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	Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The naval Battle of Cape Finisterre took place on 22 July 1805 during the War of the Third Coalition in the Napoleonic Wars, near Cape Finisterre in northwest Spain between a British fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Robert Calder and a French fleet commanded by Admiral Pierre Charles Silvestre de Villeneuve.
		In poor visibility, the battle became a confused melee.
		Battle of Cape Finisterre for other battles of this name.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Finisterre_(1805) (1100 words)

	First battle of Cape Finisterre (1747) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In a five-hour battle the British captured seven merchantmen, four ships of the line, and two frigates.
		Another convoy action - the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre - followed that October.
		This article about a historical battle is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_battle_of_Cape_Finisterre_(1747) (141 words)

	Second battle of Cape Finisterre (1747) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The second battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval battle of the War of the Austrian Succession, fought on 25 October 1747 between fleets of France and Great Britain in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Finisterre in northwest Spain.
		The battle was a decisive British victory, and put an end to French naval operations for the remainder of the war.
		The battle was a convoy action, similar to the first battle of Cape Finisterre on 14 May 1747.
	worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Second-battle-of-Cape-Finisterre-(1747).htm (249 words)

	Cape Finisterre - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Cape Finisterre (in Spanish: Cabo Finisterre, literally Cape Land's End) is a rock-bound peninsula in the north-west of Spain.
		It formerly gave its name as a sea area on the UK Shipping Forecast, however the area was renamed FitzRoy in 2002 to avoid confusion with the Spanish area of the same name, which survives.
		Because it is a prominent landfall on the route from northern Europe to the Mediterranean, several naval battles have been fought near Cape Finisterre.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Cape_Finisterre (95 words)

	Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		On 7 June he learned from a captured British merchantman that Nelson had arrived at Antigua, and on 11 June Villeuve left for Europe, having failed to achieve any of his objectives in the Caribbean.
		He was ordered to lift his blockade http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Navy_List_1805/Ship_Duties/Off_Port.html of the ports of Rochefort and El Ferrol and sail for Cape Finisterre to intercept Villeneuve.
		Villeneuve and the combined fleets remained at Cadiz until they came out to their destruction at the battle of Trafalgar on 21 October.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Battle-of-Cape-Finisterre-(1805).htm (1140 words)

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