Sack of Bombay (1626)

Sack of Bombay (1626)
Part of Anglo-Portuguese rivalry in the Persian Gulf and Dutch–Portuguese War

Davies' sketch of Bombay harbour, 1626
Date14–15 October 1626[1]
Location
Bombay, India
Result Anglo–Dutch victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire Portuguese Estado da Índia East India Company
Dutch East India Company Dutch East India
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Unknown
Strength
Unknown 14 ships[2]
300 men[1]

The Sack of Bombay (also known as the Bombardment of Bombay) was a short Anglo–Dutch raid on the Portuguese settlement at Bombay in October 1626.[3][4]

Order of Battle

Anglo–Dutch fleet:[5]

  • English:
    • James
    • Jonas
    • Anne
    • Falcon
  • Dutch:
    • Goede Fortuijn
    • Bantam
    • Engelsche Beer
    • Gouden Leeuw
    • Walcheren
    • Heusden
    • Mauritius
    • Oranje
    • Hollandia
    • one prize ship

References

Bibliography

  • Boxer, Charles Ralph (1935). "Anglo-Portuguese Rivalry in the Persian Gulf 1615–1635". In Edgar Prestage (ed.). Chapters in Anglo-Portuguese Relations. Watford, Hertfordshire: Voss and Michael. pp. 46–129.
  • Boxer, C. R., ed. (2014) [1930]. Commentaries of Ruy Freyre de Andrada. Oxford: Routledge.
  • Grey, Charles (1932). Sir George MacMunn (ed.). The Merchant Venturers of London: A Record of Far Eastern Trade & Piracy during the Seventeenth Century. London: H. F. & G. Witherby.
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