naval engagement, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Battle of the Nargö

Name: Battle of the Nargö
Location: Naissaar, Estonia

Battle of the Nargö was a naval engagement fought in 1808 at Naissaar, in what is now Estonia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Naissaar. It was part of the Anglo-Russian War, which ran from 1807 to 1812. The recorded result: British victory. Recorded strength: 1 frigate against 1 cutter.

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Fought1808

WhereNaissaar, Estonia59.567N, 24.517E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeBritish victory

BelligerentsUnited KingdomagainstRussia

Casualties and lossesUnknownand2 killed; 11 wounded; 1 cutter captured

Part ofAnglo-Russian War1807 to 1812

Record

Date	1808 (year precision)
Place	Naissaar, Estonia 59.567N, 24.517E
Kind	Naval engagement, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength	1 frigate	1 cutter
Casualties and losses	Unknown	2 killed; 11 wounded; 1 cutter captured
Commanders	Walter Bathurst	Gabriel Nevelsky

Placed at Naissaar; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Reval 1790, 15 km SE
Tallinn Offensive 1944, 19 km SE
Battle of Lyndanisse 1219, 19 km SE
Siege of Reval 1570, 19 km SE
Siege of Tallinn 1221, 19 km SE

Elsewhere in 1808

Battle of the Nargö is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 83 in present-day Estonia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q130581206, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Nargö, revision 1370601441, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.