Battle of Havana (1748)

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Battle of Havana
Part of War of the Austrian Succession
Date October 12, 1748 Location Caribbean Sea, near Havana, Cuba Result Indecisive
Combatants
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
Unknown	1 ship lost

War of the Austrian Succession
Mollwitz – Dettingen – Toulon – Fontenoy – Hohenfriedberg – Soor – Kesselsdorf – Havana

The Battle of Havana was an inconclusive sea skirmish 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 with the loss of one vessel and a second later scrapped. Both commanders, Charles Henry Knowles and Don Andres Reggio, were severely reprimanded by their respective governments for their conduct during the engagement. There was a minor land battle on Havana.

[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)