Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) Annibal Cassoni, while Duro's listing describes her as "Santa Cecilia", 34, captain Don Domingo Grandallana. Both frigates, whatever their identity, escaped the battle. Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) The Battle of Cape St. Vincent was a naval battle took place off the southern coast of Portugal on 16 January 1780 during the Anglo-Spanish War. A British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney defeated a Spanish squadron under Don Juan de Lángara. The battle is sometimes referred to as the Moonlight Battle because it was unusual for naval battles in the Age of Sail to take place at night. It
MV Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666) MV Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666) MV "Cape Vincent" (T-AKR-9666) was built as MV "Marzario Italia in 1984 at Italcantieri S.P. A., Italy. After launch, it was delivered to CMB Italy after which it was briefly renamed MV "Taabo Italia. She was acquired on 13 May 1993, by the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration and renamed MV "Cape Vincent", 1 February 1994, assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force. "Cape Vincent" is operated by Keystone Shipping Company Inc. When activated "Cape Vincent" is one of the Maritime Administration's 31 Roll-on/Roll-off Reserve Force Ships assigned to the US Navy's Military Sealift