Talk:Naval Blockade of Reval (1726)

Notability?
Is it worth of own article? As a side notice: Naval Blockade of Reval is absent--Estopedist1 (talk) 16:43, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree this article is at present incomplete, lacking as it does reports of the British or Russian point-of-view (which I hope will be supplied in time by editors with greater resources than I have - although the citation "Aldridge" will supply some good detail once I have studied it). The article was launched in draft form but immediately accepted as a start class. The title, as everything else, is open to change should this be considered necessary once the article has matured. On notability, can any expedition of some twenty major warships be un-notable? It already shows (to my mind) a good example of the dangers of cutting defence expenditure (on maintaining the Danish fleet) and the success of gunboat diplomacy even if no battle was fought.  Further input from British, Danish, Russian, Estonian or other editors is indeed needed, and invited.  Thanks for your interest. Viking1808 (talk) 07:36, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * It's probably worthy of coverage somewhere - even if not here. If it were not for the Danish involvement, it might be worth bundling it in with the two simultaneous RN operations as they were part of a common strategy to use the Navy as a tool of diplomacy to deter the Spanish from making war.Nigel Ish (talk) 21:46, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Regarding British naval activity off Tallinn, the Timeline of Tallinn notes that "1801 - British navy under the command of admiral Nelson is on the Bay of Tallinn, but he doesn´t attack". The British Royal Navy was again at the Gulf of Finland (with their allies the Swedes) in August 1808, seeking a fleet action with the Russians which involved some fighting but was inconclusive. In this context, the year 1726 in the title to this article is relevant. The other two actions (some eighty years later) may form a footnote to an article on British power politics or, as Nigel Ish puts it above, a common strategy to use the Navy as a tool of diplomacy. Over to you!  Viking1808 (talk) 18:19, 3 February 2021 (UTC)