Kingdom of Great Britain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| João Manuel de Azevedo e Brito | Captain Owart | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 corvette, 2 forward guns, 2 aft guns[1] | 1 corvette | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 killed[1] |
14 killed[1] 10 seriously wounded[1] | ||||||
The Battle of Moca (1779) was a naval action on 8 June 1779 between the Portuguese corvette Nossa Senhora das Angústias e Almas, commanded by João Manuel de Azevedo e Brito, and the British corvette Morning Star, commanded by Captain Owart, off the port of Mokha, Yemen, in the Red Sea. The Portuguese ship was escorting the French ambassador M. de S. Lubin to Suez and resisted British attempts to seize him.[1][2]
