Action of 4 June 1565
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Ships involved
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
- 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