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Friedrich Knebel

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Friedrich Knebel
BornWesel
Died1574
Lübeck
AllegianceLübeck Free City of Lübeck
Battles/wars

Friedrich Knebel (died 1574) was an alderman of the Free City of Lübeck and a naval admiral who participated in the Northern Seven Years War as an ally of Denmark-Norway against Sweden. He commanded the Lübeck fleet at the first battle of Öland in 1564 and the naval battle of August 14, 1564 in the Baltic Sea.

Cannon from Knebel's sunken flagship Engel