Battle of Lingga

Battle of Lingga
Part of Malay–Portuguese conflicts

Location of the Lingga Islands
Date1525
Location
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire Sultanate of Bintan
Sultanate of Indragiri
Commanders and leaders
Álvaro de Brito
Baltasar Raposo
Sultan of Indragiri
Laqueximena
Strength
2 carracks, 80 soldiers[1] 160 lancharas[2]
2,000 men[3]
Casualties and losses
1 dead, 17 wounded[4] 80 vessels lost, 600 dead[5]

The Battle of Lingga was a naval engagement that took place in 1525 and in which Portuguese forces defeated a fleet belonging to the Sultan of Bintan (former Sultan of Malacca) and the Sultan of Indragiri, in defense of their ally, the Sultan of Lingga.

  1. ^ Barros, 1777, p.471.
  2. ^ Saturnino Monteiro: Batalhas e Combates da Marinha Portuguesa 1139-1975, volume II, Livraria Sá da Costa Editora, 1991, p.75.
  3. ^ João de Barros: Da Ásia dec. III, part II, Regia Officina Typografica, 1777 edition, p.472.
  4. ^ Fernão Lopes de Castanheda: Historia do descobrimento e conquista da India pelos Portugueses, Typographia Rollandiana, 1833 edition, Volumes 6-7, 216.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Monteiro3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).