Action of 8 May 1744

Quando

8 de mai. de 1744

Tipo

Batalha

Coordenadas

39.42° N, 9.51° W

Description

1744 French–British naval engagement

Naval

sim

Posicionado em: coordinates of its French Wikipedia article.

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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