Battle of Vigo Bay

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naval battle

The Battle of Vigo Bay was a 1702 naval engagement during the War of the Spanish Succession in which an Anglo-Dutch fleet attacked and destroyed a Spanish-French treasure convoy in the harbor of Vigo, Spain.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Vigo Bay canonical	3

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Rande NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Dutch Republic ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	Anglo-Dutch attempt to intercept Spanish treasure fleet from the Americas ⓘ
combatant	Anglo-Dutch fleet ⓘ Franco-Spanish fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	naval engagement ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
date	1702-10-23 ⓘ
description	naval engagement in which an Anglo-Dutch fleet attacked a Spanish-French treasure convoy in Vigo Bay ⓘ
endDate	1702-10-23 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Cádiz (1702) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCasualties	Anglo-Dutch fleet suffered relatively light losses ⓘ Franco-Spanish fleet heavily damaged and many ships lost ⓘ
hasCommander	François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault NERFINISHED ⓘ George Rooke NERFINISHED ⓘ Manuel de Velasco y Tejada NERFINISHED ⓘ Philips van Almonde NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	attack on harbor defenses at Vigo ⓘ capture of treasure galleons ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Age of Sail NERFINISHED ⓘ early 18th century ⓘ
involves	harbor defenses including a boom across Vigo Bay ⓘ treasure convoy from Spanish America ⓘ
location	Galicia NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Vigo NERFINISHED ⓘ Vigo Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	capture and destruction of Spanish treasure fleet ⓘ use of fireships and cutting through harbor boom defenses ⓘ
objective	capture Spanish treasure fleet ⓘ destroy Franco-Spanish naval forces in Vigo Bay ⓘ
opponent	Anglo-Dutch fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ Franco-Spanish convoy ⓘ
outcome	destruction or capture of most Franco-Spanish ships in the convoy ⓘ seizure of significant quantities of silver and goods by the Anglo-Dutch ⓘ
partOf	Atlantic theater of the War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Anglo-Dutch victory ⓘ
startDate	1702-10-23 ⓘ
theater	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ northwest coast of Spain ⓘ
year	1702 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Philips van Almonde → participatedIn → Battle of Vigo Bay ⓘ

Sir George Rooke → notableWork → Battle of Vigo Bay ⓘ

Sir George Rooke → participatedIn → Battle of Vigo Bay ⓘ