Royal Navy operations in the War of the Austrian Succession

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Royal Navy operations in the War of the Austrian Succession comprised a series of naval campaigns and battles in European and colonial waters through which Britain sought to protect its trade, challenge French and Spanish sea power, and secure maritime supremacy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation ⓘ
naval campaign ⓘ
conflictWith French Navy ⓘ
Spanish Navy ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
endTime 1748 ⓘ
hasEffectOn British colonial expansion ⓘ
balance of naval power in Europe ⓘ
hasMainGoal challenge to French sea power ⓘ
challenge to Spanish sea power ⓘ
protection of British maritime trade ⓘ
securing British maritime supremacy ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
includesEvent Anson's circumnavigation ⓘ
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747, first) ⓘ
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747, second) ⓘ
Battle of Cartagena de Indias ⓘ
Battle of Havana (1748 blockade operations) ⓘ
Battle of Toulon (1744) ⓘ
capture of Louisbourg (1745) ⓘ
convoy battles off Cape Ortegal and Cape St Vincent ⓘ
influenced Royal Navy tactics in the Seven Years' War ⓘ
legalBasis declaration of war by Great Britain against France in 1744 ⓘ
declaration of war by Great Britain against Spain in 1739 ⓘ
notableCommander Admiral Edward Vernon ⓘ
Admiral George Anson ⓘ
Admiral John Norris ⓘ
Admiral Sir John Balchen ⓘ
Admiral Thomas Mathews ⓘ
operatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
English Channel ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
North American coastal waters ⓘ
opposedBy French privateers ⓘ
Spanish privateers ⓘ
participant Royal Navy ⓘ
partOf War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
relatedTo War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ
result strengthening of British naval power ⓘ
weakening of French overseas trade ⓘ
weakening of Spanish colonial communications ⓘ
startTime 1740 ⓘ
strategy blockade of French and Spanish ports ⓘ
commerce raiding against enemy trade ⓘ
protection of merchant convoys ⓘ
usedForceType frigates ⓘ
privateers ⓘ
ships of the line ⓘ

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British fleet off Cape Finisterre → partOf → Royal Navy operations in the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
court-martial of Thomas Mathews → relatedEvent → War of the Austrian Succession naval campaigns ⓘ
linked to: Royal Navy operations in the War of the Austrian Succession