✦ History

Part of Spanish American wars of independence

Battle of Lake Maracaibo

July 24, 1823 · Battle of Lake Maracaibo

Result Colombian victory

José Prudencio Padilla's flotilla destroyed the royalist squadron on Lake Maracaibo.

On the map Contemporaries

Patriots

Royalists

Gran Colombia
Spain
José Prudencio Padilla military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
44
Wounded
164
Captured
437

Units

Colombian Navy