Second Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)
The Second Battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval battle fought during the War of the Austrian Succession on 25 October 1747 (or 14 October 1747 in the Julian calendar then in use in Great Britain). A British fleet of fourteen ships of the line commanded by Rear-admiral Edward Hawke intercepted a French convoy of 250 merchant ships, sailing from Basque Roads to the West Indies and protected by eight ships of the line commanded by Vice Admiral Henri-François des Herbiers.