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The '''Portuguese Navy '''(Portuguese: ''Marinha Portuguesa'') is the naval branch of the Portuguese Armed [[File:Marinha_de_Portugal_(Command).svg.png|thumb|300px|Emblem of the Navy, as found on Portuguese ships ]]Forces which is cooperated with other branches of the Armed force, with them being called as 'charged' with the military defense of the country itself. Along with that, the navy participated in various amounts of missions having to do with international comprises assumed by [[Portugal]], usually NATO, in addition to missions related to civil interest.<ref name="ACIV">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>
|leader = *Monarch of the [[Portuguese Empire]] {{c|formerly}}
*Prime Minister of [[Portugal]]
|headquarters = [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
|locations = *Portugal
*Portuguese Empire {{c|Industrial - [[Modern times|Modern era]]}}
}}
The '''Portuguese Navy''' (Portuguese: ''Marinha Portuguesa'') is the naval branch of the {{Wiki|Portuguese Armed Forces}}.


The Portuguese Navy, tracing back to the 12th century, is the oldest continuously serving navy in the world.
==History==
==Battles==
During the early 18th century, the Portuguese Navy's principal aim was the protection of [[Portugal]]'s colonial possessions and trade routes. One of the [[ship]]s tasked to protect trade routes was the legendary ''[[Princesa do Céu]]''. The [[Man O' War]] protected [[merchant]] [[ship]]s in the [[Caribbean Sea]] until it was eventually sunk by the [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Alonzo Batilla]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''</ref>


The first known battle of the Portuguese Navy was in 1180, during the reign of Portugal's first king, Afonso Henriques (also known as [[Afonso_I_of_Portugal|Afonso I of Portugal]]). The battle occurred when a Portuguese fleet commanded by the knight Fuas Roupinho defeated a Muslim fleet near Cabo Espichel.
In 1719, a group of Portuguese sailors stationed in [[Príncipe]] secured an alliance with the [[Templars]] and pirate hunters [[John Cockram]] and [[Josiah Burgess]], who were out to capture [[Bartholomew Roberts]], a [[Sage]]. The Portuguese subsequently ambushed the pirate ship that Roberts served on, killing the captain, [[Howell Davis]]. Despite this, Roberts managed to escape. Around the same time, the pirate [[Edward Kenway]] came to Príncipe in search of Roberts, and engaged a small Portuguese fleet that greeted him upon his arrival.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Trust Is Earned]]</ref>


After his return from Ceuta, Henry the navigator founded a school of navigation in [[Sagres]], which was a place to discuss the art of navigation. The vessel employed in the beginning of the Discoveries was the [[caravel]], varying from 50 to 160 tons. The first results came soon and Gonçalves Zarco discovers the Porto Santo Island in 1419 and the Madeira Island in 1420, Diogo de Silves discovers the azorean island of Santa Maria in 1427.
Later that year, a fleet of the Portuguese Navy was assigned a task by the Templars to transport [[blood vials]] of [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], [[Benjamin Hornigold]], [[Woodes Rogers]] and [[Laurens Prins]], members and allies of the Templar Order, to a Templar warehouse in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Imagine My Surprise]]</ref> The vials were stored on the flagship ''[[Royal Fortune|Nosso Senhor da Compreensão]]'', which, along with the rest of the fleet, was anchored off the coast of [[Mexico]] to resupply.<ref name="Gambit">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Black Bart's Gambit]]</ref>


In 1500, when leading a second Portuguese Armada of 13 ships to India, Pedro Álvares Cabral discovers and explores Brazil, claiming it for Portugal. In the same year, Diogo Dias, as one of the Captains of the fleet to India of Pedro Álvares Cabral, is separated from the main fleet by a storm while crossing the Cape of Good Hope, and becomes the first European to reach Madagascar.
Bartholomew Roberts found where the vials were hidden after capturing a Portuguese captain. With the help of Edward Kenway's ''[[Jackdaw]]'', which was fitted with a stolen Portuguese [[flag]], the pirates infiltrated the fleet, and to ease the task, captured the flagship along with the blood vials before escaping from the attacking fleet.<ref name="Gambit"/>


During the reign of King [[John_V_of_Portugal|John V of Portugal]] the Navy suffers a large transformation, during which the warship starts to differentiate from the merchant ship.
==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
ACC China Portuguese Sailors Concept Sketches.jpg|Concept sketches of Portuguese sailors
ACC China Portuguese Sailor 1 Development.jpg|Concept art of a sailor
ACC China Portuguese Sailor 2 Development.jpg|Concept art of a sailor
ACC China Portuguese Sailors.png|A Portuguese sailor
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In 1705, a squadron of eight ships of the line went to Gibraltar to help England against Spain and France.
==Appearances==
In 1717, the Portuguese Navy fought the Ottoman Navy in the Battle of Matapan.
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]''


In the late 18th century, the Portuguese Navy took part in the Mediterranean Campaign of 1798 against the French Republic in Egypt and in the Siege of Malta.
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Latest revision as of 22:25, 11 May 2026

The Portuguese Navy (Portuguese: Marinha Portuguesa) is the naval branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces.

History[edit | edit source]

During the early 18th century, the Portuguese Navy's principal aim was the protection of Portugal's colonial possessions and trade routes. One of the ships tasked to protect trade routes was the legendary Princesa do Céu. The Man O' War protected merchant ships in the Caribbean Sea until it was eventually sunk by the pirate Alonzo Batilla.[1]

In 1719, a group of Portuguese sailors stationed in Príncipe secured an alliance with the Templars and pirate hunters John Cockram and Josiah Burgess, who were out to capture Bartholomew Roberts, a Sage. The Portuguese subsequently ambushed the pirate ship that Roberts served on, killing the captain, Howell Davis. Despite this, Roberts managed to escape. Around the same time, the pirate Edward Kenway came to Príncipe in search of Roberts, and engaged a small Portuguese fleet that greeted him upon his arrival.[2]

Later that year, a fleet of the Portuguese Navy was assigned a task by the Templars to transport blood vials of Grand Master Laureano de Torres y Ayala, Benjamin Hornigold, Woodes Rogers and Laurens Prins, members and allies of the Templar Order, to a Templar warehouse in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3] The vials were stored on the flagship Nosso Senhor da Compreensão, which, along with the rest of the fleet, was anchored off the coast of Mexico to resupply.[4]

Bartholomew Roberts found where the vials were hidden after capturing a Portuguese captain. With the help of Edward Kenway's Jackdaw, which was fitted with a stolen Portuguese flag, the pirates infiltrated the fleet, and to ease the task, captured the flagship along with the blood vials before escaping from the attacking fleet.[4]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Concept sketches of Portuguese sailors
    Concept sketches of Portuguese sailors
  • Concept art of a sailor
    Concept art of a sailor
  • Concept art of a sailor
    Concept art of a sailor
  • A Portuguese sailor
    A Portuguese sailor

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Pirates
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Trust Is Earned
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Imagine My Surprise
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Black Bart's Gambit

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