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The Battle of Puerto Cabello was an attack on a Spanish colonial port during the War of Jenkins' Ear on 16 April 1743 and resulted in another defeat of British forces. ==Background== The British failed against the Spaniards in the attack at La Guaira (2 March 1743). (La Guaira was as it still is; the port of Caracas and an important shipping centre. It was believed by the Admiralty to be very weakly defended, an opinion possibly based on the report of the ships which attacked it in 1739).〔''The Navy In the War of 1739-48'', Cambridge University Press, pp. 244〕 The British forces under commodore Sir Charles Knowles prepared to sail toward a new Caribbean objective, Puerto Cabello. Puerto Cabello was the careening port of the Royal Gipuzkoan Company of Caracas, whose ships had rendered great assistance to the Spanish navy during the war 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. The Royal Navy fleet included: HMS ''Suffolk'' 70 gun third-rate HMS ''Burford'' 70 gun third-rate HMS ''Norwich'' 50 gun fourth-rate HMS ''Assistance'' 50 gun fourth-rate HMS ''Eltham'' 40 gun fifth-rate HMS ''Scarborough'' 24 gun sixth-rate HMS ''Lively'' 20 gun sixth-rate HMS ''Otter'' 14 gun sloop HMS ''Comet'' 8 gun bomb vessel 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Puerto Cabello」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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