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Action of 2 May 1654
Part of Dutch-Portuguese War
Date
2 May 1654
Location
Near Colombo, Ceylon
Result
Dutch victory
Belligerents
Dutch Republic Kingdom of Kandy
Portuguese Empire
Strength
11 ships
3 galleons
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Dutch–Portuguese War
Europe
Cape St. Vincent
The Downs
Brazil
1st Salvador
2nd Salvador
3rd Salvador
1st Recife
Mata Redonda
Abrolhos
Porto Calvo
4th Salvador
Itamaracá
Tabocas
Paraíba
Tamanare
1st Guararapes
2nd Guararapes
2nd Recife
Africa
1st Mozambique
2nd Mozambique
1st Elmina
2nd Elmina
1st Luanda
Kombi
2nd Luanda
Asia
Bantam
Amboina
1st Malacca
Changi
Cape Rachado
Macau
Persian Gulf
Hormuz
Goa
Mormugão
Galle
2nd Malacca
1st Colombo
2nd Colombo
Malabar
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Portuguese battles in the Indian Ocean
Cannanore (1501)
Calicut (1503)
Pandarane (1504)
Cochin (1504)
Mombasa (1505)
Cannanore (1506)
Anjadiva (1506)
Barawa (1507)
Socotra (1507)
Hormuz (1507)
Cannanore (1507)
Chaul (1508)
Dabul (1508)
Diu (1509)
Goa (1510)
Malacca (1511)
Aden (1513)
Jeddah (1517)
Goa (1517)
Zeila (1517)
Pago (1520)
Aceh (1521)
Bahrain (1521)
Bintan (1521)
Pedir (1522)
Ash-Shihr (1523)
Muar river (1523)
Pasai (1523–24)
Lingga (1525)
Calicut (1526)
Mombasa (1528)
Aceh (1528)
Bahrain (1529)
Diu (1531)
Ugentana (1535)
Ugentana (1536)
Diu (1538)
Suakin (1541)
Jeddah (1541)
El Tor (1541)
Suez (1541)
Benadir (1542)
Diu (1546)
Perlis River (1547)
Aden (1548)
Al-Shihr (1548)
Qatif (1551)
Malacca (1551)
Muscat (1552)
Strait of Hormuz (1553)
Gulf of Oman (1554)
Bahrain (1559)
Jaffna (1560)
Malacca (1568)
Aceh (1569)
Muscat (1581)
Daman (1581)
Leitao Coast (1586)
Johor (1587)
Jaffna (1591)
Kottakkal (1599–1600)
Bantam (1601)
Aceh (1606)
Malacca (1606)
Cape Rachado (1606)
Swally (1612)
Gulf of Mannar (1612–13)
Cambarão (1614)
Formoso River (1615)
Jaffna (1619)
Qeshm (1621–22)
Hormuz (1622)
Persian Gulf (1625)
Langat River (1628)
Duyon River (1629)
Hooghly (1632)
Julfar (1633)
Sohar (1633–1643)
Goa (1638)
Daman (1638–39)
Mormugão (1639)
Malacca (1641)
Muscat (1650)
Colombo (1654)
Colombo (1654)
Mombasa (1696–98)
Surat (1704)
Calicut (1752)
Portuguese colonial campaigns
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Dutch colonial campaigns
17th century
Bantam (1601)
Amboina (1605)
Malacca (1606)
Cape Rachado (1606)
Mozambique (1607)
Mozambique (1608)
Banda Islands (1609–21)
Johor (1613)
Macau (1622)
Pescadores (1622–24)
Salvador (1624)
Persian Gulf (1625)
Salvador (1625)
Elmina (1625)
Cuba (1628)
Batavia (1628–29)
Recife (1630)
Abrolhos (1631)
Liaoluo Bay (1633)
Taiwan (1635–36)
Brazil (1636)
Liuqiu Island (1636)
Porto Calvo (1637)
Elmina (1637)
Vietnam (1637–43)
Goa (1638)
Salvador (1638)
Mormugão (1639)
Itamaracá (1640)
Ceylon (1640)
Malacca (1641)
Luanda (1641)
Taiwan (1641)
Taiwan (1642)
Chile (1643)
Cambodia (1643–44)
New Netherland (1643–45)
Tabocas (1645)
Philippines (1646)
Kombi (1647)
Guararapes (1648)
Guararapes (1649)
Taiwan (1652)
2nd Recife (1652-1654)
2nd Colombo (1654)
Malabar (1658-1663)
New Netherland (1659–63)
South Africa (1659-1677)
Taiwan (1661–62)
Sri Lanka (1670-1670)
India (1673)
Java (1674–80)
18th century
Java (1704–07)
Java (1719–23)
India (1739–41)
Java (1741–43)
Penfui (1749)
Java (1749–57)
Sri Lanka (1764-1766)
India (1781)
Ceylon (1782)
Gold Coast (1782)
Cape Colony (1795)
19th century
Surinam (1804)
Cape Colony (1806)
Java (1806–07)
Moluccas (1810)
Java (1811)
Algiers (1816)
Ambon (1817)
Palembang (1819)
Palembang (1821)
Sumatra (1821–37)
Borneo (1823)
Bone (1824–25)
Java (1825–30)
Aceh (1831)
Ahanta (1837–39)
Bali (1846)
Bali (1848)
Bali (1849)
Palembang (1851–59)
Montrado (1854–55)
Nias (1855–64)
Bali (1858)
Bone (1858–59)
Borneo (1859–63)
Japan (1863–64)
