What the records say
- When
- 22 Jul 1797 – 25 Jul 1797
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 28.47° N, 16.25° W
- Description
- 1797 landing operation during the War of the First Coalition
Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797)
Battle of the French Revolutionary Wars
The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was an amphibious assault by the Royal Navy on the Spanish port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Launched by Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson on 22 July 1797, the assault was defeated, and on 25 July the remains of the landing party withdrew under a truce, having lost several hundred men.
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