Statistics for Famous Naval Battles

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
1805, British fleet under Nelson defeats combined French-Spanish fleet.	Battle of Trafalgar	90%
1942, US fleet under Nimitz destroys 4 japanese aircraft carriers. Turning point in the WWII Pacific Theatre.	Battle of Midway	87%
1941, Japanese launch surprise attack on US fleet at anchor.	Attack on Pearl Harbor	80%
1916, British-German naval conflict ends in a tactical draw, but a strategic British victory.	Battle of Jutland	70%
1944, Largest naval battle of WWII, part of the re-capture of the Philippines by Allied forces.	Battle of Leyte Gulf	57%
1942, Japanese invasion force heading for New Guinea repelled by Allied fleet near Solomon Islands.	Battle of the Coral Sea	56%
1905, Japanese Navy destroys Russian fleet.	Battle of Tsushima	42%
480 BC, Greek fleet destroys Persian fleet and prevents further Persian advance into the Peloponnesus.	Battle of Salamis	41%
1798, British victory over the French near the coast of Egypt.	Battle of the Nile	36%
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	36%
1571, Naval forces of the Holy League defeat the Ottoman fleet.	Battle of Lepanto	34%
1914, Britsh squadron destroys German squadron under Maximilian von Spee.	Battle of the Falkland Islands	30%
31 BC, Roman fleet under Agrippa defeats Ptolemaic fleet led by Marc Antony and Cleopatra VII.	Battle of Actium	27%
1944, Largest Aircraft Carrier battle in history (24 carriers envolved in total).	Battle of the Philippine Sea	25%
1942, ABDA Command (American-British-Dutch-Australian Command) fleet destroyed by Japan near Dutch East Indies.	Battle of the Java Sea	24%
1781, French fleet under de Grasse defeats British during the American War of Independance.	Battle of the Chesapeake	18%
1813, US Navy captures 6 Britsh ships near Ohio during The War of 1812.	Battle of Lake Erie	16%
1667, Dutch fleet under de Ruyter destroys English fleet. Worst and most humiliating defeat in Royal Navy's history.	Raid on the Medway	14%
1588, Drake defeats Spanish Armada.	Battle of Gravelines	10%
1797, British fleet defeats Spanish fleet near Portugese coast during Anglo-Spanish War.	Battle of Cape St. Vincent	6%
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	6%
1917, Battle between Russia and Germany on the Baltic Sea.	Battle of Moon Sound	4%
1673, Dutch victory over combined Anglo-French fleet, preventing invasion of the Netherlands by England and France.	Battle of Texel	3%
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	3%
1279, Crushing naval defeat of the Song Dynasty by the Yuan Dynasty, effectively ending the Song Dynasty.	Battle of Yamen	2%
1628, Admiral Piet Hein captures Spanish treasure fleet near Cuba.	Battle in the Bay of Matanzas	1%
241 BC, Fleet of the Roman Republic defeats fleet of Carthage near Sicily, ending the first Punic War.	Battle of the Aegates Islands	1%
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%
1790, Swedish-Russian naval conflict, very influential because the new naval battle concept "Firepower over mobility" was introduced.	Battle of Vyborg Bay	0%
1980, Iranian Navy destroys Iraqi Navy in the Persian Gulf.	Operation Morvarid	0%