Battle of Bomarsund

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Battle of Bomarsund
Part of the Åland War and the Crimean War
A sketch of the quarter deck of HMS Bulldog in Bomarsund, Edwin T. Dolby
Date 3 – 16 August 1854 Location Bomarsund, Åland Result Anglo-French victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom  France	Russia
Commanders and leaders
Charles Napier Alexandre Deschenes	Jakob Bodisco
Strength
32,000 25 paddle sloops[1]	3,000[1]
Casualties and losses
85 killed and wounded[2]	53 killed and wounded 2,000 captured

The Battle of Bomarsund, in August 1854, took place during the Åland War, which was part of the Crimean War, when an Anglo-French expeditionary force attacked a Russian fortress. It was the only major action of the war to take place at Bomarsund in the Baltic Sea.