The First Battle of Cape Finisterre (May 14, 1747]) sees fourteen British ships of the line under Admiral George Anson attack a French thirty-ship convoy commanded by Admiral de la Jonquière during the War of the Austrian Succession.
The British capture four ships of the line, two frigates and seven merchantmen, in a five-hour battle in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre in northwest Spain.
One French frigate, one French East India Company warship and the other merchantmen escape.
