A-Z OF GREAT NAVAL BATTLES OF THE MODERN ERA Dnieper Dogger Bank Dover Downs, The Dungeness Eastern Solomans Falkland Islands Focchies 12 May 1649 Four Days Fight 11-14 June 1666 /Dover Strait/The Goodwins Gabbard Bank 12-13 June 1653 /North Foreland/Nieuport Glorious 1st June 1 June 1794 iUshant II Grenada 6 July 1779 d'Estaing [F] - Byron [Br] Guadalcanal 12-15 Nov 1942 USA - Japanese Heligoland Bight 28 Aug 1914 Beatty [Br] - Germans Hoglund 17 July 1788 Greig [R] - Sudermanland [Swed] Japanese Sea 14 Aug 1904 Kamimura [Jap] - Yessen [R] Java Sea 27-28 Feb 1942 Takagi [Jap] - Doorman Jerba 1560 Piali Pasha [T] - Doria [Sp/Genoa] Jutland 31 May-I June 1916 Scheer [Ger] - Jellicoe [Br] Kentish Knock 8 Oct 1652 Blake [Eng] - Witte de With [Dut] Kj6ge Bay I 11 July 1677 Juel [Dan/Dut Allies] - Horn [Swed] Kj6ge Bay II 4 oct 1710 Gyldenlove [Dan] - Wachmeister [Swed] Komandorski Is. 26 March 1943 McMorris [US] - Hosagaya [Jap] Kronstadt 3-4 June 1790 Kruse [R] - Swedish La Hogue 19-20 May 1692 Russell/Allemande [Br/Dut] - de Tourville [F] Boscawen [Br] - De la Clue [F] Venice - Turks Seniavin [R] - Turks Don John of Austria [Sp/Papal/Ven Alliance] - All Pasha [T/Algerians] Nimitz [US] - Toyoda [Jap] Tegetthoff [A] - Persano [It] Duke of York/Prince Rupert [Eng] - Wassenaer van Obdam [Dut] Rooke [Br/Dut] - de Toulouse [F) Shovell [Br) - Saint-Aubin [F] Rodney [Br] - de Guichen [F) Diedo [Venice] - Turks Diedo [Venice) - Turks Cunningham [Br] - lachino [It) Nimitz [US] - Yamamoto [Jap] Blakeney/Byng [Br] - de la Galissoniere [F] Farragut [Fed] - Buchanon [Con] Codrington/de Riguy/Heiden [Br/Fr/R) - Ibrahim Pasha [T/Eg] Nelson [Br] - Brueys [F] Alicudi Augusta 8 Jan 1676 22 Aug 1676 Beachy Head Bismarck Operation Cadiz 19 April 1587 Cadiz June-July 1596 Camperdown 11 oct 1797 C. Esperance 11-12 Oct 1942 C. Finisterre I 3 May 1747 C. Finisterre II 14 oct 1747 C. Finisterre III 22 July 1805 C. Passaro 31 July 1718 C. st. Vincent 16 Jan 1780 C. St. Vincent 14 Feb 1797 Chesapeake Bay 5 Sept 1781 Chesme 6-7 July 1770 Chios I 9 Feb 1695 Chios II 5 July 1770 Copenhagen 2 April 1801 Coral Sea 7-8 May 1942 Corfu 8 July 1716 Coronel 1 Nov 1914 Dardanelles I 26 June 1656 Dardanelles Il 17 July 1657 Dardanelles III 20 Sept 1698 Dardanelles IV 18 March 1915 10 July_,690 18-27 May 1941 28-29 June 1788 24 Jan 1915 29 May 1652 21 Oct 1639 10 Dec 1652 23-25 Aug 1942 8 Dec 1914 Lagos Bay Lemnos I Lemnos II Lepanto 18-19 Aug 1759 12 + 16 July 1717 30 June 1807 7 Oct 1571 Leyte Gulf Lissa (Vis) Lowestoft /Solebay Malaga I Malaga II Martinique Matapan I Matapan II Matapan III Midway Minorca 23-26 oct 1944 20 July 1866 13 June 1665 13 Aug 1704 24 Aug 1704 17 April 1780 19 July 1717 20-22 July 1718 26-29 