Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yuli na shekara ta 1801, "San Hermenegildo" yana Cádiz. Lokacin da rundunar sojojin Faransa ta kori sojojin Birtaniya a yakin farko na Algeciras
a ranar 6 ga watan Yuli, "San Hermenegildo" ya shiga cikin tawagar da aka aika don ya jagoranci Faransawa daga Algeciras zuwa Cádiz. A cikin daren 12 ga Yuli, hadadden sojojin suna dawowa ta mashigar Gibraltar lokacin da rundunar sojojin Burtaniya ta kai musu hari a Yaƙin Algeciras na biyu. A lokacin rikice-rikice na dare wanda ya biyo baya, HMS "Superb" ya yanke ta hanyar baya da kuma tsakanin "Real Carlos" da "San Hermenegildo". Jirgin Mutanen Espanya sun bude wuta, suna buga juna, yayin da wuta ta yada a fadin "Real Carlos". A cikin duhu manyan jiragen ruwa biyu na Mutanen Espanya sun yi karo, wutar ta bazu ba tare da iko ba har sai duka sun fashe a cikin ƙwallon wuta wanda za'a iya gani daga bakin teku. Fiye da mutane 1,700 aka kashe a fashewa, daya daga cikin mafi girma asarar rayuka a teku zuwa wannan lokaci.