Launched in 1653, broke the Dutch blockade of Colombo coming from Goa, homeward bound battled with the Dutch during 8 hours of Salcete, set in fire by her own crew with most crewmembers fled to the shore 1654, armament of 30 guns.
Sources
A. Marques Esparteira. Catalogo dos navios brigantinos (1640-1901). Lisboa, 1976.
Quirino da Fonseca. Os Portugueses no mar, vol 1, 1926
J.A. Ramos. The Portuguese Navy, The Belgian Shiplover 84.
G.D. Winius. The Fatal History of Portuguese Ceylon.
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