Battle of Puerto Cabello

Battle of Puerto Cabello
Part of the War of Jenkins' Ear
Date16 April 1743
Location
Puerto Cabello, Viceroyalty of New Granada present-day Venezuela
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
 Great Britain Spain
Commanders and leaders
Charles Knowles Gabriel Zuloaga
Strength
Land:
4,000
infantry
sailors
Sea:
2 third-rates
2 fourth rates
1 fifth-rate
2 sixth-rates
1 sloop-of-war
1 bomb vessel
13 other vessels		 Land:
2,000
infantry
militia
unknown artillery
1 castle
2 shore batteries
Sea:
1 blockship
Casualties and losses
300 killed
106 wounded
2 boats sunk		 Unknown human casualties
1 blockship scuttled

The Battle of Puerto Cabello was a failed attack on a Spanish colonial port during the War of Jenkins' Ear on 16 April 1743.

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