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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.
Göta Lejon 90 (flag) Enigheten 94 Tre Kronor 86 - Aground, scuttled next day Wenden 82 Sverige 82 Prinsessan Hedvig 80 Prinsessan Ulrika 80 - Aground, scuttled next day Gota 76 Nordstjernan 76 Prins Carl 76 Prins Carl Fredrik 72 Småland 70 Karlskrona 70 Skåne 68 Bremen 64 Fredrika Amalia 62 Westmanland 62 Pommern 56 Södermanland 56 Wachtmeister 56 Werden 54
Several fireships - Burnt? 2 days later
Sources
Lars Ericson Wolke (2011), Sjöslag och Rysshärjningar s. 130-133
Tor Jørgen Melien (2010), Iver Huitfeldt og slaget i Køge bugt 1710, Bergen: John Grieg AS: C. Huitfeldt forlag
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Lars Ericson Wolke, Martin Hårdstedt (2009), Svenska sjöslag
R.C. Anderson (1910), Naval Wars in the Baltic during the Sailing Ship Epoch 1522–1850. London: C. Gilbert-Wood
For Kongen og Flåten. Matros Trosners dagbok 1710-1714 (1 ed.). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget. 2017. The diary is published by Hans Christian Bjerg and Tor Jørgen Melien.
