Battle of Oliva

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The Battle of Oliva was a 1627 naval engagement during the Polish–Swedish War in which the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth fleet defeated a Swedish squadron near Gdańsk in the Baltic Sea.

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instanceOf military engagement
naval battle
alsoKnownAs Battle of Oliwa NERFINISHED
belligerent Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED
Sweden NERFINISHED
casualties Admiral Arend Dickmann killed in action
cause Swedish attempt to blockade Polish–Lithuanian ports in the Baltic Sea
combatType ship-to-ship naval combat
commander Arend Dickmann NERFINISHED
Herman Witte NERFINISHED
Nils Stiernsköld NERFINISHED
conflict Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) NERFINISHED
countryInvolved Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED
Sweden NERFINISHED
date 1627-11-28
fleetInvolved Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy NERFINISHED
Swedish Navy NERFINISHED
hasLanguageOfPrimarySources German
Polish
Swedish
historicalPeriod Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period
location Baltic Sea NERFINISHED
Gdańsk Bay NERFINISHED
near Gdańsk
objective break Swedish naval blockade of Gdańsk
outcome Swedish blockade of Gdańsk temporarily lifted
participant Gdańsk-based sailors
Polish–Lithuanian marines NERFINISHED
Swedish sailors
partOf Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) NERFINISHED
relatedEvent Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611) NERFINISHED
relatedPlace Oliwa NERFINISHED
Royal Prussia NERFINISHED
result Polish–Lithuanian victory
shipInvolved Polish galleon "Wodnik" NERFINISHED
Polish galleon "Święty Jerzy" NERFINISHED
Swedish galleon "Solen" NERFINISHED
Swedish galleon "Tigern" NERFINISHED
significance demonstrated effectiveness of newly created Polish–Lithuanian naval forces
secured maritime access for Gdańsk during the war NERFINISHED
tacticalResult capture of Swedish galleon "Tigern" by Polish forces
destruction of Swedish galleon "Solen"
theatre Baltic theatre of the Thirty Years’ War era conflicts
year 1627

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Battle of Oliwa alsoKnownAs Battle of Oliva