Bombardment of Bomarsund

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The Bombardment of Bomarsund was an Anglo-French naval and land assault in 1854 during the Crimean War that destroyed a key Russian fortress in the Åland Islands.

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Bombardment of Bomarsund canonical 2
Siege of Bomarsund 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation
naval bombardment
siege
alsoKnownAs Bombardment of Bomarsund
surface form: Siege of Bomarsund
attackingForceStrength several British and French ships of the line and troops
belligerent Russian Empire
Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
category 1854 in military history
Battles involving France
Battles involving Russia
Battles involving the United Kingdom
Naval battles of the Crimean War
combatant1 French Navy
Royal Navy
combatant2 Imperial Russian Army
Imperial Russian Navy
commander Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes
Charles John Napier
Oskar Möller NERFINISHED
conflict Crimean War
consequence demilitarization of the Åland Islands (later confirmed by the Treaty of Paris 1856)
countryInvolved Russian Empire
Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
endDate 1854-08-16
followedBy Allied operations against Sveaborg
fortificationType coastal fortress
garrisonStrength approximately 2,000 Russian troops
hasPart land assault on Bomarsund
naval bombardment of Bomarsund forts
historicalRegion Åland Islands
location Baltic Sea
Bomarsund, Åland Islands
Grand Duchy of Finland
notableShip French ship-of-the-line Charlemagne
HMS Duke of Wellington
HMS Edinburgh
opponentFortification Brännklint Tower
Notvik Tower
partOf Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War
surface form: Baltic theatre of the Crimean War
precededBy Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War
surface form: Blockade of the Russian Baltic coast (1854)
result Allied victory
destruction of Bomarsund fortress
startDate 1854-08-08
strategicObjective neutralize Russian fortress in the Åland Islands
secure control of approaches to the Gulf of Bothnia
target Bomarsund fortress
treatyRelated Treaty of Paris (1856)
year 1854

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Baltic campaign hasPart Bombardment of Bomarsund
Bombardment of Bomarsund alsoKnownAs Bombardment of Bomarsund
this entity surface form: Siege of Bomarsund
Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War hasPart Bombardment of Bomarsund