Battle of Gangut | |||||||
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Part of the Great Northern War | |||||||
Battle of Gangut by Maurice Baquoy, Central Naval Museum (1724–1727) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Swedish Empire | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Gustaf Wattrang Nils Ehrenskiöld |
Peter I Fyodor Apraksin Matija Zmajević | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1 pram 6 galleys 2 skerry boats 941–2,400 men[1][2] | 98 galleys,[3]: 118 of which 23 engaged,[3]: 103 with about 3,900 men aboard[3]: 110 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
All ships captured or sunk 361 killed 580 captured[1]–2,400 killed or captured[2] |
Russian accounts: 125 killed, 341 wounded[1] Swedish accounts: 3,000 men, 50+ galleys[1] |
The Battle of Gangut (Russian: Гангутское сражение; Finnish: Riilahden taistelu; Finland Swedish: Slaget vid Rilax; Swedish: Sjöslaget vid Hangöudd) took place on 27 JulyJul./ 7 August 1714Greg. during the Great Northern War (1700–1721), in the waters of Riilahti Bay, north of the Hanko Peninsula, near the site of the modern-day city of Hanko, Finland, between the Swedish Navy and Imperial Russian Navy. It was the first important victory of the Russian fleet in its history. It is commemorated in Russia as one of the Days of Military Honour.