Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797)
Spanish fleet

Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797)

Section Title: Spanish fleet
Table Section Text: None

Fleet Commander - Lieutenant-General José de Córdoba y Ramos

2nd Squadron / Vanguard - Lieutenant-General Francisco Javier Morales de los Ríos

1st Division

Ship	Rate	Guns	Commander	Casualties	Notes

Killed	Seriously Wounded	Slightly Wounded	Total

Infante Don Pelayo	Third rate	74	Captain Cayetano Valdés	4	4	0	8

San Pablo	Third rate	74	Captain Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros

2nd Division

Purísima Concepción	First rate	112	Lieutenant-General Francisco Javier Morales de los Ríos; Flag Captain & Brigadier José Escaño	8	21	0	29

Perla	Fifth rate	34	Commander Francisco Moyúa

Santo Domingo	Third rate	64	Captain Manuel María de Torres Valdivia	2	0	0	2

Conquistador	Third rate	74	Captain José Butler	6	0	0	6

San Juan Nepomuceno	Third rate	74	Captain Antonio Boneo

Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes	Fifth rate	34	Commander José Varela

San Genaro	Third rate	74	Captain Agustín Villavicencio

1st Squadron / Battle Line - Lieutenant-General Don José de Córdoba y Ramos

3rd Division

Mejicano	First rate	112	Brigadier Francisco de Herrera (†)	25	46	42	113

Nuestra Señora de la Paz	Fifth rate	40	Commander Santiago Irizarri

Oriente	Third rate	74	Captain Juan Suárez	8	20	0	100

Soberano	Third rate	74	Flag Captain & Brigadier Juan Vicente; Captain Francisco Ley (†)	25	46	33	104

4th Division

Santísima Trinidad	First rate	130	Lieutenant-General Don José de Córdoba y Ramos; Flag Captain & Brigadier Rafael Orozco; Commander & Major-General Ciriaco Ceballos	69	141	92	302	badly damaged

Vigilante	Brig	12	Lieutenant José de Córdoba y Rojas

San Nicolás de Bari	Third rate	80	Brigadier Tomás Geraldino (†)	144	59	203	captured

San Isidro	Third rate	74	Captain Teodoro Argumosa	29	63	92	captured

Salvador del Mundo	First rate	112	Brigadier Antonio Yepes (†)	42	124	166	captured

San Ildefonso	Third rate	74	Captain Rafael Maestre

3rd Squadron / Rearguard - Lieutenant-General Don Juan Joaquín Moreno

5th Division

Conde de Regla	First rate	112	Commodore Claude Francois Renard de Fuchsemberg, Conde de Amblimont (†); Flag Captain & Brigadier Jerónimo Brav	9	17	27	53

Matilde	Fifth rate	34	Captain Manuel Vitoria

San Fermín	Third rate	74	Captain José de Torres

Firme	Third rate	74	Captain Bruno Ayala	2	1	0	3

Príncipe de Asturias	First rate	112	Lieutenant-General Juan Joaquín Moreno de Mondragón y D'Hontlier; Flag Captain & Brigadier Antonio de Escaño	10	19	0	29

Diana	Fifth rate	34	Commander Juan José Varela

6th Division

San Antonio	Third rate	74	Captain Salvador Medina

Glorioso	Third rate	74	Captain Juan de Aguirre

Nuestra Señora de Atocha	Fifth rate	40	Commander Antonio Pareja

Atlante	Third rate	74	Captain Gonzálo Vallejo	6	4	1	11

San Francisco de Paula	Third rate	74	Captain José Ussel de Guimbarda

San José	First rate	112	Commodore Francisco Javier Winthuysen (†); Flag Captain & Brigadier Pedro Pineda	46	96	142	captured

Ceres	Fifth rate	40	Commander Ignacio Olaeta

Asunción	Armed Merchantman	28	Lieutenant Manuel Díaz Herrera

Santa Justa	Armed Merchantman	18	Lieutenant Florencio Scals

Santa Balbina	Armed Merchantman	18	Lieutenant Diego Ochandía

Santa Paula	Armed Merchantman	20	Lieutenant José Elexaga

Total recorded casualties: 430 killed, 661 seriously wounded and 195 slightly wounded

Sentence(s)

In the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 144 were killed on the Spanish ship San Nicolás.

final_sentence: In the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 144 were killed on the Spanish ship San Nicolás.