Battle of Cárdenas

Battle of Cárdenas
Part of the Spanish–American War

USRC Hudson and USRC Winslow, Doug Ellis
DateMay 11, 1898
Location
Off Cárdenas, Caribbean Sea
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain  United States
Commanders and leaders
Mariano Mateu
Antonio Rendón		 John Bernadou
Frank Newcomb
Strength
2 gunboats
1 armed tug		 2 torpedo boats
2 gunboats
1 cutter
Casualties and losses
1 wounded
5 killed
3 wounded
1 torpedo boat disabled
1 gunboat damaged

The Battle of Cárdenas was a minor naval engagement of the Spanish–American War fought on 11 May 1898 in the port of Cárdenas, Cuba, between an American squadron of 5 ships under Captain Chapman C. Todd and 3 small Spanish vessels under Mariano Mateu. The battle resulted in an unusually costly American reverse that dissuaded the U.S. Navy from undertaking further attacks on the port.

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