HMS Speedy - Cochranes Action Against the Gamo by Ivan Berryman (AP) PER272 When Galland made the much

When Galland made the much quoted comment about the Spitfires to Göring he was unbelievably vexed at the lack of understanding and stubbornness with which the command gave us orders we could not execute and so made the comment as a retort to Göring

was to get as close to his enemy as possible before opening fire at the last minute

Dash to the Sea

Immediately the submarine surfaced and

HMS Speedy - Cochranes Action Against the Gamo by Ivan Berryman (AP) PER272 When Galland made the muchDHM6871AP. HMS Speedy Cochrane's Action Against the Gamo by Ivan Berryman On 6 May 1801, HMS Speedy was cruising off the Spanish Coast when a large enemy frigate was sighted, a xebec rigged vessel named Gamo, commanded by Don Francisco de Torres. Instead of evading the Spanish ship, which was carrying seven times the firepower of the tiny Speedy, Captain Thomas John Cochrane instead brought his ship so close to the Spanish frigate that the Spanish