Battle of Tunmen

Battle of Tunmen

Imagined scenes of Battle of Tunmen
DateJune 21 – September 8, 1521[1]
Location
Result Ming victory
Belligerents
Ming dynasty Kingdom of Portugal
Commanders and leaders
Wang Hong (汪鋐) Diogo Calvo
Duarte Coelho
Ambrósio do Rego
Strength
50+ Junks 5 Caravels
Siamese and Patani junks
Casualties and losses
Unknown 2 Caravels abandoned
all junks abandoned
Battle of Tunmen
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese屯門海戰
Simplified Chinese屯门海战
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTún Mén hǎizhàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingtyun4 mun4 hoi2 zin3
Portuguese name
PortugueseBatalha de Tamão

The Battle of Tunmen or Tamão was a naval battle in which the Ming imperial navy defeated a Portuguese fleet led by Diogo Calvo in 1521.

  1. ^ Jin, Guoping 金國平 (2000). Xīlì dōngjiān: Zhōng Pú zǎoqí jiēchù zhuīxī 西力東漸 : 中葡早期接觸追昔 [West to the East: China and Portugal's early contacts and reminiscences] (in Chinese). Aomen: Aomen jijin hui. p. 10. ISBN 99937-1-007-5.

Battle of Tunmen

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