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Sinking of the Flensborg | |||||||
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A View of the Cape of Good Hope, by William Hodges | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
East India Company | Portuguese Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Thimand Clausen Six Jacobsen | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Flensborg Falken | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1 ship 1 sloop | Multiple ships | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 ship sunk Most men killed 42 imprisoned | Unknown |
The Sinking of the Flensborg (Danish: Flensborgs forlis), also known as the Sinking of the Flensburg, was a minor skirmish between Danish and Portuguese vessels in 1630 off the Portuguese-controlled Cape of Good Hope. The skirmish resulted in the sinking of the Danish man-of-war Flensborg and caused great financial concerns about the Danish project in India.