1 7 9 9 , ▁General ▁God d ard ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁con voy ▁that ▁consisted ▁of ▁vessels ▁from ▁England ▁and ▁C ork , ▁sail ing ▁to ▁J ama ica ▁under ▁esc ort ▁by ▁the ▁fr ig ate ▁ ▁and ▁the ▁s loop ▁. ▁The ▁con voy ▁was ▁negoti ating ▁the ▁Mon a ▁Pass age ▁and ▁was ▁ ▁south - west ▁of ▁Puerto ▁Rico ▁on ▁the ▁morning ▁of ▁ 1 5 ▁November ▁when ▁it ▁encountered ▁a ▁small ▁Spanish ▁squad ron ▁that ▁was ▁sail ing ▁from ▁Santo ▁Dom ingo ▁to ▁Hav ana . ▁ ▁The ▁Spanish ▁vessels ▁consisted ▁of ▁the ▁ 6 4 - gun ▁ship ▁Asia , ▁Com mod ore ▁Don ▁Francisco ▁Mont es , ▁ 4 0 - gun ▁fr ig ate ▁An fit rite , ▁Captain ▁Don ▁Diego ▁Vill ag ó mez , ▁and ▁ 1 6 - gun ▁ship - cor v ette ▁, ▁Captain ▁Don ▁Josef ▁de ▁A rias . ▁Captain ▁W . G . ▁L obb ▁of ▁C res cent ▁attempted ▁to ▁draw ▁the ▁Spanish ▁vessels ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁con voy , ▁and ▁when ▁that ▁failed , ▁he ▁had ▁the ▁con voy ▁dis per se . ▁ ▁The ▁two ▁larger ▁Spanish ▁ships ▁made ▁for ▁that ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁con voy ▁with ▁Cal y ps o , ▁but ▁only ▁captured ▁General ▁God d ard , ▁never theless ▁the ▁most ▁valuable ▁ship ▁in ▁the ▁con voy . ▁She ▁might ▁well ▁have ▁ev aded ▁capture ▁had ▁General ▁God d ards ▁master ▁paid ▁attention ▁and ▁followed ▁the ▁signals ▁from ▁the ▁esc