Luis de Córdova y Córdova

Luis de Córdova y Córdova (February 8, 1706 – December 29, 1796) is a Spanish admiral.

He is best known for his command of the Spanish fleet during the Anglo-Spanish War.

His best remembered actions are the capture of two British convoys totaling seventy-nine ships between 1780 and 1782, including the capture of fifty-five ships from a convoy composed of Indiamen, and other cargo ships sixty leagues off Cape St. Vincent.

In 1782 he battles the Royal Navy to a stalemate at the Battle of Cape Spartel, but fails to prevent the British relieving the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

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