The Battle of Osel Island took place on May 24, 1719, during the Great Northern War

Great Northern War

The Great Northern War was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in northern Central Europe and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I the Great of Russia, Frederick IV of...

. It was fought near the island of Saaremaa

Saaremaa

Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring 2,673 km². The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago...

 (Ösel). It led to a victory for the Russian captain Naum Senyavin

Naum Senyavin

Naum Akimovich Senyavin was a Vice Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy.Naum Senyavin began his military career as a soldier of the Preobrazhensky regiment in 1698. Soon, he became a sailor, joined the Baltic Fleet, and was then promoted to the rank of non-commissioned officer...

, whose forces captured three enemy vessels, sustaining as few as eighteen casualties. It was the first Russian naval victory which did not involve ramming or boarding actions.

Russia

• Devonshire 52
• Portsmouth 52
• Raphail 52
• Uriil 52
• Varachail 52
• Hyagudiil 52
• Natalia 18

Sweden

• Wachtmeister 52 - Captured
• Karlskrona Vapen 30 - Captured
• Bernhardus 10 - Captured