Battle of Bantam
The naval Battle of Bantam took place on 27 December 1601 in Bantam Bay, Indonesia, when an exploration fleet of 5 Dutch under the leadership of Walter Harmensz. and a fleet under André Furtado de Mendonça, sent from Goa to the Portuguese authority to restore, met in the Indonesian archipelago. The Portuguese were forced to retreat.[1] Netherlands made three ships booty on a large Portuguese force majeure of eight galleons and miscellaneous smaller vessels.
| Battle of Bantam | |||||||
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| Part of Dutch-Portuguese War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Dutch Republic |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 5 ships |
8 galleons several fustas | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 3 fustas captured | ||||||
Ships involved
- Netherlands
- Gelderland
- Zeelandia (Jan Cornelisz)
- Utrecht
- Wachter (yacht)
- Duyfken (yacht)
- Portugal (André Furtado de Mendonça), 30 vessels total
- 8 galleons
- several fustas - 3 set alight and captured by Dutch
References
- "Hoe en waarom voerde de voc oorlog in Indie". Batavia Werf (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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