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| Battle of Osel Island | |||||||
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| Part of the Great Northern War | |||||||
 Aleksey Bologolyubov. Battle of Oesel | |||||||
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 Russia |
 Sweden | ||||||
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| Captain Naum Senyavin | Commodore Wrangel | ||||||
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| 7 ships | 3 ships | ||||||
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110 killed or wounded 3 ships captured | ||||||
The Battle of Osel Island took place on May 24 1719, during the Great Northern War. It was fought near the island of Saaremaa. It lead to 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
Russia
- Devonshire 52
- Portsmouth 52
- Raphail 52
- Uriil 52
- Varachail 52
- Hyagudiil 52
- Natalia 18
Sweden
- Wachtmeister 52 - Captured
- Karlskrona Vapen 30 - Captured
- Bernhardus 10 - Captured
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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