Battle of Oliva

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The Battle of Oliva was a 1627 naval engagement during the Polish–Swedish War in which the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth fleet defeated a Swedish squadron near Gdańsk in the Baltic Sea.

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instanceOf military engagement
naval battle
alsoKnownAs Battle of Oliwa
belligerent Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Sweden
casualties Admiral Arend Dickmann killed in action
cause Swedish attempt to blockade Polish–Lithuanian ports in the Baltic Sea
combatType ship-to-ship naval combat
commander Arend Dickmann
Herman Witte
Nils Stiernsköld
conflict Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629)
countryInvolved Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Sweden
date 1627-11-28
fleetInvolved Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy
Swedish Navy
hasLanguageOfPrimarySources German
Polish
Swedish
historicalPeriod Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period
location Baltic Sea
Gdańsk Bay
linked to: Bay of Gdańsk

near Gdańsk
objective break Swedish naval blockade of Gdańsk
outcome Swedish blockade of Gdańsk temporarily lifted
participant Gdańsk-based sailors
Polish–Lithuanian marines
Swedish sailors
partOf Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629)
relatedEvent Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611)
relatedPlace Oliwa
Royal Prussia
result Polish–Lithuanian victory
shipInvolved Polish galleon "Wodnik"
Polish galleon "Święty Jerzy"
Swedish galleon "Solen"
Swedish galleon "Tigern"
significance demonstrated effectiveness of newly created Polish–Lithuanian naval forces
secured maritime access for Gdańsk during the war
tacticalResult capture of Swedish galleon "Tigern" by Polish forces
destruction of Swedish galleon "Solen"
theatre Baltic theatre of the Thirty Years’ War era conflicts
year 1627

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Battle of Oliwa alsoKnownAs Battle of Oliva