HMS Hannibal (1786)
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HMS Hannibal was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 April 1786, named after the Carthaginian general Hannibal. She is best known for having taken part in the Algeci
Hannibal (centre-left) at the First Battle of Algeciras
Second Battle of Algeciras
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The Second Battle of Algeciras was fought on 12 July 1801 between a Royal Navy squadron and a larger Spanish and French squadron in the Gut of Gibraltar during the Algeciras campaign of the war of the
HMS Hannibal (1786)
…The French and Spanish were unable to repair Hannibal quickly enough for her to take part in the eventual defeat of the Franco-Spanish squadron at the Second Battle of Algeciras several days later. Sir James Saumarez then arranged to exchange the men from Saint Antoine, which the British had captured in the second part of the…
1832 painting of the battle
Saumarez's fleet preparing to set sail from Gibraltar on 12 July 1801
San Hermenegildo and Real Carlos on fire after mistakenly firing on one other
Engraving of the late stages of the battle by Robert Dodd