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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Action of 7 July 1565
| partof            = [[Northern Seven Years' War]]
| image             = An illustration of a Swedish warship, probably Mars, under attack by a Danish ship.jpg
| image_size        = 300px
| alt               = Striden mellan de danska och svenska amiralsfartygen ''[[Jägaren]]'' (eller [[Jägaren|''Jägmästaren'']]) och ''[[Sankt Erik]]'', tecknad av den danske tygmästaren Rudolf van Deventer.
| caption           = Fighting between the Swedish and Danish flag ships ''St Erik'' and ''Jegermesther'', drawn by Rudolf van Deventer.
| date              = 7 July 1565
| place             = [[Baltic Sea]] near [[Bornholm]]
| territory         = 
| result            = Swedish victory
| combatant1        = {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[History of Sweden (1523–1611)|Sweden]]
| combatant2        = {{flagicon| Denmark–Norway}} [[Denmark–Norway]]<br />{{flagicon|Lübeck}} [[Free City of Lübeck|Lübeck]]
| commander1        = {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Klas Horn]]
| commander2        = {{flagicon| Denmark–Norway}} [[Otte Rud]]
| strength1         = 49 ships
| strength2         = 36 ships
| casualties1       = 3 ships lost<br /> 362 dead<br /> 523 wounded
| casualties2       = 3 ships lost<br /> Approximately 4,000 dead and wounded
}}
{{Campaignbox Northern Seven Years' War}}

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 {{nowrap|9:30 pm}}. 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 ===
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* ''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
{{div col end}}

=== Denmark/Lübeck ===
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* ''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
{{div col end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* 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.&nbsp;1–51, 185–256 plus Vol. 22 (1923–25), pp.&nbsp;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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[[Category:Naval battles of the Northern Seven Years' War|1565]]
[[Category:Naval battles involving Lübeck]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 1565]]

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