Battle of Svensksund (1789)

First battle of Svensksund / Rochensalm
Part of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–90)

Battle of Svensksund August 24, 1789
by Johan Tietrich Schoultz
DateAugust 24 (August 15 OS), 1789
Location
Svensksund, (now Kotka, southern Finland)
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
 Swedish Navy  Imperial Russian Navy
Commanders and leaders
Carl August Ehrensvärd
Carl Olof Cronstedt
Enrique MacDonell
Charles Henry of Nassau-Siegen
Ivan Balle
Count Giulio Litta
Strength
5,000 men[1]
12,000 men[1]
Casualties and losses
Battle:
  • 5 archipelago frigates
  • 2 galleys
  • 10 gun sloops
  • 1,500 men[2]
30 auxiliaries vessels torched after battle
  • 1 galley
  • 1 gun sloop
  • 383 killed
    628 wounded
    22 captured[3]

The First Battle of Svensksund, also known as the First Battle of Rochensalm from the Russian version of the Finnish: Ruotsinsalmi, was a naval battle fought in the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea, outside the present-day city of Kotka, on August 24, 1789, during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790).

  1. ^ a b Mattila (1983), p. 169.
  2. ^ Mattila (1983), pp. 170–172.
  3. ^ В. Д. Доценко. Морские битвы России. СПб, 2002, c. 67