Capture of the galleon San Joaquin

Battle of Cartagena (1711)
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
Date 11 August 1711 Location Boca Chica Channel, off Cartagena de Indias (Present day Colombia) Result British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain	Spain
Commanders and leaders
James Littleton	Don Miguel de Villanueva
Strength
5 ships	2 ships
Casualties and losses
7 casualties	2 ships captured, 150 casualties 450 captured

The capture of the galleon San Joaquin or 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 the Spanish ship surrendered. The galleon had fought in the previous encounter during Wager's Action nearly three years earlier but had just barely escaped capture.