| Affair of Porto Novo | |||||||||
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 Painting of the ship Ulrica Eleonora, 1719 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 East India Company | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Petter von Utfall |
George Morton Pitt Gostlin Roach  Pierre Le Noir de la Farelle | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Porto Novo garrison Ulrica Eleonora |
Prince Augustus | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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40–50 men 1 ship |
Hundreds–700 men 2 ships | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Several captured | Unknown | ||||||||
The Affair of Porto Novo, also called the Porto Novo incident,[1] was a successful Anglo–French attack and destruction of the newly founded Swedish factory at Porto Novo (modern Parangipettai) in Southern India on 20 October 1733.
The English governor at Madras, George Morton Pitt, had been alerted to the newly established Swedish factory at Porto Novo, and after failing to convince the Nawab to prevent the Swedes there from conducting trade, contacted Pierre Le Noir, the French governor of Pondicherry. After making an agreement, they sent a force of several hundred men led by Captain de la Garalle down the coast towards Porto Novo and attacked the warehouse, with the Swedes surrendering a day after the attack.
- ^ Hodacs 2020, p. 575.