Battle of Cape St. Vincent

When

14 Feb 1797

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.02° N, 8.99° W

Description

1797 naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars

Naval

yes

1797 battle of the War of the First Coalition

The Battle of Cape St. Vincent was a fleet action fought on 14 February 1797 between the British and Spanish navies off Cape St. Vincent in Portugal as part of the War of the First Coalition. In one of the opening battles of the recently declared war between Britain and Spain, a British fleet under Admiral of the Blue Sir John Jervis defeated a larger Spanish fleet under Lieutenant-general José de Córdoba y Ramos whi…

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “French Revolutionary Wars – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: The British Royal Navy under Admiral Sir John Jervis defeats a larger Spanish fleet off Cape St. Vincent”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire navale britannique à la bataille du cap Saint-Vincent”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “морская битва у мыса Сан-Висенте”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla del Cabo de San Vicente”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “聖文生角戰役 (1797年)，英國皇家海軍於葡萄牙聖文生角擊敗西班牙海軍。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Anglo-Spanish War18 Aug 1796 · War