Vigo and Coruña — Villeneuve Put-Ins 1805

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. Fog-bound fleet action. Not a harbour plan and not a likeness.

Overview

The put-ins are already on the Battle of Cape Finisterre 1805. After 22 July 1805 Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral put into Vigo and Coruña, then Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port.¹

The Put-Ins

This note covers those two put-ins only. A yard, a garrison, a founding year, and a fleet list stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Brest — Intended 1805 Junction already used the south-instead-of-Brest turn and left these put-ins on the Finisterre note. Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port is the later refuge, not these two ports. Do not invent that the Combined Fleet reached Brest.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• @white2005nelson
• Battle of Cape Finisterre 1805
• Brest — Intended 1805 Junction

Related

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Same Subject

• Battle of Cape Finisterre 1805
• Brest — Intended 1805 Junction
• Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port
• Cape Finisterre — Geography
• Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral

Cross-Domain

• Trafalgar Campaign 1805
• Gravina Federico — Spanish Admiral
• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline

Footnotes

1. Put into Vigo and Coruña, then Cadiz: Battle of Cape Finisterre 1805. ↩

2. South instead of Brest stays on Brest — Intended 1805 Junction. Cadiz as later refuge stays on Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port. Do not invent a yard, a garrison, or a founding year. Do not write that Villeneuve reached Brest. ↩