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Battle of Køge Bay (1710)
Naval battle in the Great Northern War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Køge Bay (1710) also referred 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.
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Battle of Køge Bay (1710) | |||||||
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Part of the Great Northern War | |||||||
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30 ships: 21 ships of the line |
47 ships: 27 ships of the line | ||||||
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2 ships ran aground 26 dead |
1 ship exploded 541 dead on Dannebroge |