Sword Raised at Santa Cruz — 24 July 1797

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. Santa Cruz de Tenerife at night. Not a battle portrait and not a sword likeness.

Overview

The raised sword is already on Nelson — Loss of Arm at Tenerife 1797 and Night Assault on Santa Cruz — 24 July 1797. A grapeshot ball struck Nelson’s right arm as he raised his sword to lead the assault, within minutes of the boat touching the Santa Cruz shore on 24 July 1797.¹

The Sword

This note covers that raised-sword moment only. Pattern, maker, and a present location stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE. A Santa Cruz battle overview, troop numbers, fort names, and garrison stay off.

The projectile is on Grape Shot — Tenerife 24 July 1797. That note does not merge grape into a new specification, and this one does not either.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• Nelson — Loss of Arm at Tenerife 1797
• Night Assault on Santa Cruz — 24 July 1797
• Grape Shot — Tenerife 24 July 1797
• Santa Cruz de Tenerife — Spanish Port

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Same Subject

• Nelson — Loss of Arm at Tenerife 1797
• Night Assault on Santa Cruz — 24 July 1797
• Grape Shot — Tenerife 24 July 1797
• Santa Cruz de Tenerife — Spanish Port
• Nelson’s Phantom Limb — Belief in the Soul

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Footnotes

1. Grapeshot ball; right arm; sword raised to lead the assault; within minutes of the boat touching the Santa Cruz shore; 24 July 1797: Nelson — Loss of Arm at Tenerife 1797, Night Assault on Santa Cruz — 24 July 1797, Grape Shot — Tenerife 24 July 1797, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife — Spanish Port. ↩

2. Do not invent a sword pattern, maker, or present location. Do not write a battle overview, troop numbers, fort names, or garrison. Do not merge grape into a new specification. Do not invent a musket name. ↩