Battle of Osel Island

Battle of Osel Island

Infobox Military Conflict


caption=Aleksey Bologolyubov. "Battle of Oesel"
conflict=Battle of Osel Island
colour_scheme=background:#cccccc
partof=the Great Northern War
date=June 4, 1719
place=near Saaremaa
result=Decisive Russian victory
combatant1=
combatant2=
commander1=Captain Naum Senyavin
commander2=Commodore Wrangel
strength1=7 ships
strength2=3 ships
casualties1=?
casualties2=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.

hips involved

Russia

*"Devonshire" 52
*"Portsmouth" 52
*"Raphail" 52
*"Uriil" 52
*"Varachail" 52
*"Hyagudiil" 52
*"Natalia" 18

weden

*"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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