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This category includes historical battles in which state of the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. See Category:Naval battles involving England for earlier battles. See Category:Naval battles involving the United Kingdom for later battles.
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 French force the British Royal Navy fleet to surrender Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Batin: 9 Sep: Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire Napoleonic Wars: Action of 13 September 1810: 13 Sep: Inconclusive naval battle between France and the UK Peninsular War: Battle of La Bisbal: 14 Sep: Spain and the UK defeat France Napoleonic Wars: Action of ...
This category includes historical naval battles in which unified Kingdom of England (10th century–1707) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. See Category:Naval battles involving Great Britain for later battles (1707–1800) See Category:Naval battles involving the United Kingdom for later battles (1800 ...
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took place on 21 October 1805 between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).
This category includes historical battles in which state of the United Kingdom (1801–present) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. See Category:Naval battles involving Great Britain for earlier battles.
An outline of British military history, 1660–1936 (1936). online; Dupuy, R. Ernest and Trevor N. Dupuy. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present (1993). Fortescue, John William. History of the British Army from the Norman Conquest to the First World War (1899–1930), in 13 volumes with six separate map volumes.
Superior British seamanship and gunnery ruled the day in what is considered the greatest naval victory for the British over the French during the American Revolutionary War. The battle is famous for the innovative British tactic of "breaking the line," in which the British ships passed through a gap in the French line, engaging the enemy from ...