Battle of Lagos (1693)

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The Battle of Lagos (1693) was a major naval engagement in which a French fleet decisively defeated an Anglo-Dutch convoy off the Portuguese coast during the Nine Years' War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Action of Lagos (1693) ⓘ
belligerent Dutch Republic ⓘ
England ⓘ
France ⓘ
combatantRole Anglo-Dutch escort squadron as defenders ⓘ
French fleet as attackers ⓘ
commander Anne Hilarion de Tourville ⓘ
Philips van Almonde ⓘ
Sir George Rooke ⓘ
conflict Nine Years' War ⓘ
consequence enhanced French naval prestige ⓘ
heavy losses of Anglo-Dutch merchant shipping ⓘ
significant economic damage to Anglo-Dutch trade ⓘ
convoySize around 200 merchant ships ⓘ
countryInvolved Dutch Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
date 17 June 1693 (Old Style) ⓘ
27 June 1693 ⓘ
fleetStrength approximately 24 Anglo-Dutch escort warships ⓘ
approximately 70 French ships of the line ⓘ
followedBy later French commerce-raiding operations in the Nine Years' War ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 17th century ⓘ
location Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
off Lagos, Portugal ⓘ
near Algarve coast ⓘ
linked to: Algarve
notableCommanderOfBelligerent Anne Hilarion de Tourville for France ⓘ
Philips van Almonde for the Dutch Republic ⓘ
linked to: Philips van Almonde

Sir George Rooke for England ⓘ
objective to intercept and destroy the Anglo-Dutch convoy ⓘ
to protect a large Anglo-Dutch Smyrna convoy ⓘ
opponentCommander Anne Hilarion de Tourville ⓘ
Philips van Almonde ⓘ
Sir George Rooke ⓘ
outcome decisive French victory ⓘ
partOf Nine Years' War ⓘ
partOfCampaign French guerre de course against Allied commerce ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Barfleur ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
shipTypeUsed armed merchantmen ⓘ
ships of the line ⓘ
strategicTheater Atlantic naval theatre of the Nine Years' War ⓘ
tactics French concentration against the convoy's escorts ⓘ
use of superior numbers by the French fleet ⓘ
year 1693 ⓘ

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Nine Years' War → hasMajorBattle → Battle of Lagos (1693) ⓘ
Redoutable → participatedIn → Battle of Lagos ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lagos (1693)
Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran → battle → Battle of Lagos ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lagos (1693)
Battle of Lagos (1693) → alsoKnownAs → Action of Lagos (1693) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lagos (1693)
Sir Cloudesley Shovell → notableBattle → Battle of Lagos (1693) ⓘ