naval engagement, early modern
Action of 11 November 1779
Action of 11 November 1779 was a naval engagement fought on 11 November 1779 in what is now Portugal. It was part of the Anglo-Spanish War, which ran from 1779 to 1783. The recorded result: British victory. Recorded strength: 1 frigate against 1 frigate.
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Where it sits in the Anglo-Spanish War
Record
| Date | 11 November 1779 | |
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| Place | Portugal 38.699N, 9.114W | |
| Kind | Naval engagement, early modern | |
| Strength | 1 frigate | 1 frigate |
| Casualties and losses | None | 1 killed; 3 wounded; 1 frigate captured |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Lisbon 1147, 2.4 km NW
- Capture of Lisbon 1094, 4.3 km NW
- Siege of Lisbon 1384, 5.0 km NW
- Siege of al-Lixbûnâ AD 844, 5.0 km NW
- Battle of Alfarrobeira 1449, 19 km N
Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between AD 844 and 1779.
In the same war
- Before: Capture of Río Hondo 1779
- After: Battle of Cape St. Vincent 16 January 1780
- All 8 engagements of Anglo-Spanish War
Elsewhere in 1779
- Great Siege of Gibraltar Gibraltar
- Siege of Savannah United States
- Battle of Grenada Grenada
- Battle of Stony Point United States
- Battle of Baton Rouge United States
Action of 11 November 1779 is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 135 in present-day Portugal.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4677234, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Action of 11 November 1779, revision 1370425843, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.