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  • Battle of Svensksund
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  • Battle of Svensksund
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  • Ruotsinsalmi
  • Svensksund
  • Battles of Svensksund
  • Second Battle of Svensksund
  • Second naval battle of Svensksund, 1790
  • Svensksund (1790)
  • battle of Svensksund
  • battles of Svensksund
  • captures one third
  • naval battle of Svensksund
  • second Battle of Svenskund
  • second battles of Svensksund
  • victorious battles
clgo:causalties
  • 6 ships sunk or destroyed
  • 600–700 killed and wounded
clgo:combatant
  • Sweden
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clgo:date
  • 1790-07-10
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  • TheRussian fleethad roughly the same numbers as the Swedish, 274 ships or 200 although with heavier tonnage. There were about 18,500 men in total present with between 850 and 1,000 heavy cannons and almost as many swivel guns, resulting in around 1,600 or more artillery pieces in total.
  • The Swedes suffered 171 dead and 122 seriously wounded in the action or 600–700 men in total applying the lightly wounded to the number. OneUdema, twogun sloopsand one gun yawl sank and onebomb ketchand one gun slope exploded, totalling six ships.
  • The Swedisharchipelago fleetconsisted of roughly 275 ships of various sizes with a total of over 14,000 men present, of these close to 13,000 were combat personal with 206 ships while 1,200 men and 69 ships were on transport, hospital and other various civilian duties. There were a total of about 1,300 Swedishartillery piecespresent, of which around 860 wereswivel gunsand 450heavy cannons.
  • The Russian losses are unknown but were significant. A lower estimation was made by Russian naval historianV. F. Golovachevwho put the casualties to 7,369 men while another writer (Poselt) puts them as high as 14,648 men. Swedish historianArnold Muntheestimates the Russian casualties to at least 9,000 men, but probably more considering the fact that captured Russianofficers reportedly estimated 12,000 themselves.Kesar Ordin, another Russian historian finds the number of 10,000 Russian casualties, presented by some Swedish historians, as a realistic alternative of these a little over 6,000 were captured and 350 wounded, additionally 50–80 or more ships were lost.
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clgo:result
  • Swedish victory
clgo:strength
  • 14,000 men
  • 18,500 men
  • 200–274 ships
  • 275 ships
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