Battle of Cannanore
Battle of Cannanore (1506) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Portuguese Empire | Kingdom of Calicut | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lourenço de Almeida | Samorin | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
3 naus 1 caravel several foists[1] | Over 200 vessels[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
None | A few dozen ships |
The Battle of Cannanore took place in 1506 off the harbour of Cannanore in India, between the Indian fleet of the Zamorin of Calicut and a Portuguese fleet under Lourenço de Almeida, son of the Viceroy Almeida.
The Indian fleet, consisting of about 200 ships equipped with cannons manufactured with the help of two Milanese Italians, was manned by Hindu, Arab, and Turkish crews.[1] This encounter ended in a Portuguese victory. It was followed by another Portuguese success at the siege of Cannanore in 1507, but then a Portuguese defeat at the Battle of Chaul in 1508.[1]
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- 1506 in India
- Conflicts in 1506
- Naval battles involving Portugal
- Naval battles involving the Ottoman Empire
- Portuguese in Kerala
- Naval battles of the Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts
- 1506 in Portugal
- 1500s in the Ottoman Empire
- Battles involving Portuguese India