The operation resulted in the Russian naval stores and war material located in Paldiski no longer being able to be used for the imminent mobilization.

In 1788, the Swedish king Gustav III, who had become quite unpopular domestically, sought a solution, he first looked towards Denmark as a means for increasing his popularity, but this was scrapped as he was not able to get any support for a war with them.

[2] Despite being outnumbered by at least 6:1, he succeeded, and after a short shelling of the fortress he forced it to surrender, after which he demanded 4000 rubles in brandskattning (ransom) from the city.

[4][5] He also burned all the storehouses with considerable amounts of material used for building ships and disabled all 49 of the cannons inside the fortress.

[1] Catherine the Great, the Empress, was very resentful of de Roberty, the defender of Paldiski, and thought it was a shameful surrender.