Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)

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battle of the American Revolutionary War naval battle

The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) was a major naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which a British fleet under Admiral George Brydges Rodney decisively defeated a Spanish squadron off Portugal’s southwestern coast.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Cape Roca (1780)	1
Battle of Cape St Vincent	1
Battle of Cape St Vincent (1780)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Moonlight Battle NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodney’s Action off Cape St. Vincent NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaign	Gibraltar relief campaign of 1780 NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	British attempt to relieve Gibraltar ⓘ Spanish naval operations against British supply lines ⓘ
combatantCommander (British)	Admiral George Brydges Rodney NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatantCommander (Spanish)	Admiral Juan de Lángara NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	George Brydges Rodney NERFINISHED ⓘ Juan de Lángara NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandRank (George Brydges Rodney)	Admiral ⓘ
commandRank (Juan de Lángara)	Admiral ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryInvolved	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	16 January 1780 ⓘ
era	Age of Sail ⓘ
followedBy	relief of Gibraltar (1780) ⓘ
geographicalReference	southwestern coast of Portugal ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 18th century ⓘ
involvedForce	British Channel Fleet detachment ⓘ Spanish squadron from Cádiz ⓘ
location	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal ⓘ
namedAfter	Cape St. Vincent NERFINISHED ⓘ
navalPowerInvolved	Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
navalTactics	close action at night ⓘ line-of-battle engagement ⓘ
objective	to break the Spanish blockade of Gibraltar ⓘ to escort a convoy to Gibraltar and Minorca ⓘ
outcome	British control of the battlefield ⓘ Spanish squadron heavily defeated ⓘ several Spanish ships of the line captured ⓘ
partOf	Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodney’s 1780 relief expedition to Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Spanish entry into the American Revolutionary War (1779) ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ
significance	secured passage of British convoy to Gibraltar ⓘ strengthened British naval prestige ⓘ weakened Spanish naval presence in the region ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of the American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeOfDay	fought partly at night ⓘ
year	1780 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

George Brydges Rodney → notableWork → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ

George Brydges Rodney → commanded → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ

Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) → hasBattle → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Cape Roca (1780)

Admiral José de Córdoba y Ramos → notableEvent → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Cape St Vincent

HMS Ramillies → notableEngagement → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Cape St Vincent (1780)

Battle of Martinique (1780) → precededBy → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ

Battle of Cape Henry → precededBy → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