Gangut
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Gangut is the Russian transliteration of the Swedish name (Hangö udd) for Hanko Peninsula
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Hanko Peninsula
The Hanko Peninsula , also spelled Hango, is the southernmost point of mainland Finland. The soil is a sandy moraine, the last tip of the Salpausselkä ridge, and vegetation consists mainly of pine and low shrubs...
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- The Battle of GangutBattle of GangutThe Battle of Gangut took place on July 27Jul./ August 7, 1714Greg. during the Great Northern War , in the waters of Riilahti Bay, north of the Hanko Peninsula, near the site of the modern-day city of Hanko, Finland, between the Swedish Navy and Imperial Russian Navy...
in 1714- ShipsRussian battleship GangutThe Russian Navy has had many ships named after the Battle of Gangut in 1714. The first was built by shipwright Richard Cosenz in early 18th century.* Russian battleship Gangut * Russian battleship Gangut...
of the Imperial Russian Navy named after the battle:- Gangut, 92-gun first rate ship of the line, launched in 1719
- Gangut, 84-gun third rate ship of the line, launched in 1825, participated in Battle of NavarinoBattle of NavarinoThe naval Battle of Navarino was fought on 20 October 1827, during the Greek War of Independence in Navarino Bay , on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the Ionian Sea. A combined Ottoman and Egyptian armada was destroyed by a combined British, French and Russian naval force...
, converted to screw in 1854, training ship in 1862, decommissioned in 1871 - Russian battleship Gangut (1888)Russian battleship Gangut (1888)Gangut was an Imperial Russian coast defense ship named after the Battle of Gangut. This ship was a scaled down version of the Imperator Aleksandr II class battleships-Design and construction:...
- Russian battleship Gangut (1909)Russian battleship Gangut (1909)Gangut was both the lead ship of the s of the Imperial Russian Navy built before World War I and the last of her class to be completed. The Ganguts were the first class of Russian dreadnoughts. She was named after the Russian victory over the Swedish Navy in the Battle of Gangut in 1714. She was...
- Gangut class battleshipGangut class battleshipThe Gangut-class battleships were the first dreadnoughts begun for the Imperial Russian Navy before World War I. They had a convoluted design history involving several British companies, evolving requirements, an international design competition, and foreign protests...
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- The Russian name for the town of HankoHanko, FinlandHanko , is a bilingual port town and municipality on the south coast of Finland, west of Helsinki. Its current population is , with a majority being Finnish speakers and a strong minority being Swedish speakers.-Politics:...
during the time Finland was a Grand duchy of the Russian Empire. - The "Invincible Gangut" (Непокоренный Гангут), The Hanko, Finland#Soviet naval base in Hanko leased to the Soviet Union in the Moscow Peace Treaty that ended the Winter War.