Bombardment of Copenhagen (1428)

Bombardment of Copenhagen
Part of Danish-Hanseatic War (1426–1435)
In 1428 Hanseatic ships attacked Copenhagen twice
Date 6 April – 15 June 1428 Location Copenhagen Result Danish defeat
Belligerents
Hanseatic League Hamburg Lübeck Lüneburg Stralsund Wismar Holstein-Rendsburg	Kalmar Union  Denmark  Norway  Sweden
Commanders and leaders
Gerhard VII of Holstein Johann Beere Jakob Bramstede Jan Russenberg Tideman Soling	King Eric  Queen Philippa
Strength
in April 260 ships with 12,000 men in June 80 ships with 6,800 men Lübeck: 2,000 Hamburg: 1,000 Rostock: 1,000 Stralsund: 1,000 Wismar: 1,000 Lüneburg: 800	unknown number of ships manned with 3.000 soldiers and sailors
Casualties and losses
unknown	30 killed, only three ships escaped undamaged

Hanseatic League

 Kalmar Union

 King Eric

in April 260 ships with 12,000 men
in June 80 ships with 6,800 men

During the Danish-Hanseatic War (1426–1435) the Danish capital Copenhagen was bombarded twice by ships from six Northern German Hanseatic towns. A first attack in April 1428 was repelled, a second attack on 15 June was successful. The Danish fleet which anchoured in Copenhagen was destroyed. For the first time in the Northern European history of naval warfare ship artillery was used over longer distances.

These two battles of April and June 1428 are sometimes confused with the naval battle in the Øresund (also called battle of Copenhagen) of July 1427. So sometimes, when two Hanseatic attacks of Copenhagen are mentioned, the battle of July 1427 and the battle of April 1428 are meant.

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