Battle of Bantam

Battle of Bantam
Part of Dutch-Portuguese War
Date27 December 1601
LocationBantam Bay, Indonesia
Result Dutch victory
Belligerents
 Dutch Republic Portugal Portuguese Empire
Strength
5 ships 8 galleons
several fustas
Casualties and losses
Unknown 3 fustas captured

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 Andrea Furtado de Mendoça, 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.

Ships involved

  • Netherlands
    • Gelderland
    • Zeelandia (Jan Cornelisz)
    • Utrecht
    • Wachter (yacht)
    • Duyfken (yacht)
  • Portugal (André Furtado de Mendonça), 30 vessels total
    • 8 galleons
    • several fustas (similar to galleys) - 3 set alight and captured by Dutch

References

  1. ↑ "Hoe en waarom voerde de voc oorlog in Indie". Batavia Werf (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 November 2017.


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