| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1805, British fleet under Nelson defeats combined French-Spanish fleet. | Battle of Trafalgar | 90%
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| 1942, US fleet under Nimitz destroys 4 japanese aircraft carriers. Turning point in the WWII Pacific Theatre. | Battle of Midway | 88%
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| 1941, Japanese launch surprise attack on US fleet at anchor. | Attack on Pearl Harbor | 80%
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| 1916, British-German naval conflict ends in a tactical draw, but a strategic British victory. | Battle of Jutland | 71%
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| 1944, Largest naval battle of WWII, part of the re-capture of the Philippines by Allied forces. | Battle of Leyte Gulf | 58%
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| 1942, Japanese invasion force heading for New Guinea repelled by Allied fleet near Solomon Islands. | Battle of the Coral Sea | 57%
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| 1905, Japanese Navy destroys Russian fleet. | Battle of Tsushima | 46%
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| 480 BC, Greek fleet destroys Persian fleet and prevents further Persian advance into the Peloponnesus. | Battle of Salamis | 44%
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| 1798, British victory over the French near the coast of Egypt. | Battle of the Nile | 38%
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| 1571, Naval forces of the Holy League defeat the Ottoman fleet. | Battle of Lepanto | 37%
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| 1939, First naval battle of WWII, resulting in the sinking of the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee, near the coast of Urugay. | Battle of the River Plate | 37%
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| 1914, Britsh squadron destroys German squadron under Maximilian von Spee. | Battle of the Falkland Islands | 32%
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| 31 BC, Roman fleet under Agrippa defeats Ptolemaic fleet led by Marc Antony and Cleopatra VII. | Battle of Actium | 30%
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| 1944, Largest Aircraft Carrier battle in history (24 carriers envolved in total). | Battle of the Philippine Sea | 27%
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| 1942, ABDA Command (American-British-Dutch-Australian Command) fleet destroyed by Japan near Dutch East Indies. | Battle of the Java Sea | 26%
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| 1781, French fleet under de Grasse defeats British during the American War of Independance. | Battle of the Chesapeake | 20%
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| 1813, US Navy captures 6 Britsh ships near Ohio during The War of 1812. | Battle of Lake Erie | 17%
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| 1667, Dutch fleet under de Ruyter destroys English fleet. Worst and most humiliating defeat in Royal Navy's history. | Raid on the Medway | 16%
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| 1588, Drake defeats Spanish Armada. | Battle of Gravelines | 12%
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| 1797, British fleet defeats Spanish fleet near Portugese coast during Anglo-Spanish War. | Battle of Cape St. Vincent | 10%
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| 1545, Large naval engagement between the English Tudor Navy and France, between the south coast of England and the Isle of Wight. | Battle of the Solent | 7%
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| 1917, Battle between Russia and Germany on the Baltic Sea. | Battle of Moon Sound | 5%
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| 1673, Dutch victory over combined Anglo-French fleet, preventing invasion of the Netherlands by England and France. | Battle of Texel | 5%
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| 1666, Probably longest large naval battle in history, Royal Navy is defeated by a fleet of the Dutch Republic near North Foreland, England. | Four Days battle | 4%
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| 241 BC, Fleet of the Roman Republic defeats fleet of Carthage near Sicily, ending the first Punic War. | Battle of the Aegates Islands | 3%
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| 1279, Crushing naval defeat of the Song Dynasty by the Yuan Dynasty, effectively ending the Song Dynasty. | Battle of Yamen | 3%
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| 1628, Admiral Piet Hein captures Spanish treasure fleet near Cuba. | Battle in the Bay of Matanzas | 1%
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| 1639, Admiral Tromp destroyes Spanish fleet in the English Channel, resulting in the Dutch Republic becoming the first "Naval Superpower" in history. | Battle of the Downs | 1%
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| 1790, Swedish-Russian naval conflict, very influential because the new naval battle concept "Firepower over mobility" was introduced. | Battle of Vyborg Bay | 0%
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| 1980, Iranian Navy destroys Iraqi Navy in the Persian Gulf. | Operation Morvarid | 0%
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