What the records say
- When
- 9 Nov 1870
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 23.14° N, 82.36° W
- Description
- single ship action between the German gunboat Meteor and the French aviso Bouvet off the coast of Havana, Cuba during the Franco-Prussian War
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Havana (1870)
Franco-Prussian War single-ship action
The Battle of Havana on 9 November 1870 was an indecisive single ship action between the German gunboat Meteor and the French aviso Bouvet off the coast of Havana, Cuba during the Franco-Prussian War. The battle was the only naval engagement of the war, and showed the inability of either navy to gain a decisive advantage over the other.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “l'aviso Bouvet livre combat à la canonnière allemande Meteor dans les eaux internationales au large de Cuba”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “произошёл бой у Гаваны, единственное морское сражение франко-прусской войны”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page