Battle of Cape St. Vincent

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The Battle of Cape St Vincent was a minor naval engagement of the War of the Quadruple Alliance, fought on 20 December 1719 near Cape St. Vincent between a squadron of two British ships of the line and a frigate, under Commodore Philip Cavendish and a squadron of the Spanish ships of the line Conde de Tolosa, Hermione and Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe under Don Rodrigo de Torres sent from Santander to Cádiz to avoid its capture by the Anglo-French forces patrolling the Bay of Biscay.

1719  Wikidata
Battle of Cape St Vincent
naval battle, Kingdom of Spain, Kingdom of Great Britain, 

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    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    eventarmed conflictUnknownnaval battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1337Battle of Cape St. VincentKingdom of Portugal, battle, Crown of CastileWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1476Battle of Cape St. VincentKingdom of Portugal, Kingdom of France, Republic of Genoa, naval battle, Burgundian StateWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1602Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1602)Spain, Kingdom of England, naval battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1641Battle of Cape St. VincentSpain, naval battle, Dutch RepublicWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1681Action of 30 September 1681Brandenburg-Prussia, naval battle, Hispanic MonarchyWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1693Battle of LagosFrance, Dutch Republic, naval battle, Kingdom of EnglandWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1719Battle of Cape St. VincentKingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Spain, naval battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1748Action of 18 March 1748Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1751Action of 28 November 1751naval battle, Regency of Algiers, Kingdom of SpainWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1795Action of 7 October 1795France, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1797Battle of Cape St. VincentSpain, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1833Battle of Cape St. Vincentnaval battleWikidata
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