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Modern era · 1805

Battle of Cape Finisterre

In the Battle of Cape Finisterre (22 July 1805) off Galicia, Spain, the British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder fought an indecisive naval battle against the combined Franco-Spanish fleet which was returning from the West Indies.

Battle of Cape Finisterre
Battle of Cape Finisterre · William Anderson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
22 Jul 1805
Where
Cape Finisterre
Era
Modern

Topics

Spain264 BCE – todayKingdom of Spain1683 – 1873

Before and after

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