What the records say
- When
- 25 Jul 1543
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 42.75° N, 9.00° W
- Description
- 1543 naval battle
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Muros Bay
1543 naval battle
The Battle of Muros Bay took place on 25 July 1543, during the Italian War of 1542–1546, between the French fleet under Jean de Clamorgan, Lord of Soane and the Spanish fleet commanded by Alvaro de Bazan the Elder. This battle is considered to be the first large naval battle in the Atlantic Ocean.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la costa de Galicia, Francia y España se enfrentan en la batalla naval de Muros”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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