Finisterre Fog — 22 July 1805

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. Fog-bound fleet action off Cape Finisterre. Not a likeness.

Overview

The delay is already on the Battle of Cape Finisterre 1805. The fleets sighted each other in the morning. Wind and fog delayed a general action until late afternoon on 22 July 1805.¹

The Delay

This note covers that fog delay only. A wind table, a later gale, and a prize wreck stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Calder Robert — British Admiral already used the 22 July command. Storm After Trafalgar — 24–29 October 1805 is the later lee-shore gale, not this fog. Combined casualty totals stay contested on the Finisterre note. Do not invent a weather log from this page.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• @white2005nelson
• Battle of Cape Finisterre 1805
• Calder Robert — British Admiral

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Footnotes

1. Sighted in the morning; wind and fog delayed a general action until late afternoon: Battle of Cape Finisterre 1805. ↩

2. 22 July command stays on Calder Robert — British Admiral. Later gale stays on Storm After Trafalgar — 24–29 October 1805. Do not invent a weather log or rewrite Combined casualty totals. ↩