The Battle of Fehmarn was a naval battle took place on 24 April 1715 (N.S.), during the Great Northern War. It was a victory for a Danish squadron under Gabel, which captured five of the six Swedish ships under Wachtmeister at the cost of 66 dead and 226 wounded.
Ships involved
Denmark (Gabel)
==== Ships of the line ==== Flagship Prinds Christian (66) under Christian Carl Gabel Prinds Carl (50) under Evert Deichman Prinds Wilhelm (50) under Seneca Christophersen Hagedorn Delmenhorst (50) under Michael Bille Fyen (52) under Wiglas von Schindel Island (50) under Johan Anthon von Paulsen Nældebladet (50) under Hans Kaas Laaland (50) under Søren Heyer
==== Frigates ==== Højenhald (30) under Christian von Güntelberg Raae (34?) under Gerhard Siewertz Løvendals Gallej (20?) under Peter Wessel
==== Smaller vessels ==== Ræven (snow) under P. J. Stavanger West Vlieland (galiot) under Svend Bruun Eyland Schilling (galiot) under A. Green One fireship
Sweden (Wachtmeister)
==== Ships of the line ==== Flagship Princessa Hedvig Sophia (74) under Carl Hans Wachtmeister - Aground, captured next day and later scuttled Nordstjerna (60) under Gustaf Wilhelm von Gertten - Aground, captured next day Södermanland (60) under Zacharias Åberg - Aground, captured next day Göteborg (54) under Gustaf Fredrik Leijonancker - Aground, captured next day
==== Frigates ==== Vita Örn (30) under Johan Casper Printz - Aground, captured next day Falken (30) under Mikael Spalding - Aground, captured next day
== Sources == Generalstaben (1922). Bidrag til den store nordiske krigs historie: Erobringen af Sverigs tyske provinser 1715–1716 [Contribution to the history of the Great Northern War: The conquest of Sweden's German provinces 1715–1716] (in Danish). Vol. 7. Copenhagen / Oslo: Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag. pp. 13, 15–16, 19, 26–32. OCLC 488001949. Glete, Jan (2010). Swedish Naval Administration, 1521–1721. Resource, Flows and Organisational Capabilities. Leiden / Boston: Brill. pp. 219–220. ISBN 978-90-04-17916-5.