Battle of Grengam

Battle of Grengam
Part of the Great Northern War

The Battle of Grengam, 1720 by Ferdinand Victor Perrot.
Date27 July 1720 (O.S.)
7 August 1720 (N.S.)
Location
Near Granhamn in the Ledsund strait, Åland, Sweden (now Finland)
Result See aftermath
Belligerents
 Swedish Navy  Imperial Russian Navy
Commanders and leaders
Vice Admiral Carl Georg Siöblad General Mikhail Golitsyn
Admiral Matija Zmajević
Strength
1 Ship of the line
4 frigates
3 galleys
6 smaller craft[1]
over 1,000 sailors		 61 galleys
29 boats
11,000 sailors and soldiers[2]
Casualties and losses
103 killed,
407 taken prisoner,
4 frigates captured		 Russian accounts:
1 galley burnt
42 galleys damaged
82 killed and 203–236 wounded[2][3]
Swedish accounts:
43 galleys
1,100[4] to 2,000 killed[5]

The Battle of Grengam (Russian: Гренгамское морское сражение, Swedish: Slaget vid Ledsund or Slaget vid Föglöfjärden[6]), Finnish: Flisön taistelu of 1720 was the last major naval battle in the Great Northern War that took place in Åland, in the Ledsund strait between the island communities of Föglö and Lemland. The battle marked the end of Russian and Swedish offensive naval operations in Baltic waters. The Russian fleet conducted one more raid on the Swedish coast in spring 1721, whereupon the Treaty of Nystad was signed, ending the war.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference hylyt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Great Soviet Encyclopedia, Third edition, English translation, Volume 7 (1975), page 339, Granhamn. ((in Russian) On-line: Гренгам)
  3. ^ Victory of the Russian galley fleet under command of M.M. Golitsyn over the Swedish squadron at the isle of Grengam, 9 August (27 July) 1720
  4. ^ Tegengren, Helmer (1942). Stora nordiska krigets sista sjöstrid (in Swedish). Åbo: Åbo Akademi. p. 30.
  5. ^ Ullman, Magnus (2006). Rysshärjningarna på Ostkusten sommaren 1719 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Libris. p. 154.
  6. ^ (in Swedish) Nordisk familjebok, Volume 15, Column 1502, Ledsund
  7. ^ p.244, Wilson, Callo