Battle off Mukah

Battle off Mukah
	Part of Piracy in Asia and Pirate attacks in Borneo
	; A map of Sarawak showing the location of the naval battle off Mukah in 1862.
Date	23 May 1862
Location	off Mukah, Borneo, South China Sea
Result	Sarawakian victory
Belligerents
Raj of Sarawak	Moro Pirates
Commanders and leaders
John Brooke	unknown
Strength
1 steamer; 1 gunboat	6 prahus
Casualties and losses
~1 killed; ~2 wounded; 1 steamer damaged; 1 gunboat damaged	~100 killed or wounded; 4 prahus sunk; 1 prahu damaged

The Battle off Mukah was a naval engagement fought in May 1862 between boats of the Sarawak and pirates.^[2] After the kidnapping of Sarawakian citizens some time before, two small gunboats encountered the pirates off Mukah on the northern coast of Borneo. In an unusual action, the Rajah Muda, Captain John Brooke, then the heir apparent to be White Rajah of Sarawak, led his force in the defeat of six pirate ships and the rescue of captured civilians.^[3]

^ The Sarawak Government Almanac. 1997.
^ L.V.Helms (1882), Pioneering in the Far East (Chapter VI., pp.212-3)
^ Harriette McDougall (1882). "Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak (Chapter XVI. Illanun Pirates)". Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; E. & J. B. Young. London, New York: Project Canterbury, Anglican History. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

[1] The Sarawak Government Almanac. 1997.

[2] L.V.Helms (1882), Pioneering in the Far East (Chapter VI., pp.212-3)

[McDougall-3] Harriette McDougall (1882). "Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak (Chapter XVI. Illanun Pirates)". Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; E. & J. B. Young. London, New York: Project Canterbury, Anglican History. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

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