Sea fight of the moonlight of the Cape sun Vicente
| Sea fight of the moonlight of the Cape sun Vicente | |
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 Sea fight (January 16, 1780) of the moonlight of the Cape sun Vicente, Francis ホルマン image (1780) "Santo Domingo" and a flagship "sandwich" of Rodney which explode (this side) | |
| War: American War of Independence | |
| The date: 1780January 16 | |
| A place: The Cape Portuguese sun Vicente offing | |
| A result: Victory of the Great Britain kingdom | |
| War power | |
 Great Britain kingdom |  Spanish kingdom |
| Leader, commander | |
| George Rodney | Fan デ orchid Gullah |
| Force | |
| 18 ship of the line | Nine ship of the line, frigate two |
| The damage | |
| 32 death in battle, injury 102 | One destruction, capture six (two recapture of them) |
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Sea fight (British :Moonlight Battle of Cape St Vincent which the moonlight of sun Vicente Misaki does not go through or merely Battle of Cape St Vincent or Battle of Cape Santa Maria) of the moonlight of the Cape sun Vicente is sea fight performed between Great Britain kingdom (the U.K.) fleet and Spanish fleets as some independence wars of the United States in a moonlit night of January 16, 1780.
It was fought off Cape Portuguese sun Vicente by British fleet of the George Rodney admiral conduct and Spain fleet of the Don fan デ orchid Gullah admiral conduct, and U.K. fleet won. The battle started in the stormy sea at 4:00 p.m. continued under the moonlight as 皓々 until 2:00 a.m. Because it was unusual for sea fight to be carried out in the night in the times of the sailing warship, I am called "sea fight of the moonlight" in particular.
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Beginning
The fleet of Rodney caught escadrille of the デ orchid Gullah conduct consisting of nine ship of the line off Cape sun Vicente who proceeded to the relief of Gibraltar blockaded by Spain on the way in southwestern Portugal. In the first place the fleet of the デ orchid Gullah was comprised of 11 ship of the line, but "sun ヘナロ" (San Genaro) (74 gates) and "sun フスト" (San Justo) (74 gates) were separated by the strong wind two days ago.
Battle
I made a wide camp with 18 ship of the line, and Rodney approached the Spanish fleet. I ordered the デ orchid Gullah at first to prepare the line of battle into one's fleet, but gave it an order to start it when I knew that U.K. fleet had a double force to raise total sail for all the warships, and to escape into home port Cadiz of the 100, Minamikata mile (160km). At 2:00 p.m., Rodney gave all fleets an order for a chase and gave an order to be at war as soon as I chased it at full speed and caught up with it. I caught up with Spain fleet soon in those days because I began that I covered the loading capacity in the copper crust which prevented the adhesion of the sea life, and therefore high speed was able to start the British naval warship than Spain warship.
At about 4:00 p.m., "resolution" and "Edgar" started an attack warship "defense" of the U.K. after starting a chase "Bedford" two hours later. In the moment when British "ビヤンフザン" (64 gates) was going to pick an attack with "Santo Domingo" (70 gates), Spain at 4:40 p.m., "Santo Domingo" exploded. All the crew died. It was sunset soon, but the chase pointed out darkness and stormy weather and was performed. When the top warship of the Spanish squadron surrendered at 2:00 a.m., all gunfire stopped. Two ship of the line and two frigates escaped, but six ships including flagship "phoenix" (80 gates) of the デ orchid Gullah were captured. Because the Rodney fleet reached the shallows, and it was hurried at the daybreak that I appeared in the offing from there, I was able to continue no longer chasing it.
The victim of the British side in the sea fight was 32 death in battle, injury 102.
Post of the fight
Because it was necessary to be supported by the Spanish captain to let you thrust a strong wind and navigate it as for two ships of capture warships, - "sun フリアン" and "sun エウヘニオ" - without the British officer who took the conduct having the knowledge about the shoreline, I have been recaptured by the Spaniard crew. The captain of "sun フリアン" was left to the warship after capture, but refused that I helped you without restoring own authority.
"The phoenix" was changed the name from to "Gibraltar" in four captured remainder, and other three ships were admitted into the British navy as the original name.
Participation in a war warship
Fleet in the U.K.
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