Battle of Osel Island

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Great Northern War
Narva – Kliszów – Fraustadt – Holowczyn – Lesnaya – Poltava – Gadebusch – Gangut – Dynekilen – Oesel – Grengam
This battle took place 4 June 1719, during the Great Northern War. Fought near the island of Saaremaa, it was a victory for the Russian captain Naum Senyavin, 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.

Great Northern War
Narva – Kliszów – Fraustadt – Holowczyn – Lesnaya – Poltava – Gadebusch – Gangut – Dynekilen – Oesel – Grengam

Ships involved:

Devonshire 52
Portsmouth 52
Raphail 52
Uriil 52
Varachail 52
Hyagudiil 52
Natalia 18

Wachtmeister 52 - Captured
Karlskrona Vapen 30 - Captured
Bernhardus 10 - Captured

References

http://www.neva.ru/EXPO96/book/chap2-3.html

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