The Battle of Osel Island took place on May 24, 1719 (O.S.), during the
Great Northern War
The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedi ...
. It was fought near the island of
Saaremaa
Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring . The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island and west of Muhu island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago. The capital of the island i ...
(Ösel). It led to a victory for the Russian captain
Naum Senyavin Naum Akimovich Senyavin (''Наум Акимович Сенявин'' in Russian) (c. 1680 – ) was a Vice Admiral (1727) of the Imperial Russian Navy.
Naum Senyavin began his military career as a soldier of the Preobrazhensky regiment in 16 ...
, whose forces captured three enemy vessels, sustaining as few as eighteen casualties. It was the first Russian naval victory which did not involve ramming or boarding actions.
Ships involved
Russia
*''Devonshire'' 52
*''Portsmouth'' 52
*''Raphail'' 52
*''Uriil'' 52
*''Varachail'' 52
*''Hyagudiil'' 52
*''Natalia'' 18
Sweden
*''Wachtmeister'' 52 - Captured
*''Karlskrona Vapen'' 30 - Captured
*''Bernhardus'' 10 - Captured
References
*''Naval Wars in the Baltic 1553-1850'' (1910) - R. C. Anderson
*http://www.neva.ru/EXPO96/book/chap2-3.html
Battle of Ösel Island
Naval battles of the Great Northern War
1719 in Europe
History of Saaremaa
Naval battles involving Russia
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