Sunda Strait campaign of January 1794
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The Sunda Strait campaign of January 1794 was a series of manoeuvres and naval actions fought between warships and privateers of the French Republic and a squadron of vessels sent by the British East India Company to protect trade in the region, later augmented by Dutch warships. The campaign developed as French forces based on Isle de France reacted more quickly than the British forces in the Indian Ocean to the expansion of the French Revolutionary Wars on 1 February 1793. French privateers rapidly spread along the British trade routes in the Far East, becoming concentrated around the narrow Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies. These ships were soon joined by French Navy frigates and began to inflict losses on shipping in the region. The Royal Navy forces in the Indian Ocean were deployed elsewhere and so the East India Company, the private enterprise that ruled much of British India in the 1790s and maintained their own fleet and navy, raised a squadron of armed merchant ships to patrol the Strait and drive off the raiders.
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Sunda Strait campaign of January 1794 | France, Kingdom of Great Britain, Dutch Republic, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1815 | Capture of East India Company ship Nautilus | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1942 | Battle of Sunda Strait | United States, Netherlands, Australia, Empire of Japan, naval battle | Wikidata |