Raid on Zanzibar

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==
===Republic of Haven Navy===
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 divisionRHNS Specter and RHNS Phantom (†)
===Manticoran Alliance===
Zanzibar System Defense Command, CO Admiral Gammal al-Bakr, Zanzibar System Navy:
* system defensesIncluding inner-system defenses also., CO Rear Admiral Evelyn PadgornyBattle Squadron 31, CO, RMN
** outer-system LAC platformsincluding HMS Marigold and missile pods, CO Captain Everard Broughton, RMN
*** outer-system LAC element, COLAC Commander Eric Hertz, RMN
*** delta missile platformsmore than 830 missiles
*** gamma missile platforms1400 missiles
==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==
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