Battle of Gangut

Battle of Gangut
	Part of the Great Northern War
	; Battle of Gangut by Maurice Baquoy, Central Naval Museum (1724–1727)
Date	7 August 1714
Location	Hanko Peninsula, southern Finland
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Tsardom of Russia Navy; ;
Commanders and leaders
Gustaf Wattrang; Nils Ehrenskiöld	Peter I; Fyodor Apraksin; Matija Zmajević
Strength
1 pram; 6 galleys; 2 skerry boats; 941 men	98 galleys, of which 23 engaged, with about 3,900 men aboard
Casualties and losses
All ships captured or sunk; 361 killed; 580 captured	Russian accounts:; 125 killed, 341 wounded; Swedish accounts:; 3,000 men, 50+ galleys

The Battle of Gangut (Russian: Гангутское сражение; Finnish: Riilahden taistelu; Finland Swedish: Slaget vid Rilax; Swedish: Sjöslaget vid Hangöudd) took place on 27 July^Jul./ 7 August 1714^Greg. 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.

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