Battle of Cape Ortegal
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The Battle of Cape Ortegal was the final action of the Trafalgar campaign, and was fought between a squadron of the Royal Navy and a remnant of the fleet that had been defeated earlier at the Battle o
Strachan's Action off Ferrol Thomas Whitcombe, c. 1806
1807 painting of the French prizes being brought to England
Admiral Sir Richard John Strachan, 6th Baronet, GCB was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank
Battle of Cape Ortegal
…that had been defeated earlier at the Battle of Trafalgar. It took place on 4 November 1805 off Cape Ortegal, in north-west Spain and saw Captain Sir Richard Strachan defeat and capture a French squadron under Counter-admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley. It is sometimes referred to as Strachan's Action. Dumanoir had…
Strachan (far left) in a political cartoon mocking the Walcheren Campaign's failure