The Battle of Cape St Vincent - Nelsons Patent Bridge by Ivan Berryman. (GM) SHN545 Brevet Colonel A W Durnford

Brevet Colonel A W Durnford Royal Engineers

A noted balloon buster

with Yellow Flight alone claiming 9 enemy aircraft destroyed

most certainly saved many lives among the Task Force and proved a valuable morale booster at the same time

The Battle of Cape St Vincent - Nelsons Patent Bridge by Ivan Berryman. (GM) SHN545 Brevet Colonel A W DurnfordDHM6845GM. The Battle of Cape St Vincent Nelsons Patent Bridge by Ivan Berryman. As the early morning fog and mist began to clear on 14th February 1797, the British squadron commanded by Admiral Jervis spotted two columns of Spanish ships and immediately set off in pursuit. Horatio Nelson was stationed at the very rear of the British squadron in HMS Captain and, from this vantage point Nelson suspected that the Spanish would form into a single