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	Second_battle_of_cape_finisterre_(1747) info here at en.16-power.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		1747 - british fleet under admiral sir edward hawke defeats french at the second battle of cape finisterre.
		It was a convoy vigor akin to the First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 May 1747.
		Second action of Cape Finisterre (1747) See also See also Battle of Cape Finisterre for computationed battles of that name.
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	War of the Austrian Succession (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		On 4 June was fought the Battle of Hohenfriedberg or Striegau, the greatest victory as yet of Frederick's career, and, of all his battles, excelled perhaps by Leuthen and Rossbach only.
		On 11 February a most confused battle was fought, in which the van and centre of the British fleet was engaged with the rear and centre of the allies.
		From 1747 until the close of the War in October 1748 the naval policy of the British government, without reaching a high level, was yet more energetic and coherent.
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	Second battle of Cape Finisterre (1747) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was a decisive British victory, and put an end to French naval operations for the remainder of the war.
		The French made a very gallant resistance, and the fine quality of their ships enabled them to counteract to some extent the superior numbers of the British.
		Naval battles of the War of the Austrian Succession
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		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 battle in British history is a stub.
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	Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: Marquis de Jonquière (1685-1752).
		La Jonquière, it would appear, was held little responsible for the d'Anville disaster of 1746, for, he was outfitted once again and put in command of a large convoy, a fleet of vessels, a number of which were meant for Quebec.
		An English fleet of men-of-war were to come upon them just after they left France, off the north west corner of Spain, The Battle of Cape Finisterre (April, 1747) was thereafter to unfold.
		The French came off second best; Jonquière was wounded, captured and brought to England, there to spend two years as a prisoner.
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		Anson appointed him to command one of the ships taken in prize with the rank of post-captain, and the Admiralty confirmed the rank when he returned to London with Anson’s dispatches from Macao, announcing the capture of a Spanish treasure ship of immense value.
		He commanded the Yarmouth with great gallantry at the second battle of Cape Finisterre in 1747 and in 1754 he was made treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, a most lucrative post.
		At the outbreak of the Seven Years War (1756-63) he was specially promoted rear admiral and was sent to the Mediterranean as second-in-command to Sir Edward Hawke.
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		May 14 - First battle of Cape Finisterre in the War of the Austrian Succession
		You can find it there under the keyword 1747 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1747)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1747andaction=history).
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	Bold Hawke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Lehr/Best: "This battle was recorded in British history as one of the greatest naval victories of all time." Hawke had been driven to Torbay by a November gale, giving the French a chance to sail from Brest (Source: Royal Navy site re Royal Naval History "The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759").
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		During the Seven Years War (1756-1763) he failed in an attack on Rochefort, but his win at Quiberon Bay was the most important naval event of the war and eliminated any chance of a French invasion of Britain.
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		during the War of the Austrian Succession he was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1747 and in the same year captured six ships of a French squadron in the Bay of Biscay in the second battle of Cape Finisterre.
		On November 20, 1759 he followed the French warships and during a gale he won a sufficient victory in the Battle of Quiberon Bay, when combined with Edward Boscawen\'s victory at Lagos, to remove the French invasion threat.
		He then retired from active duty, given the honorary rank of Vice-Admiral of Great Britain in November 1765, he was made First Lord of the Admiralty in December 1766 and served until January 1771.
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	Admiral John Montagu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		He attained the rank of commander in March 1744/5, and was made captain in January 1745/6 on board the 40-gun ship Ambuscade, seeing action at Cape Finistre the following May. He saw limited command in the eight years between 1748 and 1756, during which time he served as Member of Parliament for Huntington.
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