Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1833) Admiral Manuel António Marreiros. On 6 July, receiving news of the victory, Dom Pedro named Napier as Viscount Cape St Vincent in the peerage of Portugal. Immediately afterwards his fleet was ravaged by cholera (which was raging on mainland Portugal), with appalling loss of life, but he was able to bring it safe into Lisbon, which the Miguelistas had precipitately abandoned after being defeated by Terceira’s army advancing from the south at the Battle of Almada. Napier visited Rear-Admiral Sir William Parker of the British navy who was in the vicinity of the Tagus, and was received according to his
Earl St Vincent (1799 EIC ship) Goa on 2 December, and Bombay again on 15 December. Homeward bound, she was at Tellicherry 7 February and Anjengo on 28 February, before deviating to Point de Galle on 7 March. On 29 May 1807 was off the Cape of Good Hope when she sprang a leak. She sank at , almost due south of Cape Agulhas. Fortunately there was no loss of life. "Earl St Vincent", which was in company, managed to get all 203 or 209 persons on board "Ganges" off, including a number of soldiers from the 77th regiment of Foot. When Captain Harrington finally left