Battle of Reval (1790)

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military engagement naval battle

The Battle of Reval (1790) was a naval engagement of the Russo-Swedish War in which a Swedish fleet unsuccessfully attacked a Russian squadron anchored off the port of Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia).

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Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Reval (1602)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military engagement ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Tallinn (1790) NERFINISHED ⓘ
attacker	Swedish fleet ⓘ
belligerent	Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ
campaign	Swedish 1790 naval campaign in the Baltic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologyWithinWar	late phase of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) ⓘ
combatant1	Swedish Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatant2	Imperial Russian Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderForRussia	Vasily Chichagov NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderForSweden	Duke Charles of Södermanland NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictSide	Sweden vs. Russia ⓘ
countryAtTime	Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	13 May 1790 ⓘ
defender	Russian squadron ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Vyborg Bay (1790) NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicalContext	off the port of Reval ⓘ
hasCategory	1790 in military history ⓘ Battles involving Russia ⓘ Battles involving Sweden ⓘ History of Tallinn NERFINISHED ⓘ Naval battles of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) ⓘ
historicalEra	Age of Sail NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ
involvedMonarch	Gustav III of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Gulf of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ Reval NERFINISHED ⓘ Tallinn NERFINISHED ⓘ
navalTechnology	ships of the line and frigates ⓘ
navalTheater	Baltic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	engagement between a moving Swedish fleet and an anchored Russian line ⓘ
outcome	Swedish attack repulsed ⓘ
partOf	Baltic naval campaigns of the Russo-Swedish War NERFINISHED ⓘ Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	earlier actions of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) ⓘ
presentDayCityName	Tallinn NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayCountryName	Republic of Estonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Estonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTactic	Swedish line-ahead attack on anchored Russian ships ⓘ
result	Russian victory ⓘ
RussianForceStatus	anchored squadron ⓘ
strategicSignificance	helped secure Russian control in the Gulf of Finland ⓘ
SwedishObjective	defeat Russian squadron at Reval ⓘ
SwedishOutcome	failed to destroy Russian squadron ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	naval warfare ⓘ
year	1790 ⓘ

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Reval → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Reval (1790) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Reval (1602)