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) Waldegrave in March. She sailed home at the end of the year. On 12 April 1808, "Minorca" and her class-mate captured the American ship "Hope". "Minorca" sailed for the Mediterranean on 3 August 1808. In 1810 Lieutenant Thomas Everard (acting) assumed command and was still in command on 12 May when "Minorca" captured the French polacca "Friedland". Although Commander Ralph Randolph Wormley was appointed to command on 16 February, he clearly did not assume command until later. On 4 June "Minorca", with Wormley in command, captured the French privateer felucca "Sans Peur". She was armed with one long gun and