March 1941 4-6 June 1942 20 May 1756 Mobile Bay Navarino Bay 5 Aug 1864 20 oct 1827 Nile (Aboukir Bay) 1 Aug 1798 de Ruyter [Dut] - Duquesne [F) Duquesne [F] - de la Cerda [Sp/Dut Allies] de Tourville [F] - Torrington [Br/Dut] Tovey [Br] - Lutjens [Ger] Francis Drake [Eng] - Spanish Howard/Essex [Eng/Dut] - Spanish de Winter [Bat) - Duncan [Br] Japanese - USA Anson [Br] - de la Jonquiere [F) Hawke [Br) - de Letenduere [F] Calder [Br) - Villeneuve [F/Sp] Byng [Br/Allies] - Castaneta [Sp) Rodney [Br] - Langara [Sp] Jervis [Br] - Cordova [Sp] de Grasse [F) - Graves [Br] Orlov [R) - Turks Venice - Turks Orlov [R] - Turks Parker/Nelson [Br] - Fischer [Dan] Fletcher [US] - Inouye [Jap] Andrea Corner [Venice] - Turks Spee [Ger) - Cradock [Br] Lorenzo Marcello [Venice] - Turks Turks - Lazaro Mocenigo [Venice] Venice - Turks von Sanders [T] - Sackville Carden [Br]/ de Robeck [F] Nassau-Siegen [R] - el Ghazi [T] Hipper [Ger] - Beatty [Br] Blake [Eng] - Tromp [Dut] Tromp [Dut] - de Oquendo [Sp] Tromp [Dut] - Robert Blake [Eng] Japanese - USA "' Sturdee [Br] - Spee [Ger] Giacomo Riva [Venice] - Turks de Ruyter [Dut] - Albemarle/ Prince Rupert [Eng) Monck/Deane [Eng] - Martin Van Tromp/Witte de With< [Dut] Howe [Br) - Villaret-Joyeuse [F] , < Fraser [Br] - Bey [Ger] Albemarle/Prince Rupert [Eng] - de Ruyter/Tromp [Dut] Yi Sun-sin [Kor] - Japanese Tromp [Dan/Dut Allies] - Creutz [Swed] Oeland II 26 July 1789 Duke Carl [Swed] - Chichagov [Ru] Okpo May 1592 Yi Sun-sin [Kor] - Japanese Palermo 2 June 1676 Comte de Vivonne [F] - Spanish/Dutch Paros Island July 1651 Mocenigo [Venice] - Turks Pearl Harbor 7 Dec 1941 Nagumo [Jap] - USA Philippine Sea 19-20 June 1944 Mitscher [US]/Allies - Toyoda [Jap] Portland 28 Feb-2 March 1653Blake [Eng] - Tromp [Dut] /Beachey Head Punta Delgada 1582 de Ruyter [Dut] - Prince Rupert/d'Estrees [Eng/F] de Ruyter [Dut] - Prince Rupert/d'Estrees [Eng/F] Southwold 28 May 1672 de Ruyter [Dut] - /Sole Bay York/d'Estrees [Eng/F] Spanish Armada 31 July-8 Aug 1588 Howard of Effingham [Eng] - Medina Sidonia [Sp] Hood [Br] - de Grasse [F] Nassau-Siegen [R] - Ehrensvard [Swed] Swedes -Russians Iachino [It] - Vian [Br] Vian [Br] - Iachino [It] Yi Sun-sin [Kor] - Japanese Cunningham [Br] - Italians Japanese - USA Ushakov [R] - Said Bey [T] de Ruyter [Dut] - Prince Rupert/d'Estrees [Eng/F] Rodney [Br] -de Grasse [F] van Obdam [Dut] - Wrangel [Swed] Nelson [Br] - Villeneuve [F/Sp] Togo [Jap] - Rozhdestvenski [R] Keppel [Br] - d'Estaing [F] Ito [Jap] - Ting [China] Togo [Jap] - Russians North Cape North Foreland II Noryang Oeland I Pusan Quiberon Bay River Plate Romerswael Rugen Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Is. 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