Cartagena — Spanish Naval Port
Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A fleet of the line at anchor. Not a harbour plan.
Overview
The sailing is already on the Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview. Córdova José de — Spanish Admiral sailed from Cartagena on 1 February 1797 with orders to escort a mercury convoy to Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port, then rendezvous with the French Brest fleet.1
The Sailing-Port
This note covers that 1 February 1797 sailing-port only. A founding year, a yard plan, a garrison, and a mercury-convoy note stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.
Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port already covers the destination after 14 February 1797. That destination stays there. The later Collingwood blockade of Cartagena stays on Collingwood Cuthbert — Biography and Mediterranean Fleet 1805–10.2
Sources
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- @white2005nelson
- @hughes1957collingwood
- @adkin2005trafalgar
- Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview
Related
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Same Subject
- Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview
- Córdova José de — Spanish Admiral
- Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port
- Treaty of San Ildefonso 1796
Cross-Domain
- Jervis John Earl St Vincent — Biography
- Age of Sail — Era Overview
- Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline
Footnotes
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Córdova sailed from Cartagena on 1 February 1797 to escort a mercury convoy to Cadiz, then to rendezvous with the French Brest fleet: Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview. ↩
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Destination after the defeat is Cadiz: same note; Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port. Do not invent a founding year, a yard plan, or a garrison. Do not write the mercury convoy as its own page. The later blockade stays on the Collingwood and Mediterranean Fleet notes. ↩