naval battles fought between Britain and France near CapeFinisterre in northwest Spain are known as the BattleofCapeFinisterre: First BattleofCape Finisterre...
second battleofCapeFinisterre was a naval encounter fought during the War of the Austrian Succession on 25 October 1747 (N.S.). A British fleet of fourteen...
chiefly remembered for his controversial actions following the BattleofCapeFinisterre in 1805 which resulted in his court-martial. Though he was removed...
originally the French Monarque, captured 1747 at the second battleofCapeFinisterre, sold and broken up 1760. Admiral John Byng was executed on board...
ordered to join Admiral Anson and took an active part in the first BattleofCapeFinisterre.: 290 : 186 The British fleet sighted the French fleet on 3 May...
First BattleofCapeFinisterre, broken up 1765 Invincible 74 (1747) – ex-French L'Invincible captured 3 May 1747 at First BattleofCapeFinisterre, wrecked...
under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle ofCapeFinisterre. 1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation....
Fontenoy, 1745 The Battleof Rocoux in 1746, between the French and the British, Dutch and Austrians The BattleofCapeFinisterre, 1747 Marshal Maurice...
Severn 40–48 (ex-British Severn of 48 guns, captured 1746) – recaptured by the British in the Second BattleofCapeFinisterre in October 1747 Warwick 60–62...
Boulogne. The Franco-Spanish fleet was involved in the indecisive BattleofCapeFinisterre in fog off Ferrol with Admiral Sir Robert Calder's squadron on...
French resulting in an inconclusive engagement during the BattleofCapeFinisterre in which two of the Spanish ships were captured. Villeneuve abandoned...
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