Battle of Little Belt
| Battle of Little Belt | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
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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, during the Count's Feud. The battle ended in a heavy defeat for Lübeck.
Sources[]
- Ulf Sundberg: Svenska krig 1521-1814 [Swedish wars 1521-1814] (in Swedish).
- Lars Ericson, Martin Hårdstedt, Per Iko, Ingvar Sjöblom, Gunnar Åselius: Svenska slagfält [Swedish battlefields] (in Swedish).
- Emil Svensén, J.A. Lindblads förlag, Del 3 (1918): SVENSKA HISTORIEN
Categories:
- Naval battles involving Sweden
- Naval battles involving Denmark
- Naval battles involving Prussia
- Naval battles involving the Hanseatic League
- 1535 in Europe
- Conflicts in 1535