Mary Anne ship attack

Mary Anne ship attack
Part of Anglo-Isaaq conflicts
Somali warriors board British naval batilla in "Young Tom Bowling" by J.C. Hutcheson.
Date 1825 Location Berbera Result Isaaq victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom   East India Company	Isaaq Sultanate Habr Awal
Commanders and leaders
Captain Linguard	Farah Guled
Units involved
Mary Anne Brigg with several crew members	Somali warriors
Casualties and losses
2 crew members killed officer wounded and ship destroyed	unknown

In 1825, the British trading ship Mary Anne attempted to land in Berbera under the command of Captain Linguard. The ship was plundered and burnt. Two crew members killled and a second officer was wounded. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also: British attack on Berbera (1827)

In response to the attack, the Royal Navy enforced a blockade and some accounts narrate an immediate bombardment of the city. ^{[4] [5]} Berbera was one of the premier ports of the Gulf of Aden and did significant trade with the Harar in the interior and merchants from across the western Indian Ocean would come trade at the town. ^[6] The blockade lasted until 1827 when a Royal Navy expedition led by Captain W.C Jervoise was sent to attack Berbera . ^[7]

References

1. Dumper, Michael Richard Thomas; Stanley, Bruce (2006-11-16). Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 90. ISBN   978-1-57607-920-1.
2. Abdurahman, Abdullahi (2017-09-18). Making Sense of Somali History: Volume 1. Adonis and Abbey Publishers. ISBN   978-1-909112-79-7.
3. Dumper, Michael Richard Thomas; Stanley, Bruce (2006-11-16). Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN   978-1-57607-920-1.
4. Laitin, David D. (1977). Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience. 9780226467917. p. 70. ISBN   9780226467917.
5. Richard Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa, Preface xxxii
6. Pankhurst, R. (1965). Journal of Ethiopian Studies . 3 (1). Institute of Ethiopian Studies: 51.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. John Marshall (1832). Royal Naval Biography : Or, Memoirs of the Services of All the Flag-officers, Superannuated Rear-admirals, Retired-captains, Post-captains, and Commanders, Whose Names Appeared on the Admiralty List of Sea Officers at the Commencement of the Present Year, Or who Have Since Been Promoted, Illustrated by a Series of Historical and Explanatory Notes ... with Copious Addenda: Captains. Commanders. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. p. 436.