Blockade of Cádiz

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military operation naval blockade

The Blockade of Cádiz was a prolonged British naval operation during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars aimed at containing the Franco-Spanish fleet in the strategic port of Cádiz.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Blockade of Cádiz canonical	1
blockade of Cadiz	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military operation ⓘ naval blockade ⓘ
belligerent	France ⓘ Spain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
conflictSide	Coalition forces ⓘ First French Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Spain ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Spain (Bourbon)
conflictType	naval warfare ⓘ
controlledSeaAccessTo	Andalusian coast ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
endTime	1814 ⓘ
era	Age of Sail ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Cape St Vincent ⓘ surface form: Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797) Battle of Cádiz (1797) ⓘ Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ Siege of Cádiz ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
impact	contribution to British control of sea lines of communication ⓘ restriction of French and Spanish Atlantic operations ⓘ
location	Bay of Cádiz ⓘ Cadiz ⓘ surface form: Cádiz
militaryTheater	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Mediterranean approaches ⓘ
navalPowerInvolved	French Navy ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ Spanish Navy ⓘ
notableEvent	British observation and close blockade tactics ⓘ Franco-Spanish fleet concentration at Cádiz before Trafalgar ⓘ
opponentAlliance	Franco-Spanish alliance of 1796 (Second Treaty of San Ildefonso) ⓘ surface form: Franco-Spanish alliance
partOf	French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
portBlockaded	Port of Cádiz ⓘ
relatedTo	Continental System ⓘ Peninsular War ⓘ
result	British naval dominance maintained ⓘ Franco-Spanish fleet largely confined to port ⓘ
significantCommander	Federico Gravina ⓘ Horatio Nelson ⓘ Admiral Sir John Jervis ⓘ surface form: John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
startTime	1797 ⓘ
strategicObjective	containment of Franco-Spanish fleet ⓘ control of access to Cádiz ⓘ disruption of French and Spanish naval operations ⓘ
tacticUsed	close blockade ⓘ distant blockade ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Cape St Vincent → followedBy → Blockade of Cádiz ⓘ

Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood → notableWork → Blockade of Cádiz ⓘ

this entity surface form: blockade of Cadiz