Editing List of naval battles (section)

===[[World War I]] (1914–1918)===

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!Date
!Battle
!Description
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|1914–1918
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|[[U-boat Campaign (World War I)|U-boat campaign]]
|Actions throughout the war by the German U-boat Arm against Allied shipping
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|1914
|4–10 August
|[[Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau]]
|Bloodless engagement – British fleet pursuits German battlecruiser [[SMS Goeben|SMS ''Goeben'']] and light cruiser [[SMS Breslau|SMS ''Breslau'']], fails to intercept them and they escape to Constantinople.
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|16 August
|[[Battle of Antivari]]
|French and British force sinks Austrian cruiser in the Adriatic
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|26 August
|[[Sinking of SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse|Battle of Río de Oro]]
|British cruiser [[HMS Highflyer (1898)|HMS ''Highflyer'']] intercepts and sinks German merchant raider, [[SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse|SMS ''Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse'']]
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|27 August – 7 November
|[[Siege of Tsingtao]]
|British and Japanese fleet destroy German and Austro-Hungarian colonial fleet and coastal defenses around Tsingtao, then launch amphibious assault, eventually capturing the city.
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|28 August
|[[Battle of Heligoland (1914)|Battle of Heligoland Bight]]
|British [[Grand Fleet]] ambushes and sinks German ships on patrol off Germany's coast; led Germany to pursue a [[fleet in being]] strategy for most of the rest of the war
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|14 September
|[[SMS Cap Trafalgar|Sinking of SMS ''Cap Trafalgar'']]
|British merchant raider, [[RMS Carmania (1905)|HMS ''Carmania'']] encounters and sinks German merchant raider [[SMS Cap Trafalgar|SMS ''Cap Trafalgar'']], which in turn was disguised as ''Carmania''.
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|20 September
|[[Battle of Zanzibar]]
|German cruiser [[SMS Königsberg (1905)|SMS ''Königsberg'']] sinks British cruiser [[HMS Pegasus (1897)|HMS ''Pegasus'']]
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|22 September
|[[Action of 22 September 1914]]
|German U-boat [[SM U-9|SM ''U-9'']] ambushes and sinks three British armored cruisers
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|22 September
|[[Bombardment of Madras]]
|German cruiser [[SMS Emden|SMS ''Emden'']] destroys Indian oil refinery in Madras and sinks one merchant ship
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|22 September
|[[Bombardment of Papeete]]
|German armored cruisers [[SMS Scharnhorst|SMS ''Scharnhorst'']] and [[SMS Gneisenau|SMS ''Gneisenau'']] destroy French coastal defenses in French Polynesia and sink the French gunboat [[French gunboat Zélée|''Zélée'']] and a freighter
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|1 October – 11 July 1915
|[[Battle of Rufiji Delta]]
|German cruiser [[SMS Königsberg (1905)|SMS ''Königsberg'']] is blockaded in the Rufiji River delta by a British fleet, holds out for months before being sunk by monitors [[HMS Mersey (1914)|HMS ''Mersey'']] and [[HMS Severn (1914)|''Severn'']]
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|17 October
|[[Battle off Texel]]
|British fleet repels attack by four German torpedo boats, sinking all four.
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|28 October
|[[Battle of Penang]]
|SMS ''Emden'' sinks Russian cruiser ''Zhemchug'' and French destroyer in Penang harbour
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|29 October
|[[Black Sea raid]]
|Ottoman war minister [[Enver Pasha]] instigates the Ottoman entry into the war with raids on Russian ports
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|1 November
|[[Battle of Coronel]]
|German cruisers under [[Maximilian von Spee|von Spee]] defeat a British cruiser force off the coast of Chile; German victory
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|3 November
|[[Raid on Yarmouth]]
|German battlecruiser squadron attempts to bombard British city of Yarmouth, intercepted by British destroyers. German cruiser [[SMS Yorck|SMS ''Yorck'']] and British submarine [[HMS D5|HMS ''D5'']] are sunk by mines, and are the only losses of the action
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|9 November
|[[Battle of Cocos]]
|[[HMAS Sydney (1912)|''HMAS Sydney'']] intercepts and forces the beaching of [[SMS Emden (1906)|''SMS Emden'']]; Australian victory
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|18 November
|[[Battle of Cape Sarych]]
|Two Ottoman warships clash with five Russian pre-dreadnoughts
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|8 December
|[[Battle of the Falkland Islands]]
|British battlecruiser force virtually wipes out von Spee's squadron.
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|16 December
|[[Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby]]
|German battlecruiser squadron successfully bombards several British ports, British fleet intercepts, but little damage is done in battle, neither side losses ships
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|25 December
|[[Raid on Cuxhaven]]
|British airships launch air raid on German port of Cuxhaven, causing major damage. German U-boats pursuit the fleeing airships, but fail to stop them
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|1915
|24 January
|[[Battle of Dogger Bank (1915)|Battle of Dogger Bank]]
|''Blucher'' sunk by British battlecruisers in the North Sea.
