Battle of Reval

Battle of Reval
	Part of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)
	; The Battle of Reval, Ivan Aivazovsky
Date	13 May 1790
Location	Off Reval; Revel Roadstead, Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea59°30′N 24°45′E / 59.5°N 24.75°E
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia Imperial Russian Navy; ;	Sweden Swedish Navy; ;
Commanders and leaders
Vasily Chichagov	Prince Charles
Strength
10 ships of the line, ; 5 frigates, ; 2 bomb vessels, ; 7 cutters	22 ships of the line, ; 4 frigates, ; 4 smaller ships
Casualties and losses
8 killed & 27 wounded	~150–200 dead, wounded or missing • 130 to 150 killed; or: 51 dead and ~80 wounded.; 1 ship of the line captured: • ~400 to 600 captured seamen and army personnel on it;; • or incl. as few as 250 men captured.; 1 ship of the line destroyed; 5 ships heavily damaged; 40 to 42 cannons lost

The naval Battle of Reval took place on 13 May [O.S. 2 May] 1790 during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790), off the port of Reval in the roadstead (now Tallinn, Estonia). This battle ended in an imposing Imperial Russian Navy victory; it has been compared to the practice of running the gauntlet.