Loss of the St. Jacob

Loss of the St. Jacob
Part of the prelude to the Dano-Mughal War
East Indiamen in a Gale, by Charles Brooking
Date 1640 Location Bay of Bengal Result Mughal victory
Belligerents
Danish India	Mughal Empire Bengal Subah
Commanders and leaders
Nicolaj Samson	Hadi Gayas
Units involved
St Jacob	Unknown
Strength
1 ship	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 ship 33 men killed or drowned	None
Goods to the value of 150.000 Danish rigsdaler lost

The Loss of the St. Jacob (Danish: Tabet af St. Jacob), also referred to as the Seizure of the St. Jacob(beslaglæggelsen af St. Jacob), was a destruction and seizure of a Danish merchant ship, the St. Jacob, by local Bengali authorities. The loss and destruction of the ship and its crew, led to the Dano-Mughal War, which would last for 56 years.