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Svenska Lejonet (40/52), 1656. Captured by Denmark 1677 and renamed Svenske Løve. Wismar (58), c. 1694. Merkurius (68), 1672. Captured by the Dutch Republic 1677. Neptunus (44), c. 1673. Captured by Denmark 1676. (Sankt) Hieronymus (70), bought 1675. Captured by the Dutch Republic and given to Denmark, 1677. Wrangels Palats (44), hired 1675 ...
The siege of Riga by the Russian army under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich was the main event of the Russo-Swedish War. The fortifications of Riga consisted of a wall with ditch and 5 bastions around the old town. In 1652 Swedes had started construction of a new wall with 12 bastions around suburbs, but by 1656 the work had not been completed.
When Charles X Gustav of Sweden invaded Poland, captured Warsaw and announced his claims on the Russian conquests in the orbit of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin (who led Russian diplomacy at the time) decided it was an opportune time to suspend hostilities against the weakened Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and to attack the rear of the Swedish Empire instead.
These ships, especially Kronan and Scepter, were much more successful, took part in battles, [13] and served as flagships in the Swedish navy until the 1660s. The second of the so-called regalskepp (usually translated as "royal ships"), [ 14 ] Äpplet was completed in 1629 and is regarded as a sister ship of Vasa .
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 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.
The Russian offensive against Narva became the last Russian attack against Swedish objectives in the war. Khovansky advanced towards the city with 1,650, [ 2 ] 1,900, [ 1 ] or 4,000 men. [ 2 ] However, Solntsev and his Novgorod soldiers refused to join the offensive, instead going back towards Jama .
The Swedish forces won the battle, [1] and according to their sources they defeated an army of 8,000 men, 32 standards, banners and other field declarations had been captured in the battle and 1,500 Russians were dead or wounded along with their commander Matvey Sheremetyev, who later died in captivity. [4]