Battle off Jask

Battle off Jask
Part of Anglo-Portuguese rivalry in the Persian Gulf
English Ships Under Sail in a Very Light Breeze
Date 16 December 1620 – 7 January 1621 Location Off Jask, Persian Gulf Result English victory [1] [2]
Belligerents
Portuguese Estado da Índia	English East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Rui Freire de Andrada	Andrew Shilling  (DOW) [3] John Weddell
Strength
4 galleons and additional galliots [4] 1,000 men [4]	4 ships
Casualties and losses
160 dead [5]	8 dead [5]

The Battle off Jask ^{[6] [7]} was a series of naval engagements in December 1620 and January 1621 between the Portuguese fleet under Rui Freire de Andrada and the English East India Company ships under Andrew Shilling and John Weddell. ^[8]

Order of battle

Portuguese ships: ^[4]

• São Pedro (64)
• São Martinho (48)
• São Lourenço (24)
• Nossa Senhora da Conceição (22)

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English ships: ^{[3] [4]}

• Hart
• Eagle
• London
• Roebuck

References

1. Boxer 1935, p. 70.
2. Percy Molesworth Sykes, A History of Persia, Read Books, 2006, ISBN   1-4067-2692-3, p. 277.
3. Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894) The Portuguese in India: A.D. 1481–1571, p. 210.
4. Boxer 1935, p. 67.
5. Matthee, Rudolph; Flores, Jorge (2011). Rudolph Matthee; Jorge Flores (eds.). "Portugal, the Persian Gulf and Safavid Persia". Acta Iranica (52). Peeters: 107. ISBN   9789042924482.
6. Nielsen, The Fall of Ormuz, p. 58.
7. Steensgaard, Niels (March 15, 2017). The Asian Trade Revolution. University of Chicago Press. p. 349. ISBN   9780226771458.
8. Boxer 1935, pp. 67–70.

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.