Battle of Havana (1748)

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Battle of Havana
Part of the War of Jenkins' Ear, War of the Austrian Succession
Date October 12, 1748 Location Caribbean Sea, near Havana, Cuba Result Indecisive, tactical British victory
Belligerents
Britain	Spain
Commanders
Charles Henry Knowles	Andrés Reggio y Brachiforte
Strength
7 ships of the line (428 guns)	6 ships of the line 1 frigate (420 guns)
Casualties and losses
1 ship heavily damaged	2 ships lost

v • d • e War of the Austrian Succession Mollwitz – Chotusitz – Dettingen – Toulon – Pfaffenhofen – Fontenoy – Hohenfriedberg – Soor – Hennersdorf – Kesselsdorf – Madras – Rocoux – 1st Finisterre – Lauffeld – Bergen op Zoom – 2nd Finisterre – Havana

v • d • e War of Jenkins' Ear Portobello - St. Augustine - Anson Expedition - Cartagena de Indias - Bloody Marsh - Havana

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 Africa 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, in Knowle's case for not bringing his full fleet to bear and achieving a total rout. Although the advantage clearly had been with Knowles. It was the last major action in the War of Jenkin's Ear, a part of the wider of War of the Austrian Succession, which had been raging since 1739.

The experience of this battle played a part in a later successful British scheme to invade Cuba and seize Havana in 1762.

Contents 1 Ships involved 1.1 Britain (Charles Knowles) 1.2 Spain 2 External links

[edit] Ships involved

[edit] 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)

[edit] Spain

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)

[edit] External links

• The Battle of Havana (Knowles' action)