Battle of Osel Island
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| Battle of Osel Island | |||||||
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| Part of the Great Northern War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Russia | Sweden | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Captain Naum Senyavin | Commodore Wrangel | ||||||
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| 3 ships | 7 ships | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| ? | 110 killed or wounded 3 ships captured |
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| Great Northern War |
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| Narva – Daugava – Kliszów – Gemauerthof – Fraustadt – Holowczyn – Lesnaya – Poltava – Helsingborg – Gadebusch – Storkyro – Gangut – Stralsund – Dynekilen – Ösel – Stäket – Grengam |
This battle took place 24 May 1719, during the Great Northern War. Fought near the island of Saaremaa, it was a victory for the Russian captain Naum Senyavin, whose forces captured three enemy vessels, sustaining as few as eighteen casualties. It was the first Russian naval victory which did not involve ramming or boarding actions.
Ships involved:
[edit] Russia
Devonshire 52
Portsmouth 52
Raphail 52
Uriil 52
Varachail 52
Hyagudiil 52
Natalia 18
[edit] Sweden
Wachtmeister 52 - Captured
Karlskrona Vapen 30 - Captured
Bernhardus 10 - Captured
[edit] References
- Naval Wars in the Baltic 1553-1850 (1910) - R. C. Anderson
- http://www.neva.ru/EXPO96/book/chap2-3.html
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