Battle of Silda

Battle of Silda
Part of the Gunboat War
Dano-Norwegian shallop gunboat
Date 23 July 1810 Location Silda, Norway Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Denmark-Norway
Commanders and leaders
Richard Byron	Gabriel Heiberg
Strength
2 frigates	2 schooners 1 gunboat
Casualties and losses
Unknown	4 killed 1 schooner captured 1 gunboat scuttled

Battle of Silda (Affæren ved Silden or Affæren ved Stadt) was a naval battle fought on 23 July 1810 between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Denmark–Norway near the Norwegian island of Silda in Sogn og Fjordane county. The battle occurred during the Gunboat War, itself part of the Napoleonic Wars. In the battle, two British frigates captured or destroyed three or four Dano-Norwegian gunboats. The Danish-Norwegian and British accounts of the battle differ.