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
Strachan (far left) in a political cartoon mocking the Walcheren Campaign's failure
The Battle of Cape Ortegal, in which Strachan completed the destruction of the French fleet at Trafalgar
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
Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet
…the command of Rear-Admiral Dumanoir le Pelley. Strachan pursued them, bringing them to battle on 4 November. After a short engagement, known as the Battle of Cape Ortegal, he captured all of them, completing the destruction of the French fleet. Strachan was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral of the Blue on 9 November…
Strachan's Action off Ferrol Thomas Whitcombe, c. 1806