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 ...

According to him, the largest naval battle ever is the Battle of Leyte Gulf, scoring 8 of a possible 9 points total, while six others tied for second at 7 points each: Salamis, the Aegates, Actium, La Hogue, Trafalgar and Jutland.

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the biggest and most multifaceted naval battle in history. It involved hundreds of ships, nearly 200,000 participants, and spanned more than 100,000 square miles. Some of the largest and most powerful ships ever built were sunk, and thousands of men went to the bottom of the sea with them.

The Battle of the Philippine Sea was a major naval battle of World War II on 19–20 June 1944 that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions. It took place during the United States' amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War.

On 4 June 1942, the titanic Battle of Midway began to unfold in the centre of the Pacific Ocean. It was here that, six months after the shock attack on Pearl Harbor which thrust the US into World War Two, Japanese forces tried to go further by invading the …

2012年8月6日 · Through victory and defeat, Britain was long regarded as a great naval superpower. Sam Willis selects the 10 battles that have effected the biggest changes to the course of the nation

Battle of Leyte Gulf. The Battle of Leyte Gulf is remembered as the biggest naval battle ever fought. It spanned more than 100,000 square miles of sea. Battle of Salamis. Ranked as one of the most decisive military engagements of all time. This was due to its impact on the emergence of Western civilization as a major force in the world. Battle ...

#1 Battle of the Red Cliffs (The greatest naval battle in history) Towards the end of China’s Han dynasty, two southern warlords faced a numerically superior opponent from the north. This battle is cited as the greatest naval battle in history.

And so ensued the most epic naval conflict of the ancient world—the First Punic War (264–241 BC), which saw the hitherto more land-centric Romans build fleets, improve ship skills, gain tactics and operational acumen, and ultimately overcome the naval-dominant Carthaginians to emerge as the apex sea power on the Mare Magnum.

2018年10月13日 · Famous and important sea battles of Western History, illustrated by contemporary paintings, etchings, maps, and--beginning with the Monitor and the Merrimac--photographs. Runs from the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, the last major battle in which galleys played a significant role, to Leyte Gulf, where American and Japanese aircraft carriers duked ...