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You are here: Home / Article topics / Publications / Naval Historical Review / The Great Sea Battles of History 480 B.C.-1945

The Great Sea Battles of History 480 B.C.-1945

A.N. Other · Dec 16, 1973 · Print This Page

Author
A.N. Other and NHSA Webmaster
Subjects
Battles and operations
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RAN Ships
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Publication
December 1973 edition of the Naval Historical Review (all rights reserved)
  • SalamisB.C. 480
  • Mycale479
  • Mylae260
  • Mount Ecnome256
  • Drepanum (Trapani)249
  • Egadian lslands241
  • Syracuse212
  • Coryce191
  • Myonnese190
  • Lemnos73
  • Nauloque35
  • Actium31
  • SinnigalliaA.D.551
  • Bravalla735
  • Paris885
  • BeirutJune7, 1191
  • ConstantinopleJuly 17, 1203
  • ConstantinopleApril 22, 1204
  • DammeMay 31, 1213
  • South ForelandAugust 24, 1217
  • Portsmouth March24, 1338
  • ArnemuidenSeptember 23, 1338
  • SouthamptonOctober 6, 1338
  • SluysJune 24, 1340
  • Constantinople1453
  • Famagusta1571
  • LepantoOctober 7, 1571
  • Spanish ArmadaJuly 21-29, 1588
  • DoverMay 29, 1652
  • PlymouthAugust 26, 1652
  • Kentish KnockOctober 8, 1652
  • DungenessDecember 10, 1652
  • PortsmouthFebruary 28, 1653
  • North ForelandJune 11, 1653
  • ScheveningenAugust 10, 1653
  • LowestoftJune 13, 1665
  • The “Four Days’ Battle”June 11-14, 1666
  • Thames EstuaryJune 17-22, 1667
  • Sole BayJune 7, 1672
  • SchoneveldtJune 14, 1673
  • TexelAugust 21, 1673
  • AlicuriJanuary 8, 1676
  • AugustaApril 22, 1676
  • PalermoJune 2, 1676
  • Bantry May9, 1689
  • Beachy HeadJuly 10, 1690
  • BarfleurMay 27, 1692
  • La HougueJune 2, 1692
  • LagosJune 27, 1693
  • TexelJ une 29, 1694
  • CadizAugust 22, 1702
  • Vigo BayOctober 22, 1702
  • GibraltarAugust 4, 1704
  • Velez-MalagaAugust 22, 1704
  • ToulonFebruary 11, 1744
  • Beachy HeadMay 13, 1707
  • The LizardOctober 21, 1707
  • ToulonFebruary 11, 1744
  • FinisterreMay 14, 1747
  • St. CastSeptember 4, 1758
  • Quiberon BayNovember 20, 1759
  • TchesmeJuly-7, 1770
  • The Belle Poule and the ArethusaJune 17, 1778
  • UshantJuly 23, 1778
  • GrenadaJune 30, 1779
  • The Seraphis and the Poor RichardSept 23, 1779
  • The Surveillante and the QuebecOct 6, 1779
  • DominicaApril 17, 1780
  • La PrayaApril 16, 1781
  • Dogger BankAugust 3, 1781
  • Chesapeake BaySeptember 5, 1781
  • The SaintsApril 12, 1782
  • ViborgJune 3,1790
  • SvenksundJuly9, 1790
  • The “Glorious First of June”May 28-June 1, 1794
  • Cape St. VincentFebruary 14, 1797
  • The NileAugust 1, 1798
  • MaltaMarch 30, 1800
  • CopenhagenApril 2, 1801
  • The “Fifteen-Twenty”July 22, 1805
  • TrafalgarOctober 21, 1805
  • FinisterreNovember 4, 1805
  • CopenhagenSeptember 2-5, 1807
  • NavarinoOctober 20, 1827
  • San Juan d’UlloaNovember 27, 1838
  • SinopeNovember 30, 1853
  • Hampton RoadsMarch 8-9, 1862
  • HeligolandMay 9, 1864
  • The Alabama and the KearsargeJune 19, 1864
  • LissaJuly 20, 1866
  • Danube EstuaryMay 25, 1877
  • BatoumJanuary 20, 1878
  • FoochowAugust 23,1884
  • Yellow RiverSeptember 17, 1894
  • ManilaApril 30, 1898
  • Santiago, CubaJuly 3, 1898
  • Port ArthurFebruary 8, 1904
  • Pursuit of the BismarckMay 24-27, 1941
  • Tsou-ShimaMay 27, 1905
  • PenangOctober 28, 1914
  • CoronetNovember 1, 1914
  • Cocos IslandsNovember 9, 1914
  • Falkland IslandsDecember 8, 1914
  • Dogger BankJanuary24,1915
  • JutlandMay 31, 1916
  • River PlateDecember 13, 1939
  • CalabriaJuly 9, 1940
  • TarantoNovember 11,1940
  • MatapanMarch 28, 1941
  • CreteMay 20-31, 1941
  • Pursuit of the BismarckMay 24-27, 1941
  • Pearl HarbourDecember 7, 1941
  • KuantanDecember 10, 1941
  • AlexandriaDecember 19, 1941
  • Java SeaFebruary 27, 1942
  • Coral SeaMay 6-8, 1942
  • Midway IslandJune 4-6, 1942
  • Convoy PQ.17 July 1-7, 1942
  • Savo IslandAugust 8, 1942
  • Eastern SolomonsAugust 23, 1942
  • Cape HopeOctober 11, 1942
  • Santa CruzOctober 26, 1942
  • TassafarongaNovember 30, 1942
  • GuadalcanalNovember 14, 1942
  • North CapeDecember 26, 1943
  • PhilippinesJune 19-20, 1944
  • Leyte GulfOctober 23-28, 1944
  • Iwo JimaFebruary, 1945
  • OkinawaApril-June, 1945

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