Battle of Duyon River
| Battle of Duyon River | |||||||
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| Part of Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts | |||||||
1635 Portuguese watercolour sketch of the 1629 Acehnese attack on Malacca | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Portuguese Empire Malay warriors | Sultanate of Aceh | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Nuno Álvares Botelho António Pinto da Fonseca |
Laksamana (?) (POW) Marraja † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1,260 Portuguese soldiers 400 auxiliaries 4 brigantines 28 galleys 2,000 Pahang warriors 60 vessels of Pahang |
236 ships 19,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 60 dead |
All ships captured or destroyed All men killed or captured 170 heavy artillery pieces captured the Laksamana captured | ||||||
The Battle of Duyon River was a naval engagement between the Portuguese forces commanded by Nuno Álvares Botelho, who is renowned in Portugal as one of the last great commanders of Portuguese India, and the forces of the Sultanate of Aceh, which were led by the Laksamana.
The relatively modest Portuguese fleet achieved an absolute victory over the Ottoman-allied Aceh in that not a single ship or man of the invading force sent to conquer Malacca returned to their country. The Sultanate of Perak, a vassal of the Sultanate of Aceh, defected to the Portuguese side after the battle.