Battle of Havana (1748)

Battle of Havana (1748)

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Havana


caption=
partof=the War of Jenkins' Ear,
War of the Austrian Succession
date=October 12, 1748
place=Caribbean Sea, near Havana, Cuba
result=British victory
combatant1=flagicon|UK|1606 Britain
combatant2=flagicon|Spain|1701 Spain
commander1=Charles Henry Knowles
commander2=Andrés Reggio y Brachiforte
strength1=7 ships of the line
(428 guns)
strength2=6 ships of the line
1 frigate
(420 guns)
casualties1=1 ship heavily damaged
casualties2=2 ships lost|

The Battle of Havana was an engagement between the British Caribbean squadron and a Spanish squadron based near Havana. After a number of abortive attacks, the British succeeded in driving the Spaniards back to their harbour after capturing the "Conquistador" and running the vice-admiral's ship on shore where she blew up. Both commanders, Charles Knowles and Don Andres Reggio, were reprimanded by their respective governments for their conduct during the engagement, the former for not bringing his full fleet to bear and achieving a total rout.

hips involved

Britain (Charles Knowles)

"Cornwall" 80 (flag)
"Lenox" 70 (Charles Holmes)
"Tilbury" 60 (Charles Pawlet)
"Strafford" 60 (David Brodiê)
"Warwick" 60 (Innes)
"Canterbury" 60 (Clarke)
"Oxford" 50 (Edmundo Toll)

pain

"Africa" 70/74 (flag 1, Andrés Reggio)
"Invencible" 70/74 (flag 2, Benito Spínola)
"Conquistador" 60/64 (Tomás de San Justo)
"Dragón" 60/64 (Manuel de Paz)
"Nueva España" 60/64 (Fernando Varela)
"Real Familia" 60/64 (Marcos Forastal)
"Galga" 30/36 (Pedro de Garaycoechea)

Link

[http://home.europa.com/~bessel/Naval/Havana.html The Battle of Havana (Knowles' action)]


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