Battle of Gangut

Date	7 August 1714
Location	Hanko Peninsula, southern Finland
Result	Decisive Russian victory

Belligerents

Swedish Navy

Imperial Russian Navy

Commanders and leaders

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

Fyodor Apraksin

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 (1700–21), 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.

The word Gangut in the name of the battle is a romanization of Гангут, which is the traditional Russian cyrillization of Hangöudd, the traditional Swedish name of the Hanko Peninsula. Seldom used names are Battle of Hangö (Finnish Hanko) and Battle of Hangöudd (Finnish Hankoniemi). The battle took place in the Rilax bay north of the Hanko Peninsula. In Sweden and Finland, the battle is therefore known as the Battle of Rilax (Finnish Riilahti). It is also known in some sources as the battle of Ahvenanmaa, the Finnish name of the Åland Islands which Russia seized after its victory.

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