Not to be confused with the Battle of La Guaira in 1812.
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Battle of La Guaira
Part of the War of Jenkins' Ear
Engraving of the attack by the British fleet on La Guayra (1743)
Date
2 March 1743
Location
La Guaira, Viceroyalty of New Granada present-day Venezuela
Result
Spanish victory
Belligerents
Great Britain
Spain
Commanders and leaders
Charles Knowles Chaloner Ogle
Gabriel de Zuloaga Mateo Gual José de Iturriaga
Strength
Land: 2,400 Sea: 8 ships of line 9 frigates, bomb vessels and fireships, 2 transports[1]
1,000
Casualties and losses
~600 killed ~1,300 total[1]
300 killed or wounded
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Americas
Portobello
Fort Mosé
St. Augustine
Anson expedition
Cartagena de Indias
1st Santiago de Cuba
Panama
Georgia
Bloody Marsh
Gully Hole Creek
La Guaira
Puerto Cabello
Matina
2nd Santiago de Cuba
Brunswick
Havana
Europe
8 April 1740
Fuerteventura
Saint Tropez
Mataró and Palamós
Cape Sicié
Villafranca
Glorioso campaign
18 March 1748
Part of the War of the Austrian Succession
The Battle of La Guaira or La Guayra, took place on 2 March 1743 in the Caribbean, off the coast of La Guaira, present day Venezuela. La Guaira was a port of the Royal Gipuzkoan Company of Caracas, whose ships had rendered great assistance to the Spanish navy during War of Jenkins' Ear in carrying troops, arms, stores and ammunition from Spain to her colonies, and its destruction would be a severe blow both to the Company and the Spanish Government. A British expeditionary fleet under Sir Charles Knowles was defeated, and the expedition ended in failure. 600 men were killed, among whom was the captain of HMS Burford, and many of the ships were badly damaged or lost. Knowles was therefore unable to proceed to Puerto Cabello until he had refitted.[2]
^ abFernández Duro p.283
^The Navy In the War of 1739–48, Cambridge University Press, p. 251
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