Battle of Little Belt
Appearance
Battle of Little Belt | |||||||
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Part of Count's Feud | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Free City of Lübeck & the Hanseatic League |
Sweden Denmark Prussia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Unknown |
Måns Svensson Some Peder Skram | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
10 ships | Est. 20 ships | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 ship burnt 9 ships captured | Negligible |
The Battle of Little Belt was a naval battle between a combined Swedish/Danish/Prussian fleet and a fleet from Lübeck on 16 June 1535, during the Count's Feud. The battle ended in a heavy defeat for Lübeck.[1][2][3]
Sources
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- ^ Smith, Reginald A. (July 1925). "Förhistorisk Nordisk Ornamentik. Av Nils Å Berg: Föreningen Urds Skrifter III. 8¼ × 5½; pp. xxvi + 154. Uppsala: J. A. Lindblads Förlag. 1925". The Antiquaries Journal. 5 (3): 313–313. doi:10.1017/s0003581500006909. ISSN 0003-5815.