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Battle of Fredrikshamn | |||||||
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Part of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–90) | |||||||
Battle of Fredrikshamn 15 May 1790 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Sweden | Russia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Gustav III | Brigadier Pjotr Slisoff | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
106 ships of the Archipelago fleet | 1 frigate, 72 smaller ships[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Turuma Sällan Värre recaptured 25 smaller ships sunk or captured 270 men dead, wounded or captured[1] |
The battle of Fredrikshamn was an attack by the Swedish archipelago fleet on their Russian counterparts near the town of Fredrikshamn during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790).