Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)

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The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) was a major naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which a British fleet under Admiral George Brydges Rodney decisively defeated a Spanish squadron off Portugal’s southwestern coast.

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instanceOf battle of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Moonlight Battle ⓘ
Rodney’s Action off Cape St. Vincent ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
campaign Gibraltar relief campaign of 1780 ⓘ
cause British attempt to relieve Gibraltar ⓘ
Spanish naval operations against British supply lines ⓘ
combatantCommander (British) Admiral George Brydges Rodney ⓘ
combatantCommander (Spanish) Admiral Juan de Lángara ⓘ
commander George Brydges Rodney ⓘ
Juan de Lángara ⓘ
commandRank (George Brydges Rodney) Admiral ⓘ
commandRank (Juan de Lángara) Admiral ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryInvolved Great Britain ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
date 16 January 1780 ⓘ
era Age of Sail ⓘ
followedBy relief of Gibraltar (1780) ⓘ
geographicalReference southwestern coast of Portugal ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
involvedForce British Channel Fleet detachment ⓘ
Spanish squadron from Cádiz ⓘ
location Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal ⓘ
namedAfter Cape St. Vincent ⓘ
navalPowerInvolved Royal Navy ⓘ
Spanish Navy ⓘ
navalTactics close action at night ⓘ
line-of-battle engagement ⓘ
objective to break the Spanish blockade of Gibraltar ⓘ
to escort a convoy to Gibraltar and Minorca ⓘ
outcome British control of the battlefield ⓘ
Spanish squadron heavily defeated ⓘ
several Spanish ships of the line captured ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) ⓘ
Rodney’s 1780 relief expedition to Gibraltar ⓘ
precededBy Spanish entry into the American Revolutionary War (1779) ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
significance secured passage of British convoy to Gibraltar ⓘ
strengthened British naval prestige ⓘ
weakened Spanish naval presence in the region ⓘ
theatre European theatre of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
timeOfDay fought partly at night ⓘ
year 1780 ⓘ

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George Brydges Rodney → notableWork → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ
George Brydges Rodney → commanded → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) → hasBattle → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) → hasBattle → Battle of Cape Roca (1780) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)
Admiral José de Córdoba y Ramos → notableEvent → Battle of Cape St Vincent ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)
HMS Ramillies → notableEngagement → Battle of Cape St Vincent (1780) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)
Battle of Martinique (1780) → precededBy → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ
Battle of Cape Henry → precededBy → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ
1st Baron Rodney → notableWork → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ
George Brydges Rodney → notableBattle → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ
subject linked to: George
George Brydges Rodney → notableWork → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ
subject linked to: Admiral George Brydges Rodney
European theatre of the American Revolutionary War → conflict → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ
European theatre of the American Revolutionary War → conflict → Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1781) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)