Quiberon Bay Destroys French Naval Power
November 20, 1759
In a November gale, Admiral Hawke chased the French fleet into its own rocky coast and broke it on lee shores. Six French ships of the line were lost; the planned invasion of Britain was cancelled for good. The Royal Navy's supremacy, secured that afternoon, would last a hundred and fifty years.
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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.