English > naval battle: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | A pitched battle between naval fleets. |
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| Instances | Actium | The naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC |
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| Aegates Isles, Aegadean Isles | islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC |
| Aegospotami, Aegospotamos | A river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey) |
| Battle of the Spanish Armada | In the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large / large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England |
| Bismarck Sea, battle of the Bismarck Sea | A naval battle in World War II |
| Coral Sea, battle of the Coral Sea | A Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942) |
| Hampton Roads | A naval battle of the American Civil War (1862) |
| Jutland, battle of Jutland | An indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916) |
| Lepanto, Battle of Lepanto | Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope |
| Manila Bay | A naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898) |
| Midway, Battle of Midway | naval battle of World War II (June 1942) |
| Navarino, battle of Navarino | A decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827) |
| Passero, Cape Passero | A naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero in which the Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719) |
| Philippine Sea, battle of the Philippine Sea | A naval battle in World War II (1944) |
| Santiago, Santiago de Cuba | A naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898) |
| Trafalgar, battle of Trafalgar | A naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain |
| Tsushima | A naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905) |
| Broader | battle, conflict, fight, engagement | A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war |
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