An illustration of the battle by Ambroise Louis Garneray
Date
8 May 1744
Location
Off Berlengas, Atlantic Ocean[1]
Result
French victory[2]
Belligerents
France
Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Hubert de Brienne Étienne Perier
Thomas Watson †
Strength
2 ships of the line 1 frigate
1 ship of the line
Casualties and losses
Unknown
1 ship of the line captured
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War of the Austrian Succession: Sea battles
Toulon
8 May 1744
Anguilla
Lorient
1st Finisterre
Glorioso campaign
2nd Finisterre
31 January 1748
18 March 1748
Saint-Louis-du-Sud
The action of 8 May 1744[a] was a minor naval engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession in which two French ships of the line, the 60-gun Content, and the 64-gun Mars, captured the British 70-gun HMS Northumberland after a desperate action lasting four hours.[1]Northumberland's captain, Thomas Watson, and her second lieutenant were among those killed.[2]
^ abDupont/Taillemite, p. 79.
^ abTroude, p. 299.
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