 On 6 February, Jervis was joined off Cape St. Vincent by a reinforcement of five ships of the line from the Channel Fleet under Rear-Admiral William Parker.On 11 February, the British frigate HMS "Minerve", under the command of Commodore Horatio Nelson, passed through the Spanish fleet unseen thanks to heavy fog.Nelson reached the British fleet of fifteen ships off Spain on 13 February, and passed the location of the Spanish fleet to Jervis, commanding the fleet from his flagship "Victory".