Battle of Punta Colares

Battle of Punta Colares
	Part of the Cisplatine War
	; Combate de Punta Colares, by José Murature, 1865
Date	9 February 1826
Location	Río de la Plata, Argentina34°34′00″S 58°00′00″W / 34.56667°S 58.00000°W
Result	Inconclusive
Belligerents
Empire of Brazil	United Provinces
Commanders and leaders
Rodrigo Lobo	William Brown
Strength
Ships:; 3 corvettes; 5 brigs; 2 brigantines; 2 schooners; 2 gunboats; Total guns: ~155	Ships:; 1 corvette; 4 brigs; 2 schooners; 12 gunboats; ; Total guns: ~126
Casualties and losses
8:; 3 killed; 5 wounded; No ships lost	21:; 6 killed; 15 wounded; No ships lost

The naval Battle of Punta Colares, also known as the Battle of Corales, was the first major naval engagement of the Cisplatine War. It took place between a fleet of the Empire of Brazil, commanded by admiral Rodrigo José Ferreira Lobo, and a squadron of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata under the command of admiral William Brown. The confrontations began at around 10 o'clock on 9 February 1826 and lasted for seven hours.