Battle of Goa (1638)

Battle of Goa
Part of Dutch–Portuguese War
Date1638–1639
Location
off Goa, Portuguese India
Result Portuguese victory[1]
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire Dutch East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Pedro da Silva
António Teles de Meneses		 Adam Westerwolt[2]
Cornelis Simonsz van der Veere
Strength
5 galleons
1 light carrack
38 fustas		 8 carracks
3 light carracks[3]
Casualties and losses
1 small galleon sunk[4] 2 large carracks sunk[5]

The Battle of Goa refers to a series of naval engagements between the Portuguese Armada and the Dutch East India Company fleets attempting to blockade and conquer the city of Goa. In 1638, forces commanded by the Viceroy of Portuguese India, D. Pedro da Silva and later António Teles de Meneses, fought off a large Dutch fleet sent to block the port colony of Goa, commanded by Admiral Adam Westerwolt, who was badly defeated at this encounter.

The next year 1639, the Dutch Admiral Cornelis Simonsz van der Veere would conduct a new raid on Goa's port. The Portuguese galleons Bom Jesus 74 and São Sebastião 50 were being careened and had their guns removed and were captured without fighting. Bom Jesus was set alight and allowed to drift toward the new galleon São Boaventura, which was refusing to surrender, causing São Boaventura to catch fire and blow up. Some of the unarmed "frigates" approached toward the end but were frightened off by the Dutch boats. The Dutch had a total of 261 guns, 810 sailors, and 170 soldiers on their ships.

References

  1. ^ Queiroz, Padre Fernão de, Vida do Venerável Irmão Pedro de Basto, Oficina de Miguel Deslandes, Lisboa, 1689, p. 315
  2. ^ Sousa, Alfredo Botelho de, Subsídios para a História Militar Marítima da Índia, Ministério da Marinha, Lisboa, 1956, Volume IV, p. 64
  3. ^ Monteiro, Saturnino (2010). Batalhas e Combates da Marinha Portuguesa. Lisbon: Livraria Sá da Costa Editora. ISBN 972-562-323-1.
  4. ^ Boxer, Charles Ralph, Revista Ethnos, Instituto Português de Arqueologia, História e Etnografia, Lisboa, 1942, Volume II, p.33
  5. ^ Esparteiro, António Marques, Três Séculos no Mar, Ministério da Marinha, Volume IV, 1975, p.8

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