Battle of the Nargö
| Battle of the Nargö | |||||||
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| Part of Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812) as part of Napoleonic Wars | |||||||
The unequal battle of the Russian boat Opyt with the British frigate Salsette off Nargen Island on June 11, 1808.". By Leonid Blinov. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United Kingdom | Russia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Walter Bathurst | Gabriel Nevelsky (POW) | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Salsette | Opyt | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 400 men | 53 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
2 killed 11 wounded | ||||||
The sea battle of Nargö (Битва у Наргена) was one of the few direct clashes during the Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812). The battle on 11 June 1808 between the Russian cutter Opyt and the British frigate HMS Salsette took place near the northern coast of Estonia by the island of Naissaar (Nargö) in the Baltic Sea, and ended in British victory.