Vyborg brings together 30 Russian ships of the line, 11 frigates, and roughly 80 galleys or rowing frigates against 22 Swedish ships of the line, 13 frigates, and more than 350 smaller craft. The Swedish fleet is blockaded and faces annihilation if it cannot break out. Gustav III preserves the core force, a strategic achievement, but the escape costs seven ships of the line, three frigates, and nearly 60 smaller vessels. Russia still wins the battle tactically. The force totals show how Baltic operations mixed conventional battle fleets with very large archipelago flotillas.
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Vyborg's enormous fleets and costly Swedish breakout
Hundreds of sailing and rowing vessels converge at Vyborg, where Gustav III preserves the Swedish fleet but pays for escape with severe ship losses.