Battle of the Gulf of Oman

Battle of the Gulf of Oman Part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1557) Ottoman artillery pieces Date 10 to 25 August 1554 Location Gulf of Oman Result Portuguese victory Belligerents Portuguese Empire Ottoman Empire Commanders and leaders Fernando de Meneses Antão de Noronha Piri Reis Strength 6 galleons 6 caravels 25 fustas 1200 men 25 galleys 1000 men[1] Casualties and losses Few 6 galleys captured 2 sunk 7 galleys destroyed under Portuguese orders

Portuguese battles in the Indian Ocean Cannanore (1501) Calicut (1502) Pandarane (1504) Cochin (1504) Cannanore (1506) Anjadiva (1506) Ormuz (1507) Cannanore (1507) Chaul (1508) Dabul (1508) Diu (1509) Goa (1510) Malacca (1511) Calicut (1526) Chalium (1531) Diu (1538) Suez Expedition (1541) Diu (1546) Aden (1548) Hormuz campaign Muscat Gulf of Oman Malacca (1568) Malacca (1606) Cape Rachado (1606) Swally (1612) Ceylon (1612-13) Persia–Portugal war (1615-1622) Ormuz (1622) Action of one February (1625) River Duyon (1629) Goa (1638) Mombasa (1696-98) Calicut (1752)

The Battle of the Gulf of Oman was a naval battle between a large Portuguese armada under Antão de Noronha and the Ottoman Indian fleet under Piri Reis. The campaign was a catastrophic failure for the Ottomans and nearly all but 2 of their vessels were lost.

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Coordinates: 25°N 58°E / 25°N 58°E / 25; 58