Battle of Havana (1870)
The Battle of Havana on 9 November 1870 was a single ship action between the German gunboat Meteor and the French aviso Bouvet off the coast of Havana, Cuba during the Franco-Prussian War. At 8 a.m. on November 7 the Meteor arrived in Havana harbour after leaving Nassau some days before. An hour later the French aviso Bouvet arrived from Martinique, steaming in from the opposite direction. The next day the French mail steamer SS Nouveau Monde left the harbour for Veracruz but was forced to return a few hours later due to fears that she would be captured by the Prussian gunboat. Later that day the Meteor's captain, issued a formal challenge to the captain of the Bouvet to fight a battle the next day. The Bouvet accepted and steamed out of the harbour to wait for the Meteor. The Meteor had t
Battle of Havana (1870)
The Battle of Havana on 9 November 1870 was a single ship action between the German gunboat Meteor and the French aviso Bouvet off the coast of Havana, Cuba during the Franco-Prussian War. At 8 a.m. on November 7 the Meteor arrived in Havana harbour after leaving Nassau some days before. An hour later the French aviso Bouvet arrived from Martinique, steaming in from the opposite direction. The next day the French mail steamer SS Nouveau Monde left the harbour for Veracruz but was forced to return a few hours later due to fears that she would be captured by the Prussian gunboat. Later that day the Meteor's captain, issued a formal challenge to the captain of the Bouvet to fight a battle the next day. The Bouvet accepted and steamed out of the harbour to wait for the Meteor. The Meteor had t
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Bitwa pod Hawaną – niewielkie ...... jny francusko-pruskiej w 1870.
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La battaglia dell'Avana fu com ...... eor e la nave francese Bouvet.
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Le combat du Bouvet et du Mete ...... franco-allemande de 1870-1871.
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The Battle of Havana on 9 Nove ...... nt by commentators of the day.
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Бой у Гаваны — единственное мо ...... бегством французского корабля.
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causalties
1 gunboat damaged
combatant
North German Confederation
date
1870-11-09
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Indecisive
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18,719,655
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719,206,548
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Portrayals of the battle by a German artist and a French one
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Bitwa pod Hawaną – niewielkie ...... jny francusko-pruskiej w 1870.
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La battaglia dell'Avana fu com ...... eor e la nave francese Bouvet.
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Le combat du Bouvet et du Mete ...... franco-allemande de 1870-1871.
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The Battle of Havana on 9 Nove ...... r the Meteor. The Meteor had t
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Бой у Гаваны — единственное мо ...... бегством французского корабля.
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Battaglia dell'Avana (1870)
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Battle of Havana (1870)
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Bitwa pod Hawaną
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Combat du Bouvet et du Meteor
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Бой у Гаваны (1870)
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Battle of Havana
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