Battle of Dynekilen

Battle of Dynekilen
Part of the Great Northern War
Tordenskjold i Dynekilen by Carl Neumann
Tordenskjold i Dynekilen by Carl Neumann
DateJune 28, 1716 (O.S.)
July 8, 1716 (N.S.)
Location
Result Dano-Norwegian victory
Belligerents
 Swedish Empire  Denmark-Norway
Commanders and leaders
Swedish Empire Olof Strömstierna Denmark–Norway Peter Tordenskjold
Strength
1,284 men[1]
13 warships,
14 merchant vessels,
1 land battery with
40 heavy cannons and
72 light cannons in total[2][a]
931 men[5]
7 warships with
97 heavy cannons,
38 light cannons and
2 howitzers in total[2]
Casualties and losses
9 warships captured,
4 warships sunk,
5 merchants captured,
9 merchants destroyed[b]
21 men or more captured,
unknown number of killed and wounded[6]
19 killed,
57 wounded[2]

The naval Battle of Dynekilen (Danish: Slaget ved Dynekilen) took place on 8 July 1716 during the Great Northern War between a Dano-Norwegian fleet under Peter Tordenskjold and a Swedish fleet under Olof Strömstierna. The battle resulted in a Dano-Norwegian victory.

  1. ^ Dan H. Andersen. Mandsmod og kongegunst: en biografi om Peter Wessel Tordenskiold. Aschehoug, 2004. p. 207
  2. ^ a b c d e Nils Modig. Strömstad: Gränsstad i ofred och krig. Warne förlag, 2013. pp. 74–86
  3. ^ a b Olav Bergersen. Tordenskiolds brev. Facsimile, 1963. pp. 229–230
  4. ^ Knut Lundblad. Georg Friedrich Jenssen-Tusch: Geschichte Karl des Zwölften, Königs von Schweden, Band 2. Hamburg (1835). p. 491
  5. ^ William Coucheron–Aamot. Det norske folk paa land og sjø. Det norske aktieforlag, 1901. p. 233
  6. ^ a b Lars Ericson Wolke. Sjöslag och rysshärjningar : kampen om Östersjön under stora nordiska kriget 1700–1721. Norstedts, 2012. pp. 229–234
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Feldborg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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