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Dom Francisco de Almeida (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃku ðɨ alˈmɐjðɐ]), also known as the Great Dom Francisco (c. 1450 – 1 March 1510), was a Portuguese nobleman, soldier and explorer. He distinguished himself as a counsellor to King John II of Portugal and later in the wars against the Moors and in the conquest of Granada ...
The ship was transferred in 2010 to the Portuguese Navy, where the ship was put into service as the NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida (F334). [3] [5] D. Francisco de Almeida moored in London in 2017. HNLMS Van Galen is one of eight Karel Doorman-class frigates and built at the Koninklijke Schelde Groep yard in Vlissingen.
The Sack of Kilwa (Portuguese: Saque de Quiloa) was a military campaign carried out by the Portuguese on 24 July 1505, led by Dom Francisco de Almeida, against the city-state of the Kilwa Sultanate. The operation resulted in a decisive Portuguese victory and the sacking of Kilwa, a prominent trading hub along the Swahili Coast.
[40] [41] The viceroy Dom Francisco de Almeida therefore dispatched his son Dom Lourenço de Almeida with a squadron of ships to the Maldives, with orders to explore the region and intercept any hostile merchantships sailing between Ceylon, Sumatra or Malacca and the Red Sea, as the archipelago was a known stopping point for water and supplies.
In this battle, the only son of Dom Francisco de Almeida, Dom Lourenço de Almeida distinguished himself. [3] He would later in the year be the first Portuguese to contact Ceylon. [3] The Portuguese sailed to Malindi, whose sultan was most pleased to hear of the sacking of the rival city. [6]
Van Nes, renamed NRP Bartolomeu Dias (F333), was transferred to Portugal on 16 January 2009 and Van Galen, renamed NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida (F334) was transferred on 15 January 2010. With the sale of two M-class frigates to Portugal only two of the eight ships remain with the Royal Netherlands Navy. [3]
Depiction of the 7th India Armada (Almeida, 1505), from the Memória das Armadas, c. 1568. The Seventh India Armada was assembled in 1505 on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of D. Francisco de Almeida, the first Portuguese Viceroy of the Indies.
The Portuguese, under Lourenço de Almeida, son of the Viceroy Francisco de Almeida, were inferior in number with only a light force, and located in the nearby harbour of Chaul. The rest had sailed north to protect shipping and fight the so-called piracy.