 Panguva iyoyo, apo Humambo hwePoland neGrand Duchy yeLithuania dzakabatanidzwa mukukakavadzana muLivonia, mambo wePoland Sigismund II Augustus akaronga Sea Commission Komisja Morska iyo yakashanda pakati pa1568 na1572, uye yakatsigira mashandiro evaridzi vePoland, asi yakasangana nekushorwa kwechiteshi chikuru chePoland, Gdańsk Danzig, iyo yakavaona sekutyisidzira kune zvekutengeserana kwayo ona Hanseatic League. Ikoku kwakatungamirira kukudziridzwa kwechiteshi chengarava muPuck. Munenge pakutanga kwezana ramakore rechi17, Poland yakatongwa neimba yaVasa, uye yakabatanidzwa muhondo dzakawanda neSweden onawo dominium maris baltici. Madzimambo ePoland enguva iyoyo akaedza kugadzira ngarava dzehondo chaiyo, asi kuedza kwavo kwakasangana nekutadza kwakadzokororwa, nekuda kwekushayikwa kwemari muhomwe yeumambo vanokudzwa vePoland vakaona kudiwa kudiki kwechikepe uye vakaramba kukwidza mitero yekuvaka kwayo, uye Gdańsk yakaramba ichipokana nepfungwa yechikepe cheumambo. Mukati mokutonga kwaSigismund III wePoland, kukunda kwakakurumbira kweCommonwealth Navy kwakaitika paHondo yeOliwamuna 1627 vachirwisa Umambo hweSweden, munguva yeHondo yePoland neSweden. Kukunda ngarava dzeSweden kwakaita kuti Poland igare ichiwana mukana wokuenda kuBaltic, uye kwakavaka hwaro hwokuti ikwanise kuenda kune dzimwe nyika. Zvirongwa zvechikepe chechigarire chechikepe chakakundikana nguva pfupi yapfuura nekuda kwekubatana kwakashata neHabsburgs avo muna 1629 vakatora nechisimba chikepe. 