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Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797)
The
Battle of Cape St Vincent
(14 February 1797) was one of the opening battles of the
Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)
, as part of the
French Revolutionary Wars
, where a
British fleet
under Admiral Sir
John Jervis
defeated a larger Spanish fleet under Admiral Don
José de Córdoba y Ramos
near
Cape St. Vincent
, Portugal.
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