naval engagement, early modern

Battle of Cape St. Vincent

Name: Battle of Cape St. Vincent
Location: Cape St. Vincent, Portugal

Battle of Cape St. Vincent was a naval engagement fought in 1719 at Cape St. Vincent, in what is now Portugal. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Cape St. Vincent. It was part of the War of the Quadruple Alliance, which ran from 1718 to 1720. The recorded result: Spanish victory. Recorded strength: 3 ships of the line against 2 ships of the line; 1 frigate.

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Fought1719

WhereCape St. Vincent, Portugal37.025N, 8.994W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSpanish victory

BelligerentsSpainagainstGreat Britain

Casualties and losses20 killed; 27 woundedand40 killed or wounded

Part ofWar of the Quadruple Alliance1718 to 1720

Where it sits in the War of the Quadruple Alliance

8 placed engagements of the War of the Quadruple Alliance in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1719 (year precision)
Place	Cape St. Vincent, Portugal 37.025N, 8.994W
Kind	Naval engagement, early modern
Strength	3 ships of the line	2 ships of the line; 1 frigate
Casualties and losses	20 killed; 27 wounded	40 killed or wounded
Commanders	Rodrigo de Torres y Morales	Philip Cavendish

Placed at Cape St. Vincent; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Cape St. Vincent 1797, same recorded site
Battle of Cape St. Vincent 1641, same recorded site
Action of 30 September 1681 1681, 0.4 km SE
Action of 28 November 1751 1751, 0.4 km W
Action of 18 March 1748 1748, 3.5 km SW

In the same war

Before: Siege of Roses 22 October 1719
After: Villasur expedition massacre 1720
All 8 engagements of War of the Quadruple Alliance

Elsewhere in 1719

Battle of Cape St. Vincent 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 Q4870652, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1719), revision 1370108614, 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.