The Battle of Havana (1762) was a military action from March to August 1762, as part of the Seven Years' War. British forces besieged and captured the city of Havana, which at the time was an important Spanish naval base in the Caribbean, and dealt a serious blow to the Spanish navy. Havana was subsequently returned to Spain under the 1763 Treaty of Paris that formally ended the war.
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| - The Battle of Havana (1762) was a military action from March to August 1762, as part of the Seven Years' War. British forces besieged and captured the city of Havana, which at the time was an important Spanish naval base in the Caribbean, and dealt a serious blow to the Spanish navy. Havana was subsequently returned to Spain under the 1763 Treaty of Paris that formally ended the war.
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| - 3 ships of line lost
- 2,764 killed, wounded, captured or dead from sickness
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| - 9 ships of the line
- 11frigates,
- 12,826 soldiers,
- 160 transports
- 17,000 sailors and marines,
- 1cutter,
- 2,800 militia
- 23ships of the line,
- 3,870 infantry & cavalry
- 3bomb vessels,
- 4sloops,
- 5,000 sailors & marines
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