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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox Military Conflict<br />
|conflict=Battle of Cannanore (1506)<br />
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|date=March 1506<br />
|place=Cannanore, India<br />
|result=Portuguese victory<br />
|combatant1=[[File:Flag Portugal (1495).svg|border|25px]] [[Portuguese Empire]]<br />
|combatant2=[[Zamorin of Calicut|Kingdom of Calicut]]<br />
|commander1=[[Lourenço de Almeida]]<br />
|commander2=Samorin<br />
|strength1=3 [[naus]]<br>1 [[caravel]]<br>several [[foist]]s<ref name="Diffie"/><br />
|strength2= Over 200 vessels<ref>''Foundations of the Portuguese empire, 1415–1580'' by Bailey Wallys Diffie p.232 [https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZtMBLJ7GgC&pg=PA232]</ref><br />
|casualties1=None<br />
|casualties2=A few dozen ships<br />
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{{Portuguese–Mamluk naval war}}<br />
{{Portuguese battles in the Indian Ocean}}<br />
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The '''Battle of Cannanore''' took place in 1506 off the harbour of [[Kannur|Cannanore]] in [[India]], between the Indian fleet of the [[Zamorin of Calicut]] and a Portuguese fleet under [[Lourenço de Almeida]], son of the Viceroy Almeida. <br />
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The Indian fleet, consisting of about 200 ships equipped with cannons manufactured with the help of two [[Duchy of Milan|Milanese]] Italians, was manned by [[Hindu]], [[Arab]], and [[Turkey|Turkish]] crews.<ref name="Diffie"/> This encounter ended in a Portuguese victory. It was followed by another Portuguese success at the [[Siege of Cannanore (1507)|siege of Cannanore]] in 1507, but then a Portuguese defeat at the [[Battle of Chaul]] in 1508.<ref name="Diffie">''Foundations of the Portuguese empire, 1415–1580'' Bailey Wallys Diffie p.232''ff'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZtMBLJ7GgC&pg=PA232]</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Portuguese India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1506 in India]]<br />
[[Category:Conflicts in 1506|Cannanore]]<br />
[[Category:Naval battles involving Portugal|Cannanore (1506)]]<br />
[[Category:Naval battles involving the Ottoman Empire|Cannanore]]<br />
[[Category:Portuguese in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Naval battles of the Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts|Cannanore]]<br />
[[Category:1506 in Portugal]]<br />
[[Category:1500s in the Ottoman Empire]]<br />
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