battle, medieval

Battle of the Gulf

Name: Battle of the Gulf
Start: 1244-06-25
Location: Húnaflói, Iceland

Battle of the Gulf was a battle fought on 25 June 1244 at Húnaflói, in what is now Iceland. It was part of Age of the Sturlungs. The recorded result: Inconclusive. Recorded strength: 15 ships against 20 ships.

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Fought25 June 1244

WhereHúnaflói, Iceland65.833N, 20.833W

OutcomeInconclusive

BelligerentsSturlungaragainstÁsbirningar

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Part ofAge of the Sturlungs

Where it sits in Age of the Sturlungs

3 placed engagements of Age of the Sturlungs in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	25 June 1244
Place	Húnaflói, Iceland 65.833N, 20.833W
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	15 ships	20 ships
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Þórður kakali Sighvatsson	Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Haugsnes 1246, 78 km SE
Battle of Örlygsstaðir 1238, 80 km SE
Battle of Sauðafell 1550, 98 km SW
Battle of the Denmark Strait 1941, 494 km NW
Battle of Carinish 1601, 1162 km SE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Örlygsstaðir 21 August 1238
After: Battle of Haugsnes 19 April 1246
All 3 engagements of Age of the Sturlungs

Elsewhere in 1244

Battle of the Gulf is one of 590 engagements of the 13th century in the atlas and one of 6 in present-day Iceland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3031201, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Gulf, revision 1376100585, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.