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|19 February
|[[Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign]]
|Mainly carried out by the [[Royal Navy]] with substantial support from the French and minor contributions from Russia and Australia against Ottoman Empire and ended with Turkish victory
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|15 March
|[[Battle of Más a Tierra]]
|British cruisers pursuit, corner, and sink German cruiser [[SMS Dresden (1907)|SMS ''Dresden'']]
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|1 May
|[[Battle off Noordhinder Bank]]
|Two German torpedo boats sunk by British destroyers
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|1 May
|[[SS Gulflight|Attack on SS ''Gulflight'']]
|German submarine [[SM U-30 (Germany)|SM ''U-30'']] torpedoes the then-neutral American oil tanker [[SS Gulflight|SS ''Gulflight'']], but fails to sink her. Causes an international incident.
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|7 May
|[[Sinking of the RMS Lusitania|Sinking of the RMS ''Luistania'']]
|German submarine [[SM U-20 (Germany)|SM ''U-20'']] torpedoes and sinks the British ocean liner, [[RMS Lusitania|RMS ''Lusitania'']] killing 1193 civilians, turns international opinion against Germany
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|10 May
|[[Action of 10 May 1915]]
|[[Russian empire|Russian]] and [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] ships clash near the [[Bosporus]]
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|23–24 May
|[[Bombardment of Ancona]]
|Austro-Hungarian fleet bombards Italian port of Ancona and damages an Italian destroyer
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|23–24 May
|[[SMS Tátra|Action off Vieste]]
|Austro-Hungarian squadron launches raid against Italian port of Vieste, intercepted by Italian cruisers and destroyers. Austro-Hungarians succeed in sinking an Italian destroyer.
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|24 May
|[[Raid on Porto Buso]]
|Italian destroyer [[Nembo-class destroyer|''Zeffiro'']] raids and captures Austro-Hungarian naval base.
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|2 July
|[[Russian raid on Gotland]]
|Russian cruiser squadron intercepts German cruiser force laying mines off the [[Åland]] Islands. German mine-laying cruiser ''[[Albatross]]'' sunk and cruisers ''Roon'' and ''Prince Adalbert'' damaged.
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|8-20 August
|[[Battle of the Gulf of Riga]]
|Russian fleet successfully prevents German fleet from breaking into the Gulf of Riga
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|19 August
|[[Baralong incidents|First ''Baralong'' incident]]
|British Q-ship, [[HMS Baralong|HMS ''Baralong'']] intercepts and sinks German U-boat [[SM U-27 (Germany)|SM ''U-27'']]
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|24 August
|[[Baralong incidents|Second ''Baralong'' incident]]
|British Q-ship, [[HMS Baralong|HMS ''Baralong'']] intercepts and sinks German U-boat [[SM U-41 (Germany)|SM ''U-41'']]
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|10 December
|[[Battle of Kirpen Island]]
| Two Ottoman gunboats sunk by Russian destroyers
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|26 December-July 1916
|[[Battle of Lake Tanganyika]]
| British, Belgians, and Germans battle for control of Lake Tanganyika
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|28-29 December
|[[Battle of Durazzo (1915)|First Battle of Durazzo]]
|Allied fleet defeats Austro-Hungarian fleet off Albania
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|1916
|8 January
|[[Action of 8 January 1916]]
|Russian and Ottoman ships encounter each other in the black sea, have a brief exchange of fire then withdraw
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|16 January
|[[SMS Möwe (1914)|Action of 16 January 1916]]
|German merchant raider [[SMS Möwe (1914)|SMS ''Möwe'']] sinks British cargo ship off Maedeira
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|10 February
|[[Battle of Dogger Bank (1916)|Second Battle of Dogger Bank]]
|German torpedo boat flotilla sorties and engages a British sloop flotilla, sinking [[HMS Arabis (1915)|HMS ''Arabis'']]
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|29 February
|[[Action of 29 February 1916]]
|The Royal Navy dispatches ships to destroy a German [[Commerce raiding|commerce raider]] in the North sea, successfully sinking it with the loss of one armed merchant cruiser.
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|24 April
|[[Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft]]
|German battlecruiser squadron shells British ports, intercepted by small British fleet, minimal losses for both sides
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|31 May – 1 June
|[[Battle of Jutland]]
|Inconclusive two-day battle between the main British and German fleets, largest and only such engagement of World War I.
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|19 August
|[[Action of 19 August 1916]]
|Attempted reengagement of main British and German fleets, results in only minor skirmish
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|27 August
|[[Raid on Ruse]]
|Romanian torpedo boats attack an Austrian flotilla in Bulgaria
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|26–27 October
|[[Battle of Dover Strait (1916)]]
|German torpedo boats launch a raid into the [[Dover straight]] to disrupt shipping
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|1917
|10 March
|[[Action of 10 March 1917]]
|German merchant raider [[SMS Möwe (1914)|SMS ''Möwe'']] sinks two New Zealand cargo ships
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|16 March
|[[Action of 16 March 1917]]
|British cruiser [[HMS Achilles (1905)|HMS ''Achilles'']] sinks German merchant raider [[SMS Leopard (1917)|SMS ''Leopard'']]
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|7 April
|[[Scuttling of SMS Cormoran|Scuttling of SMS ''Cormoran'']]
|United States Navy blocks the German merchant raider {{SMS|Cormoran|1914|6}} at port, but her crew scuttles the ship before it can be captured
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|21 April
|[[Battle of Dover Strait (1917)]]
| Destroyer battle.
