Battle of the Gulf of Oman

The Battle of the Gulf of Oman was a naval battle between a large Portuguese armada under Dom Fernando de Meneses and the Ottoman Indian fleet under Seydi Ali Reis. The campaign was a catastrophic failure for the Ottomans who lost all of their ships.

Battle of the Gulf of Oman
Part of the Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1559)

The Portuguese attack on the Turkish fleet, in Livro de Lisuarte de Abreu
Date10–25 August 1554
Location
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Dom Fernando de Meneses
Dom Antão de Noronha
Seydi Ali Reis
Strength
6 galleons
6 caravels
25 fustas
1,200 men
15 galleys
1,000 men
Casualties and losses
Few All galleys captured or destroyed
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