The Swedish battlefleet had spent the winter at Karlskrona which was struck by relapsing fever epidemic during the stay.

[3] Fitting ships for the sealing season proceeded very slowly and was greatly hindered by the losses suffered due to the illness to the crews.

Regardless of the obstacles Admiral Otto Henrik Nordenskiöld who was responsible for refitting was able to ready fleet of 21 ships of the line and 8 frigates for sailing already for 6 June however without crews.

The fleet was finally able to set sail on 6 July despite that several ships were still undermanned, several lacking more than hundred men from their complements.

[2] After setting sail the Swedish fleet patrolled the waters between Skåne, Rügen, Bornholm and Sjælland in the southern Baltic Sea.

Further problem for the Swedes was that the rear-guard commanded by Admiral Per Lilliehorn had become separated from the rest of the fleet and did not rejoin it despite repeatedly being ordered to do so.

Swedish fleet was unable to follow as the undermanned crews could not handle both guns and sails simultaneously.

During the battle the fleets remained fair distance apart and the cannons were fired near their maximum ranges and thus had very little effect.

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