Battle off Hormuz (1625)

Battle off Hormuz (1625)

Batalha Naval de Ormuz, by João Dantas, c. 1812.
Date11–12 February 1625
Location
Strait of Hormuz
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
Portuguese Estado da Índia English East India Company
 Dutch East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Nuno Álvares Botelho
Rui Freire de Andrada		 John Weddell
Albert Becker
Strength
8 galleons
20 light galleys
20 terranquins		 8 carracks
2 pataches
Casualties and losses
130 killed 29 English killed
45 Dutch killed

The battle off Hormuz or the battle of the Persian Gulf on 11–12 February 1625 was "perhaps the largest naval battle ever fought in the Persian Gulf". It pitted a Portuguese force against a combined force of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and English East India Company (EIC). Although the battle was a draw, the result was the loss of Portuguese influence in the Gulf.

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