Taka-Enterprise Affair
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| Battle between Taka and Enterprise | |||||||
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| Part of the Taka–Enterprise Affair | |||||||
 HMAS Enterprise (right) fires upon CTT Taka | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Aswick |
 Cadenza | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Captain James Munro, Esq., RN |
Captain Pei Thorerë | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 4th rate | 1 frigate | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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12 killed 2 wounded |
1 frigate damaged 7 killed 19 wounded 6 captured | ||||||
The Taka-Enterprise Affair was a diplomatic incident which occurred over a number of months in 1796 between Cadenza and Aswick, then a crown dependency of Aquitayne, after the Aswickan ship Enterprise fired on Cadenzan Taka to recover a number of deserters who had joined Taka's crew.
After a brief engagement off the coast of Cadenzan Kamalbia, the captain of the Taka surrendered his ship and allowed it to be searched. Aswickan marines apprehended the surviving deserters, who were subsequently tried and executed. The local Cadenzan earl, Jakúba Kimepra, was incensed, and authorised the ships under his command to raid Aswickan merchant shipping. Taka and Txatka captured a convoy in early October and led it back to port, whereupon Aswick's government called for war with Cadenza. Both sides immediately began preparing for war, until Aquitaynian ambassadors intervened and ordered Aswick to stand down.
Background
Battle between Taka and Enterprise
Commerce raiding
Aquitaynian intervention
When a packet arrived in Jamestown carrying news of the action, the Aswickan Admiralty initially kept a tight lid on the information. Reports indicate that though they did not entirely agree with Captain Munro [1] they had still quietly prepared for open conflict following Cadenzan retaliation. The Admiralty was unable to stop news of the retalitations from reached the public, being uninformed of what caused the retalitations, clamoured for war over what appeared to them to be unprovoked attacks.
- ↑ Admiralty meeting notes 1796