Battle of River Duyon

Battle of River Duyon Part of Portuguese battles in the East Date 1629 Location Portuguese Malacca Result Decisive Portuguese victory Belligerents Portuguese Empire Sultanate of Aceh Commanders and leaders Nuno Álvares Botelho Lançamane Strength 28 galleys 236 ships 19,000 men [1] Casualties and losses Few All ships captured or destroyed All men killed or captured 130 artillery pieces captured

Portuguese battles in the Indian Ocean Cannanore (1501) Calicut (1502) Pandarane (1504) Cochin (1504) Cannanore (1506) Anjadiva (1506) Ormuz (1507) Cannanore (1507) Chaul (1508) Dabul (1508) Diu (1509) Goa (1510) Malacca (1511) Calicut (1526) Diu (1531) Diu (1538) Suez Expedition (1541) Diu (1546) Aden (1548) Hormuz campaign Muscat Gulf of Oman Malacca (1568) Aceh (1569) Malacca (1606) Cape Rachado (1606) Swally (1612) Ceylon (1612-13) Persia–Portugal war (1615-1622) Ormuz (1622) Action of one February (1625) River Duyon (1629) Goa (1638) Mombasa (1696-98) Calicut (1752)

The Battle of River Duyon was a naval engagement between the Portuguese forces commanded by Nuno Álvares Botelho, who is renowned in Portugal as the last great commander of Portuguese India, and the forces of the Sultanate of Aceh, which were led by General Lançamane.

The relatively modest Portuguese fleet achieved an absolute victory over the Ottoman-allied Aceh in such decisive ways that not a single ship or man of the invading force sent to conquer Malacca managed to get back to its country.

After his triumph, Álvares Botelho was received in Malacca in apotheosis, and his great achievement was greatly celebrated in Portugal. Additionally, the Portuguese captured the huge captain ship of Aceh, called "Wonders of the World". The ship, a galley with a crew of over 1,000 to Goa, was then taken to Malacca and Goa to be admired by the population.

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