San José — Spanish 112-gun First Rate

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. Two ships fouled in a boarding. Not a named portrait of the ship.

Overview

San José (112) is already on the Four Spanish Prizes of Cape St Vincent 1797 and the Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview. She was taken on 14 February 1797 in the boarding later named Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates.¹

Service

This note covers that capture only. Later British names and later commissions stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

When San Nicolás (84) and San José fouled, Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview ran HMS Captain — 74-gun Third Rate alongside San Nicolás. Berry Edward — British Captain led through the stern gallery. Nelson then led the same party across onto San José.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit — pp. 211–230
• @white2005nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview

Related

Navigation

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Same Battle

• San Nicolás — Spanish 84-gun Third Rate
• Salvador del Mundo — Spanish 112-gun First Rate
• San Ysidro — Spanish 74-gun Third Rate
• Four Spanish Prizes of Cape St Vincent 1797
• HMS Captain — 74-gun Third Rate
• Berry Edward — British Captain
• Santísima Trinidad — Spanish First Rate
• Córdova José de — Spanish Admiral

Cross-Domain

• Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port
• Age of Sail — Era Overview

Footnotes

1. 112 guns; taken 14 February 1797; Patent Bridge: Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview and the prize note. ↩

2. Fouled with San Nicolás; Berry; Nelson across: same battle note. Do not add a later British name until a page is licensed. ↩