Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor

Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor
Part of the Quasi-War

Capture of the French Privateer Sandwich by armed Marines on the Sloop Sally, from the U.S. Frigate Constitution, Philip Colprit
DateMay 11, 1800
Location
Result American victory
Belligerents
 United States  France
Spain
Commanders and leaders
Silas Talbot
Isaac Hull
Daniel Carmick
Unknown
Unknown
Strength
100 marines and sailors
1 sloop
1 French corvette
1 Spanish fort
Casualties and losses
Unknown 1 corvette captured
1 fort captured

The Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor took place in 1800 with France and Spain on one side, and the United States on the other, during the undeclared Quasi-War officially between the French First Republic and the United States.

American forces landed about a hundred troops and sailors from USS Sally in Puerto Plata and boarded the French corvette Sandwich anchored there, which surrendered after a brief firefight. U.S. Marines then assaulted the Spanish Army's Fortaleza San Felipe; after another brief firefight, the fort was overrun and its cannons were spiked.