Battle of Sandöström

2 August 1808, Sandöström, Kimito archipelago

Indecisive; the Russian flotillas joined up

Through the summer of 1808 the Swedish coastal fleet tried to keep the Russian galley flotilla moving west from Helsinki apart from the Russian boats at Turku. At Sandöström in the narrow waters of the Kimito archipelago the Swedish gunboats fought the Russians for most of a day without a decision, and the Russian flotillas were able to join, giving them the advantage in the archipelago.

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