A disintegrated wreck is located in the shallow waters south of Haikkulainen island. It is possible that these are the remains of a Swedish gun dinghy. Two vessels of this size sank during the Second Battle of Svensksund. During the battle, some of the smaller vessels of the Swedish line… Read more about Swedish gun dinghy

The wreck of a wooden sailing ship is located about 1.5 kilometres southeast of the Lellerit islands in the waters of Kotka. We have no information on how it sank and we cannot say for certain that the vessel took part in the Battle of Svensksund in 1790. The wreck… Read more about Cargo ship Hofnung II

About 50 metres north of the wreck of frigate Saint Nicholas is the wreck of a smaller wooden vessel. It lies upside down at the bottom of the sea. It may be the wreck of a Russian gun sloop sunk during the Second Battle of Svensksund. The wrecks name or… Read more about Russian gun sloop

The best known of the Svensksund wrecks is the Russian archipelago frigate Saint Nicholas that rests in the middle of a busy shipping lane. It sank during the Second Battle of Svensksund amid heavy fire. Saint Nicholas, completed in Kronstadt in 1790, sailed under the command of Captain Marshall. The… Read more about Frigate Saint Nicholas

The remains of a wooden wreck west of Lehmäsaari are likely to be those of a Russian galley. Due to their large surface area, galleys were hard to steer in stormy weather. The wreck is possibly the Tikhvin, completed in 1775, that sailed under the command of Lieutenant Commander Kurganov. Read more about Galley Tikhvin

The remains of two badly disintegrated wooden wrecks west of Lehmäsaari are likely to be Russian galleys. The long and narrow structure of the galleys made them susceptible to winds. During the Second Battle of Svensksund, a hard southwestern wind pushed the Russian galleys towards the north shore of Lehmäsaari. Read more about Galley Nerva

The wreck located at the north tip of Lehmäsaari has disintegrated over a wide area. Its parts are spread over an area of around 900 m². It may be the Russian xebec Diana completed at the St. Petersburg galley shipyard in spring 1789 and lost during the Second Battle of… Read more about Xebec Diana

The visible parts of the wreck at the northwest tip of Lehmäsaari are badly worn down. The collapsed mast lies next to the wreck. The vessel’s four cannons were located in the corners of the bow and stern on carriages. A grapnel anchor, parts of a mast and rigging, a… Read more about Russian gun dinghy

The size and the bow of the vessel resemble the structure of a semi-galley. During the Second Battle of Svensksund, the Swedes observed a Russian semi-galley sink on this spot. It is probably the Russian semi-galley Zlobnaia, which is known to have sunk during the same battle. Zlobnaia was completed… Read more about Semi-galley Zlobnaia

This wreck was dubbed the ‘Dinghy wreck’, based on a cutter or dinghy found underneath it. It is probably a Russian semi-lighter. According to Russian sources, the semi-lighter Lev, completed in St. Petersburg in 1788, was sunk in the area during the Second Battle of Svensksund. The story has it… Read more about Semi-lighter Lev

The wreck located west of Lehmäsaari island has broken up into several parts. It is probably the Russian xebec Proserpina that was completed at the St. Petersburg galley shipyard in 1789 and sank during the Second Battle of Svensksund. She sailed under the command of Engineer Captain Oppermann. Proserpina could… Read more about Xebec Proserpina

Only a relatively well preserved bow remains of this vessel. The wreck is probably the Russian frigate Maria that sank during the Second Battle of Svensksund. Maria was completed at the Kronstadt shipyard in 1790. It was one of the five new Alexander class frigates that took part during the… Read more about Frigate Maria

The possible remains of a Russian gun sloop are located in front of the northeast tip of Ämpyri island. This wreck is newer than most of the others in the area: it is likely to have been scuttled during the Crimean War in 1855. This has been concluded, based on… Read more about Russian gun sloop

The wreck is located at the bottom of a busy route between Kuutsalo and Vassaari, at a depth of approximately six metres. It was possibly a Russian gun sloop. In 1790, 40 gun sloops were built in Hamina and based on a Swedish model. The vessel sank during the Second… Read more about Russian gun sloop

The shipwreck of a large unknown vessel lies at the bottom of the sea on her keel. The wreck of a burnt wooden vessel is located in the middle of a narrow strait between Tiutinen and Majasaari. The bow facing Tiutinen island comes up to a depth of about a… Read more about Majasaari wreck

The wood material of the wreck located near the southern shores of Tiutinen island is suggestive of Russian origin. It is possibly a Russian caique that sank during the First Battle of Svensksund. Caiques were small vessels that were rowed close to the enemy in battle. Several dozen of these… Read more about Russian caique

The wreck on the northern shores of Pirkköyri island may be Hitraja, the largest galley of the Russian archipelago fleet that took part in the Second Battle of Svensksund. Hitraja was completed in St. Petersburg in 1769. She sank during the First Battle of Svensksund, but the Russians were able… Read more about Flag galley Hitraja

The wreck located near Pirkköyri island is the archipelago frigate Ingeborg, an easily rowable warship designed by Swedish boat engineer Fredrik af Chapman. Ingeborg was built at the Djurgårdsvarvet shipyard in 1776. The cannons were positioned in an unusual manner: the two biggest in the bow, eight in the centre… Read more about Frigate Ingeborg

The wreck of a burnt wooden vessel lies on its side with her bow facing north. It is likely a Russian gun barge that took part during the Second Battle of Svensksund. Gun barges number 1 and number 2 were built at a shipyard in Kronstadt in 1790. Gun barge… Read more about Russian gun barge no. 2