Francisco Javier Winthuysen y Pineda facts for kids
Francisco Javier Winthuysen (Museo Naval de Madrid)
Francisco Javier Winthuysen y Pineda (born El Puerto de Santa María, 1747 - Died off Cape St. Vincent, 1797) was a Spanish naval officer.
Life
During the Anglo-Spanish War, part of the American Revolutionary War, Winthuysen fought against Britain off the coast of Galicia and off the American coast, where he lost an arm. He fought at the Great Siege of Gibraltar and was killed in action on the San José at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, serving as a squadron commander.
See also
In Spanish: Francisco Javier Winthuysen para niños
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