I te tau 1790, ka whakahoutia e Kingi Gustav III o Sweden tana mahere mo te taunga atu ki te taha o St. Petersburg, i tenei wa i te taha o Viborg. Engari i pakaru te mahere i roto i te whakaeke kino ki te kaipuke o Ruhia i te Pakanga o Reval i te Mei 13. He whakaeke anō
I te timatanga o Hune, i hinga hoki te kaipuke o Ruhia i Kronstadt, a, i hoki atu te kaipuke moana nui o Sweden me te "waipuke o te moutere" ("skärgårdsflottan") ki Vyborg Bay.