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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.
By 1675 the Swedish fleet was numerically superior to its Danish counterpart (18 ships of the line against 16, 21 frigates against 11), but the Swedish ships were generally older and of poorer quality than those of the Danish fleet, which had replaced a larger proportion of its vessels with more modern warships. The Swedish side also had ...
Exploiting the hurt religious feelings of the Roman Catholic population under Protestant occupation and organizing Polish–Lithuanian military leaders in the Tyszowce Confederation, John II Casimir Vasa managed to regain ground in 1656. Russia took advantage of the Swedish setback, declared war on Sweden and pushed into Lithuania and Swedish ...
World War II cruisers of Sweden (1 P) Pages in category "World War II naval ships of Sweden" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
World War II merchant ships of Sweden (9 P) N. World War II naval ships of Sweden (1 C, 14 P) This page was last edited on 7 February 2024, at 13:58 (UTC). Text is ...
The List of ships of World War II contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner ...
However, the Swedish Navy used the Sverige-class armored warships as the core of battle groups in the same manner as other navies used battleships. Svierge had an overall length of 119.72 metres (392 ft 9 in), a beam of 18.63 metres (61 ft 1 in) and a maximum draught of 6.25 metres (20 ft 6 in). [ 2 ]
The Treaty of Elbing was signed between the Dutch Republic and the Swedish Empire on 1 September / 11 September 1656, during the Second Northern War, in Swedish-held Elbing . It served to protect Dutch interests in the Baltic Sea , ended the Dutch intervention in the Swedish siege of Danzig , and renewed a fragile peace between the Dutch ...