First battle of Öland (1564)
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The first battle of Öland ( sv, Första slaget vid Ölands norra udde) took place on 30–31 May 1564 between the islands of Gotland and
Öland Öland (, ; ; sometimes written ''Øland'' in other Scandinavian languages, and often ''Oland'' internationally; la, Oelandia) is the second-largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area ...
, between a fleet of Allied ships, the Danes under
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and the Lübeckers under Friedrich Knebel, and a Swedish fleet of 23 or more ships under Jakob Bagge. 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 the Swedish ship ''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 Älvsnabben, while the Danes sailed to
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Ships involved


Denmark/Lübeck

* ''Fortuna'' (Danish flag) * ''Byens Løffue'' 56 * ''Engel'' (Lübeck flag) * ''Lange Bark'' (Lübeck) — sunk 30 May * ''Arck'' * ''Fuchs'' (Lübeck) * other ships


Sweden

* ''
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'' 173 (flag) — blew up 31 May * ''Elefant'' 65 (Fleming) * ''Finska Svan'' 82 * ''Svenska Hektor'' 87 * 19 or more other 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. 121–52 & 325–79


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Copperprint engraving - First or second battle?
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Öland Öland (, ; ; sometimes written ''Øland'' in other Scandinavian languages, and often ''Oland'' internationally; la, Oelandia) is the second-largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area ...
History of Lübeck Conflicts in 1564 Gotland