Raid on Batavia (1806)
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The raid on Batavia was a successful attempt by a large Royal Navy force to destroy the Dutch navy squadron based in Java on 27 November 1806 during the Java campaign of 1806–1807. The British Command
1824 painting of the raid
The action of 18 October 1806, which preceded the raid on Batavia
Illustration of Fleetwood Pellew (right) during the raid
Action of 18 October 1806
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The action of 18 October 1806 was a naval engagement of the Java campaign of 1806–1807 fought between the Royal Navy frigate Caroline and a Dutch navy squadron near the entrance to the city harbour of
Raid on Batavia (1806)
…later another frigate, HMS Caroline under Captain Peter Rainier, cruised successfully in the Java Sea and managed to capture a Dutch frigate at the action of 18 October 1806 from the entrance to Batavia harbour. Shortly before Rainier's engagement, the principal ships of the Dutch squadron, the two ships of the line Pluto…
Capture of the Maria Riggersbergen, Octr. 18th 1806 Thomas Whitcombe, 1817
1806 portrait of Peter Rainier