• Source: British transport vessels for the Persian Gulf campaign of 1819

In 1819 the British government of India decided to mount an expedition to Ras Al Khaimah to suppress piracy in the Persian Gulf.
A British memo of 1819 stated:

The piratical enterprises of the Joasmi [Al Qasimi] tribes and other Arab tribes in the Persian Gulf region had become so extensive and attended by so many atrocities on peaceful traders, that the Government of India at last determined that an expedition on a much larger and comprehensive scale than ever done before, should be undertaken for the destruction of the maritime force of these piratical tribes on the Gulf and that a new policy of bringing the tribes under British rule should be inaugurated.
For the expedition the government engaged a number of merchant vessels to transport troops and ordnance stores.

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‡: Phipps; no mark when both agree
Following the surrender of Ras Al Khaimah and Dhayah Fort, the British expeditionary force then blew up the buildings comprising the town of Ras Al Khaimah and established a garrison there of 800 sepoys and artillery, before visiting Jazirat Al Hamra, which was found to be deserted. They went on to destroy the fortifications and larger vessels of Umm Al Qawain, Ajman, Fasht, Sharjah, Abu Hail, and Dubai. Ten vessels that had taken shelter in Bahrain were also destroyed. The Royal Navy suffered no casualties during the action.




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East-India register and directory (1819)
Lorimer, John (1915). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. British Government, Bombay.
Low, Charles Rathbone (1877). History of the Indian Navy: (1613-1863). R. Bentley and son.
Phipps, John (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.
Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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• Persian Gulf campaign of 1819
• British transport vessels for the Persian Gulf campaign of 1819
• Piracy in the Persian Gulf
• History of the United Arab Emirates
• Persian Gulf
• Anglo-Persian War
• HMS Liverpool (1814)
• Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah
• Trucial States
• Ras Al Khaimah