HMS Santa Margarita (1779)
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HMS Santa Margarita was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had been built for service with the Spanish Navy, but was captured after five years in service, eventually spending nearly 60 years with the British.
Action between Amazone and HMS Santa Margarita – cutting the prize adrift, 30 July 1782
The capture of Amazone by HMS Santa Margarita, 29 July 1782. One of a pair by Robert Dodd
The capture of the French Frigate Tamise (formerly HMS Thames) by Santa Margarita, under the command of Captain T. Byam Martin, off the Scilly Isles, 8 June 1796. Nicholas Pocock
George Johnstone (Royal Navy officer)
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George Johnstone was a Royal Navy officer who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of post-captain and serving for a time as commodore of a British naval squadron. In a multifaceted career he was also a member of parliament, a director of the East India Company, a member of the Carlisle Peace Commission and the first Governor of West Florida from 1763 until 1767.
George Johnstone (Royal Navy officer)
Combat de la baie de la Praia dans l'île de Santiago au Cap Vert, le 16 avril 1781, by Pierre-Julien Gilbert