In 993, a Norse fleet under Olaf Tryggvason and possibly Swein Forkbeard attacked Sandwich before moving up the east coast to Ipswich and then south into Essex where they met the English at the Battle of Maldon. The raid was part of the great wave of late-10th-century Danish assaults on England. Olaf later converted to Christianity and became King of Norway; his relationship with Aethelred evolved from raider to treaty partner.
Norse fleet: c. 2,000–4,000. Sandwich: c. 300–800.
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