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This list of naval battles is a chronological list delineating important naval battles that have occurred throughout history, from the beginning of naval warfare with the Hittites in the 12th century BC to piracy off the coast of Somalia in the 21st century. If a battle has no commonly used name it is referred to as "Action of (date)" within ...
The Battle of Mobile Bay, by Louis Prang. The naval battles of the American Civil War, fought between the Union and the Confederacy, changed the foundations of naval warfare with the first use of ironclads and submarines, and the introduction of newer and more powerful naval artillery.
10 August 1904. Battle of the Yellow Sea. Russo-Japanese War. Imperial Japanese Navy. Imperial Russian Navy. Japanese victory. 27–28 May 1905. Battle of Tsushima. Russo-Japanese War.
A romantic style painting of the Battle of Salamis by Wilhelm von Kaulbach. The "largest naval battle in history" is a disputed title between adherents of varying criteria which include the numbers of personnel and/or vessels involved in the naval battle, the total displacement of the vessels involved and sometimes the significance and/or implications of the battle.
A. Battles and operations of the African Slave Trade Patrol (3 P) Naval battles of the American Civil War (3 C, 60 P) Naval battles and operations of the American Indian Wars (9 P) Naval battles of the American Revolutionary War involving the United States (28 P) Anti-piracy battles involving the United States (1 C, 21 P)
Lists of aerial operations and battles. Air raids on Australia, 1942–1943. Air raids on Hong Kong during WWII. Aircraft carrier operations during World War II. List of air operations during the Battle of Europe. List of Allied attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz. List of strategic bombing over Germany in World War II.
Naval warfare is combat in and on the sea, the ocean, or any other battlespace involving a major body of water such as a large lake or wide river. The armed forces branch designated for naval warfare is a navy. Naval operations can be broadly divided into riverine/littoral applications (brown-water navy), open-ocean applications (blue-water ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total. Naval battles and operations of the European theatre of World War II (8 C, 49 P) World War II naval operations and battles of the Pacific theatre (25 P) World War II naval operations and battles of the Southeast Asia Theatre (11 P)