What the records say
- When
- 8 May 1744
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.42° N, 9.51° W
- Description
- 1744 French–British naval engagement
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the coordinates of its French Wikipedia article.
Action of 8 May 1744
1744 action of the War of the Austrian Succession
The action of 8 May 1744 was a minor naval engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession in which two French ships of the line, the 60-gun Content, and the 64-gun Mars, captured the British 70-gun HMS Northumberland after a desperate action lasting four hours. Northumberland's captain, Thomas Watson, and her second lieutenant were among those killed.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire navale française au large des îles Berlengas (Portugal) dans un combat entre un navire britannique et deux français”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “オーストリア継承戦争：1744年5月19日の海戦。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page