Erik af Klint | |
Birth Name: | Erik Johan Gustaf af Klint |
Birth Date: | 11 December 1816 |
Birth Place: | Visby, Sweden |
Rank: | Captain |
Battles: | Third Italian War of Independence |
Erik Johan Gustaf af Klint (11 December 1816 - 20 July 1866) was a Swedish naval officer who also served in the Austrian Navy, reaching the rank of captain in the 1860s. He commanded the Austrian steam frigate at the Battle of Lissa on 20 July 1866, where he was killed in action.[1]