The Battle of Cape St. Vincent was a fleet action fought off Cape St. Vincent on 16–17 January 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. A Royal Navy fleet under Admiral of the White Sir George Rodn
1780 painting of the battle by Francis Holman
Portrait of Lángara
Portrait of Rodney by Sir Joshua Reynolds
The Moonlight Battle (Dominic Serres, 1781)
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Cape St. Vincent is a headland in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the Algarve, southern Portugal. It is the southwesternmost point of Portugal and of mainland Europe.
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)
…The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (Spanish: Batalla del Cabo de San Vicente) was a fleet action fought off Cape St. Vincent on 16–17 January 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. A Royal Navy fleet under Admiral of the White Sir George Rodney defeated a smaller Spanish…
North shore of Cape St. Vincent as seen from the lighthouse
The cliffs of the St. Vincent coast
An aerial view of the southwestern St. Vincent coast
Cape St. Vincent lighthouse