[2] Immediately after declaring war, as early as the end of 1642, Pessart sent out two Danish privateering sloops, the Fortuna and the Valby, with cannons and crews to lookout for Bengali prizes.

[3] Before the end of the year, the two Danish sloops seized a fairly large vessel from the Great Mogul, Shah Jahan.

[3] The vessel was renamed Den Bengalske Prise (The Bengali Prize)[2] and escorted to Tranquebar, where it would be incorporated into the Danish East Indian fleet.

[5] At Tranquebar, The Bengali Prize was armed with guns from Fort Dansborg and served the company for a couple of years.

[3] In late 1643, she participated in a voyage from Tranquebar to Masulipatnam, however, got wrecked off the coast of Emeldy by Governor Bernt Pessart.