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	Hanseatic victory
Belligerents
Hanseatic League Hamburg; Lübeck; Lüneburg; Rostock; 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

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 anchored in Copenhagen was destroyed. For the first time in the Northern European history of naval warfare ship artillery was used over longer distances.

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