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Battle of Vigo Bay


 

The naval Battle of Vigo Bay, also known as the Battle of Rande, was fought on 23 October 1702 (12 October in the Julian calendar then in use in England) during the War of the Spanish Succession at Vigo Bay in Spain between an Anglo-Dutch fleet commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke, and a combined French and Spanish fleet commanded by Admirals Francois Louis de Rousselet Chateau-Renault and Manuel de Velasco.

England

Mary 60

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Grafton 70

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Torbay 80

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Kent 70

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Monmouth 70

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Berwick 70

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Essex 70

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Swiftsure 70

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Ranelagh 80

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Somerset 80

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Bedford 70

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Cambridge 80

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Northumberland 70

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Orford 70

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Pembroke 60

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some frigates

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some bomb ketches

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some fire ships

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~ Table of Content ~

Introduction
England
Netherlands
France
Spain

 

 

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