Action of 7 July 1565

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Action of 7 July 1565
partof=Northern Seven Years' War


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date=7 July 1565
place=Baltic Sea near Bornholm
casus=
territory=
result=Swedish victory
combatant1=flag|Sweden
combatant2=
commander1=Klas Horn
commander2=Otto Rud
strength1=49-61 ships
strength2=33 ships
casualties1=2 ships
casualties2=1 ship

This battle in the Northern Seven Years' War took place on 7 July 1565 and was a victory for a Swedish fleet of 49 ships, under Klas Horn, over a combined Danish and Lübecker fleet of 36 ships, under Otto Rud.

The Danish "Dans Christopher" was sunk and Trolle drowned but some of her survivors boarded and captured the small Swedish ship "St Goran". The Swedish "Grip" was rammed and sunk by a larger Lübeck ship, which also sank as a result. After the Swedish ship "Gyllende Lejon" caught fire the fleets scattered, leaving the Danish flagship, "Jegermesther", unsupported and she was captured at about 9:30 pm. After this the Allies returned to Copenhagen, and the Swedes to Dalarö. Swedish Vice Admiral Sten Sture and his captain, Baner, were killed.

Ships involved:

weden (Klas Horn)

"St Erik" 90 (flag)
"Finska Svan" 82 (Vice Admiral Sten Sture, captain Baner)
"David" 42
"Troilus" 44
"Svenska Hektor" 87
"Grip" - Rammed and sunk
"Böse Lejon" 56 (ex-Danish "Byens Løffue")
"St Goran" - Captured
"Gyllende Lejon"/"Forgylden Lejon" - Burnt
40 (or possibly 53?) other ships

Denmark/Lübeck (Otto Rud)

"Jegermesther" 90 (flag) - Captured
"Svenske Jomfru" (Erik Rud)
"Dans Christopher" (Nils Trolle) - Sank
"Josua" (Lübeck flag)
"?" (Lübeck) - Sank after ramming
19 other Danish ships
12 other Lübeck ships

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. 121-152 & 325-379