Battle of Cape Ortegal

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Battle of Cape Ortegal
Part of the Napoleonic Wars
The Battle of Cape Ortegal by Thomas Whitcombe.
Date 4 November 1805 Location Cape Ortegal Result Decisive British victory
Combatants
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	First French Empire
Commanders
Sir Richard Strachan	Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley
Strength
4 ships of the line, 2 frigates	4 ships of the line

War of the Third Coalition
Cape Finisterre – Wertingen – Haslach-Jungingen – Elchingen – Ulm – Trafalgar – Caldiero – Amstetten – Cape Ortegal – Dürenstein – Schöngrabern – Austerlitz

The Battle of Cape Ortegal (3 November 1805) off Cape Ortegal in north-west Spain was the final action of the Trafalgar campaign. British Rear Admiral Sir Richard Strachan, with Caesar, Hero, Courageux, Namur and four frigates, defeated and captured a French squadron (Formidable, Scipion, Duguay-Trouin and Mont Blanc) under Rear Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley that had escaped from the Battle of Trafalgar two weeks previously.