Italian merchants' ships from Genoa and Venice traded at the city's port.
For two and one-half hours, the two ships traded shot in a fierce action.
They were noted seafarers whose ships traded with the Eastern Mediterranean.
The ship carried goods to Africa, and traded them for slaves to be shipped to England and other countries.
In 2004, the ship again traded hands and was sold to a Singapore firm.
The fight lasted only 19 minutes, but during that brief span of time the two ships traded a murderous fire of grape and solid shot.
The two ships traded positions during the bombardment of 25 February, although Charlemagne was not damaged.
Quite overpowered by the magnificence of these transactions, I asked him where the ships he insured mostly traded to at present?
By now the ship was trading as a general cargo ship rather than a banana boat.
These ships often traded in the Baltic region.