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A romantic style painting of the Battle of Salamis by Wilhelm von Kaulbach. The "largest naval battle in history" is a disputed title between adherents of varying criteria which include the numbers of personnel or vessels involved in the naval battle, the total displacement of the vessels involved and sometimes the significance and implications of the battle.
This battle occurred in 1794, during the height of the Age of Sail. 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 ...
The Battle of Leyte Gulf [5] (Japanese: レイテ沖海戦, romanized: Reite oki Kaisen, lit. 'Leyte Open Sea Naval Battle') 23–26 October 1944, was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved. [6] [7] [8] [9]
The number of Carthaginians is less certainly known but was estimated by Polybius at 150,000, and most modern historians broadly support this. If these figures are approximately correct, then the Battle of Ecnomus is possibly the largest naval battle of all time, by the number of combatants involved. [6] [4] [58]
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The Battle of Cherbourg was an intense naval battle that ended in the sinking of CSS Alabama, one of the most powerful ships in the Confederate fleet, by USS Kearsarge. Alabama fired the first shot, but Kearsarge was slightly faster, had more firepower, and carried a larger crew complement than Alabama, giving the Union the advantage.
Battles Conflict Combatants A Combatants B Result 8–9 February 1904: Battle of Port Arthur: Russo-Japanese War: Imperial Japanese Navy: Imperial Russian Navy: Indecisive 10 August 1904: Battle of the Yellow Sea: Russo-Japanese War: Imperial Japanese Navy: Imperial Russian Navy: Japanese victory 27–28 May 1905: Battle of Tsushima: Russo ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; General ... List of naval battles during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592 ...