What the records say
- When
- Nov 1592
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 45.50° N, 4.40° W
- Description
- 1592 battle of the Anglo-Spanish War
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of the Bay of Biscay (1592)
Battle of the Anglo-Spanish War
The Battle of the Bay of Biscay of 1592 was a naval engagement that took place in waters of the Bay of Biscay, in November 1592, between a Spanish naval force of 5 flyboats commanded by Captain Don Pedro de Zubiaur and an English convoy of 40 ships, supported by a 6-warship squadron, as part of the Brittany Campaign during the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and the French Wars of Religion.
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