Battle of Cape St. Vincent

When

16 Jan 1780

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

36.82° N, 8.56° W

Description

1780 naval battle

Naval

yes

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

The Battle of Cape St. Vincent was a fleet action fought off Cape St. Vincent on 16–17 January 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. A Royal Navy fleet under Admiral of the White Sir George Rodney defeated a smaller Spanish Navy fleet under Squadron Commander Juan de Lángara in what became known as the Moonlight Battle, unusual since the Age of Sail saw almost exclusively daytime battles.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Seeschlacht bei Kap St. Vincent während der Belagerung von Gibraltar vernichtet eine britische Flotte unter Admiral George Rodney”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “морская битва при лунном свете”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “聖文森特角戰役爆發：英國海軍上將喬治·羅德尼爵士擊敗西班牙艦隊。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Anglo-Spanish WarJun 1779 · War