At about 1:30 p.m., Culloden and other ships, including Captain Cuthbert Collingwood (another destined to join the ‘Band of Brothers’) in HMS Excellent, were gradually overhauling the Spanish rear and ...

The key to British survival would be to prevent the French and Spanish navies joining forces - so when British Admiral Jervis encountered the main Spanish battle fleet off Cape St.Vincent ...

Will he recover? And will he find Napoleon? Show more n the wake of the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1797, Horatio Nelson, though a much acclaimed public hero for his bravery during the battle ...

Nelson takes on the Spanish at the Battle of St Vincent.