Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797) - Spanish Fleet

Spanish Fleet

Under Admiral Don José de Córdoba on his flagship Santísima Trinidad. The Spanish were in no particular order.

  • Santísima Trinidad, 130, flag of Admiral Don José de Córdoba – Badly damaged, 200+ casualties
  • Purísima Concepción, 112, flag of Admiral Morales de los Ríos
  • Conde de Regla, 112, 9 dead, 17 wounded
  • Mexicano, 112, flag of Admiral P. De Cárdenas, Cpt. F. de Herrera – 25 dead, 46 wounded
  • Príncipe de Asturias, 112, flag of Admiral J. Moreno; captain A. De Escaño – 10 killed, 19 wounded
  • Salvador del Mundo, 112, Captain D. A. Yepes – Captured, 42 killed, 124 wounded
  • San Josef, 112, flag of Admiral Francisco Xavier Winthuysen – Captured, 46 killed (including the admiral), 96 wounded
  • San Nicolás, 80, Cpt. T. Geraldino – Captured, 144 killed, 59 wounded
  • Neptuno, 80, Cpt. J. L. Goicoechea
  • Atlante, 74, Cpt. G. Vallejo
  • Bahama, 74, flag of Admiral D. de Nava
  • Conquistador, 74, Cpt. J. Butler
  • Firme, 74, Cpt. B. Ayala
  • Glorioso, 74, Cpt. J. Aguizze
  • Oriente, 74, Cpt. J. Suárez
  • Infante Pelayo, 74, Cpt. C. Valdés
  • San Antonio, 74, Cpt. S. Medina
  • San Domingo, 74, Cpt. M. De Torres
  • San Fermín, 74, Cpt. J. De Torres
  • San Francisco de Paula, 74, Cpt. J. De Guimbarda
  • San Genaro, 74, Cpt. A. de Villavicencio
  • San Ildefonso, 74, Cpt. R. Maestre
  • San Juan Nepomuceno, 74, Cpt. A. Boneo
  • San Pablo, 74, Cpt. Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros
  • San Isidro, 74, Cpt. T. Argumosa – Captured, 29 killed, 63 wounded
  • Soberano, 74, Cpt. J. V. Yáñez
  • Terrible, 74, Capt. F. Uriarte
Frigates, etc.
  • Ceres, 34
  • Atocha, 34
  • Diana, 34
  • Matilda, 34
  • Mercedes, 34
  • Perla, 34, Cpt. J.A. Pareja
  • Santa Brígida, 34
  • Vigilante (brig), 12
Armed merchantmen (urcas)
  • Asunción, 28
  • San Justa, 18
  • San Balbino, 20
  • San Paulo, 20

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