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Capture of Den Bengalske Prise | |||||||
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Part of the Dano-Mughal War | |||||||
A large Bengali vessel, by Frans Balthazar Solvyns | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Danish India | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Bernt Pessart | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Fortuna Valby | Den Bengalske Prise[a] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2 ships | 1 ship | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | 1 ship |
The Capture of the Den Bengalske Prise (Danish; Kapre af den bengalske prise) was a Danish seizure of a large Bengali vessel in 1642. The capture is known to be the first confrontation of the Dano-Mughal War, after the formal declaration of war.
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Danish India had since its creation suffered from financial difficulties. The financial situation resulted from the loss of the Jupiter in 1640 and the Nattergalen in 1626, which the Danes blamed on the Bengalis.[1]
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- ^ Name given to the vessel after its seizure
References edit
- ^ Wellen 2015, p. 447.
Bibliography edit
- Wellen, Kathryn (2015). The Danish East India Company's War against the Mughal Empire, 1642-1698 (PDF). Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies.