Capture of the San Joaquin

Name: Capture of the San Joaquin
Start: 1711

1711 CE.

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The capture of the galleon San Joaquin (also known as the Battle of Cartagena) was a naval engagement that took place off the coast near Cartagena (present day Colombia). It involved five British ships of the line against the Spanish galleon San Joaquin and a smaller ship. After an action lasting barely an hour San Joaquin surrendered. The galleon had fought in the previous encounter during Wager's Action nearly three years earlier but had just barely escaped capture.

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