Battle of Majorca a seaborne attack on the Balearic Islands seem to have surfaced independently in various Republican militia groups in the days following the joining of Ibiza, Formentera, and Majorca to Franco's Nationalist military rebellion. Already, on July 23, bomber squadrons struck Palma and Cabrera, and on August 1, a Republican expeditionary force from Menorca landed at Cabrera and resisted all efforts to dislodge it. These actions, however, and in particular the Majorca landings, were never approved by the Madrid government and had from the very beginning an air of confusion and improvisation. On August 2, Bayo assembled a column of Barcelona
HMS Minorca (1805) Increase", Berryman, master. She had been sailing from Malta when a French privateer captured her on 17 January. "Providence Increase" returned to Malta on 17 February. On 2 January 1813, "Minorca" and captured the "San Nicolo". "Minorca" was broken up at Portsmouth in May 1814. Wormley received promotion to post captain on 7 June. Notes Citations References HMS Minorca (1805) HMS "Minorca" was a "Cruizer"-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1805. She served during the Napoleonic Wars in the Mediterranean and was sold in 1814 after an uneventful career. Commander Henry Duncan commissioned "Minorca" in August 1805 and