Wager's Action off Cartagena is an oil on canvas seascape history painting by the English artist Samuel Scott, from c.

[1] It depicts Wager's Action in 1708, a naval a battle during the War of the Spanish Succession when the Royal Navy under Admiral Charles Wager attacked and sank ships of the Spanish treasure fleet.

[2] It was painted between 1743 and 1747, at a time when Britain and Spain were again in conflict during the War of the Austrian Succession.

Centuries later the sunken galleon San José became a contentious issue as several countries staked a claim to the wreck as a treasure trove.

The painting is in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.