Pasoemah (1864–68)
Gold Coast (1869–70)
Aceh (1873–1913)
Mandor (1884–85)
Jambi (1885)
Edi (1890)
Lombok and Karangasem (1894)
Pedir (1897–98)
20th century
Kerinci (1903)
Bone (1905–06)
Bali (1906)
Bali (1908)
Venezuela (1908)
Indonesia (1941–45)
Indonesia (1946–49)
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Portuguese colonial campaigns
15th century
Morocco (1415)
Morocco (1419)
Morocco (1437)
Morocco (1458)
Morocco (1463-64)
Morocco (1468)
Morocco (1471)
Guinea (1478)
Morocco (1487)
Morocco (1490)
16th century
India (1500-1513)
Algeria (1501)
East Africa (1505)
Indian Ocean (1505–17)
India (1506)
East Africa (1507)
Socotra (1507)
Persian Gulf (1507–15)
India (1508)
India (1509)
India (1510)
Malaysia (1511)
Morocco (1513)
Morocco (1514)
Morocco (1514)
Morocco (1515)
Morocco (1515)
East Africa (1517)
Goa (1517)
Malaysia (1520)
Sri Lanka (1520–1658)
Sumatra (1521)
Bahrain (1521)
Insulindia (1521)
China (1521)
Sumatra (1522)
Arabia (1523)
Malaysia (1523)
Sumatra (1523-24)
Insulindia (1525)
Insulindia (1526)
India (1526)
Java (1527)
Sumatra (1528)
East Africa (1528)
Persian Gulf (1529)
Moluccas (1530–1607)
India (1531)
Tunis (1535)
Malaysia (1535)
Malaysia (1536)
Moluccas (1536)
Brazil (1534-1536)
Indian Ocean (1538–60)
Red Sea (1541)
Red Sea (1541)
Red Sea (1541)
Red Sea (1541)
Ethiopia (1541)
Ethiopia (1542)
East Africa (1542)
Insulindia (1545)
India (1546)
Malaysia (1547)
Arabia (1548)
Arabia (1548)
Persian Gulf (1551)
Malaysia (1551)
Arabia (1552–54)
Gulf of Oman (1554)
Pakistan (1557)
Brazil (1558)
Jaffna (1560)
Japan (1561)
Morocco (1562)
Japan (1565)
Brazil (1567)
Malacca (1568)
Sumatra (1569)
India (1570–75)
Morocco (1578)
Atlantic Ocean (1580–83)
India (1581)
Arabia (1581)
Indian Ocean (1586–89)
Persian Gulf (1586)
Malaysia (1587)
Jaffna (1591)
India (1599)
17th century
Java (1601)
Sumatra (1606)
Malaysia (1606)
Malaysia (1606)
India (1612)
Brazil (1612-1615)
Persian Gulf (1614)
Malaysia (1615)
Jaffna (1619)
Coromandel Coast (1619)
Persian Gulf (1621-22)
Trincomalee (1622)
Persian Gulf (1622)
China (1622)
Angola (1622)
Angola (1623)
Brazil (1624)
Persian Gulf (1625)
Brazil (1625)
Gold Coast (1625)
Malaysia (1628)
Malacca (1629)
Cape of Good Hope (1630)
Brazil (1630)
Brazil (1631)
East Africa (1632)
Bengal (1632)
Arabia (1633)
Arabia (1633-43)
Brazil (1636)
Gold Coast (1637)
India (1638)
Brazil (1638)
India (1638–39)
India (1639)
Brazil (1640)
Morocco (1640)
Malaysia (1640–41)
Angola (1641–48)
Brazil (1641)
Brazil (1645)
Angola (1647)
Brazil (1648)
Brazil (1649)
Arabia (1650)
Brazil (1652–54)
1st Sri Lanka (1654)
2nd Sri Lanka (1654)
Malabar (1658-63)
Angola (1665)
Angola (1670)
Angola (1670)
Angola (1671)
Angola (1681)
India (1693)
East Africa (1696–98)
18th century
India (1704)
Brazil (1710)
Brazil (1711)
India (1729-32)
Banda Oriental (1735–37)
India (1746)
India (1746)
India (1752)
Brazil (1756)
Brazil (1762–63)
Banda Oriental and Rio Grande do Sul (1762–63)
Morocco (1769)
Banda Oriental (1776–77)
19th century
French Guiana (1809)
China (1809-10)
Banda Oriental (1816–20)
Brazil (1821–23)
China (1846)
China (1849)
Mozambique (1895)
20th century
Angola (1902–03)
Angola (1907)
Angola (1914–15)
Mozambique (1917–18)
Timor (1942–43)
India (1954)
India (1961)
Africa (1961–74)
Angola (1961–74)
Guinea-Bissau (1963–74)
Mozambique (1964–74)
The action of 2 May 1654 was a sea battle which took place near Colombo, Ceylon, when a force of 11 Dutch ships defeated 3 Portuguese galleons, which ran aground and were burnt near Carmona, north of Cabo de Rama. On about 4 May Zijdeworm was burnt as a fireship near Karwar, and on 6 May the Portuguese galleon Nazareth was burnt near Hanovar. This removed a significant proportion of Portuguese ships in the Indian Ocean area.
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