East India Squadron

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/East_India_Squadron
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1835–1868
gptkbp:baseOfOperations gptkb:Hong_Kong
gptkb:Shanghai
gptkb:Whampoa
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1868
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label East India Squadron
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Commodore_Matthew_C._Perry
gptkb:Commodore_Andrew_Hull_Foote
gptkb:Commodore_David_Geisinger
gptkb:Commodore_James_Biddle
gptkb:Commodore_John_H._Aulick
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Treaty_of_Kanagawa
gptkb:Second_Opium_War
gptkb:First_Opium_War
gptkb:Opening_of_Japan
gptkb:Treaty_of_Wanghia
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Pearl_River_Forts
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Pacific_Squadron
gptkbp:purpose protect American interests in Asia
support diplomatic missions
protect American commerce
gptkbp:responsibility gptkb:China
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Southeast_Asia
gptkb:East_Asia
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Asiatic_Squadron
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Commodore_Matthew_Perry
gptkb:Matthew_C._Perry
gptkb:United_States_Asiatic_Squadron
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6