THE SWEDISH SHIP KRONAN FIGHTING THE DANES AND THE DUTCH AT THE BATTLE OF OLUND JULY 1676 In Gallery / HISTORIC SHIPS

THE SWEDISH SHIP KRONAN FIGHTING THE DANES AND THE DUTCH AT THE BATTLE OF OLUND JULY 1676

In her day, the Kronan was the most powerful warship afloat. In an early action, against the combined Dutch and Danish fleet, Kronan fought well and sailing astern of the Dutch Admiral's flagship she loosed a broadside which tore such a gaping hole in the Dutchman's stern that, accord...