Orders of battle edit
The ships in the orders of battle below are listed in the order in which they appeared in the respective battle lines. Listed in the casualties section are the totals of killed and wounded as best as can be established: due to the nature of the battle, Spanish losses were hard to calculate precisely. Officers killed in action or who subsequently died of wounds received are marked with a † symbol. As carronades were not traditionally taken into consideration when calculating a ship's rate,[1] these ships may have actually been carrying additional or fewer guns than indicated below.
- * Ships in this colour were captured during the battle
British fleet edit
Spanish fleet edit
| 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 | Wounded | Total | ||||||
| Infante Don Pelayo | Third rate | 74 | Captain Cayetano Valdés | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| San Pablo | Third rate | 74 | Captain Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros | - | - | - | ||
| Purísima Concepción | First rate | 112 | Teniente-General Francisco de los Ríos Brigadier José Escaño |
8 | 21 | 29 | ||
| Perla | Frigate | 34 | Commander Francisco Moyúa | - | - | - | ||
| Santo Domingo | Third rate | 64 | Captain Manuel Valdivia | 2 | 0 | 2 | Armed en flute, carrying cargo of quicksilver. | |
| Conquistador | Third rate | 74 | Captain José Butler | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| San Juan Nepomuceno | Third rate | 74 | Captain Antonio Boneo | - | - | - | ||
| Mercedes | Frigate | 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 | ||||||||
| Mexicano | First rate | 112 | Brigadier Francisco de Herrera † | 25 | 88 | 113 | ||
| Paz | Frigate | 40 | Commander Santiago Irizarri | - | - | - | ||
| Oriente | Third rate | 74 | Captain Juan Suárez | 8 | 20 | 100 | ||
| Soberano | Third rate | 74 | Brigadier Juan Vicente Captain Francisco Ley † |
25 | 79 | 104 | ||
| 4th Division | ||||||||
| Santísima Trinidad | First rate | 130 | Teniente-General Don José de Córdoba Brigadier Rafael Orozco Major-General Ciriaco Ceballos |
69 | 233 | 302 | ||
| Vigilante | Brig | 12 | Teniente José de Córdoba | - | - | - | ||
| San Nicolás de Bari | Third rate | 80 | Brigadier Tomás Geraldino † | 144 | 59 | 203 | ||
| San Ysidro | Third rate | 74 | Captain Teodoro Argumosa | 29 | 63 | 92 | captured | |
| Salvador del Mundo | First rate | 112 | Brigadier Antonio Yepes † | 42 | 124 | 166 | ||
| 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 | Jefe de escuadra Claude, Conde de Amblimont † Brigadier Jerónimo Brav |
9 | 44 | 53 | ||
| Santa Matilde | Frigate | 34 | Captain Manuel Vitoria | - | - | - | ||
| San Fermín | Third rate | 74 | Captain José de Torres | - | - | - | ||
| Firme | Third rate | 74 | Captain Bruno Ayala | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Príncipe de Asturias | First rate | 112 | Teniente-General Juan de Moreno Brigadier Antonio de Escaño |
10 | 19 | 29 | ||
| Diana | Frigate | 34 | Commander Juan José Varela | - | - | - | ||
| 6th Division | ||||||||
| San Antonio | Third rate | 74 | Captain Salvador Medina | - | - | - | ||
| Glorioso | Third rate | 74 | Captain Juan de Aguirre | - | - | - | ||
| Atocha | Fifth rate | 40 | Commander Antonio Pareja | - | - | - | ||
| Atlante | Third rate | 74 | Captain Gonzálo Vallejo | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
| San Francisco de Paula | Third rate | 74 | Captain José Ussel de Guimbarda | - | - | - | ||
| San José | First rate | 112 | Jefe de escuadra Francisco Winthuysen † Brigadier Pedro Pineda |
46 | 96 | 142 | ||
| Ceres | Frigate | 40 | Commander Ignacio Olaeta | - | - | - | ||
| Asunción | Urca | 28 | Teniente Manuel Díaz Herrera | - | - | - | Armed storeship, carrying cargo of quicksilver. | |
| Santa Justa | Urca | 18 | Teniente Florencio Scals | - | - | - | Armed storeship, carrying cargo of quicksilver. | |
| Santa Balbina | Urca | 18 | Teniente Diego Ochandía | - | - | - | Armed storeship, carrying cargo of quicksilver. | |
| Santa Paula | Urca | 20 | Teniente José Elexaga | - | - | - | Armed storeship, carrying cargo of quicksilver. | |
| Total recorded casualties: 430 killed, 661 seriously wounded and 195 slightly wounded | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ James, Vol. 1, p. 32
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