Action of 30 May 1564
Encyclopedia
This battle took place on 30–31 May 1564 between the islands of Gotland
and Öland
, between a fleet of Allied ships, the Danes under Herluf Trolle
and the Lübeckers under , and a Swedish fleet of 23 or more ships under . It was an Allied victory.
Only some of the ships on each side were involved, the rest being unable to help due to the wind. On 30 May Fortuna was damaged and Lange Bark sunk, but on 31 May Mars was boarded by Byens Løffue, Engel and Fuchs before catching alight and exploding, killing most of its crew and 300 boarders. Jakob Bagge and his Second, , were taken prisoner. Swedish casualties apart from in this ship were 101. Fleming took over the fleet and sailed it back to , while the Danes sailed to Copenhagen
.
Gotland
Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...
and Öland
Öland
' is the second largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area of 1,342 km² and is located in the Baltic Sea just off the coast of Småland. The island has 25,000 inhabitants, but during Swedish Midsummer it is visited by up to 500,000 people...
, between a fleet of Allied ships, the Danes under Herluf Trolle
Herluf Trolle
Herluf Trolle was a Danish naval hero, born at Lillö, Scania.- Early life :Herluf Trolle was born of the Trolle, a Swedish-originated family of high nobility, was son of Kirsten Herlufsdatter Skave and sir Joachim Arvidsen Trolle, Lord of Lilloe; thus grandson of justiciar Arvid Trolle, Lord of...
and the Lübeckers under , and a Swedish fleet of 23 or more ships under . It was an Allied victory.
Only some of the ships on each side were involved, the rest being unable to help due to the wind. On 30 May Fortuna was damaged and Lange Bark sunk, but on 31 May Mars was boarded by Byens Løffue, Engel and Fuchs before catching alight and exploding, killing most of its crew and 300 boarders. Jakob Bagge and his Second, , were taken prisoner. Swedish casualties apart from in this ship were 101. Fleming took over the fleet and sailed it back to , while the Danes sailed to Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
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Denmark/Lübeck
- Fortuna (flag)
- Byens Løffue 56
- Engel (Lübeck flag)
- Lange Bark (Lübeck) — sunk 30 May
- Arck
- Fuchs (Lübeck)
- other ships
Sweden
- Mars 173 (flag) — blew up 31 May
- Elefant 65 (Fleming)
- Finska Svan 82
- Svenska Hektor 87
- 19 or more other ships