Action of 18 March 1748

Action of 18 March 1748
	Part of the War of Jenkins' Ear
	; A portrait of the British commander Thomas Cotes
Date	18 March 1748
Location	Off Cape St Vincent, Atlantic Ocean
Result	British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Cotes	Juan de Egues
Strength
4 ships of the line ; 2 frigates	9 ships of the line ; 17 merchant ships
Casualties and losses
Unknown	5 merchant ships captured

The action of 18 March 1748 was a naval engagement during the War of Jenkins' Ear in which a fleet of six Royal Naval vessels captured a number of merchantman in a successful engagement against a Spanish convoy escorted by nine ships of the line and frigates.^[2]

^ Harding p 332
^ Keppel, Thomas Robert (1842). The Life of Augustus, Viscount Keppel, Admiral of the White, and First Lord of the Admiralty in 1782-3. H. Colburn. p. 132. Thomas Cotes march 1748 spanish convoy.

[Harding-1] Harding p 332

[Keppel-2] Keppel, Thomas Robert (1842). The Life of Augustus, Viscount Keppel, Admiral of the White, and First Lord of the Admiralty in 1782-3. H. Colburn. p. 132. Thomas Cotes march 1748 spanish convoy.

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