Battle of Chuenpi

First Battle of Chuenpi
	Part of the First Opium War
	; The Volage and Hyacinth engaging Chinese war junks
Date	3 November 1839
Location	Humen, Guangdong, China22°48′07″N 113°36′18″E / 22.802°N 113.605°E
Result	See aftermath
Belligerents
United Kingdom British East India Company;	Qing China
Commanders and leaders
Charles Elliot; Henry Smith	Lin Zexu; Guan Tianpei
Strength
1 frigate; 1 sloop	16 junks; 13 fire rafts
Casualties and losses
1 wounded; 1 Frigate lightly damaged; 1 Sloop lightly damaged	15 killed; 1 fire raft sunk; 1 junk blown up; 3 junks sunk; several other junks damaged

The First Battle of Chuenpi^[2] (Chinese: 穿鼻之戰) was a relatively minor naval engagement fought between British and Chinese ships at the entrance of the Humen strait (Bogue), Guangdong province, China, on 3 November 1839 near the beginning of the First Opium War. The battle began when the British frigates HMS Hyacinth and HMS Volage opened fire on Chinese ships they perceived as being hostile.

It is named after Chuenpi island (also known as Chuanbi), one of two islands in Humen.

^ ^a ^b Janin, Hunt (1999). The India-China Opium Trade in the Nineteenth Century. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 120. ISBN 0-7864-0715-8.
^ Hoe, Susanna; Roebuck, Derek (1999). The Taking of Hong Kong: Charles and Clara Elliot in China Waters. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. p. xviii. ISBN 0-7007-1145-7. "Elliot wrote Chuenpee for what some have written Chuenpi and is called Chuanbi in pinyin".

[janin-1] Janin, Hunt (1999). The India-China Opium Trade in the Nineteenth Century. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 120. ISBN 0-7864-0715-8.

[2] Hoe, Susanna; Roebuck, Derek (1999). The Taking of Hong Kong: Charles and Clara Elliot in China Waters. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. p. xviii. ISBN 0-7007-1145-7. "Elliot wrote Chuenpee for what some have written Chuenpi and is called Chuanbi in pinyin".

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