British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras.

Second Battle of Algeciras

1801 battle of the Algeciras campaign

The Second Battle of Algeciras was fought on 12 July 1801 between a Royal Navy squadron and a larger Spanish and French squadron in the Gut of Gibraltar during the Algeciras campaign of the war of the Second Coalition. The battle followed the First Battle of Algeciras on 6 July,…