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Battle of Køge Bay (1710)

The Battle of Køge Bay, also known to as the Second Battle of Køge Bay, was an indecisive battle that took place on 4 October 1710 during the Great Northern War in Køge Bay, just south of Copenhagen. Denmark had 26 ships of the line and 5 frigates with 1808 guns, and Sweden had 21 ships of the line and several frigates with 1512 guns. The Danish ship Dannebroge exploded and of the 550-man crew only 9 survived. The Swedish ships Tre Kronor and Prinsessan Ulrika Eleonora ran aground. Because of the weather the battle could not continue. However, the Swedish fleet managed to sink and capture a Danish convoy of transport ships that were supposed to embark a Russian invasion force in Danzig. The action in Køge Bugt checked those Russian invasion plans of Sweden.

Ships involved

Denmark (Gyldenløve)

Elephant 90 (flag)<br /> Fredericus IV 110<br /> Christianus V 100<br /> Dannebroge 94 - Blew up<br /> Justitia 90<br /> Norske Løve 84<br /> Mars 80<br /> Tre Løver 78<br /> Prinds Christian 76<br /> Sophia Hedvig 76<br /> Wenden 72<br /> Dronning Louisa 70<br /> Haffru 70<br /> Beskjermer 64<br /> Ebenetzer 64<br /> Charlotte Amalia 60<br /> Svan 60<br /> Anna Sophia 60<br /> Fredericus III 56<br /> Oldenborg 52<br /> Sværdfisk 52<br /> Tomler 52<br /> Nelleblad 52<br /> Fyen 50<br /> Delmenhorst 50<br /> Island 50

Sweden (Wachtmeister)

Göta Lejon 90 (flag)<br /> Enigheten 94<br /> Tre Kronor 86 - Aground, scuttled next day<br /> Wenden 82<br /> Sverige 82<br /> Prinsessan Hedvig 80<br /> Prinsessan Ulrika 80 - Aground, scuttled next day<br /> Gota 76<br /> Nordstjernan 76<br /> Prins Carl 76<br /> Prins Carl Fredrik 72<br /> Småland 70<br /> Karlskrona 70<br /> Skåne 68<br /> Bremen 64<br /> Fredrika Amalia 62<br /> Westmanland 62<br /> Pommern 56<br /> Södermanland 56<br /> Wachtmeister 56<br /> Werden 54<br /> Several fireships - Burnt? 2 days later

Sources

  • Lars Ericson Wolke (2011), Sjöslag och Rysshärjningar s. 130-133
  • Tor Jørgen Melien (2010), Iver Huitfeldt og slaget i Køge bugt 1710, Bergen: John Grieg AS: C. Huitfeldt forlag
  • Gunnar Unger (1923). Illustrerad Svensk Sjökrigshistoria omfattande tiden intill 1680–1814. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag
  • Lars Ericson Wolke, Martin HÃ¥rdstedt (2009), Svenska sjöslag
  • R.C. Anderson (1910), Naval Wars in the Baltic during the Sailing Ship Epoch 1522–1850. London: C. Gilbert-Wood
  • For Kongen og FlÃ¥ten. Matros Trosners dagbok 1710-1714 (1 ed.). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget. 2017. The diary is published by Hans Christian Bjerg and Tor Jørgen Melien.