Part of the Portuguese battles in the Indian Ocean
Battle of Cannanore
Part of First Luso-Malabarese War and Portuguese battles in the Indian Ocean
Battle of Cannanore, drawing by Alfredo Roque Gameiro in the book História de Portugal, Popular e Ilustrada
Date
31 December 1501 – 2 January 1502 (2 days)
Location
Cannanore, India
Result
Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire
Calicut
Commanders and leaders
João da Nova
Zamorin of Calicut
Strength
4 carracks
220+ vessels
180 paraus and zambuks
7,000 men[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown
Losses:
5 major ships
~12 paraus and zambuks
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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
The First Battle of Cannanore was a naval engagement between the Third Portuguese Armada under João da Nova and the naval forces of Calicut, which had been assembled by the Zamorin against the Portuguese in order to prevent their return to Portugal.
The battle was fought over two days, between 31 December 1501 and 2 January 1502, and was the first major Portuguese naval engagement in the Indian Ocean. Although badly outnumbered, da Nova's bold tactics, better trained and prepared men, and superior weaponry proved decisive for the Portuguese to defeat the blocking force of Calicut, break out of Cannanore, and emerge victorious from the battle.
The battle is also historically notable for being one of the earliest recorded deliberate uses of a naval line of battle, and for resolving the battle by cannon alone. These tactics would become increasingly prevalent as navies evolved and began to see ships less as carriers of armed men, and more as floating artillery. In that respect, this has been called the first 'modern' naval battle (at least for one side).[2] After it, João da Nova returned to Portugal.
^Matthew 1997, p. 11.
^"Cananor – 31 de Dezembro de 1501 a 2 de Janeiro de 1502". Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
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