Federico Gravina
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Captain general of the Navy Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli was a Spanish Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He died of wounds
Portrait of Gravina
Bust of Gravina at the Naval Museum of Madrid
Gravina (left) and Horatio Nelson (right) in an illustration by Benito Pérez Galdós, 1882
Memorial service in remembrance of Gravina at the Basilica of San Francisco el Grande, 1870
Great Siege of Gibraltar
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The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from Britain during the American Revolutionary War. It was the largest battle in the war by number of
Federico Gravina
…aboard a ship suppressing Algerian pirates. He then obtained his first command – the polacre-rigged xebec San Luis – in which he participated in the Siege of Gibraltar between 1779 and 1782, capturing the British sloop-of-war HMS St Fermin. After promotion to commander he participated in the expedition against Menorca…
The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar John Trumbull, 1789
Martín Antonio Álvarez de Sotomayor Spanish army commander
George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield British Governor of Gibraltar
Panoramic view of Gibraltar under siege from Spanish fleet and land positions in foreground