Battle of Chuenpi
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For the 1841 battle, see Second Battle of Chuenpi.
The First Battle of Chuenpi[2] (Chinese: 穿鼻之戰) was a naval engagement fought between British and Chinese ships at the entrance of the Humen strait (Bogue), Guangdong province, China, on 3 November 1839 during the First Opium War. The battle began when the British frigates HMS Hyacinth and HMS Volage opened fire on Chinese ships they perceived as being hostile.
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First Battle of Chuenpi | |||||||
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Part of the First Opium War | |||||||
The Volage and Hyacinth engaging Chinese war junks | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Qing China | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Charles Elliot Henry Smith |
Lin Zexu Guan Tianpei | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1 frigate 1 sloop |
16 junks[1] 13 fire rafts[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 wounded 1 Frigate lightly damaged 1 Sloop lightly damaged |
15 killed 1 fire raft sunk 1 junk blown up 3 junks sunk several other junks damaged |
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