Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805)

The naval Battle of Cape Finisterre took place on 22 July 1805 during the War of the Third Coalition in the Napoleonic Wars, near Cape Finisterre in northwest Spain between a British fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Robert Calder and a French fleet commanded by Admiral Pierre Charles Silvestre de Villeneuve. The action was inconclusive, but the French fleet was prevented from entering the English Channel and escorting Napoleon's Armée d'Angleterre to invade Britain.

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22 July - 1805 - War of the Third Coalition - Napoleonic Wars - Cape Finisterre - Spain - British - Robert Calder - Pierre Charles Silvestre de Villeneuve - English Channel - Napoleon

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