Maritime History
The Action of 15 February 1700 was a naval engagement between the Maltese and the Tunisian galleys. The Maltese galley encountered a Tunisian ship. The engagement ended in disaster for the Maltese as their ship crashed after a collision, destroying the ship and killing the majority of its crew.
HMNZS Canterbury (F421).
Bireme.
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