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Date Posted: 11:00:16 04/29/08 Tue
Author: Cy
Subject: Re: Fate of spanish San Julian after battle Cape St. Maria
In reply to: ManuBlasco 's message, "Re: Fate of spanish San Julian after battle Cape St. Maria" on 09:49:16 04/29/08 Tue

Manu

From Clowes Vol III (not much I'm afraid)

"At 4 P.M. the signal for battle was made, and a few minutes later the four headmost of the pursuers got into action. At 4.40 one of the Spanish ships, the Santo Dominyo, 70, blew up with all on board, and at 6 another struck. By this hour, it being January, darkness had set in. A night action therefore followed, which lasted until 2 A.M., when the headmost of the enemy surrendered, and all firing ceased. Of the eleven hostile ships of the line, only four escaped. Besides the one blown up, six were taken. These were the Feniz, 80, flag of the Spanish Admiral, Dun Juan de Lapgara, the Monarca, 70, the Princesa, 70, the Diligente, 70, the San Julian, 70, and the San Eugenia, 70. The two latter drove ashore and were lost [footnote]. The remaining four were brought into Gibraltar, and were ultimately added to the Navy. All retained their old names, save the Fenix, which was renamed Gibraltar."

However there is a footnote:
"Chevalier says that one of them was retaken by her crew and carried into Cadiz"

In the table of spanish losses Clowes has

San Eugenia and San Julian as "drove ashore after caprute in lord Rodney's action" on 17th January 1780



>
>>Well, first of all, WHAT WAS THE DATE of the incident
>>you are asking about? You don't even give a year! I
>>don't know immediately of a "Battle of Cape Santa
>>Maria" so it might be called something else in
>>English. Are you referring, perhaps, to the action of
>>January 16, 1780? This is known in English as the
>>"Moonlight Battle" and is usually placed in English
>>accounts off Cape St. Vincent (but it isn't called the
>>"Battle of Cape St. Vincent" to avoid confusing it
>>with the battle of February 14, 1797).
>
>Sorry Albert, yes, its the action on january 16th,
>1780.
>The moonlight battle, in spanish records is called the
>battle of Cape St. Maria.
>
>My apologiezes!!! My fault! :)

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