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)