Battle of Liaoluo Bay

Battle of Liaoluo Bay
Part of the Sino–Dutch conflicts
Date July 7 – October 22, 1633 Location Liaoluo Bay, Kinmen (Taiwan Strait) 3166 code 24°25′N 118°23′E / 24.41°N 118.38°E / 24.41; 118.38 Result Ming victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Ming dynasty	East India Company Chinese pirates
Commanders and leaders
Zheng Zhilong	Hans Putmans Liu Xiang
Strength
150 junks[3]	8 warships 50 junks[4]
Casualties and losses
?	93 killed and wounded 2 warships sunk[1] 1 warship captured[5]
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The Battle of Liaoluo Bay (Chinese: 料羅灣海戰; pinyin: Liàoluó Wān Hǎizhàn) took place in 1633 off the coast of Fujian, China; involving the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Chinese Ming dynasty's navies. The battle was fought at the crescent-shaped Liaoluo Bay that forms the southern coast of the island of Kinmen. A Dutch fleet under Admiral Hans Putmans was attempting to control shipping in the Taiwan Strait, while the southern Fujian sea traffic and trade was protected by a fleet under Brigadier General Zheng Zhilong. This was the largest naval encounter between Chinese and European forces before the Opium Wars two hundred years later.^[6]