Battle of Cape Spartel, 20th October 1782

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Battle of Cape Spartel

20^th October 1782
Part of : The American War of Independence (1775/04/19 - 1784/01/14)
Previous action : Action of 18 October 1782 18^th October 1782
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Allied (Royaume de France & Spain)

The Spanish Ships
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes

The French Ships, Chevalier Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet (Comte de la Motte)
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes

Unengaged Spanish Ships
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes

Unengaged French Ships
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes

Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes
Name : L'Invincible (92)	100	Chevalier Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet (Comte de la Motte)
Name : San Vicente Ferrer (80)	80
Name : Rayo (80)	80
Name : San Fernando (80)	80	Tomas Geraldino
Name : Santa Isabel (74)	74
Name : San Isidro (74)	74	Justo Riquelme y Salafranca
Name : San Eugenio (70)	70	Ignacio Duque de Estrada
Name : África (70)	70	Jose Antonio Eulalio Peralta y Rivera de las Roelas
Name : San Juan Bautista (70)	70
Name : San Justo (70)	70
Name : San Lorenzo (70)	70	Juan Araoz
Name : España (68)	68
Name : Brillante (68)	68
Name : Septentrion (64)	64
Name : San Isidoro (64)	64		2 Wounded
Name : San Julian (64)	64	Francisco Hidalgo de Cisneros y la Torre
Name : Astuto (60)	60
Name : Castilla (60)	60
Name : Santa Natalia (22)	22	Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros y la Torre

Great Britain

The Vanguard Squadron - Lead Division, Samuel Barrington
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes
Name : Britannia (100)	100	James Bradby	Squadron Flagship
Name : Atlas (98)	98	George Vandeput
Name : Royal William (84)	84	John Carter Allen
Name : Ganges (74)	74	Charles Fielding
Name : Goliath (74)	74	Sir Hyde Parker
Name : Panther (60)	60	Robert Simonton
Name : Ruby (64)	64	John Collins

The Vanguard Squadron - Rear Division
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes
Name : Blenheim (90)	90	Adam Duncan	Squadron Flagship
Name : Foudroyant (80)	80	Sir John Jervis
Name : Edgar (74)	74	William Cayley
Name : Suffolk (74)	74	Sir George Home
Name : Polyphemus (64)	64	The Hon. William Clement Finch
Name : Vigilant (64)	64	John Erskine Douglas

The Main Squadron - Lead Division, Lord Richard Howe (4^th Viscount Howe)
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes
Name : Victory (100)	100	Henry Duncan	Fleet Flagship
Name : Princess Royal (90)	98	Jonathon Faulknor
Name : Alexander (74)	74	Lord Edward Michael Pakenham (2^nd Baron Longford)
Name : Crown (64)	64	Samuel Reeve
Name : Sampson (64)	64	John Harvey

The Main Squadron - Rear Division, Samuel Hood
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes
Name : Queen (90)	90	William Domett
Name : Bellona (74)	74	Richard Onslow
Name : Egmont (74)	74	James Ferguson
Name : Asia (64)	64	Richard Rodney Bligh

The Rearguard Squadron - Lead Division, Sir Richard Hughes (2^nd Baronet of East Bergholt)
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes
Name : Princess Amelia (80)	80	John Reynolds	Squadron Flagship
Name : Dublin (74)	74
Name : Fortitude (74)	74	George Robertson
Name : Bienfaisant (64)	64	John Howorth
Name : Raisonnable (64)	64	Lord John Augustus Hervey (Lord )

The Rearguard Squadron - Rear Division, Mark Milbanke
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes
Name : Ocean (90)	90	Richard Boger	Squadron Flagship
Name : Union (90)	90	John Dalrymple
Name : Cambridge (80)	80	John Holloway
Name : Vengeance (74)	74	John Moutray
Name : Buffalo (50)	50	John Holloway

British Frigates and Other Vessels
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes
Name : Latona (38)	38	Hugh Seymour Conway

Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes
Name : Berwick (74)	74

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