Battle of Vigo Bay

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The Battle of Vigo Bay was a 1702 naval engagement during the War of the Spanish Succession in which an Anglo-Dutch fleet attacked and destroyed a Spanish-French treasure convoy in the harbor of Vigo, Spain.

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Battle of Vigo Bay canonical 7
Battle of Vigo Bay (1702) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Rande ⓘ
belligerent Dutch Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
cause Anglo-Dutch attempt to intercept Spanish treasure fleet from the Americas ⓘ
combatant Anglo-Dutch fleet ⓘ
Franco-Spanish fleet ⓘ
conflict War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
conflictType naval engagement ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
date 1702-10-23 ⓘ
description naval engagement in which an Anglo-Dutch fleet attacked a Spanish-French treasure convoy in Vigo Bay ⓘ
endDate 1702-10-23 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Cádiz (1702) ⓘ
hasCasualties Anglo-Dutch fleet suffered relatively light losses ⓘ
Franco-Spanish fleet heavily damaged and many ships lost ⓘ
hasCommander François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault ⓘ
George Rooke ⓘ
Manuel de Velasco y Tejada ⓘ
Philips van Almonde ⓘ
hasPart attack on harbor defenses at Vigo ⓘ
capture of treasure galleons ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Sail ⓘ
early 18th century ⓘ
involves harbor defenses including a boom across Vigo Bay ⓘ
treasure convoy from Spanish America ⓘ
location Galicia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Vigo ⓘ
Vigo Bay ⓘ
linked to: Ría de Vigo
notableFor capture and destruction of Spanish treasure fleet ⓘ
use of fireships and cutting through harbor boom defenses ⓘ
objective capture Spanish treasure fleet ⓘ
destroy Franco-Spanish naval forces in Vigo Bay ⓘ
opponent Anglo-Dutch fleet ⓘ
Franco-Spanish convoy ⓘ
outcome destruction or capture of most Franco-Spanish ships in the convoy ⓘ
seizure of significant quantities of silver and goods by the Anglo-Dutch ⓘ
partOf Atlantic theater of the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
result Anglo-Dutch victory ⓘ
startDate 1702-10-23 ⓘ
theater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
northwest coast of Spain ⓘ
year 1702 ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philips van Almonde → participatedIn → Battle of Vigo Bay ⓘ
Sir George Rooke → notableWork → Battle of Vigo Bay ⓘ
Sir George Rooke → participatedIn → Battle of Vigo Bay ⓘ
George Rooke → notableWork → Battle of Vigo Bay ⓘ
George Rooke → participatedIn → Battle of Vigo Bay ⓘ
Ría de Vigo → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Vigo Bay (1702) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Vigo Bay
Admiral Sir John Leake → notableBattle → Battle of Vigo Bay (1702) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Vigo Bay
George Rooke → notableWork → Battle of Vigo Bay ⓘ
subject linked to: Rooke