Lo que dicen los registros
- Cuándo
- 8 ene 1780
- Tipo
- Batalla
- Coordenadas
- 43.00° N, 20.25° W
- Description
- 1780 naval battle
- Naval
- sí
Action of 8 January 1780
1780 naval battle
The action of 8 January 1780 was a naval encounter off Cape Finisterre between a British Royal Naval fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney, and a fleet of Spanish merchants sailing in convoy with seven warships of the Guipuzcoan Caracas Company, under the command of Commodore Don Juan Augustin de Yardi. During the action the entire Spanish convoy was captured.
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