Episode 2 of 2

Naval Battle

When
5 September 1697
Where
Hudson Bay
Part of
Battle of Hudson's Bay

Pélican and Hampshire engaged in a brutal broadside-to-broadside fight.

The battle began as a running fight but evolved into a brutal broadside-to-broadside engagement between the Pélican and the Hampshire. The Hampshire was holed below the waterline and had to be abandoned.

Sources

  1. Battle of Hudson's Bay Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21

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