Battle of Fehmarn (1644)

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The Battle of Fehmarn (1644) was a major naval engagement of the Torstenson War in which a combined Swedish-Dutch fleet decisively defeated the Danish navy in the Baltic Sea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf naval battle
alsoKnownAs Battle of Fehmarn Belt (1644)
Battle of Femern
belligerent Denmark–Norway
Dutch Republic
Sweden
capturedShips most of the Danish ships captured or destroyed
combatant1 Dutch Navy
Swedish Navy
combatant2 Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy
linked to: Danish Navy
commander1 Carl Gustaf Wrangel
Maarten Thijssen
Peter Blum
commander2 Joachim Grabow
Ove Gjedde
Pros Mund
conflict Dano-Swedish War (1643–1645)
linked to: Dano-Swedish wars

Torstenson War
countryInvolved Dutch Republic
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
linked to: Denmark–Norway

Kingdom of Sweden
date 13 October 1644
killedInAction Pros Mund
location Baltic Sea
near island of Fehmarn
navalCampaign Swedish-Dutch operations against Danish fleet in 1644
outcome decisive defeat of Danish fleet
partOf Torstenson War
precededBy Battle of Colberger Heide
relatedTo Battle of Lister Deep (1644)
result Swedish-Dutch victory
shipInvolved Hannibal
Lindormen
Norske Løve
Oldenborg
Patentia
Pelikanen
Scepter
Stormarn
linked to: Stormarn district

Svenska Solen
Tre Kronor
strategicSignificance secured Swedish naval dominance in the western Baltic
weakened Danish control over Baltic trade routes
theatre Baltic Sea theatre of the Thirty Years' War
year 1644

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Carl Gustaf Wrangel notableBattle Battle of Fehmarn (1644)
Torstenson War significantBattle Battle of Fehmarn (1644)
Battle of Fehmarn (1644) alsoKnownAs Battle of Fehmarn Belt (1644)
linked to: Battle of Fehmarn (1644)