The Battle of Fatshan Creek (佛山水道之戰) was a naval engagement fought between the United Kingdom's

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

and the Cantonese fleet of

Qing China The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu people, Manchu-led Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin (1616–1636), La ...

on 1 June 1857.

Rear-Admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarded ...

Sir Michael Seymour sought out and destroyed the Chinese fleet before advancing to the city of Canton (modern-day

Foshan Foshan (, ), alternately romanized as Fatshan, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the ...

) for its capture.

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* * * * {{Cite book , title = The Fleet that Jack Built: Nine Men who Made a Navy , last = Jameson , first = William , isbn = 9781904381280 , url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cUiTLAxgzCEC , year = 2004 , publisher = Periscope Publishing 1857 in China Fatshan Creek China–United Kingdom relations Fatshan Creek Fatshan Creek Fatshan Creek June 1857 events

British order of battle

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