| Action of 18 March 1748 | |||||||
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| Part of the War of Jenkins' Ear | |||||||
.jpg) A portrait of the British commander Thomas Cotes | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Great Britain |
 Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Thomas Cotes |
 Juan de Egues | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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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]
- ^ 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.