Battle of Puerto Cabello
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The Battle of Puerto Cabello was a failed attack on a Spanish colonial port during the War of Jenkins' Ear on 16 April 1743.
Charles Knowles, who commanded the British forces at the battle
Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet was a British naval officer, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica from 1752 to 1756. Serving in the Royal Navy during th
Battle of Puerto Cabello
…Puerto Cabello was a failed attack on a Spanish colonial port during the War of Jenkins' Ear on 16 April 1743. The British naval forces under commodore Sir Charles Knowles had 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…
Portrait by Thomas Hudson, c. 1748
The Battle of Havana, at which Knowles won a partial victory
Knowles' first son Edward