naval engagement, early modern

Red Seal ship incident

Name: Red Seal ship incident
Location: Portuguese Macau, Macao S.A.R

Red Seal ship incident was a naval engagement fought in 1608 at Portuguese Macau, in what is now Macao S.A.R. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Portuguese Macau. It was part of Japanese–Portuguese conflicts. The recorded result: Japanese victory. Recorded strength: At least 33 vessels carrying around 3000 samurai against 1 carrack.

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Fought1608

WherePortuguese Macau, Macao S.A.R22.201N, 113.546E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeJapanese victory

BelligerentsTokugawa shogunate; Arima clanagainstKingdom of Portugal

Casualties and lossesSeveral hundredandJesuits claim under 50; Japanese claim 204 to 300

Part ofJapanese–Portuguese conflicts

Where it sits in Japanese–Portuguese conflicts

4 placed engagements of Japanese–Portuguese conflicts in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1608 (year precision)
Place	Portuguese Macau, Macao S.A.R 22.201N, 113.546E
Kind	Naval engagement, early modern
Strength	At least 33 vessels carrying around 3000 samurai	1 carrack
Casualties and losses	Several hundred	Jesuits claim under 50; Japanese claim 204 to 300
Commanders	Arima Harunobu	André Pessoa

Placed at Portuguese Macau; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Passaleão incident 1849, 1.6 km N
Battle of the Barrier 1840, 1.6 km N
Macau Incident 1799, 27 km SE
Battle of Ty-ho Bay 1855, 32 km E
Second Battle of Tamao 1522, 48 km NE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Fukuda Bay 18 October 1565
After: Nossa Senhora da Graça incident 1610
All 4 engagements of Japanese–Portuguese conflicts

Elsewhere in 1608

Siege of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra Russia
Capture of Daugavgrīva Latvia
Siege of Mozambique Mozambique
Battles on the Khodynka river (1608–1609) Russia
Battle of Kilmacrennan Ireland

Red Seal ship incident is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 1 in present-day Macao S.A.R.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q130581249, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Red Seal ship incident, revision 1381868515, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.