Battle off Cape Mojahara
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Battle off Cape Mojahara | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Anne Bolton's Pirates | Frankenlisch | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Captain Anne Bolton | Captain James Randolph | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1 Xebec-Frigate, 4 Brigs | 1 Frigate, 1 Sixth Rate | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Three ships captured, 43 Dead, 89 Wounded, 302 Captured | 33 Dead, 54 Wounded |
The Battle off Cape Mojahara was a naval engagement that took place in September 1788 between forces of the Frankenlischian Navy and the pirate flotilla of Captain Anne Bolton. The battle followed a long raiding campaign by Anne Bolton's pirates which climaxed with the Capture of HMNS Ravenstern, a Frankenlischian frigate. The frigate Luxington and the sixth-rate Falcon, under the command of Captain James Randolph, discovered Bolton's base at Cape Mojahara after a five-week search and, in a four-hour engagement, defeated the pirates and captured Anne Bolton.