 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mauto eRussia, achitungamirirwa naAdmiral Vasily Chichagov, akavharira zvikepe zveSweden nevarume vazvo 30 000 muViborg Bay. Kuvharirwa kwakaramba kuripo kwemwedzi uye musi wa21-23 Chikumi, nekupera kwezvinhu, maSweden akasarudza kuyedza kuputsa nekukurumidza kana mhepo dzakanaka dzikazvibvumidza. The Swedish coastal squadron under Lieutenant-Colonel Carl Olof Cronstedt akasvika Svensksund musi wa 19 Chikumi uye akatsigira pasi mauto General Meijerfeldt mukudzinga mauto eRussia kubva munharaunda yayo. Zvisinei, squadron yaCronstedt haina kukwanisa kupfuudza chikwata chechikepe cheRussia pasi paKaputeni Rowan Crown orig. Robert Cronin akanga avhara nzira yegungwa pedyo neVirolahti yemazuva ano uye aifanira kudzokera kuSvensksund. Kupukunyuka kweSweden kubva kuViborg Bay kwakatanga musi wa3 Chikunguru uye vakarasikirwa nengarava dzinoverengeka pavakamhara pamhenderekedzo nekuda kwekuonekwa kwakashata mumvura ine hunyengeri. Ngarava dzehondo dzeSweden dzakaenda kuSveaborg kunogadziriswa apo ngarava dzeSweden dzomumhenderekedzo yegungwa dzakagadzira nzvimbo yakasimba yekudzivirira paSvensksund. Ngarava dzeRussia dzomumhenderekedzo yegungwa, dzaitungamirirwa naCharles Henry weNassau-Siegen dzakatanga kurwisa maSweden musi wa9 Chikunguru 1790, mune yakazozivikanwa sehondo yechipiri yeSvensksund, iyo yakaguma nokukunda kwakasimba kweSweden. 