naval engagement, early modern
Action of 31 May 1762
Action of 31 May 1762 was a naval engagement fought in 1762 at Cádiz, in what is now Spain. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Cádiz. It was part of the Anglo-Spanish War, which ran from 1762 to 1763. The recorded result: British victory. Recorded strength: 1 frigate; 1 sloop against 1 frigate.
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Where it sits in the Anglo-Spanish War
Record
| Date | 1762 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Cádiz, Spain 36.535N, 6.298W | |
| Kind | Naval engagement, early modern | |
| Strength | 1 frigate; 1 sloop | 1 frigate |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | 1 frigate captured |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Cádiz 1810, 0.5 km SW
- Cádiz Expedition 1625, 1.3 km E
- Battle of Cádiz 1656, 1.3 km E
- Capture of Cadiz 1596, 2.1 km NE
- Assault on Cadiz 1797, 3.4 km SE
In the same war
- After: Battle of Havana 6 June 1762
- All 5 engagements of Anglo-Spanish War
Elsewhere in 1762
- Battle of Signal Hill Canada
- Battle of Burkersdorf Poland
- Battle of Freiberg Germany
- Battle of Wilhelmsthal Germany
- Battle of Lutterberg Germany
Action of 31 May 1762 is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16158078, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Action of 31 May 1762, revision 1383247443, 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.