Battle of Nam Quan

Battle of Nam Quan
Part of Piracy in Asia
A picture of a Chinese junk (left) and a lorcha (right).
Date May 10, 1855 Location off Nam Quan, China, South China Sea Result Anglo/Chinese victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom Qing dynasty	Chinese Pirates
Strength
Land: Unknown number of Chinese civilians Sea: 1 sloop-of-war	Land: ~500 pirates Sea: 1 lorcha 7 war-junks
Casualties and losses
British: 3 killed 1 sloop-of-war damaged Chinese: unknown	~500 killed or wounded 3 war-junks sunk 1 lorcha captured 4 war-junks captured
Several captured merchant ships were present at the battle, all but one were retaken by the British.

The Battle of Nam Quan was fought in 1853 as part of a British anti-piracy operation in China. A Royal Navy sloop-of-war encountered eight pirate ships near Nam Quan and defeated them in a decisive action with help from armed Chinese civilians on land.^[1]