Action of 4 June 1565

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Part of Northern Seven Years' War

Admiral Herluf Trolle in 1551

Date	4 June 1565
Location	Bay of Mecklenburg
Result	Swedish victory

Belligerents

Sweden Sweden

Denmark–Norway Denmark–Norway
Lübeck Lübeck

Commanders and leaders

Sweden Klas Horn

Denmark–Norway Herluf Trolle (WIA)

Units involved

Swedish Empire Sankt Erik
Swedish Empire Finska Svan
Swedish Empire Svenska Hektor
Swedish Empire Herkules
Swedish Empire Engel
Swedish Empire Pelikan
Swedish Empire Troilus
Swedish Empire Fuchs

Denmark–Norway Jegermesther
Denmark–Norway Merkurius
Denmark–Norway Svenske Jomfru

Strength

49 ships (including merchant ships)

33 ships

Casualties and losses

Unknown

700 men

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 around 49 ships, under Klas Horn. Afterward, the Danes retired to Køge Bay, south of Copenhagen, where Trolle died of his wounds on 25 June. His second, Jørgen Brahe, died of fever on 28 June.

Ships involved

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Denmark-Norway/Lübeck

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Jegermesther 90 (flag)
Merkurius (Second in command Jørgen Brahe)
Svenske Jomfru (Erik Rud)
30 others

Sweden

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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

References

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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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