Battle of Riilahti

Battle of Gangut
Part of Great Northern War
Date 7 August 1714 Location Hanko Peninsula, southern Finland Result Decisive Russian victory
Belligerents
Swedish Navy	Imperial Russian Navy
Commanders and leaders
Gustaf Wattrang Nils Ehrenskiöld	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

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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