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Just so you are aware the Baltic states (Estonia, Lativa and Lithunia) were considerd part of Poland in 1600. There were a series of wars between Poland and Sweden from 1599 - 1611 (treaty signed in 1608) and again in the 1620s. the Polish Naval Fleet was in its infancy, however it used modern naval tactics.

So my joke and hypothese about the Polish Navy may just pay off.

[colorado tanker]

Poland/Lithuania in 1600, at its greatest extent. Much of the Baltic Coast was lost to Sweden in the mid-century invasions by Sweden and Russia.