Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) and Rodney spotted each other around 1:00 pm south of Cape St. Vincent, the southwestern point of Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula. The weather was hazy, with heavy swells and occasional squalls. Rodney was ill, and spent the entire action in his bunk. His flag captain, Walter Young, urged Rodney to give orders to engage when the Spanish fleet was first spotted, but Rodney only gave orders to form a line abreast. Lángara started to establish a line of battle, but when he realised the size of Rodney's fleet, he gave orders to make all sail for Cadiz. Around 2:00
MV Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666) DEFENSAS 95, providing 45 days of transport for outsized unit equipment to Guatemala in support of military training. This was part of a larger exercise which included the Army's Battlefield Visualization initiative in Panama. On 4 September 1996, MV "Cape Vincent" underwent a test of her activation readiness capability and successfully activated in 1.9 days. "Cape Vincent" surpassed this record, activating in 1.8 days for a humanitarian relief effort to Central America in response to the damaged caused by Hurricane Mitch. "Cape Vincent" transported construction equipment and relief supplies for 108 days. On 30 March 1999 "Cape Vincent" received the