Talk:Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797)

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Castillo de San Andrés[edit]

El Castillo de San Andrés did not play an important role in the battle. It was to much to far in the north-east of Santa Cruz de Tenerife to be involved. --koppchen (talk) 20:18, 30 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2 Haughtiness and a lack of proper material and human resources for an invasion had drawn the British fleet to a painful defeat and the British never again tried to capture Santa Cruz. Nelson, however, met with a hero's welcome back in England." ???

What a self-regarding piece of Spanish jingo. You could, of course, say that Santa Cruz was a necessary, painful rehearsal for a much bigger - and utterly disastrous - battle (for the Spaniards), the Battle of Trafalgar after which the British didn't need to even bother looking for the Spanish Navy, so irrelevant it became.

We prefer to remember the Battle of Cartagena de Indias, where 30000 British where defeated by 4000 Spaniards :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.71.77.59 (talk) 22:58, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Free reign in the Mediterranean for a hundred years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain McVitie (talk • contribs) 09:40, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You can not compare the disaster of Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Trafalgar! First attempt: At Santa Cruz de Tenerife the British Navy tried to get ashore (They were seaman! What are marines doing on land?) and did not succeed. Second attempt: At Santa Cruz de Tenerife the British Navy tried to climb mountains (They were no goats!) and did not succeed. Third attempt: At Santa Cruz de Tenerife the British Navy got lost in the streets (some of the marines got lost in the “bodegas”). That was not a battle at sea!--koppchen (talk) 13:05, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nelson's arm[edit]

Two other versions of the fate of his arm are that Nelson asked for it to be wrapped with the body of a fallen soldier in a weighted hammock (presumably for the traditional burial at sea), and also that the arm was retrieved later afloat by Tenerife locals and was interred in the altar at the Cathedral of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

https://ageofrevolution.org/surgeons-blade-nelsons-trauma-tenerife/

https://www.theleader.info/2017/08/17/story-nelson-lost-arm-smelly-cheese/

Andrew ranfurly (talk) 12:55, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Removing the WIA caption from the battle's infobox?[edit]

I understand the significance of having a WIA caption next to someone who's been injured in a battle but after seeing several other battle/war articles, is the WIA symbol needed if other battle articles seem to not use them? Yourlocallordandsavior (talk) 06:52, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]