Battle of Lagos

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The Battle of Lagos was a 1759 naval engagement in which the British fleet decisively defeated the French off the coast of Portugal, helping secure British control of the seas during the Seven Years' War.

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Battle of Lagos canonical 5
Battle of Lagos (1759) 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Lagos (1759) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lagos
belligerent Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
BritishCasualties relatively light ⓘ
campaign French invasion plans of 1759 ⓘ
campaignObjective to intercept a French fleet attempting to reach Brest ⓘ
combatant French Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
commander Edward Boscawen ⓘ
Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran ⓘ
conflictIn Seven Years' War ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
date 1759-08-18 ⓘ
endDate 1759-08-19 ⓘ
era Age of Sail ⓘ
fleetCommander (British) Admiral Edward Boscawen ⓘ
linked to: Edward Boscawen
fleetCommander (French) Admiral Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Quiberon Bay ⓘ
FrenchCasualties heavy ⓘ
FrenchObjective to join the main French fleet for an invasion of Britain ⓘ
FrenchShipsLost several ships of the line captured or destroyed ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
involvedCountry France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
location near Lagos, Algarve, Portugal ⓘ
off the coast of Portugal ⓘ
navalTactics pursuit and engagement of a retreating fleet ⓘ
near Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ
notableShip (British) HMS Namur ⓘ
HMS Warspite ⓘ
notableShip (French) Océan ⓘ
Redoutable ⓘ
partOf Annus Mirabilis of 1759 ⓘ
Western European theatre of the Seven Years' War ⓘ
linked to: Seven Years' War
precededBy Battle of Minorca (1756) ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
significance contributed to British naval supremacy in the Seven Years' War ⓘ
helped prevent a French invasion of Britain in 1759 ⓘ
startDate 1759-08-18 ⓘ
strategicEffect secured British control of the seas ⓘ
thwarted French plans to invade Britain ⓘ
theatre Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
year 1759 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seven Years' War → majorBattle → Battle of Lagos ⓘ
Battle of Lagos → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Lagos (1759) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lagos
Edward Boscawen → notableWork → Battle of Lagos (1759) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lagos
HMS Namur → battle → Battle of Lagos (1759) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lagos
Redoutable → navalEngagement → Battle of Lagos ⓘ
Annus Mirabilis of 1759 → hasPart → Battle of Lagos (1759) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lagos
Edward Boscawen → notableFor → Battle of Lagos (1759) ⓘ
subject linked to: Old Dreadnought
linked to: Battle of Lagos
Battle of Quiberon Bay → precededBy → Battle of Lagos ⓘ
subject linked to: 1759 (Battle of Quiberon Bay)