Battle of the Gulf of Oman

Battle of the Gulf of Oman
Part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1557)
Ottoman artillery pieces
Date 10 to 25 August 1554 Location Gulf of Oman Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Fernando de Meneses Antão de Noronha	Piri Reis
Strength
6 galleons 6 caravels 25 fustas 1200 men	25 galleys 1000 men
Casualties and losses
Few	6 galleys captured 2 sunk 7 galleys destroyed under Portuguese orders

The Battle of the Gulf of Oman was a naval battle between a large Portuguese armada under Antão de Noronha and the Ottoman Indian fleet under Piri Reis. The campaign was a miserable failure for the Ottomans and nearly all but 2 of their vessels were lost.