The Battle of Køge Bay, also known to as the Second Battle of Køge Bay, was an indecisive battle that took place on 4 October 1710 during the Great Northern War in Køge Bay, just south of Copenhagen. Denmark had 26 ships of the line and 5 frigates with 1808 guns, and Sweden had 21 ships of the line and several frigates with 1512 guns. The Danish ship Dannebroge exploded and of the 550-man crew only 9 survived. The Swedish ships Tre Kronor and Prinsessan Ulrika Eleonora ran aground. Because of the weather the battle could not continue. However, the Swedish fleet managed to sink and capture a Danish convoy of transport ships that were supposed to embark a Russian invasion force in Danzig. The action in Køge Bugt checked those Russian invasion plans of Sweden.

Ships involved

Denmark (Gyldenløve)

Elephant 90 (flag)<br />

Fredericus IV 110<br />

Christianus V 100<br />

Dannebroge 94 - Blew up<br />

Justitia 90<br />

Norske Løve 84<br />

Mars 80<br />

Tre Løver 78<br />

Prinds Christian 76<br />

Sophia Hedvig 76<br />

Wenden 72<br />

Dronning Louisa 70<br />

Haffru 70<br />

Beskjermer 64<br />

Ebenetzer 64<br />

Charlotte Amalia 60<br />

Svan 60<br />

Anna Sophia 60<br />

Fredericus III 56<br />

Oldenborg 52<br />

Sværdfisk 52<br />

Tomler 52<br />

Nelleblad 52<br />

Fyen 50<br />

Delmenhorst 50<br />

Island 50

Sweden (Wachtmeister)

Göta Lejon 90 (flag)<br />

Enigheten 94<br />

Tre Kronor 86 - Aground, scuttled next day<br />

Wenden 82<br />

Sverige 82<br />

Prinsessan Hedvig 80<br />

Prinsessan Ulrika 80 - Aground, scuttled next day<br />

Gota 76<br />

Nordstjernan 76<br />

Prins Carl 76<br />

Prins Carl Fredrik 72<br />

Småland 70<br />

Karlskrona 70<br />

Skåne 68<br />

Bremen 64<br />

Fredrika Amalia 62<br />

Westmanland 62<br />

Pommern 56<br />

Södermanland 56<br />

Wachtmeister 56<br />

Werden 54<br />

Several fireships - Burnt? 2 days later

Sources

  • Lars Ericson Wolke (2011), Sjöslag och Rysshärjningar s. 130-133
  • Tor Jørgen Melien (2010), Iver Huitfeldt og slaget i Køge bugt 1710, Bergen: John Grieg AS: C. Huitfeldt forlag
  • Gunnar Unger (1923). Illustrerad Svensk Sjökrigshistoria omfattande tiden intill 1680–1814. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag
  • Lars Ericson Wolke, Martin Hårdstedt (2009), Svenska sjöslag
  • R.C. Anderson (1910), Naval Wars in the Baltic during the Sailing Ship Epoch 1522–1850. London: C. Gilbert-Wood
  • For Kongen og Flåten. Matros Trosners dagbok 1710-1714 (1 ed.). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget. 2017. The diary is published by Hans Christian Bjerg and Tor Jørgen Melien.