Battle of the Gulf of Oman

Battle of the Gulf of Oman
	Part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1557)
	; Ottoman artillery pieces
Date	10 to 25 August 1554
Location	Gulf of Oman
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Fernando de Meneses ; Antão de Noronha	Piri Reis
Strength
6 galleons ; 6 caravels ; 25 fustas ; 1200 men	25 galleys ; 1000 men
Casualties and losses
Few	6 galleys captured ; 2 sunk ; 7 galleys destroyed under Portuguese orders

The Battle of the Gulf of Oman was a naval battle between a large Portuguese armada under Antão de Noronha and the Ottoman Indian fleet under Piri Reis. The campaign was a catastrophic failure for the Ottomans and nearly all but two of their vessels were lost.

References

^ Monteiro, Saturnino (2010). Batalhas e Combates da Marinha Portuguesa. Lisbon: Livraria Sá da Costa Editora. ISBN 972-562-296-0.

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[1] Monteiro, Saturnino (2010). Batalhas e Combates da Marinha Portuguesa. Lisbon: Livraria Sá da Costa Editora. ISBN 972-562-296-0.

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