Battle of Vigo Bay

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The Battle of Vigo ( also Battle of the edge ) was held on 12 Oktoberjul. / October 23 1702greg. (referred to the innermost end of the bay edge ) in the War of Spanish Succession in the Bay of Vigo on the Galician coast instead. An Anglo- Dutch fleet under Admiral Sir George Rooke and Philipp van Almonde defeated a Franco-Spanish fleet under the command of François Louis Rousselet de Château- Renault and Manuel de Velasco.

Rooke sailed originally with the mission to conquer Cadiz, but had to after a defeat on September 29, 1702 retreat. In Lagos, Portugal, learned Rooke that the Spanish silver fleet from 1702, one of the richest of all time, on June 24, set sail from Havana in Cuba and because of his attack to Vigo ( rather than as prescribed to Cádiz ) redirected and there on 23 September had arrived.

Course of the battle

In an effort to make up for his failure of Cádiz Rooke sailed to Vigo. He found the Schatzgaleonen there before in the protection of a Franco- Spanish fleet of 30 warships. Chateau- Renault was the innermost part of the Vigo Bay, called the Bay of the edge, secured by a barrier of masts and cannons on land near the town of Redon Delaware, and on the island of San Simón. Rooke was to attack on 23 October, with Admiral Thomas Hobson should break on board the Torbay the barrier in the water while soldiers of the Duke of Ormonde should attack the batteries.

The battle was a complete success for Rooke: The land batteries were stormed, the Torbay broke through the barrier in the water and all the Spanish and French ships were burnt, sunk or captured. In Spanish - French side there were about 2,000 deaths, in English - Dutch about 800 The winner captured silver in the value of 14,000 pounds, but a much larger sum - up to 3 million pounds - were discharged before the fight and inland been done.

The prey

Officially, the British captured 1,500,000 pounds sterling from the conquered or sunken galleons in shallow water. In addition embezzled a large amount of money will be expected. In 1703, specifically British guineas were minted with the word VIGO.

Treasure hunters believe that a part of the treasure until today lies at the bottom of the bay. This idea flowed into the story 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, in which Captain Nemo derives its wealth from these wrecks.

Participating fleets

England Netherlands

France Spain

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