Portuguese Navy

The Portuguese Navy (Portuguese: Marinha Portuguesa) is the naval branch of the .
==History==
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 until it was eventually sunk by the pirate Alonzo Batilla.Assassin's Creed: Pirates
In 1719, a group of Portuguese stationed in Príncipe secured an alliance with the Templars 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 had come to Príncipe in search of Roberts, and engaged a small Portuguese fleet that greeted him upon his arrival.Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
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. The vials were stored in the flagship, Nosso Senhor da Compreensão, which, along with the rest of the fleet, was anchored off the coast of Mexico to resupply.
The pirate 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 and escaped the attacking fleet.
==Gallery==
ACC China Portuguese Sailors Concept Sketches.jpg|Concept sketches of 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
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
*Assassin's Creed: Pirates
*Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China
==References==
es:Armada Portuguesa
Category:Navies