Battle of Suriname

The Battle of Suriname or Battle of Surinam was a battle between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom for the control of the Suriname colony.

Battle of Suriname
Date5 May 1804
Location
Suriname colony
Result British victory
Belligerents
 Batavian Republic
Supported by:
France France		  United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Abraham Jacob van Imbijze van Batenburg Samuel Hood
Sir Charles Green
Strength
Unknown 2,000+ soldiers

Capture

The colony, who were held by a Dutch garrison, was captured on 5 May 1804 by a British squadron of 31 ships carrying 500 soldiers under the command of Samuel Hood and Sir Charles Green. Following the capture, Green was made governor general of British Suriname.[1] Shrapnel shells were used for the first time at the battle, after their creation by Major Henry Shrapnel in Newfoundland.[2]

Order of battle

Royal Navy
Ship Guns Commander Notes Refs
Centaur 74 Commodore Samuel Hood
Captain Murray Maxwell		 [3]
Pandour 44 Captain John Nash Armed en flute
Serapis 44 Commander Henry Waring
Alligator 28 Commander Charles Richardson
Hippomenes 18 Captain Conway Shipley
Drake 16 Commander William Ferris
Unique 10 Lieutenant George Rowley Brand
Guachapin 14 Commander Kenneth M'Kenzie Ships boats only [4]
Emerald 36 Captain James O'Brien

References
  • George Bruce. Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981) (ISBN 0442223366).
Specific
  1. Kruijer-Poesiat, Lies (2000). "An Inauguration in Suriname, 1804". Studia Rosenthaliana. 34 (2): 194–197. JSTOR 41442164.
  2. Gooding, Sidney James (1965). An Introduction to British Artillery in North America. Ottawa: Museum Restoration Service. p. 46.
  3. James, William (1837). The Naval History of Great Britain. Vol. 3. London: Richard Bentley. p. 288.
  4. James, William (1837). The Naval History of Great Britain. Vol. 3. London: Richard Bentley. p. 289.


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