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
Date18 March 1748
Location
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[1]

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]

  1. ^ Harding p 332
  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.