Battle of Puerto Cabello

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The Battle of Puerto Cabello was an 18th-century naval and amphibious engagement in which British forces unsuccessfully attempted to seize the Spanish colonial port of Puerto Cabello in present-day Venezuela.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf amphibious operation
naval battle
attackers British landing forces
Royal Navy
surface form: Royal Navy forces
belligerent Great Britain
Spain
combatantsSide1 Royal Navy
combatantsSide2 Spanish Navy
conflict Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748)
conflictType colonial war engagement
countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain
Spanish Empire
date 1743
defenders Spanish colonial garrison
defensiveForces Spanish coastal fortifications at Puerto Cabello
era 18th century
goalOfSide1 seizure of Spanish colonial port facilities
historicalPeriod Age of Sail
location Captaincy General of Venezuela
Puerto Cabello
Venezuela
objective capture of the port of Puerto Cabello
outcome British attack repulsed
partOf British operations against Spanish America
War of Jenkins' Ear
surface form: War of Jenkins’ Ear
reasonForFailure inability of British forces to secure the port
strong Spanish defenses
relatedTo Battle of Cartagena de Indias
War of Jenkins' Ear
surface form: British campaigns in the Caribbean (War of Jenkins’ Ear)
result Spanish victory
strategicImportance key harbor on the Venezuelan coast
major Spanish colonial port
theatre Caribbean Sea
Spanish West Indies
surface form: Spanish Main
typeOfEngagement amphibious assault
naval engagement
year 1743

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War of Jenkins' Ear hasPart Battle of Puerto Cabello