Action of 23 August 1806

Action of 23 August 1806
	Part of the Napoleonic Wars
	; HMS Arethusa and HMS Anson capture the Pomona off Havana, depicted by Thomas Whitcombe
Date	23 August 1806
Location	off Havana, Cuba
Result	British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Charles Lydiard; Charles Brisbane	Pedro Pablo de Sanguineto y Basso †
Strength
2 frigates HMS Arethusa; HMS Anson;	1 frigate Pomona,; 12 gunboats,; shore battery
Casualties and losses
2 killed, 32 wounded	Frigate Pomona captured,; 3 gunboats destroyed,; 6 sunk,; 3 badly damaged; 317 captured

The action of 23 August 1806 was a minor naval battle of the Napoleonic wars, fought off the coast of Spanish Cuba near the port of Havana. The Spanish frigate Pomona was captured by the frigates HMS Anson and HMS Arethusa under the commands of Captain Charles Lydiard and Charles Brisbane respectively. As well as the frigate being captured, a shore battery was silenced and a fleet of gunboats was defeated.

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