Battle of Reval

This article is about the 1790 battle. For the 1602 battle, see Battle of Reval (1602).
Battle of Reval
Part of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–90)

The Battle of Reval, Ivan Aivazovsky
Date13 May 1790
Location
Off Reval; Revel Roadstead, Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea
59°30′N 24°45′E / 59.5°N 24.75°E / 59.5; 24.75
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Vasily Chichagov Prince Charles
Strength
10 ships of the line,
5 frigates,
2 bomb vessels,
7 cutters[a]		 22 ships of the line,
4 frigates,
4 smaller ships[b]
Casualties and losses
8 killed & 27 wounded[2] ~150–200 dead, wounded or missing[c]
  •  • 130 to 150 killed[d]
or: 51 dead and ~80 wounded.[8]
1 ship of the line captured:[2]
  •  • ~400 to 600 captured seamen and army personnel on it;[e]
  •  • or incl. as few as 250 men captured.[8]
1 ship of the line destroyed[2]
5 ships heavily damaged[9]
40 to 42 cannons lost[f]

The naval Battle of Reval[g] took place on 13 May [O.S. 2 May] 1790 during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790), off the port of Reval in the roadstead (now Tallinn, Estonia). This battle ended in an imposing Imperial Russian Navy's victory; it has been compared to the practice of running the gauntlet.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d Novikov 1948, pp. 136–137.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Cite error: The named reference bm37 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Novikov 1948, p. 133.
  4. ^ a b c d Veselago 1939.
  5. ^ a b c d e Stenzel & Kirchhoff 2002.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference bz68,1790 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b Tredrea & Sozaev 2010, p. 99.
  8. ^ a b "Reval 1790 – från nederlag till älskad konst". digitaltmuseum.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Revel and Krasnaya Gorka (The History of Russian Navy)". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2023.


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