Capture of the Veloz Passagera

Capture of Veloz Passagera
Part of the Suppression of the Slave Trade
HMS Primrose engaging Veloz Passagera.
Date 7 September 1830 Location near Prince's Island, West Africa, Atlantic Ocean Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Slave Trader
Commanders and leaders
William Broughton	Jozé Antonio de la Vega
Strength
1 sloop-of-war	1 ship
Casualties and losses
3 killed 12 wounded 1 sloop-of-war damaged	43 killed 20 wounded 1 ship captured

The Capture of Veloz Passagera was a single-ship action that occurred during the British Royal Navy's anti-slavery blockade of Africa in the early and mid 19th century. The sloop-of-war HMS Primrose, of 18 guns, under Captain William Broughton, captured the 20-gun Spanish slave ship Veloz Passagera, Jozé Antonio de la Vega, master.^[1]