Battle of Frisches Haff

Battle of Frisches Haff
Part of the Pomeranian War

Seeschlacht im Stettiner Haff 1759, Unknown author
Date10 September 1759
Location53°48′16″N 14°08′25″E / 53.80444°N 14.14028°E / 53.80444; 14.14028
Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Sweden Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Karl Rutensparre Ernst von Köller
Strength
4 galleys
4 demi-galleys
2 galiots
3 sloops
13 gunboats
4 galleys
4 galiots
4 gunboats
Casualties and losses
44 killed and wounded
1 gunboat sunk
30 killed and wounded
490 captured
2 galleys captured
2 galleys sunk
2 galiots captured
2 galiots sunk
1 gunboat captured

The Battle of Frisches Haff or Battle of Stettiner Haff was a naval battle between Sweden and Prussia that took place 10 September 1759 as part of the ongoing Seven Years' War. The battle took place in the Szczecin Lagoon (German: Stettiner Haff) between Neuwarp and Usedom, and is named after an ambiguous earlier name for the Lagoon, Frisches Haff, which later exclusively denoted the Vistula Lagoon.[1]

Swedish naval forces consisting of 28 vessels and 2,250 men under Captain Lieutenant Carl Rutensparre and Wilhelm von Carpelan destroyed a Prussian force of 13 vessels and 700 men under captain von Köller.[2] The consequence of the battle was that the small fleet Prussia had at its disposal ceased to exist. The loss of naval supremacy meant also that the Prussian positions at Usedom and Wollin became untenable and were occupied by Swedish troops.

  1. ^ Erhard Riemann, Alfred Schoenfeldt, Ulrich Tolksdorf, Reinhard Goltz, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur (Germany), Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz, Preussisches Wörterbuch: Deutsche Mundarten Ost- und Westpreussens, 6th edition, Wachholtz, 1974, p.595, ISBN 3-529-04611-6
  2. ^ Åselius, Gunnar (2003). Svenska slagfält. Wahlström & Widstrand. pp. 366—373. ISBN 91-46-21087-3