Action of 20 October 1778
The action of 20 October 1778 was an inconclusive engagement between the French ship-of-the-line Triton and British ship-of-the-line Jupiter with a frigate Medea that took place off Cape Finisterre in the Bay of Biscay. Darkness separated the combatants before any decisive result was obtained.
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Action of 20 October 1778
The action of 20 October 1778 was an inconclusive engagement between the French ship-of-the-line Triton and British ship-of-the-line Jupiter with a frigate Medea that took place off Cape Finisterre in the Bay of Biscay. Darkness separated the combatants before any decisive result was obtained.
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The action of 20 October 1778 ...... decisive result was obtained.
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1778-10-20
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Indecisive
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FrigateMedea
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ship-of-the-lineTriton
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Action of the French ship 'Triton against the Jupiter and the Medea''
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Francis Reynolds
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Gaspard de Ligondès
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James Montagu
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1778-10-20
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the Anglo-French War
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off Cape Fisterra, Galicia
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Indecisive
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