Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797)
The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was an amphibious assault by the Royal Navy on the Spanish port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Launched by Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson on 22 July 1797, the assault was defeated, and on 25 July the remains of the landing party withdrew under a truce, having lost several hundred men. Nelson himself had been wounded in the arm, which was subsequently partially amputated: a stigma that he carried to his grave as a constant reminder of his failure.
The British Attack on Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Oil on canvas, 1848.
Sir Horatio Nelson when wounded at Teneriffe by Richard Westall. Oil on canvas.
The Castle of San Andrés played an important role in the battle.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz, is a city, the capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and one of the capitals of the Canary Islands, along with Las Palmas. Santa Cruz has a population of 206,593 (2013) within its administrative limits. The urban zone of Santa Cruz extends beyond the city limits with a population of 507,306 and 538,000 within urban area. It is the second largest city in the Canary Islands and the main city on the island of Tenerife, with nearly half of the island's population living in or around it.
Image: At Palmetum de Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2022 028
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Image: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España, 2012 12 15, DD 06
Image: At Plaza de España, Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2019 009
