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The Constitutionalist fleet commanded by Sir Charles Napier defeated the Absolutist fleet

1833

The Constitutionalist fleet commanded by Sir Charles Napier ("Black Charlie") defeated the Absolutist fleet off Cape St. Vincent in the Algarve. Described as “indomitable, dynamic and eccentric”, he was made Viscount St. Vincent by D. Maria II (1834), later changed to Viscount Napier of St. Vincent.

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