Battle with broad of Damiette

naval Battle delivered the August 16th 1732, with broad of Damiette, in Egypt.

In July 1732, Jacques François de Chambray, " general lieutenant of the weapons of the Religion at sea and ordering squadron of Vaisseaux" Order of Malta, receives Grand Master Antonio Manoël de Vilhena, the order to install for raising with for mission of seizing a convoy of ships Turkish announced off the Egyptian coasts.

Indeed, a convoy of 40 trading vessels, escorted by a Sultana of 70 guns, bearing house of Rear-admiral damping with broad of Damiette. August 16th, the commander of Chambray which has of 2 vessel X and 2 Tartane S, organizes the attack. Its vessel, Saint-Anthony, and the Saint-Georges will be caught some with the sultana while both tartanes will devastate the convoy.

The combat engages between the sultana who is defended bitterly and the two vessels Maltese. Its masts are cut down by the enemy balls but though completely disabled, she refuses to go, and that in spite of the threats reiterated of Chambray to run it low. The night fall, without it capitulating and it is only the next morning, around 10 a.m. that the Othoman admiral Kali Michamet agrees to bring his house.

Out of state to sail, sultana is set fire to by winners, which treats with more the great honors the unhappy admiral, after however that the sailors of the Saint-Georges, to which it had gone, do not plunder basic in roof its ship, with the great fury of Chambray. As for both tartanes, they discover that the holds of the ships of the convoy are empty, because they had not been charged yet.

The victory cost 8 killed and 12 wounded to the Malteses.

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