Action of 4 June 1565

Action of 4 June 1565
	Part of Northern Seven Years' War
Date	4 June 1565
Location	Øresund
Result	Tactically indecisive; Strategic Swedish victory
Belligerents
Sweden	Denmark; Lübeck
Commanders and leaders
Klas Horn	Herluf Trolle (WIA)
Strength
49 ships (including merchant ships)	33 ships
Casualties and losses
	1 admiral, 700 men

This battle took place on 4 June 1565 between an Allied fleet of 33 Danish and Lübecker ships, under Trolle, and a Swedish fleet of perhaps 49 ships, under Klas Horn. Afterward, the Danes retired to Køge Bay, south of Copenhagen, where Trolle died of his wounds on 25 June. His Second, Jørgen Brahe, died of fever on 28 June.

Ships involved

Denmark/Lübeck

Jegermesther 90 (flag)
Merkurius (Second in command Jørgen Brahe)
Svenske Jomfru (Erik Rud)
30 others

Sweden

St Erik 90 (flag)
Finska Svan 82
Svenska Hektor 87 (Per Bagge)
Herkules 81
Engel 49
Pelikan
Troilus 44 (Shenk)
Fuchs (ex-Lübecker)?
41 or so others

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References

Kloth, Herbert: "Lübecks Seekriegswesen in der Zeit des nordischen 7-jährigen Krieges 1563–1570", Zeitschrift des Vereines für lübeckische Geschichte und Altertumskunde, Vol. 21 (1923), pp. 1–51, 185–256 plus Vol. 22 (1923–25), pp. 121–52 & 325–79

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