naval engagement, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Action of 7 July 1804
Action of 7 July 1804 was a naval engagement fought in 1804 at Tripoli, in what is now Libya. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Tripoli. It was part of First Barbary War, which ran from 1801 to 1805. The recorded result: Tripolitanian victory. Recorded strength: 3 Brig; 1 Schooner; 2 boats against 1,000 men; 1 galiot.
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Where it sits in First Barbary War
Record
| Date | 1804 (year precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Tripoli, Libya 32.888N, 13.188E | |
| Kind | Naval engagement, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Strength | 3 Brig; 1 Schooner; 2 boats | 1,000 men; 1 galiot |
| Casualties and losses | 2 killed; 2 wounded | Unknown |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Tripoli 1911, 0.4 km E
- Action of 1 August 1801 1801, 1.3 km S
- Fall of Tripoli 1289, 1.4 km S
- Siege of Tripoli 1551, 1.6 km N
- Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor 1804, 1.6 km N
In the same war
- Before: Action of 31 October 1803 1803
- After: Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor 3 August 1804
- All 9 engagements of First Barbary War
Elsewhere in 1804
- Battle of Sitka United States
- Action of 5 October 1804 Portugal
- Battle of Ganja Azerbaijan
- Siege of Erivan Armenia
- Battle of Suriname Suriname
Action of 7 July 1804 is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 57 in present-day Libya.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q135003285, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Action of 7 July 1804, revision 1373223222, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.