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Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797)

February 14, 1797 · Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797)

Part of French Revolutionary Wars

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Jervis's British fleet beat a larger Spanish fleet off south-western Portugal and took four ships.

Sides

Coalition

Great Britain
Horatio Nelson military commander John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent military commander William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock military commander Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet military commander

France

Spain

Also involved 2

Cuthbert Collingwood participant Sir William Hoste, 1st Baronet participant