naval engagement, nineteenth century

Mary Anne ship attack

Name: Mary Anne ship attack
Location: Berbera, Somalia

Mary Anne ship attack was a naval engagement fought in 1825 at Berbera, in what is now Somalia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Berbera. It was part of Q131986087. The recorded result: British victory. Recorded strength: 250 men with 2 corvettes and 1 sloop against 2,000–2,500 men and several buggalows.

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Fought1825

WhereBerbera, Somalia10.440N, 45.013E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeBritish victory

BelligerentsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; East India CompanyagainstIsaaq Sultanate; Habr Awal

Casualties and losses1 killedandUnknown

Part ofQ131986087

Record

Date	1825 (year precision)
Place	Berbera, Somalia 10.440N, 45.013E
Kind	Naval engagement, nineteenth century
Strength	250 men with 2 corvettes and 1 sloop	2,000–2,500 men and several buggalows
Casualties and losses	1 killed	Unknown
Commanders	Gordon Bremer	Farah Guled

Placed at Berbera; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

British attack on Berbera 1827, 0.6 km SE
Siege of Aden 1513, 260 km N
Aden Expedition 1839, 260 km N
Capture of Aden 1548, 262 km N
Ual-Ual Incident 1934, 360 km S

In the same war

After: Attack on Burtons Camp 1855

Elsewhere in 1825

Mary Anne ship attack is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 7 in present-day Somalia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q135938452, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Mary Anne ship attack, revision 1384482734, 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.