Action of 30 October 1762

Ilocos Pangasinan The action of 30 October 1762 was a minor naval battle that was fought in the San Bernardino Strait off the coast of British-occupied Manila in the Philippines between two Royal Navy ships and a Spanish ship; the 60 gun ship of the line HMS Panther under Captain Hyde Parker and the frigate HMS Argo under Richard King captured the heavily armed Spanish treasure galleon Santisima Trinidad.

However, she never left the San Bernardino Strait until late September due to contrary winds.

On the night of 2–3 October, a storm, possibly the tail end of a typhoon, brought down the fore and mainmasts, and it was decided to turn back to Cavite under a jury rig.

To Parker's amazement, the shots from Panther made a minimal impression on the galleon's hardwood hull.

However, Trinidad was soon disabled and unable to manoeuvre as the opening gun battle left its rigging a dismasted wreck.

Despite this, Trinidad managed to put up a stout resistance and continued for 2 hours, but the ship was overcrowded for its size of nearly 800 crew, marines, civilians, and large cargo.