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Ships at The Battle of Cape St Vincent 14th February 1797

 

Type

Name No of Guns

Flag Officer & Captain
 BRITISH SHIPS  British Flag

Ship of the line Victory 100 Adm Sir John Jervis
Flag Capt Robert Calder
Capt George Gregg

  Britannia 100 Vice Adm Charles Thompson
Capt Thomas Foley

  Barfleur  98 Vice Adm Hon Waldegrave
Capt J Richard Dacre
  Prince George  98 Rear Adm William Parker
Capt John Irwin

  Namur  98 Capt James H Witshed

  Blenheim  98 Capt Thomas L Frederick

  Captain  74 Commodore Horatio Nelson
Capt Ralph W Miller

  Goliath  74 Sir C H Knowles

  Excellent  74 Cuthbert Collingwood

  Orion  74 Sir James Samaurez

  Colossus  74 George Murray

  Egmont  74 John Sutton

  Culloden  74 Thomas Troubridge

  Irrestisible  74 George Martin

  Diadem  64 George H Towry

Frigate Lively  32 Captain Lord Galies

  Niger  32 Edward J Foote

  Southampton  32 James Macnamara

  Minerve  38 Cockburn

Sloop La Bonne Citoyenne  18 Captain C Lindsay

  Raven  18 W Prouse

Cutter Fox  12 Lieutenant Gibson

SPANISH SHIPS  Spanish Flag

Ship of the line Santissima Trinidad 130 Admiral Juan de Cordoba

  Concepcion 112 Admiral Morales de los Rios

  Mexicano 112 Admiral Paulo de Cardenas

  San Josef 112 Admiral Paulo de Cardenas

  Conde de Regla 112 Admiral Conde de Amblimont

  Principe de Asturias 112 Admiral J J Moreno

  Salvador del Mundo 112 Captain D A Yepes

  Neptuno  84 J L Goicoecha

  San Nicolas  84 T Geraldino

  Atlante  74 G Vallego

  Bahama  74 Admiral Dios de Nava

  Pelayo  74 C Valdes

  San Pablo  74 B de Cisneros

  San Domingo  74 M de Torres

  Conquistadore  74 J Butler

  San Jaun Nepomuceno  74 Captain A Boneo

  San Genaro  74 A Villavicencio

  Terrible  74 F Uriate 

  Oriente  74 Juan Saurez

  Soberano  74 J V Yanez

  San Ysidro  74 D T Argummosa

  San Ildefonso  74 R Maestre

  San Firmin  74 Juan de Torres

  San Antonio  74 S Medina

  San Francisco de Paulo  74 Captain J de Guimbards

  Firme  74 B Ayala

  Glorioso  74 J Aguizze

Frigate Brigada  34  
  Mercedes  34  
  Diana  34  
  Ceres  34  
  Perla  34  
  Matilda  34  
  Atocha  34  
  Asuncion  28  
  San Balbino  20  
  San Paul  20  
  San Justa  18  
Brig Vigilante  12  


Captured Spanish Ships

Salvador Del Mundo (112)
San Joseph (112) *
San Nicolas  (84) *
San Ysidro (74)

* These two ships were captured by Nelson in a move that
became known as "Nelson's Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates".

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