Battle of Hogland (1713)

Battle of Hogland, 1713

Date	10 - 11 July 1713
Location	Gulf of Finland, 50 km south of Porvoo 59°59′10″N 25°35′56″E / 59.986°N 25.599°E / 59.986; 25.599Coordinates: 59°59′10″N 25°35′56″E / 59.986°N 25.599°E / 59.986; 25.599
Result	Indecisive Tactical Swedish victory

Belligerents

Swedish Navy

Imperial Russian Navy

Commanders and leaders

Commander Carl Raab

Admiral Cornelius Cruys

Strength

3 ships of the line^[1]

11 larger ships
2 brigs^[1]

Casualties and losses

minor crew losses^[2]

1 ship of the line^[2]

Great Northern War

Campaigns

Denmark Russia and the Baltic provinces Poland-Lithuania/Saxony Ottoman Empire Sweden and Northern Germany Norway Finland

Battles

1st Riga 1st Tönning Humlebæk 1st Narva Petschora Düna Rauge Erastfer Darsūniškis Vilnius Kliszów Hummelshof Nöteborg Saladen Pultusk Systerbäck Wesenberg Thorn Jakobstadt Posen 2nd Narva Punitz Gemauerthof Warsaw Praga 1st Grodno Fraustadt Kletsk Kalisz 2nd Grodno Holowczyn Neva Malatitze Rajovka Lesnaya Desna Koniecpol Veprik Oposhnya Krasnokutsk–Gorodnoye Sokolki Poltava Perevolochna 2nd Riga 2nd Vyborg Pruth Campaign Helsingborg Køge Bay Gadebusch 2nd Tönning Bender Finland Hogland Pälkäne Storkyro Gangut Stralsund Fehmarn Rügen Stresow Dynekilen Göteborg Strömstad Fredriksten Carolean Death March Ösel Stäket Grengam

Treaties

The Action of 22 July 1713 was a naval battle between Sweden and the Tsardom of Russia which took place on 22 July 1713 near the shallows of Kalbådagrund. It was an indecisive engagement, part of the Great Northern War.

Ships involved

Sweden

Verden 54 guns
Osel 50 guns
Estland 48 guns

Russia

Poltava 54 guns
Pernov 50 guns
Randolf 50 guns
Riga 50 guns
Sv. Antonii 50 guns
Vyborg 50 guns
Esperans 44 guns
Sv. Pavel 32 guns
Sv. Petr 32 guns
Samson 32 guns
Shtandart 28 guns
2 brigs

Prelude

Small Swedish squadron led by Commander Carl Raab consisting of three ships of the line encountered on 10 July 1713 much larger Russian squadron near Gogland who gave chase to the Swedes withdrawing towards west.^[1]

Battle

Early on the 11 July faster Russian ships had gained the Swedish squadron and reached firing distance. Intense fight took place near Kalbådagrund and Yttre Hällkallan shallows. During the fight Raab's flagship Ösel run aground but could swiftly detach itself and rejoin the fight. Three Russian ships following also run aground, one of them so badly that it could not be pulled free and had to be torched. Swedish ships had suffered only superficial damage and withdraw to Helsinki while Russian squadron lost 50 gun ship of the line Viborg.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Mattila 1983, p. 35.
1 2 3 Mattila 1983, p. 36.

Bibliography

Mattila, Tapani (1983). Meri maamme turvana [Sea safeguarding our country] (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: K. J. Gummerus Osakeyhtiö. ISBN 951-99487-0-8.

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