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Affair of Porto Novo

The Affair of Porto Novo, also called the Porto Novo incident,[1] was a successful Anglo–French attack and destruction of the newly founded Swedish factory at Porto Novo in Southern India on 20 October 1733.[2]

Affair of Porto Novo

Painting of the ship Ulrica Eleonora, 1719
Date20 October 1733 – Early 1734
Location
Porto Novo (modern-day Parangipettai) India
Result Anglo–French victory
Territorial
changes
Swedish factory at Porto Novo is destroyed
Belligerents
 East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Swedish Empire Petter von Utfall East India Company George Morton Pitt
East India Company Gostlin
East India Company Roach
French East India Company Pierre Le Noir
Units involved
Swedish Empire Ulrica Eleonora East India Company Prince Augustus
Strength
40 men
1 ship
Hundreds–700 men
2 ships
Casualties and losses
Several captured Unknown

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