Battle of Puerto Cabello

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

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
700 captured
2 ships sunk		 Unknown human casualties
1 blockship scuttled
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