Cape St Vincent Squalls — 14 February 1797

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A squally sea. Not a later gale and not a likeness.

Overview

The weather is already on the Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview. Squally weather had separated the Spanish into two divisions — 18 in the lee group, 9 to windward.¹

The Weather

This note covers that squally separation only. A later gale, a wind table, and a force list stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Jervis Signal — Drive Between 11am 1797 already uses the 11am drive-between hoist through that gap. Cape St Vincent — Geography already uses the location. Do not invent a wind force or a later storm from this page.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit
• @white2005nelson
• @hughes1957collingwood
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview

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Footnotes

1. Squally weather had separated the Spanish into two divisions — 18 in the lee group, 9 to windward: Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview. ↩

2. 11am hoist stays on Jervis Signal — Drive Between 11am 1797. Location stays on Cape St Vincent — Geography. Do not invent a wind force, a later gale, or a force list. ↩