Battle of the Malacca Strait (1714)
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| Battle of the Strait of Malacca (1714) | |||||||
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| Part of War of the Spanish Succession | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Portugal |
 France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Paulo da Costa |
Henri Bouynot | ||||||
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1 frigate 176 crewmen 34 cannons |
2 frigates 500 crewmen 90 cannons | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3 dead and 8 injured | 80 dead and numerous injured | ||||||
The Battle of the Malacca Strait was one of the last battles of the War of the Spanish Succession, fought between 8 and 10 of January in 1714, in violation of the Peace of Utrecht signed between France and Portugal in April 1713.[1]
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[edit]- ↑ Saturnino Monteiro, Armando da Silva (1996). Batalhas e Combates da Marinha Portuguesa (PDF) (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Livraria Sá da Costa. pp. 80–83. ISBN 972-562-331-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
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