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Battle of Cape Finisterre (1761)
The Battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval engagement fought off the Northern Spanish Atlantic coast near Cape Finisterre between British and French squadrons during the Seven Years' War. A British force comprising the 74-gun ship of the line HMS ''Bellona'' and 36-gun frigate HMS ''Brilliant'' was sailing from Lisbon to Britain with a cargo of specie when on 13 August they encountered a French force comprising the 74-gun ''Courageux'' and the 32-gun frigates ''Malicieuse'' and ''Hermione''. The British ships immediately chased the French squadron, maintaining contact through the night, and on the following morning two separate engagements occurred as ''Brilliant'' fought the French frigates and ''Bellona'' battled ''Courageux''.
In a short but hard-fought engagement both ships of the line were damaged. The battle was decided when ''Bellona''s captain, Robert Faulknor succeeded in manoeuvering his ship into a raking position, inflicting severe damage and appalling casualties on ''Courageux'', forcing the French ship to surrender. Although outnumbered, ''Brilliant'' successfully held off the French frigates, preventing them from intervening in the battle between the ships of the line, ''Malicieuse'' and ''Hermione'' both successfully withdrew following the surrender of ''Courageaux''. ''Courageaux'' was subsequently repaired and recommissioned in the Royal Navy, serving for 35 years in two later conflicts.
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