Battle of Cape St. Vincent
The Battle of Cape St. Vincent refers to any of a number of naval battles that took place near Cape St. Vincent on the southern coast of Portugal, near the Strait of Gibraltar:
- The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1337), a victory of a Castilian fleet over a Portuguese fleet.
- The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1641), a victory of a Spanish fleet over a Dutch fleet.
- The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1681) was a victory of a Spanish fleet under Marquess of Villafiel over a Brandenburguese squadron under Thomas Alders
- The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1693) was a victory of a French fleet over an Anglo-Dutch fleet in the Nine Years' War
- The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1719) (December 21, 1719) was a victory of a Spanish fleet under Admiral Rodrigo de Torres over a British squadron under Commodore Philip Cavendish
- The Action of 28 November 1751 took place off Cape St. Vincent and was a Spanish victory over an Algerian squadron.
- The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) (January 16, 1780) was a victory of a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney over a Spanish squadron under Don Juan de Lángara
- The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797) (14 February 1797) was a British victory over the Spanish in the Wars of the French Revolution
- The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1833) (July 5, 1833) was a victory of the fleet of Maria II of Portugal over the fleet of Miguel of Portugal in the Liberal Wars
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