The battle that took place on 26 July 1566 during the Northern Seven Years' War and was a slight victory for a Swedish fleet over a combined Danish and Lübecker fleet. It began just east of Öland and the Allied fleet eventually retreated toward Gotland.Two days after the battle a storm sank fourteen of the Allied ships while they were anchored near Visby, drowning around 5900 men.
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