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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.
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.
The Swedish supply ship, Mercurius, carrying over 100 colonists and much needed supplies sailed into Delaware Bay in April 1656, unaware that New Sweden had been conquered. Although the Dutch ordered the ship to proceed to New Amsterdam, the colonists and supplies were surreptitiously offloaded at New Gothenburg.
From 1611 to 1721, Sweden was a European great power, becoming a dominant faction in the quest for control of the Baltic Sea and a formidable military power. [1] During this period, known as Stormaktstiden (Swedish: "The Great Power Era"), the Swedish Empire held a territory more than twice the size of its modern borders and one of the most successful military forces at the time, proving ...
The Swedish ships fared poorly in the rough winds, losing masts and spars. The Swedish officers formed a battle line that held together only with great difficulty. They tried to get ahead of Tromp's ships to gain the weather gage by getting between the allies and the shore, and thereby gaining an advantageous tactical position.
After the Battle of Jaroslaw, which took place on March 15, 1656, Swedish forces under king Charles X Gustav found themselves in a difficult situation. They needed reinforcements, so on March 16, the king ordered his brother, Adolph John, to send the army of Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, which was stationed in Warsaw.
The Russo-Swedish War of 1656–1658, known as the War of Rupture, was fought by Russia and Sweden as a theater of the Second Northern War. It took place during a pause in the contemporary Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) as a consequence of the Truce of Vilna .