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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
18.10.1782
Next action :
Ruby v La Solitaire
6.12.1782
Allied (
Royaume de France
&
Spain
)
The Spanish Ships
Ship Name
Guns
Commander
Notes
The French Ships,
Chevalier Jean Guillaume Toussaint Picquet (Comte de la Motte) (1720-1791)
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 Jean Guillaume Toussaint Picquet (Comte de la Motte) (1720-1791)
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
Antonio Del Monte
,
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 (1729-1800)
Ship Name
Guns
Commander
Notes
Name :
Britannia (100)
100
James Bradby (d.1809)
Squadron Flagship
Name :
Atlas (98)
98
George Vandeput (d.1800)
Name :
Royal William (84)
84
John Carter Allen (1724-1800)
Name :
Ganges (74)
74
Charles Fielding (d.1837)
Name :
Goliath (74)
74
Sir Hyde Parker (1739-1807)
Name :
Panther (60)
60
Robert Simonton (d.1768)
Name :
Ruby (64)
64
John Collins (d.1794)
The Vanguard Squadron - Rear Division
Ship Name
Guns
Commander
Notes
Name :
Blenheim (90)
90
Adam Duncan (1731-1804)
Squadron Flagship
Name :
Foudroyant (80)
80
John Jervis (1734/35-1823)
Name :
Edgar (74)
74
William Cayley (1742-1801)
Name :
Suffolk (74)
74
John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817)
,
Sir George Home (7
th
Baronet of Blackadder) (1740-1803)
Name :
Polyphemus (64)
64
The Hon. William Clement Finch (1753-1794)
Name :
Vigilant (64)
64
John Erskine Douglas (1758-1847)
The Main Squadron - Lead Division,
Lord Richard Howe (4
th
Viscount Howe) (1725/26-1799)
Ship Name
Guns
Commander
Notes
Name :
Victory (100)
100
Henry Duncan (1735-1814)
Fleet Flagship
Name :
Princess Royal (90)
98
Jonathon Faulknor (d.1795)
Name :
Alexander (74)
74
Lord Edward Michael Pakenham (2
nd
Baron Longford) (1743-1792)
Name :
Crown (64)
64
Samuel Reeve (d.1803)
Name :
Sampson (64)
64
John Harvey (1740-1794)
The Main Squadron - Rear Division,
Lord Samuel Hood (1
st
Baron Hood) (1724-1816)
Ship Name
Guns
Commander
Notes
Name :
Queen (90)
90
William Domett (1754-1828)
Name :
Bellona (74)
74
Richard Onslow (1741-1817)
Name :
Egmont (74)
74
James Ferguson (1723-1793)
Name :
Asia (64)
64
George Vandeput (d.1800)
,
Richard Rodney Bligh (1737-1821)
The Rearguard Squadron - Lead Division,
Sir Richard Hughes (2
nd
Baronet of East Bergholt) (1729-1812)
Ship Name
Guns
Commander
Notes
Name :
Princess Amelia (80)
80
Billy Douglas (d.1817)
,
John Reynolds (d.1793)
Squadron Flagship
Name :
Dublin (74)
74
Name :
Fortitude (74)
74
George Robertson (d.1791)
Name :
Bienfaisant (64)
64
John Howorth (d.1801)
Name :
Raisonnable (64)
64
Lord John Augustus Hervey (1757-1796)
The Rearguard Squadron - Rear Division,
Mark Milbanke (1724-1805)
Ship Name
Guns
Commander
Notes
Name :
Ocean (90)
90
Richard Boger (d.1822)
Squadron Flagship
Name :
Union (90)
90
John Dalrymple (1722-1798)
Name :
Cambridge (80)
80
The Hon. Keith Stewart (1739-1795)
,
John Holloway (1747-1826)
Name :
Vengeance (74)
74
John Moutray (d.1785)
Name :
Buffalo (50)
50
William Truscott (1734-1798)
,
John Holloway (1747-1826)
British Frigates and Other Vessels
Ship Name
Guns
Commander
Notes
Name :
Latona (38)
38
Hugh Seymour Conway (d.1802)
Ship Name
Guns
Commander
Notes
Name :
Berwick (74)
74
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