Battle of Reval

Battle of Reval
	Part of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–90)
	; The Battle of Reval, Ivan Aivazovsky
Date	13 May 1790
Location	Off Reval; Revel Roadstead, Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea59°30′N 24°45′E / 59.5°N 24.75°E
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia Imperial Russian Navy; ;	Sweden Swedish Navy; ;
Commanders and leaders
Vasily Chichagov	Prince Charles
Strength
10 ships of the line, ; 5 frigates, ; 2 bomb vessels, ; 7 cutters	22 ships of the line, ; 4 frigates, ; 4 smaller ships
Casualties and losses
8 killed & 27 wounded	~150–200 dead, wounded or missing • 130 to 150 killed; or: 51 dead and ~80 wounded.; 1 ship of the line captured: • ~400 to 600 captured seamen and army personnel on it;; • or incl. as few as 250 men captured.; 1 ship of the line destroyed; 5 ships heavily damaged; 40 to 42 cannons lost

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]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Novikov 1948, pp. 136–137.
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^ Novikov 1948, p. 133.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Veselago 1939.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Stenzel & Kirchhoff 2002.
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^ ^a ^b Tredrea & Sozaev 2010, p. 99.
^ ^a ^b "Reval 1790 – från nederlag till älskad konst". digitaltmuseum.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ ^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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[FOOTNOTENovikov1948136–137-1] Novikov 1948, pp. 136–137.

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[FOOTNOTENovikov1948133-3] Novikov 1948, p. 133.

[FOOTNOTEVeselago1939-4] Veselago 1939.

[FOOTNOTEStenzelKirchhoff2002-5] Stenzel & Kirchhoff 2002.

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[FOOTNOTETredreaSozaev201099-10] Tredrea & Sozaev 2010, p. 99.

[Stockholm-12] "Reval 1790 – från nederlag till älskad konst". digitaltmuseum.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[HRN-13] "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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