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First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)
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First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)
The
First Battle of Cape Finisterre
(14 May 1747) saw 14
British
ships of the line
under Admiral
George Anson
attack a
French
30-ship
convoy
commanded by
Admiral de la Jonquière
during the
War of the Austrian Succession
. The British captured 4
ships of the line
, 2
frigates
and 7 merchantmen, in a five-hour battle in the
Atlantic Ocean
off
Cape Finisterre
in northwest
Spain
. One French frigate, one
French East India Company
warship and the other merchantmen escaped.
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