Battle of Havana (1870)

Battle of Havana (1870)

Infobox Military Conflict


caption=Prussian gunboat Meteor engaging French aviso Bouvet off Havana
conflict=Battle of Havana
colour_scheme=background:#ffcccc; color:#2222cc
partof=the Franco-Prussian War
date=November 9, 1870
place=off Havana, Cuba
result= North German Victory
combatant1=flagicon|German Empire North German Confederation
combatant2=flagicon|France France
commander1=
commander2=
strength1=1 gunboat
60 men
strength2=1 aviso
80 men
casualties1=1 gunboat damaged
2 killed
1 wounded
casualties2=1 aviso damaged
3 woundedThe Battle of Havana on November 9th, 1870 was a single ship action between the Prussian gunboat "Meteor" and the French aviso "Bouvet" off the coast of Havana, Cuba during the Franco-Prussian War.

Background

At 8 A.M. on November 7th the Meteor arrived in Havana harbour after leaving Nassau some days before. An hour later the French aviso "Bouvet" arrived from Martinique, steaming in from the opposite direction. The next day the French mail steamer "Nouveau Monde" left the harbour for Veracruz, but was forced to return a few hours later due to fears that she would be captured by the Prussian gunboat. Later that day the Meteor's captain issued a formal challenge to the captain of the Bouvet to fight a battle the next day. The "Bouvet" accepted and steamed out of the harbour to wait for the "Meteor". The "Meteor" had to wait 24 hours before it could meet the French vessel due to neutrality laws, since Spain was a neutral country during the conflict.

Battle

References

*http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=OW18701231.2.38&cl=&srpos=0&st=1&e=-------en--1----0-all
*http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E05E7D6113DE53BBC4152DFB767838B669FDE


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