Sunday, January 15, 2012

Seafaring Sunday: Cape St. Vincent

January 16, 1780: A Royal Navy fleet under Admiral George Rodney defeated a Spanish fleet off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal.

Header: The Battle of Cape St. Vincent by Francis Holman c 1780
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2 comments:

  1. Timmy!January 17, 2012 at 2:49 PM

    Ahoy, Pauline! Huzzah for Admiral George Rodney and the Royal Navy!

    And sorry about your Saints...

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  2. PaulineJanuary 17, 2012 at 2:55 PM

    In every contest and so on; those Napoleonic Wars were hard on everybody.

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