Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805)

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battle of the Napoleonic Wars naval battle

The Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) was a naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars in which a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder fought an indecisive action against a combined French and Spanish fleet off the northwest coast of Spain.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) canonical 6
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1780) 1
Battle of Cape Finisterre (First, 1805) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Cape Finisterre (First, 1805)
belligerent French Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
Spanish Navy ⓘ
BritishCapturedShipsOfTheLine 2 ⓘ
BritishCasualtiesKilledAndWounded about 200 ⓘ
BritishShipsOfTheLine 15 ⓘ
CalderCourtMartial Robert Calder was later court-martialled for his conduct in the battle ⓘ
campaign Trafalgar campaign ⓘ
commander Federico Gravina ⓘ
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
Robert Calder ⓘ
conflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date 22 July 1805 ⓘ
engagementType line-of-battle action ⓘ
fleetCommander Admiral Federico Gravina ⓘ
Admiral Robert Calder ⓘ
Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
FrancoSpanishCasualtiesKilledAndWounded about 500 ⓘ
FrancoSpanishShipsOfTheLine 20 ⓘ
location Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
off Cape Finisterre ⓘ
off the northwest coast of Spain ⓘ
navalTactics close-hauled line ahead formations ⓘ
notableConsequence Rade de Brest ⓘ
surface form: Villeneuve diverted to Cádiz instead of Brest

public criticism of Admiral Calder in Britain ⓘ
partOf War of the Third Coalition ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747) ⓘ
primaryOpposingAdmirals Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
surface form: Robert Calder and Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
region off Galicia ⓘ
result indecisive ⓘ
shipTypeInvolved ships of the line ⓘ
side British fleet ⓘ
combined French and Spanish fleet ⓘ
strategicContext French plan to secure control of the English Channel for invasion of Britain ⓘ
strategicOutcome contributed indirectly to Villeneuve’s later defeat at Trafalgar ⓘ
failed to destroy Villeneuve’s fleet ⓘ
theatre Atlantic naval theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic theatre of the Napoleonic Wars
timeOfDay afternoon engagement ⓘ
weatherConditions fog ⓘ
poor visibility ⓘ
year 1805 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War of the Third Coalition → hasPart → Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) ⓘ
Océan → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) ⓘ
Atlantic campaign of the American Revolutionary War → hasPart → Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cape Finisterre (1780)
Atlantic naval theatre of the Napoleonic Wars → includesEvent → Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) ⓘ
commemorated by Trafalgar Day → precededBy → Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Trafalgar
HMS Temeraire → battle → Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) ⓘ
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cape Finisterre (First, 1805)
Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) → notableBattle → Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) ⓘ