San Rafael — Spanish 80

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. Fog-bound fleet action. Not a named portrait of the ship.

Overview

San Rafael (80) is already on the Finisterre Prizes — 22 July 1805 and the Battle of Cape Finisterre 1805. She was in Gravina Federico — Spanish Admiral’s contingent of Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral’s Combined Fleet and was taken on 22 July 1805 with Firme — Spanish 74.¹

Service

This note covers that capture only. Later British names and later commissions stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE. Combined casualty totals stay status/contested on the battle note.

Calder Robert — British Admiral had 15 ships; Villeneuve had 20. Neither admiral renewed. Calder cited the prizes among his reasons. Villeneuve turned south instead of on to Brest.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit — pp. 511–572
• @white2005nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Battle of Cape Finisterre 1805

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Ships_Maritime
• Individual_Ships_Index

Same Battle

• Firme — Spanish 74
• Finisterre Prizes — 22 July 1805
• Calder Robert — British Admiral
• Gravina Federico — Spanish Admiral
• Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral
• Bucentaure — Overview

Cross-Domain

• Trafalgar Campaign 1805
• Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port
• Age of Sail — Era Overview

Footnotes

1. 80 guns; taken with Firme on 22 July 1805: Battle of Cape Finisterre 1805 and the prize note. ↩

2. 15 against 20; prizes among Calder’s reasons; south instead of Brest: same notes. Do not add prize-court shares or a later British name. ↩