Action of 4 June 1565

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Action of 4 June 1565
Part of Northern Seven Years' War
Admiral Herluf Trolle in 1551
Date 4 June 1565 Location Bay of Mecklenburg Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Sweden	Denmark–Norway Lübeck
Commanders and leaders
Klas Horn	Herluf Trolle (WIA)
Units involved
Sankt Erik Finska Svan Svenska Hektor Herkules Engel Pelikan Troilus Fuchs	Jegermesther Merkurius 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.

• 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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