Battle of Hogland (1705)

This article is about the battle of 1705. For other uses, see Battle of Hogland (1713), Battle of Hogland (1788), and Operation Tanne Ost.

Battle of Hogland (1705)
Part of Great Northern War
Date 20 August 1705 Location Near Hogland Island, Gulf of Finland Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Navy	Imperial Russian Navy
Commanders and leaders
Cornelius Ankarstierna	unknown
Strength
1 ship of the line	7 galleys

The battle of Hogland 1705 was a minor naval battle between the Swedish ship of the line Reval and 7 Russian galleys. After several hours of fighting, the Swedes were victorious. It was the first time that Russian galleys took part in a naval battle in the Baltic Sea.

Sources

• Ehrensvärd, Ulla; Kokkonen, Pellervo; Nurminen, Juha (1995). Mare Balticum : 2000 år av östersjöns historia [2000 years of history of the Baltic Sea] (in Swedish). ISBN   9511139932.