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The year is 1804.
The Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes — a Spanish warship — is crossing the Atlantic enroute from South America to Spain.
Waiting for it on the high seas near Portugal is a Royal Navy task force.
The Spanish are ordered to change course.
They don’t comply.
The British fired a single shot and hit the Mercedes magazine.