2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent

14^th February 1797
Part of : The French Revolutionary Wars (1793 - 1802)
Previous action : Chase of the Droits de l'Homme 14.1.1797
Next action : Capture of Trinidad 16.2.1797 - 17.2.1797


Spain - José de Córdoba y Ramos (1732-1815)

Vanguard, Francisco Javier Morales de los Ríos (1732-1815)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Infante Don Pelayo (74)	Don Cayetano Valdes y Flores (1767-1834)	4 killed, 4 wounded
Name : San Pablo (74)
Name : Purisima Concepcion (112)	Jose de Escaño	Squadron Flagship 8 killed, 21 wounded
Name : Santo Domingo (60)	Manuel Maria de Torres Valdivia	2 killed
Name : Conquistador (74)	Jose Butler	6 killed
Name : San Juan Nepomuceno (74)	Antonio Boneo
Name : San Genaro (68)	Agustín Villavicencio

Main Battle Line, José de Córdoba y Ramos (1732-1815)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Mejicano (112)	Francisco de Herrera y Cruzat (1738-1797)†	25 killed, 88 wounded CO Killed
Name : Oriente (68)	Juan Suárez	8 killed, 20 wounded
Name : Soberano (74)	Francisco Ley (d.1797)†	25 killed, 79 wounded CO Killed
Name : Nuestra Señora de la Santisima Trinidad (136)	Ciriaco Cevallos	Fleet Flagship 69 killed, 233 wounded
Name : San Nicolas de Bari (80)	Tomas Geraldino†	144 killed, 59 wounded Captured
Name : San Isidro (74)	Teodoro de Argumosa y Bourke	29 killedm 63 wounded Captured
Name : Salvador del Mundo (112)	Antonio Yepes (d.1797)†	42 killed, 124 wounded Captured
Name : San Ildefonso (74)	Rafael Maestre

Rearguard, Juan Joaquin Moreno
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Conde de Regla (112)	de Morteaux (Chevalier de Morteaux)	9 killed, 44 wounded
Name : San Fermín (74)	Jose de Torres
Name : La Ferme (74)	Bruno Ayala
Name : Principe de Asturias (112)	Antonio de Escaño (1750-1814)	Squadron Flagship 10 killed, 19 wounded
Name : San Antonio (74)	Salvador Medina
Name : Glorioso (68)	Juan Aguirre
Name : Atlante (68)	Gonzálo Vallejo	6 killed, 5 wounded
Name : San Francisco de Paula (74)	José Ussel de Guimbarba
Name : San José (114)	Pedro Pineda	46 killed, 96 wounded Captured

Vessels not in line
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Ceres (40)	Ignacio de Olaeta	Rearguard
Name : Santa Matilda (38)		Rearguard
Name : Diana (34)		Rearguard
Name : Perla (34)		Vanguard
Name : Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (34)	Jose de Varela	Vanguard
Name : Nuestra Señora de la Paz (34)		Main Battle Line
Name : Nuestra Señora de Atocha (34)		Rearguard
Name : Vigilante (18)		Main Battle Line

Great Britain - John Jervis (1734/35-1823)

Line of Battle
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Culloden (74)	Thomas Troubridge (1758-1807)	10 killed, 47 wounded
Name : Blenheim (98)	Thomas Lennox Frederick (1750-1799)	12 killed, 49 wounded
Name : Prince George (98)	John Irwin (d.1812)	8 killed, 7 wounded
Name : Orion (74)	Sir James Saumarez (1757-1836)	9 wounded
Name : Colossus (74)	Richard Grindall, George Murray	5 wounded
Name : Irresistible (74)	George Martin (1765-1847)	5 killed, 14 wounded
Name : Victory (100)	George Grey (d.1828)	Fleet Flagship 1 Killed, 5 wounded
Name : Egmont (74)	John Sutton	no casualties
Name : Goliath (74)	Sir Charles Henry Knowles (2^nd Baronet) (1754-1831)	8 wounded
Name : Barfleur (98)	James Richard Dacres (1749-1810)	Squadron Flagship 7 wounded
Name : Britannia (100)	Thomas Foley (1755-1833)	Squadron Flagship 1 wounded
Name : Namur (90)	James Hawkins-Whitshed (1762-1849)	2 killed, 5 wounded
Name : Captain (74)	Ralph Willett Miller (d.1799)	Squadron Flagship 24 killed, 56 wounded
Name : Diadem (64)	George Henry Towry (1767-1809)	2 wounded
Name : Excellent (74)	Cuthbert Collingwood (1750-1810)	11 killed, 12 wounded

Vessels not in the line
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Minerve (38)	George Cockburn (1772-1853)
Name : Lively (32)	Benjamin Hallowell (1761-1834)
Name : Niger (32)	Edward James Foote
Name : Southampton (32)	James Macnamara
Name : Terpsichore (32)	Richard Bowen (1761-1797)
Name : Bonne Citoyenne (20)	Sir Charles Lindsay (d.1799)
Name : Raven (18)	John Giffard, William Prowse
Name : Fox (12)	John Gibson (d.1797)

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Posted by Tim Oakley on Wednesday 6th of April 2016 18:51

after the battle Don Josef de Cordova was deprived of all his offices, declared incapable of ever serving in any rank, and prohibited from appearing at court, or in any of the chief towns of the maritime coasts. The second in command, Count Morales de los Rios, was deprived of his rank. The Captains, Don Gonzales Vallego, Don Juan de Agairre, , and Don Augustine Villavicencio, were deprived of their rank; and the latter declared incapable in future of holding any other.

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