The battle off the coast of Liszt is a naval battle of the Danish-Swedish war of 1643-1645 between the Danish and Dutch-Swedish fleets, held on May 16, 1644 .
| Fight off the coast of Liszt |
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| Main Conflict: Danish-Swedish War (1643–1645) |
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| date of | May 16, 1644 |
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| A place | Liszt coast, between Sylt and Ryomö |
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| Total | victory of the Danes |
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Christian IV | Maarten Tiissen |
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11 dead and wounded | OK. 500 dead and wounded |
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The Swedish field marshal Lennart Torstensson was sent in December 1643 from Germany to the north, to Jutland, which symbolized the beginning of the Danish-Swedish war. After the quick conquest of Jutland, the Swedes began to look for ways to cross to the Danish islands. On April 5, 1644, Christian IV led a Danish naval attack of 11 ships on Swedish Gothenburg . At the same time, the Dutch financier Luis de Geer, at the request of the Swedes, used his own funds to equip the fleet in the Netherlands. Initially, it consisted of 30 ships led by Maarten Tiissen. After the Dutch squadron helped Torstensson’s troops on the west coast of Jutland, King Christian lifted the blockade of Gothenburg on April 30 and advanced at the head of the fleet down the west coast of Jutland in search of the Dutch fleet. Christian anchored in the shallows of Liszt while Thiissen took Torstensson's soldiers aboard.
The Danish fleet consisted of only 9 warships with a total of 262 heavy guns on board; it was opposed by the combined Swedish-Dutch fleet of 14 ships (a total of 338 guns). This was the only naval battle in the history of Denmark, in which the king personally commanded the fleet, Christian IV , on the warship Trefoldigheden . During the battle, about 800 sailors died.
The Battle of Liszt is an important event in military history, showing how specialized warships can determine the outcome of a battle. New Danish warships with heavy artillery and heavy construction met with the Dutch fleet of 14 ships converted from merchant ships that could not effectively withstand military ships. During the battle, the Dutch, outnumbering, soon found their own helplessness against the Danish ships and abandoned the battle. The Dutch fleet survived only because the Danish ships could not go in shallow water and were forced to go to the blockade. The king departed back to Copenhagen when the fleet of Admiral Millet Mund (1589-1644) came to the aid of the Dutch.
