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It was October 25, 1799, a good six years before the Battle of Trafalgar, when under cover of darkness the crew of the British frigate HMS Surprise rowed into a hostile harbour in small boats and captured the Spanish Santa Cecilia from her 400-strong crew. Despite imposing odds and vicious fighting, the British cut her anchor cables, lowered her sails and steered her from her berth as Spanish cannon shot fell around them. From start to finish, the expedition took less than an h