Gustav III continues his russian war

I cant remember seeing any threads about Gustav III so i decided to make one.
The POD is after the second battle of Svenskund where the Swedish fleet destroyed about 40 % of the russian ships and killed 50% of their sailors with fairly minimal casualties of their own. Historically Catherine was eager to make peace because she was also fighting the turks and Gustav realized that this war would take far longer to win then he thought, so a peace treaty was signed not long after.

Lets say that Gustav decided to continue the war at all costs, could the Swedes have taken St Petersburg? Would continued Swedish intervention help the turks with their failing war?
 
I cant remember seeing any threads about Gustav III so i decided to make one.
The POD is after the second battle of Svenskund where the Swedish fleet destroyed about 40 % of the russian ships and killed 50% of their sailors with fairly minimal casualties of their own. Historically Catherine was eager to make peace because she was also fighting the turks and Gustav realized that this war would take far longer to win then he thought, so a peace treaty was signed not long after.

Lets say that Gustav decided to continue the war at all costs, could the Swedes have taken St Petersburg? Would continued Swedish intervention help the turks with their failing war?

Damned, I really should know this better, since I love the Gustavian Era, but unfortunately, military history at any point in history is not my forte. With Sweden's bad luck, and my gut feeling, I cannot help but be inclined to think that somewhere down the line, this ends up screwing over Sweden, but I admit I am perfectly incapable of making an argument for it beyond "my gut feeling says so".

If you ever do get around to writing a TL about Gustav III, I would be very eager to read it! :)
 
The POD is after the second battle of Svenskund where the Swedish fleet destroyed about 40 % of the russian ships and killed 50% of their sailors with fairly minimal casualties of their own.

What Russia lost was her archipelago fleet (under prince Nassau). Chichagov's Line-of-Battle fleet was perfectly fine and more than enough to defend the Finnish Gulf, and probably enough to fight a rematch. The two operated as separate units.

And of course it's almost guaranteed Sweden would run out of money first.

So while stranger things have happened, Sweden winning that war seems to be the less likely of the outcomes.

Lets say that Gustav decided to continue the war at all costs, could the Swedes have taken St Petersburg? Would continued Swedish intervention help the turks with their failing war?

Swedish intervention already tied up the entire Baltic fleet which would otherwise have sailed to the Mediterranean, what else could it do? Sweden never managed to pose enough threat on land to cause a major troop deployment shift throughout that war.
 
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