Battle of Santiago de Cuba

3 July 1898, Off Santiago de Cuba

Decisive American victory

With the US Army closing on Santiago, Cervera was ordered to break out. His ships came out of the narrow harbour one at a time and turned west along the coast. The blockading squadron chased them down: every Spanish ship was sunk or run ashore within four hours, and Cervera was taken prisoner.

United States Navy

11 ships, none lost

Ship	Type	Outcome
USS Brooklyn Schley's flagship	Armoured cruiser	Survived
USS Texas	Pre-dreadnought battleship	Survived
USS Iowa	Pre-dreadnought battleship	Survived
USS Indiana	Pre-dreadnought battleship Indiana class	Survived
USS Oregon Caught Cristóbal Colón	Pre-dreadnought battleship Indiana class	Survived
USS New York Sampson's flagship; arrived late	Armoured cruiser	Survived
USS Gloucester Engaged the destroyers	Gunboat	Survived

Flotillas and other craft	Number	Lost
Armed yachts and auxiliaries Armed yachts Vixen and Hist, torpedo boat Ericsson and auxiliary cruiser Harvard. Massachusetts and two cruisers were away coaling at Guantánamo.	4	0

Flotillas and other craft

Number

Lost

Armed yachts and auxiliaries

Armed yachts Vixen and Hist, torpedo boat Ericsson and auxiliary cruiser Harvard. Massachusetts and two cruisers were away coaling at Guantánamo.

Spanish Navy

6 ships, 6 lost

Ship	Type	Outcome
Infanta María Teresa Cervera's flagship; run ashore burning	Armoured cruiser Infanta María Teresa class	Wrecked
Vizcaya Beached at Aserradero after an explosion	Armoured cruiser Infanta María Teresa class	Wrecked
Almirante Oquendo Ran aground burning and was scuttled	Armoured cruiser Infanta María Teresa class	Scuttled
Cristóbal Colón Ran ashore at the Turquino River and surrendered after an hour-long chase by Oregon; flooded and sank	Armoured cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi class	Scuttled
Plutón Ran aground near Cabañas Bay	Destroyer	Wrecked
Furor	Destroyer	Sunk

Map

Oregon's run round South America 19 March – 26 May 1898
Cervera crosses the Atlantic 29 April – 19 May 1898
Schley's Flying Squadron to Santiago May 1898
Sampson's squadron closes the blockade May – June 1898