Raid on Nassau (1720)
| Raid on Nassau (1720) | |||||||
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| Part of War of the Quadruple Alliance | |||||||
Map of New Providence, Nassau and Hog Island in the North East | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Spain | Great Britain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Francisco Javier Cornejo José Cordero |
Woodes Rogers Captain Hildesley | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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3 frigates 9 brigantines & sloops 1,300–2,000 |
2 frigates 600 troops | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 sloop wrecked | Unknown | ||||||
The Raid on Nassau took place from 24 February to 1 March 1720, at the end of the 1718 to 1720 War of the Quadruple Alliance. A Spanish expeditionary force attacked the British settlement of Nassau, Bahamas, but was repulsed.