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|4 May
|[[Action of 4 May 1917]]
|Australian cruiser [[HMAS Sydney (1912)|HMAS ''Sydney'']] engages the German airship ''LZ92'', neither side suffers casualties
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|15 May
|[[Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917)]]
| Austro-Hungarian fleet attacks Allied fleet in attempt to break blockade
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|12–20 October
|[[Operation Albion]]
|German fleet engages and defeats Russian fleet, successfully lands and occupies West Estonian archipelago
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|15 October
|[[Action of 15 October 1917]]
|American destroyer, [[USS Cassin (DD-43)|USS ''Cassin'']] engages and damages German U-boat [[SM U-61|SM ''U-61'']]
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|17 October
|[[Battle of Moon Sound]]
|German and Russian forces clash in the Baltic Sea.
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|17 October
|[[Action off Lerwick]]
|German cruisers [[SMS Brummer|SMS ''Brummer'']] and [[SMS Bremse|SMS ''Bremse'']] attack a British convoy off the Shetland Islands, sinking most of it.
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|17 November
|[[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]]
| Clash between British and German squadrons during mining operation
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|17 November
|[[Action of 17 November 1917]]
|Two American destroyers sink German submarine [[SM U-58|SM ''U-58'']]
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|1918
|20 January
|[[Battle of Imbros (1918)|Battle of Imbros]]
| Ottomans and British fight off Imbros in the Aegean.
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|23 April
|[[Zeebrugge Raid]]
|Royal Navy attempts to scuttle ships in Zeebrugge channel to prevent Germans from reaching open water, operation fails
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|23–24 April
|[[First Ostend Raid]]
|Royal Navy attempts to scuttle ships in Ostend channel to prevent Germans from reaching open water, operation fails
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|8 May
|[[SM U-32 (Germany)|Action of 8 May 1918]]
|German submarine [[SM U-32 (Germany)|SM ''U-32'']] is sunk by depth charges from HMS ''Wallflower''
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|9 May
|[[Second Ostend Raid]]
|Royal Navy attempts to scuttle ships in Ostend channel to prevent Germans from reaching open water, operation fails
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|21 May
|[[USS Christabel (SP-162)|Action of 21 May 1918]]
|American patrol ship [[USS Christabel (SP-162)|USS ''Christabel'']] engages and sinks the German submarine [[SM UC-56|SM ''UC-56'']]
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|2 June
|[[SS Carolina|Sinking of SS ''Carolina'']]
|German submarine [[SM U-151|SM ''U-151'']] sinks American passenger liner [[SS Carolina|SS ''Carolina'']]
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|10 June
|[[SMS Szent István|Sinking of the SMS ''Szent István'']]
|Italian torpedo boat ''MAS-15'' torpedoes and sinks Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS ''Szent István''
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|18 June
|[[SS Dwinsk|Action of 18 June 1918]]
|German submarine [[SM U-151|SM ''U-151'']] torpedoes and damages the British cargo ship [[SS Dwinsk|SS ''Dwinsk'']], submarine is later engaged by American transport [[SS Kronprinz Wilhelm|USS ''Von Stuben'']], but escapes
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|19 July
|[[Tondern raid]]
|British aircraft carrier, [[HMS Furious (47)|HMS ''Furious'']] launches air raid on German airfield in Todern
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|21 July
|[[Attack on Orleans]]
|German submarine [[SM U-156|SM ''U-156'']] attacks a group of barges off Massachusetts
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|25 August
|[[Brazil during World War I|Action of 25 August 1918]]
|Brazilian fleet sailing from Freetown to Dakar is attacked by German U-boats, but suffer no losses. Brazilians successfully counterattack, sinking one U-boat.<ref>Maia, Prado (1961). D.N.O.G. (Divisão Naval em Operações de Guerra), 1914–1918: uma página esquecida da história da Marinha Brasileira. Serviço de Documentação Geral da Marinha.</ref>
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|2 October
|[[Battle of Durazzo (1918)|Second Battle of Durazzo]]
|Allied fleet attacks Austro-Hungarian fleet and coastal defenses in Durazzo, Albania, decimating the city
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|14 October
|[[Action of 14 October 1918]]
|Portuguese patrol ship [[NRP Augusto de Castilho|NRP ''Augusto de Castilho'']] is sunk by the German submarine [[SM U-139|SM ''U-139'']] while defending a merchant ship
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|31 October – 1 November
|[[Raid on Pula]]
|Italian frogmen sink the Austro-Hungarian battleship, [[SMS Viribus Unitis|SMS ''Viribus Unitis'']], without knowing it had just been transferred to the [[State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs]] the day prior
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