| Loss of the St. Jacob | |||||||
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| Part of the prelude to the Dano-Mughal War | |||||||
.png) East Indiamen in a Gale, by Charles Brooking | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Danish India |
 Bengal Subah | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Nicolaj Samson |
Hadi Gayas | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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St Jacob | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 ship | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1 ship 33 men killed or drowned | None | ||||||
| Goods to the value of 150.000 Danish rigsdaler lost | |||||||
The Loss of the St. Jacob (Danish: Tabet af St. Jacob), also referred to as the Seizure of the St. Jacob(beslaglæggelsen af St. Jacob), was a destruction and seizure of a Danish merchant ship, the St. Jacob, by local Bengali authorities. The loss and destruction of the ship and its crew, led to the Dano-Mughal War, which would last for 56 years.