Battle of Fehmarnbelt
April 24th 1715
This battle took place on 24 April 1715 during the Great Northern War. It was a victory for a Danish squadron under Gabel, which captured five of the six Swedish ships under Wachtmeister at the cost of 65 dead and 220 wounded. Details of Swedish losses: Nordstjernan (aground anbd captured), Princessa Hedvig Sophia (aground next day, captured and scuttled), Soedermanland (aground, captured next day), Hvita Oernen (captured), Falken (aground, captured next day)
Danish data source:
Swedish source:
__RDNS denotes __danish ships.
__HSMS__ denotes swedish ships.
Ships
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