Battle of Chinhai

{{Short description|1841 battle between Britain and China during the First Opium War}}

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{{Infobox military conflict

|conflict = Battle of Chinhai

|partof = the First Opium War

| image = Taking of Chinhie.jpg

| image_size = 300

|caption = Taking of Chinhai at the mouth of the Ningbo River, showing HMS Rattlesnake (centre)

|date = 10 October 1841

|place = Zhenhai, Zhejiang, China

|coordinates = {{coord|29.96|121.72|type:city|format=dms|display=title}}

|result = British victory

|combatant1 = {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

• {{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} British East India Company

|combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of China (1862–1889).svg|border=no}} Qing China

|commander1 = Viscount Gough

|commander2 = Commissioner Yukien
General Yu Pu-yun

|strength1 = 10 ships
2,098MacPherson 1843, pp. 383–384

|strength2 = 8,000–9,000
157+ gunsMacPherson 1843, p. 381

|casualties1 = 3 killedMacPherson 1843, p. 384
16 wounded

|casualties2 = Several hundred casualtiesHall & Bernard 1846, p. 260
157 guns capturedMacPherson 1843, p. 385

|notes =

}}

{{Campaignbox First Opium War}}

The Battle of Chinhai ({{zh|t=鎮海之戰}}) was fought between British and Chinese forces in Chinhai (Zhenhai), Zhejiang province, China, on the 10 October 1841 during the First Opium War. The Chinese force consisted of a garrison of Manchu and Mongol Bannermen. The British capture of this city allowed them to seize Ningbo unopposed on 13 October.