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{{Short description|1564 battle}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict    = Action of 30 May 1564
|partof      = [[Northern Seven Years' War]]
|image       = Hans Bohrdt - Sieg der Lübecker.jpeg
|image_size  = 300
|caption     = ''Final battle at Mars'', by [[Hans Bohrdt]]
|date        = 30–31 May 1564
|place       = Between [[Gotland]] and [[Öland]], [[Baltic Sea]]
|casus       =
|territory   =
|result      = Dano-Lübeckian victory
|combatant1  = {{flag|Sweden|1562}}
|combatant2  = {{flag|Denmark}} <br />[[File:Flag of the Free City of Lübeck.svg|22px|border|alt=]] [[Free City of Lübeck|Lübeck]]
|commander1  = {{flagicon|Sweden|1562}} [[Jakob Bagge]]
|commander2  = {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Herluf Trolle]]<br />[[File:Flag of the Free City of Lübeck.svg|22px|border|alt=Lübeck]] [[Friedrich Knebel]]
|strength1   = {{flagicon|Sweden|1562}} 35 vessels, 3,500 sailors<br />{{flagicon|Sweden|1562}} 1,700 soldiers
|strength2   = {{flagicon|Denmark}} 26 ships, 4,600 sailors<br />[[File:Flag of the Free City of Lübeck.svg|22px|border|alt=Lübeck]] 10 ships, 2,018 sailors
|casualties1 = {{flagicon|Sweden|1562}} 1 ship, flagship Mars with approximately 800 sailors, additionally 101 sailors were killed on other ships
|casualties2 = [[File:Flag of the Free City of Lübeck.svg|22px|border|alt=Lübeck]] 1 ship, Lange Bark sunk on the 30th losses unknown, and approximately 300 boarders on the Mars }}
{{Campaignbox Northern Seven Years' War}}
The '''first battle of Öland''' ({{langx|sv|Första slaget vid Ölands norra udde}}) took place on 30–31 May 1564 between the islands of [[Gotland]] and [[Öland]], between a fleet of Allied ships, the Danes under [[Herluf Trolle]] and the Lübeckers under [[Friedrich Knebel]], and a Swedish fleet of 23 or more ships under [[Jakob Bagge]]. It was an Allied victory.
Only some of the ships on each side were involved, the rest being unable to join or continue their part in the battle due to the wind. On 30 May, Danish flagship ''Fortuna'' was damaged and ''Lange Bark'' sunk, but on 31 May the Swedish ship ''Mars'' was boarded by ''Byens Løffue'', ''Engel'', and ''Fuchs'' before catching alight and exploding, killing most of its crew and 300 boarders. Jakob Bagge and his Second, {{Interlanguage link|Arved Trolle|sv|3=Arvid Turesson Trolle}}, were taken prisoner. Swedish casualties apart from in this ship were 101. Fleming took over the fleet and sailed it back to [[Älvsnabben]], while the Danes sailed to [[Copenhagen]].
== Ships involved ==
=== Denmark/Lübeck ===
* ''Fortuna'' (Danish flag)
* ''Byens Løffue'' 56
* ''Engel'' (Lübeck flag)
* ''Lange Bark'' (Lübeck) — sunk 30 May
* ''Arck''
* ''Fuchs'' (Lübeck)
* other ships
=== Sweden ===
* ''[[Swedish warship Mars|Mars]]'' 173 (flag) — blew up 31 May
* ''Elefant'' 65 (Fleming)
* ''Finska Svan'' 82
* ''Svenska Hektor'' 87
* 19 or more other ships
== References ==
*Kloth, Herbert: "Lübecks Seekriegswesen in der Zeit des nordischen 7-jährigen Krieges 1563–1570", ''Zeitschrift des Vereines für lübeckische Geschichte und Altertumskunde'', Vol. 21 (1923), pp.&nbsp;1–51, 185–256 plus Vol. 22 (1923–25), pp.&nbsp;121–52 & 325–79
==External links==
* [https://samlinger.natmus.dk/THM/asset/8915 Copperprint engraving - First or second battle?]
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[[Category:1564 in Denmark]]
[[Category:Naval battles of the Northern Seven Years' War|Öland]]
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