Battle of Ebeltoft

The Battle of Ebeltoft was a naval battle between a Swedish and a Danish/Dutch fleet, during the Dano-Swedish War of 1658 to 1660. The allied fleet was ordered to secure a troop transport fleet to the Swedish-controlled island Fyn. Eight Swedish frigates under the command of Owen Coxe attacked the fleet and took the allies by surprise. After a long fight one Dutch ship exploded, the rest of the Danish/Dutch ships were captured and the transport fleet was destroyed. The Danish captain was badly wounded and died during the battle. After the battle, Owen Coxe was ennobled under the name Siölöw.

Battle of Ebeltoft
Part of the Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660)
View of Ebeltoft, engraving by Alexia de Lode, c. 1760
Date 23 July 1659 Location Ebeltoft bay, Denmark Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Dutch Republic Denmark–Norway Holy Roman Empire Brandenburg
Commanders and leaders
Owen Coxe	Peder Jansen (DOW)
Strength
8 frigates 1 galiot 1 fire ship	3 frigates 2 frigates
Casualties and losses
Negligible	1 frigate exploded 4 frigates captured 1,000 captured

Sources

• Martin Pavón: Søslaget i Ebeltoft Vig, "1001 fortællinger om Danmark"
• ↑ "Søværnets mærkedage - Juli". Flådens historie. 2008-05-30. Hentet 2011-12-07.
• Ulf Sundberg, Hjalmarson and Högberg (1998). Svenska krig 1521-1814
• Jensen, Knud; Vedsted, Jakob (1994). Ebeltoft - en søkøbstad [Ebeltoft – a port town] (PDF) (in Danish). Ebeltoft: Ebeltoft Museum. p. 12.