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First battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)
The First Battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval battle which took place on 14 May 1747 (3 May 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 British fleet of 14 ships of the line under Admiral George Anson in Centurion, and a French 30-ship convoy escorted by a squadron commanded by Admiral de la Jonquière which he intercepted. In a five-hour battle the British captured 4 ships of the line, 2 frigates and 7 merchantmen.
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