Royal Navy operations in the War of the Austrian Succession

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Royal Navy operations in the War of the Austrian Succession comprised a series of naval campaigns and battles in European and colonial waters through which Britain sought to protect its trade, challenge French and Spanish sea power, and secure maritime supremacy.

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instanceOf military operation
naval campaign
conflictWith French Navy
Spanish Navy
country Kingdom of Great Britain
endTime 1748
hasEffectOn British colonial expansion
balance of naval power in Europe
hasMainGoal challenge to French sea power
challenge to Spanish sea power
protection of British maritime trade
securing British maritime supremacy
historicalPeriod 18th century
includesEvent Anson's circumnavigation
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747, first)
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747, second)
Battle of Cartagena de Indias
Battle of Havana (1748 blockade operations)
Battle of Toulon (1744)
capture of Louisbourg (1745)
convoy battles off Cape Ortegal and Cape St Vincent
influenced Royal Navy tactics in the Seven Years' War
legalBasis declaration of war by Great Britain against France in 1744
declaration of war by Great Britain against Spain in 1739
notableCommander Admiral Edward Vernon
Admiral George Anson
Admiral John Norris
Admiral Sir John Balchen
Admiral Thomas Mathews
operatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
English Channel
Mediterranean Sea
North American coastal waters
opposedBy French privateers
Spanish privateers
participant Royal Navy
partOf War of the Austrian Succession
relatedTo War of Jenkins' Ear
result strengthening of British naval power
weakening of French overseas trade
weakening of Spanish colonial communications
startTime 1740
strategy blockade of French and Spanish ports
commerce raiding against enemy trade
protection of merchant convoys
usedForceType frigates
privateers
ships of the line

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British fleet off Cape Finisterre partOf Royal Navy operations in the War of the Austrian Succession
court-martial of Thomas Mathews relatedEvent War of the Austrian Succession naval campaigns
linked to: Royal Navy operations in the War of the Austrian Succession