Battle of Cannanore (1506)
Indo-Portuguese battle
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The Battle of Cannanore took place in 1506 off the harbour of Cannanore in India, between the Indian fleet of the Zamorin of Calicut and a Portuguese fleet under Lourenço de Almeida, son of the Viceroy Almeida.
| Battle of Cannanore (1506) | |||||||
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| Part of the First Luso-Malabarese War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Portuguese Empire | Kingdom of Calicut | ||||||
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Lourenço de Almeida Ferdinand Magellan (WIA) | Samorin | ||||||
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3 naus 1 caravel several foists[1] | Over 200 vessels[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | A few dozen ships | ||||||
The Indian fleet, consisting of about 200 ships equipped with cannons manufactured with the help of two Milanese Italians, was manned by Hindu, Arab, and Turkish crews.[1] This encounter ended in a Portuguese victory. It was followed by another Portuguese success at the siege of Cannanore in 1507, but then a Portuguese defeat at the Battle of Chaul in 1508.[1]