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 . Afterward, the Danes retired to Køge

Køge

Køge Municipality is a municipality in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand approx. 40 km. southwest of Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 255 km² , and has a total population of 56,637...

 Bay, south of 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...

, where Trolle died of his wounds on 25 June. His Second, Jørgen Brahe

Jørgen Thygesen Brahe

Jørgen Thygesen Brahe was a member of the Danish nobility.He was the son of Thyge Axelsen Brahe til Tostrup, Danish Councillor. He was also the uncle of the astronomer Tycho Brahe whom he raised as a little child and gave an education. He was married to Inger Johansdatter Oxe, sister of Peder...

, died of fever on 28 June.

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