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This category contains historical naval battles and operations fought as part of World War I (1914–1918). Please see the category guidelines for more information. Subcategories
Naval warfare in World War I was mainly characterised by blockade. The Allied powers, with their larger fleets and surrounding position, largely succeeded in their blockade of Germany and the other Central Powers, whilst the efforts of the Central Powers to break that blockade, or to establish an effective counter blockade with submarines and commerce raiders, were eventually unsuccessful.
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 ...
Battles generally refer to short periods of intense combat localized to a specific area and over a specific period of time. However, use of the terms in naming such events is not consistent. For example, the First Battle of the Atlantic was more or less an entire theatre of war, and the so-called battle lasted for the duration of the entire war ...
Empire of the deep: the rise and fall of the British Navy. London: Phoenix. ISBN 978-0-7538-2920-2. The British Navy from within. London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1914. OCLC 3696385. The Navy List for April 1916. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1916. Vietnam to Zworykin. Encyclopedia Britannica. Chicago: Wiliam Benton. 1972.
Pages in category "Naval battles of World War I involving Germany" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Naval battles of World War I involving the United States (9 P) This page was last edited on 13 February 2024, at 23:20 (UTC). Text ...
Over the next five months the US Navy laid 56,571 mines of the total 70,177 planted during the Barrage. [24] Rear Admiral Lewis Clinton-Baker, commanding the Royal Navy minelaying force at the time, described the barrage as the "biggest mine planting stunt in the world's history." The official statistics on lost German submarines compiled on ...