Taka-Enterprise Affair

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Battle between Taka and Enterprise
Part of the TakaEnterprise Affair
Taka-Enterprise.jpg
HMAS Enterprise (right) fires upon CTT Taka
Date6 May-22 December 1796
Location
Result
Belligerents
 Aswick  Cadenza
Commanders and leaders
Royal Aswickan Navy Ensign.png Captain James Munro, Esq., RN Cadenza Captain Pei Thorerë
Strength
1 4th rate 1 frigate
Casualties and losses
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