naval engagement, nineteenth century

Aden Expedition

Name: Aden Expedition
Location: Yemen

Aden Expedition was a naval engagement fought in January 1839 in what is now Yemen. It was part of Colony of Aden. The recorded result: British victory. Recorded strength: Land: 700 infantry; Sea: 1 frigate; 1 corvette; 1 brig; 1 schooner against 700 infantry; 33 artillery pieces; 1 fort.

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FoughtJanuary 1839

WhereYemen12.780N, 45.049E

OutcomeBritish victory

BelligerentsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandagainstLahej

Part ofColony of Aden

Record

Date	January 1839 (month precision)
Place	Yemen 12.780N, 45.049E
Kind	Naval engagement, nineteenth century
Territorial change	British colonisation of Aden
Strength	Land: 700 infantry; Sea: 1 frigate; 1 corvette; 1 brig; 1 schooner	700 infantry; 33 artillery pieces; 1 fort
Casualties and losses	None; 1 corvette damaged	150 killed or wounded; 139 captured; 33 artillery pieces captured; 1 fort captured
Commanders	Muhsin ibn al-Fadl al-'Abdali

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Aden 1513, same recorded site
Capture of Aden 1548, 3.4 km NW
Battle of Zafar AD 632, 174 km NW
British attack on Berbera 1827, 261 km S
Siege of Sanaa AD 570, 300 km N

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1513 and 1839.

Elsewhere in 1839

Aden Expedition is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 18 in present-day Yemen.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4682165, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Aden Expedition, revision 1370104254, 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.