Dano-Carical Conflict

Dano-Karaikal Conflict

Dutch boats in the nearby Negapatnam, by Jan Kip
DateOctober 1644 – February 1645
Location
Carical, Portuguese India
(present-day Karaikal, India)
10°55′58″N 79°49′55″E / 10.932701°N 79.831853°E / 10.932701; 79.831853
Result Portuguese-Dutch victory
Belligerents
 Danish India Portuguese India
Dutch India
Commanders and leaders
Anders Nielsen
Simon Jansen (POW)
Unknown adigar
Units involved
Valby Lis
Strength
6 soldiers
4 ships
1 sampan
3 ships
3 sampans
2 ships
Casualties and losses
1 dead
2 wounded
1 sampan
Many
1 sampan

The Dano-Carical Conflict (Danish: Konflikten mod Carical) was a small-scale conflict between the Danes at Tranquebar and the Portuguese at Carical (Karaikal). The conflict includes three smaller naval engagements, which eventually led to a four-hour-long imprisonment of Danish Captain Simon Jansen.