- Source: Aden Expedition
The Aden Expedition was a naval operation that the British Royal Navy carried out in January 1839. Following Britain's decision to acquire the Port of Aden as a coaling station for the steamers sailing the new Suez-Bombay route, the Sultan of Lahej, who owned Aden, resisted, which led to a series of skirmishes between the two sides. In response to the incidents, a small force of warships and soldiers of the East India Company were sent to Arabia. The expedition succeeded in defeating the Arab defenders, who held the fortress on Sira Island, and occupied the nearby port of Aden.
Order of battle
Royal Navy:
HMS Volage, frigate (28 guns)
HCS Coote, sloop (18 guns)
HMS Cruizer, brig (18 guns)
HCS Mahi, schooner (5 guns)
References
= Bibliography
=Clowes, William (1901). The Royal Navy: A history from the earlierst times to the present Volume VI. London, England: William Clowes & Sons.
Playfair, Robert L. (1859). A history of Arabia Felix or Yemen, from the commencement of the Christian era to the present time: including an account of the British settlement of Aden. Education Society's Press.
See also
Punitive expedition
Nukapu Expedition
Johanna Expedition
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Majapahit
- Jibuti
- Suku Jawa
- Ekspedisi Bantuan Emin Pasha
- Bahasa Soqotri
- Sejarah garis bujur
- Aden Expedition
- Aden Emergency
- Mahdist War
- List of British colonial administrators of Aden
- Benin Expedition of 1897
- Siege of Aden
- Withdrawal from Aden
- Opium Wars
- Pontiac's War
- Second Opium War
