First Barbary War

First Barbary War
	Part of the Barbary Wars
	; USS Enterprise fighting the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli by William Bainbridge Hoff, 1878
Date	May 10, 1801 – June 10, 1805; (4 years and 1 month)
Location	Off the Mediterranean coast of Tripoli; Derna
Result	Peace treaty The United States paying ransom; Tripolitania ships allowed to inspect American ships; Freeing prisoners of American ships;
Belligerents
United States; Sweden (1801–02); Sicily	Ottoman Tripolitania; Morocco (1802)
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Jefferson; Richard Dale; Richard Morris; William Eaton; Edward Preble; Stephen Decatur; Gustav IV Adolf; Rudolf Cederström	Yusuf Karamanli; Rais Mahomet Rous; Hassan Bey; Shadi Nazmi Reis; Slimane of Morocco;
Strength
United States; First Squadron:; 4 frigates; 1 schooner; Second Squadron:; 6 frigates; 1 schooner; Third Squadron:; 2 frigates; 3 brigs; 2 schooners; 1 ketch; Swedish Royal Navy:; 3 frigates; William Eaton's invasion:; 8 US Marines, William Eaton, 3 midshipmen, and several civilians ; Approx. 500 Greek and Arab mercenaries	Various cruisers; 11–20 gunboats; 4,000 soldiers

The First Barbary War (1801–1805), also known as the Tripolitan War and the Barbary Coast War, was a conflict during the Barbary Wars, in which the United States and Sweden fought against Tripolitania. Tripolitania had declared war against Sweden and the United States over disputes regarding tributary payments made by both states in exchange for a cessation of Tripolitatian commerce raiding at sea. United States President Thomas Jefferson refused to pay this tribute. Sweden had been at war with the Tripolitans since 1800.

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