 | The First Battle of Cape Finisterre (14 May 1747) was waged during the War of the Austrian Succession. It refers to the attack by 14 British ships of the... 12 KB (716 words) - 17:33, 20 November 2022 |
 | second battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval encounter fought during the War of the Austrian Succession on 25 October 1747 (N.S.). A British fleet of fourteen... 23 KB (2,631 words) - 19:12, 25 July 2023 |
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747), 14 May 1747 victory for a British fleet over the French Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 25 October 1747 victory for a... 724 bytes (137 words) - 04:08, 23 March 2023 |
 | several naval battles took place near the Cape. Notable battles include the First Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1747 during the War of the Austrian Succession... 15 KB (1,536 words) - 16:14, 21 December 2023 |
 | Philip Saumarez (category 1747 deaths) were realised. Captain Saumarez was killed in the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre while captain of HMS Nottingham under Rear-Admiral Edward Hawke, 1st Baron... 8 KB (685 words) - 15:39, 21 April 2024 |
 | until more than 200 years later. May 14 – War of the Austrian Succession – First battle of Cape Finisterre: The British Navy defeats a French fleet. June... 14 KB (1,592 words) - 14:23, 17 February 2024 |
 | at Cape Finisterre in October 1747 left the French unable to defend their merchant shipping. The stalemate resulted in the October 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle... 21 KB (2,309 words) - 16:49, 4 February 2024 |
 | François Joseph Paul de Grasse (category Counts of France) He is best known for his command of the French fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 in the last year of the American Revolutionary War. It... 18 KB (2,032 words) - 05:46, 28 March 2024 |
 | then captured again in the First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747) before finally being captured in Alcide. In the foreground of this painting, the Defiance... 7 KB (709 words) - 16:34, 29 April 2024 |
HMS Invincible (section Battle honours) of the line L'Invincible, captured off Cape Finisterre in 1747. She was the first purpose-built 74-gun ship of the line to serve in the Royal Navy. The... 3 KB (458 words) - 12:38, 25 November 2022 |
the power of the Scottish clans. 14 May – War of the Austrian Succession: First Battle of Cape Finisterre: British fleet is victorious against the French... 6 KB (568 words) - 13:07, 30 March 2024 |
 | Biscay in the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in October 1747. Hawke went on to achieve a victory over a French fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November... 34 KB (3,581 words) - 20:55, 3 May 2024 |
 | 1747 at First Battle of Cape Finisterre, wrecked 1758 Isis 50 (1747) – ex-French Le Diamant 56 captured 3 May 1747 at First Battle of Cape Finisterre... 143 KB (14,693 words) - 18:17, 21 February 2024 |
 | George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (redirect from George Anson, Baron Anson of Soberton) at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1747, during the War of the Austrian Succession. Anson went on to be First Lord of the Admiralty during the Seven... 26 KB (2,437 words) - 16:23, 25 April 2024 |
1737–1741, who lost his right hand in a sea battle in 1697. William Banks, MP for Grampound 1741–1747, who lost use of legs after an illness in 1745. Frederick... 361 KB (16,079 words) - 16:37, 13 April 2024 |
 | Terrible. At the First Battle of Cape Finisterre (14 May 1747) during the War of the Austrian Succession, Invincible was escorting a convoy of merchant ships... 11 KB (1,120 words) - 22:03, 26 September 2023 |
 | Edward Boscawen (category British MPs 1741–1747) the Channel.: 185 In 1747 Boscawen was ordered to join Admiral Anson and took an active part in the first Battle of Cape Finisterre.: 290 : 186 The British... 30 KB (3,284 words) - 09:01, 21 August 2023 |
Events from the year 1747 in Austria Monarch – Maria Theresa May 14 – War of the Austrian Succession – First battle of Cape Finisterre: British victory over... 2 KB (128 words) - 22:43, 25 October 2023 |
HMS Ambuscade (section Battle honours) formerly the French ship Embuscade, captured in 1746. She fought off Cape Finisterre, captured the privateer Vainqueen and fought with Boscawen against... 3 KB (368 words) - 14:41, 15 December 2021 |
 | able to repel two British attacks off the Azores and Cape Finisterre, landing her cargo at the port of Corcubión, Spain. Several days after unloading the... 13 KB (1,558 words) - 13:53, 7 December 2023 |
 | la Bourdonnais 1747 May 14 1st Cape Finisterre – British under Anson defeat French under de Jonquières 25 October 2nd Cape Finisterre – British under... 184 KB (19,938 words) - 06:04, 12 May 2024 |
 | by Pierre Morineau) – captured by the British in the First Battle of Cape Finisterre in May 1747 and added to the RN under the same name, wrecked in February... 174 KB (21,701 words) - 04:12, 1 May 2024 |
 | Peter Warren (Royal Navy officer) (category Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath) fortress of Louisbourg, leading a blockade which led to the garrison capitulating on 28 June. Warren participated in the First Battle of Cape Finisterre in... 20 KB (2,132 words) - 20:57, 22 August 2023 |
 | Father Le Loutre's War (category Military history of Acadia) previous war, King George's War—see First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747). On May 22, 1755, the British commanded a fleet of three warships and thirty-three... 83 KB (9,742 words) - 07:01, 14 December 2023 |
 | Fontenoy, 1745 The Battle of Rocoux in 1746, between the French and the British, Dutch and Austrians The Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747 Marshal Maurice... 104 KB (12,633 words) - 14:36, 6 May 2024 |
 | John Lockhart-Ross (category Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession) 1747. Devonshire was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Peter Warren, under whom Lockhart saw action at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre on 3 May 1747.... 14 KB (1,606 words) - 20:33, 15 April 2024 |
(launched 8 August 1771 at Havana) - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape Finisterre, 22 July 1805, retaining same name, sold 1810 Nuestra Señora de... 35 KB (5,029 words) - 08:50, 21 February 2024 |
 | Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer) (category British MPs 1747–1754) Gloucester and led her in action at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in October 1747 during the War of the Austrian Succession. After serving as Commander-in-Chief... 11 KB (888 words) - 21:47, 7 December 2023 |
 | Charles Watson (Royal Navy officer) (category Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession) which he commanded at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre in May 1747 and in the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in October 1747. In January 1748 he was... 7 KB (621 words) - 16:15, 25 June 2022 |
 | Thomas Grenville (Royal Navy officer) (redirect from Thomas Grenville (1719-1747)) fleet under the Marquis de la Jonquière, off Cape Finisterre and attacked them in the Battle of Cape Finisterre. He won a decisive victory, but Grenville... 9 KB (745 words) - 20:35, 31 December 2023 |