Mediterranean theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession

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naval theatre theatre of war

The Mediterranean theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession was the maritime front where major European powers contested naval supremacy and control of key sea routes and ports in the Mediterranean during the mid-18th-century conflict.

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Label	Occurrences
Mediterranean theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession canonical	1
theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	naval theatre ⓘ theatre of war ⓘ
belligerent	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of France ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Sardinia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of Saint John NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandedBy	Claude-Élisée de Court de La Bruyère NERFINISHED ⓘ Juan José Navarro NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Lestock NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Mathews NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	maritime campaign ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ
countryInvolved	Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ France ⓘ Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Sardinia-Piedmont NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1748 ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
involvedPort	Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ Livorno NERFINISHED ⓘ Minorca NERFINISHED ⓘ Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ Toulon NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCombatant	French Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Toulon (1744) NERFINISHED ⓘ blockade operations off Toulon ⓘ operations off Naples ⓘ siege of Genoa (1746–1747) NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	blockade of enemy coasts ⓘ control of Mediterranean sea lanes ⓘ control of key Mediterranean ports ⓘ protection of maritime trade ⓘ
partOf	European theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the Austrian Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConflict	Atlantic theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian campaigns of the War of the Austrian Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1740 ⓘ
strategicImportance	access to Levant trade routes ⓘ access to routes to the Ottoman Empire ⓘ protection of colonial communications via Gibraltar ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Battle of Toulon (1744) → navalTheatre → Mediterranean theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ

First Carnatic War → conflictType → Mediterranean theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ

this entity surface form: theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession