Negombo Fort

Negombo Fort was a small but important fort in Negombo, approx. 30 km (19 mi) north of Colombo, that was built by the Portuguese to defend Colombo.

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1672  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Government of Sri Lanka, fort, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, 

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Location: 7.2083, 79.8306, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Action of 2 May 1654 ⓘ
  1654 naval battle

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  Negombo Fort ⓘ
  fort in Negombo, Sri Lanka

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  HMS Tenedos ⓘ
  1918 S-class destroyer

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1672 Negombo Fort

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1654 Action of 2 May 1654

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1919 HMS Tenedos

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Frameless

SL Negombo asv2020-01 img07 Dutch Fort

Gezicht op het fort van Negombo Het Fortje Nigombo soo als 't sig aan de kant der rivier vertoont 1753 (titel op object), RP-T-00-3249

SL Negombo asv2020-01 img08 Dutch Fort

SL Negombo asv2020-01 img06 Dutch Fort

SL Negombo asv2020-01 img07 Dutch Fort

SL Negombo asv2020-01 img08 Dutch Fort

SL Negombo asv2020-01 img06 Dutch Fort

'Don Philippo Mascarenhas muss von Negumbo abziehen' (Don Philippo Mascarenhas has to give up Negombo)

Fort at Negombo

Negombo, Fort, 2025-08 CN-01

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1654	Action of 2 May 1654	Kingdom of Kandy, naval battle, Dutch Republic, Portuguese Empire	Wikidata
site	fort	1672	Negombo Fort	Government of Sri Lanka, fort	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1919	HMS Tenedos	shipwreck, destroyer, S-class destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		SL Negombo asv2020-01 img07 Dutch Fort		Commons
commons	image		Gezicht op het fort van Negombo Het Fortje Nigombo soo als 't sig aan de kant der rivier vertoont 1753 (titel op object), RP-T-00-3249		Commons
commons	image		SL Negombo asv2020-01 img08 Dutch Fort		Commons
commons	image		SL Negombo asv2020-01 img06 Dutch Fort		Commons
commons	image		SL Negombo asv2020-01 img07 Dutch Fort		Commons
commons	image		SL Negombo asv2020-01 img08 Dutch Fort		Commons
commons	image		SL Negombo asv2020-01 img06 Dutch Fort		Commons
commons	image		'Don Philippo Mascarenhas muss von Negumbo abziehen' (Don Philippo Mascarenhas has to give up Negombo)		Commons
commons	image		Fort at Negombo		Commons
commons	image		Negombo, Fort, 2025-08 CN-01		Commons