# Action of 7 July 1565

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Action of 7 July 1565 Part of Northern Seven Years' War Fighting between the Swedish and Danish flag ships St Erik and Jegermesther, drawn by Rudolf van Deventer. Date 7 July 1565 Location Baltic Sea near Bornholm Result Swedish victory Belligerents Sweden Denmark–Norway Free City of Lübeck Commanders and leaders Klas Horn Otte Rud Strength 49 ships 36 ships Casualties and losses 3 ships lost 362 dead 523 wounded 3 ships lost Approximately 4,000 dead and wounded

v t e Northern Seven Years' War Bornholm 1st Älvsborg Öland Mared Bohus Öland I Wiek Öland II Rügen Bukow Bornholm I Axtorna Brobacka Öland III Bornholm II Runafer Reval Varberg

This battle in the [Northern Seven Years' War](/source/Northern_Seven_Years'_War) took place on 7 July 1565 and was a decisive victory for a Swedish fleet of 49 ships, under [Klas Horn](/source/Klas_Horn), over a combined Danish and Lübecker fleet of 36 ships, under [Otte Rud](/source/Otte_Rud).

## Battle

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](/source/Copenhagen), and the Swedes to Dalarö. Swedish vice-admiral Sten Sture and his captain, Baner, were killed.

## Ships involved

### Sweden

- *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

- *Jegermesther* 90 (flag) — captured

- *Svenske Jomfru* (Erik Rud)

- *Dans Christopher* (Nils Trolle) — sank

- *Josua* (Lübeck flag)

- Unknown ship (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. 121–52 & 325–79

- Anderson, R. C.: *Naval Wars in the Baltic 1522–1850*

- Lars Ericson Wolke, Martin Hårdstedt, Medströms Bokförlag (2009). Svenska sjöslag

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