Cape St Vincent — Geography
Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. The four Spanish prizes of 14 February 1797. Not a cape survey.
Overview
The location is already on the Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview. On 14 February 1797 Jervis John Earl St Vincent — Biography met the Spanish fleet off Cape St Vincent, at the south-western tip of Portugal.1
The Cape
This note covers that battle location only. A lighthouse, coordinates, a founding year, and a later memorial stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.
The battle itself stays on the Cape St Vincent overview. Cape Trafalgar — Geography is the 1805 headland, not this cape. Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port is the Spanish destination after the defeat, not this shore.2
Sources
- @knight2005pursuit
- @white2005nelson
- @hughes1957collingwood
- @adkin2005trafalgar
- Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview
Related
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- Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview
- Cape Trafalgar — Geography
- Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port
- Aboukir Bay — Egypt
Cross-Domain
- Jervis John Earl St Vincent — Biography
- Four Spanish Prizes of Cape St Vincent 1797
- Age of Sail — Era Overview
- Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline
Footnotes
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Off Cape St Vincent, south-western tip of Portugal; 14 February 1797: Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview. ↩
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Remaining Spanish ships escaped to Cadiz: same note. Do not invent a lighthouse, coordinates, or a later memorial. Do not rewrite the battle overview here. ↩