 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Hondo yehondo yeSweden yakanga yapedza nguva yechando paKarlskrona iyo yakarohwa nehutachiona hwefivha hwakadzokororwa panguva yekugara. Denda racho rakanga ratanga kubva mukubatwa kwezvikepe zveRussia zveVladislav panguva yeHondo yeHoglandmuna 1788. Kubva kune vafambisi vengarava vakabatwa chirwere ichi chakanga chapararira zvakanyanya muzvikepe panguva yekugara kwenguva refu kuSveaborg muna 1788 chakatakurwa nezvikepe kuenda kuKarlskrona gare gare gore iroro. Kugadziridza ngarava nokuda kwemwaka wokubata hove dzomugungwa kwakafamba zvishoma nezvishoma uye kwakakanganiswa zvikuru nokurasikirwa kwakakonzerwa nechirwere kuvashandi. Kubva muna December 1788 kusvika muna September 1789 vanhu vanosvika 26 249 vakabatwa nechirwere muzvipatara zvengarava paKarlskrona chete, 5 286 vavo vakafa apo nhamba yose yevakafa pamhinganidzo inofungidzirwa kuva vanenge 15 000. Pakupera kwaJune zviuru zvemauto zvaifanira kutumirwa kubva kuvapfuuri vehondo sevashandi vokuwedzera nokuda kwezvikepe. Pasinei nezvipingamupinyi Admiral Otto Henrik Nordenskiöld uyo akanga ane mutoro wokugadziridza akakwanisa kugadzirira ngarava dzezvikepe zve 21 zvengarava uye 8 frigates kuti vafambe nechekare nokuda kwe6 June asi pasina vashandi. 