Capture of the ship The Bengali Prize

Capture of The Bengali Prize
	Part of the Dano-Mughal War
	; A large Bengali vessel, by Frans Balthazar Solvyns
Date	Late 1642
Location	Off Pipley, Bay of Bengal
Result	Danish victory
Belligerents
Danish India	Mughal Empire Bengal Subah; ;
Commanders and leaders
Bernt Pessart	Shah Jahan
Units involved
Fortuna; Valby	Bengali Prize
Strength
2 ships	1 ship
Casualties and losses
Unknown	1 ship

The Capture of The Bengali Prize (Danish: Kapre af den bengalske prise), or the Seizure of The Bengali Prize, was a Danish capture and seizure of a larger Bengali vessel in late 1642 in the Bay of Bengal. The capture is known to be the first confrontation of the Dano-Mughal War, after the formal declaration of war.