This battle in the 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, over a combined Danish and Lübecker fleet of 36 ships, under 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 . 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 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