Jervis Signal — Drive Between 11am 1797

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A British line standing on. Not a flag plate and not a likeness.

Overview

The hoist is already on the Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview. At 11am on 14 February 1797 Jervis John Earl St Vincent — Biography signalled to drive between the two Spanish divisions.¹

The Hoist

This note covers that 11am drive-between signal only. A flag colour, a code book, and a later Popham table stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Jervis John Earl St Vincent — Biography already used the 1797 command and left this hour on the battle note. Calder Captain of the Fleet — 14 February 1797 already used the same-day posting. Do not invent a flag colour from this page. Do not rewrite the 1:30 wear here.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit
• @white2005nelson
• @hughes1957collingwood
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview
• Jervis John Earl St Vincent — Biography

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• Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview
• Jervis John Earl St Vincent — Biography
• Calder Captain of the Fleet — 14 February 1797
• Cape St Vincent — Geography

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Footnotes

1. Signalled at 11am to drive between the two Spanish divisions: Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview. ↩

2. 1797 command stays on Jervis John Earl St Vincent — Biography. Same-day posting stays on Calder Captain of the Fleet — 14 February 1797. Do not invent a flag colour or a code book. Do not rewrite the 1:30 wear. ↩