Second battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)
The Second Battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval battle which took place on 25 October 1747 (14 October 1747 in the Julian calendar then in use in Britain) during the War of the Austrian Succession, in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Finisterre in northwest Spain between a well-appointed British fleet of fourteen ships of the line commanded by Admiral Sir Edward Hawke and a French convoy, protected by a squadron of eight French ships of the line commanded by Admiral Desherbiers de l'Etendučre, which it intercepted. It was a decisive British victory, and put an end to French naval operations for the remainder of the war.
See also
- Battle of Cape Finisterre for other battles of this name.
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