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Battle of Little Belt

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Battle of Little Belt
Part of Count's Feud
Date16 June 1535
Location
Result Allied victory
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
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 on 16 June 1535, during the Count's Feud. The battle ended in a heavy defeat for Lübeck.[1][2][3]

Sources

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  1. ^ Agius, Christine (2012-04-01), "Neutrality as a Social Democratic project: tracing the origins of Swedish neutrality, 1814–1945", The Social Construction of Swedish Neutrality, Manchester University Press, pp. 60–85, retrieved 2024-02-23
  2. ^ Åselius, Gunnar (2013-11-27). "Swedish Armed Forces". Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  3. ^ Smith, Reginald A. (July 1925). "Förhistorisk Nordisk Ornamentik. Av Nils Å Berg: Föreningen Urds Skrifter III. 8¼ × 5½; pp. xxvi + 154. Uppsala: J. A. Lindblads Förlag. 1925". The Antiquaries Journal. 5 (3): 313–313. doi:10.1017/s0003581500006909. ISSN 0003-5815.