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The Battle of Nöteborg in July 1656 was a naval battle between 250 smaller Russian ships, who had surrounded the city of Nöteborg, and 50 smaller Swedish ships under the command of Carl Gustaf Wrangel during the Russo-Swedish War (1656–58). Few details are known, but it was a Swedish victory.
Pages in category "World War II naval ships of Sweden" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Volume Fourteen. Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-07065-8. O'Connell, Robert L. (1991). Sacred Vessels: the Cult of the Battleship and the Rise of the U.S. Navy. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-1116-0. Parkes, Oscar (1990). British Battleships.
Unlike other coastal defence ships, the Sverige class formed the core of a traditional open-sea battle group (Coastal Fleet), operating with cruisers, destroyers, torpedo boats and air reconnaissance like traditional battleship tactics of the time. This "mini battle group" had no intention, nor need, to challenge the superpowers in blue sea ...
July 28–30 – Battle of Warsaw: Led by King Charles X Gustav of Sweden, the armies of the Swedish Empire and the Margraviate of Brandenburg defeat the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth near Warsaw. Battle of Filipów; December 20 – Treaty of Labiau is signed between Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Frederick William, Elector of ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... This is a list capital ships of Sweden of the period 1550-1859 ... 1656. Captured by Denmark 1677 and renamed ...
Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 368– 377. ISBN 0851771467. Gardiner, Robert (1986). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 355– 363. ISBN 0851772455. Gardiner, Robert (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905.
Coastal defence ship is a catchall category for warships with overlapping characteristics and duties, grouped here for purposes of concision and comparison. They included ships variously called coastal defence ships, coastal battleships, German Küstenpanzerschiff, Kystforsvarsskib, Panserskip; the Dutch Kruiser, Pantserschip and Slagschip; and the Swedish 1:a klass Pansarbåt and Pansarskepp.