Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War

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The Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War was a series of naval operations in the Baltic Sea (1854–1855) in which British and French fleets sought to challenge and weaken the Russian Empire’s maritime power and coastal defenses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign
naval campaign
belligerent Russian Empire
Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
conflict Crimean War
conflictType international armed conflict
countryInvolved France
Russia
United Kingdom
endTime 1855
hasPart Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet
Bombardment of Bomarsund
Bombardment of Sveaborg
operations in the Gulf of Bothnia
operations off Kronstadt
historicalEra Age of Sail
surface form: Age of Sail–steam transition
location Baltic Sea
Gulf of Bothnia
Gulf of Finland
coasts of the Russian Empire
Åland Islands
objective challenge Russian naval power in the Baltic Sea
enforce a naval blockade of Russia in the Baltic
weaken Russian coastal defenses
participant French Navy
Imperial Russian Navy
Royal Navy
partOf Crimean War
relatedTo Black Sea campaign of the Crimean War
surface form: Black Sea theatre of the Crimean War

Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
surface form: Siege of Sevastopol
result containment of the Russian Baltic Fleet in port
damage to Russian fortifications at Sveaborg
destruction of Bomarsund fortress
strategic Allied control of the Baltic Sea
significantPlace Bomarsund fortress
surface form: Bomarsund

Helsinki
Kronstadt
Russian coastal fortifications at Sveaborg
surface form: Sveaborg

Åland Islands
surface form: Åland archipelago
startTime 1854
strategicImportance diverted Russian resources from the Black Sea front
threatened St Petersburg by sea
theatreOfWar Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War self-linksurface differs
surface form: Baltic theatre of the Crimean War
timePeriod 19th century
usedWarfareType coastal bombardment
naval blockade
naval warfare

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Baltic campaign alsoKnownAs Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War
Bombardment of Bomarsund partOf Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War
this entity surface form: Baltic theatre of the Crimean War
Bombardment of Bomarsund precededBy Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War
this entity surface form: Blockade of the Russian Baltic coast (1854)
Bombardment of Sveaborg partOf Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War
this entity surface form: Baltic theatre of the Crimean War
Bombardment of Sveaborg precededBy Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War
this entity surface form: Allied naval operations in the Baltic Sea (1854)
Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War theatreOfWar Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Baltic theatre of the Crimean War
Admiral Sir Charles Napier notableBattle Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War
subject surface form: Charles Napier
this entity surface form: Baltic Sea operations (Crimean War)