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 18.10.1782
Next action : Ruby v La Solitaire 6.12.1782


Allied (Royaume de France & Spain)

Spanish Ships
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Nuestra Señora de la Santisima Trinidad (116)		Squadron Flagship
Name : San Vicente Ferrer (80)
Name : Rayo (80)
Name : San Rafael (80)
Name : San Justo (74)
Name : España (74)
Name : San Lorenzo (74)	Juan Araoz y Caro (1728-1806)
Name : San Juan Bautista (74)
Name : San Isidro (74)	Justo Riquelme y Salafranca
Name : Firme (74)
Name : San Joaquín (74)
Name : Galicia (70)
Name : Santa Isabel (68)
Name : Brillante (68)
Name : Vencedor (68)
Name : Terrible (68)
Name : Arrogante (68)
Name : Guerrero (68)
Name : Serio (68)
Name : Triunfante (68)
Name : Septentrion (64)
Name : San Isidoro (64)		2 Wounded
Name : Castilla (60)

French Ships, Chevalier Jean Guillaume Toussaint Picquet (Comte de la Motte) (1720-1791)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : L'Invincible (100)	Chevalier Jean Guillaume Toussaint Picquet (Comte de la Motte) (1720-1791)	Squadron Flagship
Name : Le Majestueux (106)
Name : Le Royal Louis (106)	Antoine-Hilarion de Beausset
Name : La Bretagne (110)
Name : L'Actif (74)	Armand-François Cillart de Surville (Seigneur de Suville et de Kerguezennec) (1730-1801)
Name : Le Dictateur (74)
Name : Le Guerrier (74)
Name : Le Robuste (74)
Name : Le Suffisant (74)
Name : Le Zodiaque (74)
Name : L'Indien (64)

Unengaged Spanish Ships
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Purisima Concepcion (112)		Squadron Flagship
Name : San Fernando (80)	Tomas Geraldino
Name : África (74)	Jose Antonio Eulalio Peralta y Rivera de las Roelas
Name : Miño (74)	Juan Obando
Name : San Eugenio (70)	Antonio Del Monte, Ignacio Duque de Estrada
Name : Oriente (68)
Name : San Julian (64)	Francisco Hidalgo de Cisneros y la Torre
Name : Astuto (60)

Unengaged French Ships
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Le Terrible (110)		Squadron Flagship
Name : Le Bien Aimé (74)
Name : Le Lion (64)

Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Santa Natalia (22)	Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros y la Torre

Great Britain

The Vanguard Squadron - Lead Division, The Hon. Samuel Barrington (1729-1800)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Britannia (100)	Joseph Peyton (1725-1804), Benjamin Hill (c.1736-1785)	Squadron Flagship
Name : Atlas (98)	George Vandeput (d.1800)
Name : Royal William (84)	John Carter Allen (1724-1800)
Name : Ganges (74)	Charles Fielding (1738-1783)
Name : Goliath (74)	Sir Hyde Parker (1739-1807)
Name : Panther (60)	Robert Simonton (c.1737-1768)
Name : Ruby (64)	John Collins (c.1734-1794)

The Vanguard Squadron - Rear Division
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Blenheim (90)	Adam Duncan (1731-1804)	Squadron Flagship
Name : Foudroyant (80)	John Jervis (1734/35-1823)
Name : Edgar (74)	William Cayley (1742-1801)
Name : Suffolk (74)	Sir George Home (7^th Baronet of Blackadder) (1740-1803)
Name : Polyphemus (64)	The Hon. William Clement Finch (1753-1794)
Name : Vigilant (64)	John Leigh Douglas (1741-1810)

The Main Squadron - Lead Division, Lord Richard Howe (4^th Viscount Howe) (1725/26-1799)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Victory (100)	The Hon. John Leveson Gower (1740-1792), Henry Duncan (1735-1814)	Fleet Flagship
Name : Princess Royal (98)	Jonathon Faulknor (c.1729-1795)
Name : Alexander (74)	Lord Edward Michael Pakenham (2^nd Baron Longford) (1743-1792)
Name : Crown (64)	Samuel Reeve (c.1732-1803)
Name : Sampson (64)	John Harvey (1740-1794)

The Main Squadron - Rear Division, Lord Samuel Hood (1^st Baron Hood) (1724-1816)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Queen (90)	William Domett (1754-1828)
Name : Bellona (74)	Richard Onslow (1741-1817)
Name : Egmont (74)	James Ferguson (1723-1793)
Name : Asia (64)	Richard Rodney Bligh (1737-1821)

The Rearguard Squadron - Lead Division, Sir Richard Hughes (2^nd Baronet of East Bergholt) (c.1724-1812)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Princess Amelia (80)	John Reynolds (d.1793)	Squadron Flagship
Name : Dublin (74)	Archibald Dickson (c.1739-1803)
Name : Fortitude (74)	George Keppel
Name : Bienfaisant (64)	John Howorth (c.1729-1801)
Name : Raisonable (64)	Lord John Augustus Hervey (1757-1796)

The Rearguard Squadron - Rear Division, Mark Milbanke (1724-1805)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Ocean (90)	Richard Boger (1739-1822)	Squadron Flagship
Name : Union (90)	John Dalrymple (1722-1798)
Name : Cambridge (80)	The Hon. Keith Stewart (1739-1795)
Name : Vengeance (74)	John Moutray (d.1785)
Name : Buffalo (30)	John Holloway (1747-1826)

British Frigates and Other Vessels
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Latona (38)	Hugh Seymour Conway (d.1801)

Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Berwick (74)	The Hon. Charles Phipps (1753-1786)

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