naval engagement, nineteenth century

Battle of Cape St. Vincent

Name: Battle of Cape St. Vincent
Location: Cape St. Vincent, Portugal

Battle of Cape St. Vincent was a naval engagement fought in 1833 at Cape St. Vincent, in what is now Portugal. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Cape St. Vincent. It was part of the Liberal Wars, which ran from 1828 to 1834. The recorded result: Liberal victory. Recorded strength: 3 frigates; 1 corvette; 1 brig; 1 schooner against 4 ships of the line; 1 frigate; 1 xebec; 3 corvettes; 1 brig.

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Fought1833

WhereCape St. Vincent, Portugal37.025N, 8.994W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeLiberal victory

BelligerentsLiberalsagainstMiguelites

Part ofLiberal Wars1828 to 1834

Where it sits in the Liberal Wars

8 placed engagements of the Liberal Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1833 (year precision)
Place	Cape St. Vincent, Portugal 37.025N, 8.994W
Kind	Naval engagement, nineteenth century
Strength	3 frigates; 1 corvette; 1 brig; 1 schooner	4 ships of the line; 1 frigate; 1 xebec; 3 corvettes; 1 brig
Casualties and losses	90 killed or wounded	300 killed or wounded; 4 ships of the line captured; 1 frigate captured; 1 corvette captured

Placed at Cape St. Vincent; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Cape St. Vincent 1797, same recorded site
Battle of Cape St. Vincent 1641, same recorded site
Action of 30 September 1681 1681, 0.4 km SE
Action of 28 November 1751 1751, 0.4 km W
Action of 18 March 1748 1748, 3.5 km SW

In the same war

Before: Battle of Ponte Ferreira 23 July 1832
After: Battle of Almoster 1834
All 8 engagements of Liberal Wars

Elsewhere in 1833

Battle of Cape St. Vincent is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 135 in present-day Portugal.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q12375644, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1833), revision 1370436270, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.