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The Raid on Zanzibar was a reconnissance-in-force conducted by the Republic of Haven Navy in the Zanzibar System early in the Second Havenite-Manticoran War.
Order of battle[]
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Task group of the RHN, CO Rear Admiral Harold Duval:
- CLAC Division 19, CO Rear Admiral Harold Duval
- a LAC group, COLAC Captain Morton Schneider
- Battlecruiser Squadron 12, CO Rear Admiral Oliver Diamato
- a light cruiser division[2]
Manticoran Alliance[]
Zanzibar System Defense Command, CO Admiral Gammal al-Bakr, Zanzibar System Navy:
- system defenses[3], CO Rear Admiral Evelyn Padgorny[4], RMN
- outer-system LAC platforms[5] and missile pods, CO Captain Everard Broughton, RMN
- outer-system LAC element, COLAC Commander Eric Hertz, RMN
- delta missile platforms[6]
- gamma missile platforms[7]
- outer-system LAC platforms[5] and missile pods, CO Captain Everard Broughton, RMN
Course of battle[]
Aftermath[]
At the cost of over 6,000 spacers the RHN tested the external fixed defenses as a preparation for a full-scale attack that occurred as the Second Battle of Zanzibar.
References[]
- ↑ 158 destroyed, the remaining - scuttled
- ↑ RHNS Specter and RHNS Phantom (†)
- ↑ Including inner-system defenses also.
- ↑ Battle Squadron 31, CO
- ↑ including HMS Marigold
- ↑ more than 830 missiles
- ↑ 1400 missiles
Operations of the Second Havenite-Manticoran War | |||
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Thunderbolt | Cutworm | Cutworm II | Cutworm III | Gobi | Sanskrit | Beatrice | |||
Battles of the Second Havenite-Manticoran War | |||
Second Tequila | Grendelsbane | Second Thetis | Second Maastricht | Second Trevor's Star | Second Marsh | Raid on Alizon | Raid on Zanzibar | Gaston | Tambourin | Hera | Squalus and Hallman | Augusta | Chantilly | Des Moines | Fordyce | Lorn | Solon | Second Zanzibar | Lovat | Manticore |