Third Battle of Topolobampo

Third Battle of Topolobampo
	Part of the Mexican Revolution
	; A map of Topolobampo and Topolobampo Bay. Shell Point is clearly visible, west of Topolobampo, sticking out into the Gulf of California.
Date	March 31, 1914
Location	off Topolobampo, Sinaloa, Mexico
Result	Huertista victory
Belligerents
Constitutionalists	Huertistas
Commanders and leaders
Captain Hilario Malpica	Captain Navio Torres
Strength
1 gunboat	1 gunboat
Casualties and losses
none,; 1 gunboat sunk	3 wounded,; 1 gunboat damaged
	; Both federal and rebel forces flew the same Mexican National Ensign during the naval campaign off Topolobampo.;

The Third Battle of Topolobampo was a single ship action during the Mexican Revolution. At the end of March 1914, a Constitutionalist gunboat attempted to break the blockade of Topolobampo, Sinaloa after failing in the First and Second Battles of Topolobampo. The Constitutionalist warship, Tampico, was sunk in a battle lasting a few hours by a Huertista gunboat.

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