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Action of 4 June 1565 
Summary
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 perhaps 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.
| Action of 4 June 1565 | |||||||
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| Part of Northern Seven Years' War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Sweden |
 Denmark Lübeck | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Klas Horn |
Herluf Trolle (WIA) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 49 ships (including merchant ships) | 33 ships | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 admiral, 700 men | |||||||
Ships involved edit
Denmark-Norway/Lübeck edit
- Jegermesther 90 (flag)
- Merkurius (Second in command Jørgen Brahe)
- Svenske Jomfru (Erik Rud)
- 30 others
Sweden edit
- 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 edit
- 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