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21st June 1919: German High Seas naval fleet scuttled in Scapa Flow, resulting in 52 ships being sunk

  • 21st June 2022
  • Tagged as: Britain, First World War, Germany, Navy, Scapa Flow, Scotland, Ship, Sink, Treaty of Versailles

Concerned that the entire fleet might be shared out between the victors as the spoils of war Admiral von Reuter, the German officer in charge of the interned fleet, decided to purposely sink the ships.

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15th June 1859: The Pig War begins between the USA and Britain

  • 15th June 2022
  • Tagged as: Britain, Hudson's Bay Company, Navy, Oregon, Pig, San Juan Island, Territory, USA, War, Washington

The Pig War border confrontation began when Lyman Cutlar shot a British-owned pig on San Juan Island.

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8th May 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea ends during the War in the Pacific

  • 8th May 2022
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Allies, America, Australia, Battle of the Coral Sea, Japan, Navy, Operation MO, USA, War in the Pacific

The Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval battle in which the participating ships never came in sight of each other, ended.

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25th April 404 BCE: Sparta defeats Athens in the Peloponnesian War

  • 25th April 2022
  • Tagged as: Ancient Greece, Athens, Greece, Navy, Persia, Sparta, War

The Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War.

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10th February 1906: Edward VII launches HMS Dreadnought, a revolutionary new type of battleship that made all other ships obsolete

  • 10th February 2022
  • Tagged as: Arms Race, Britain, Dradnought, Edward VII, First World War, Germany, Navy, Ship

Germany quickly began developing an equivalent ship to the Dreadnought, resulting in a naval arms race that contributed to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.

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22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard

  • 22nd November 2021
  • Tagged as: Blackbeard, Navy, Piracy, Pirate, Ship, Virginia

The British pirate Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was killed during a battle with British sailors under the command of Lieutenant Robert Maynard.

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23rd October 1739: The War of Jenkins’ Ear begins when England declare war on Spain

  • 23rd October 2021
  • Tagged as: England, Navy, Spain, War, War of Jenkins' Ear

The writer Thomas Carlyle is credited with giving the conflict its name in his 1858 biography of the Prussian King Friedrich II.

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18th October 1565: European and Japanese naval forces fight for the first time

  • 18th October 2021
  • Tagged as: Battle of Fokuda Bay, Japan, Navy, Portugal, Trade

European and Japanese naval forces fought for the first time at the Battle of Fukuda Bay.

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2nd September 31 BCE: Marc Antony and Cleopatra defeated by Octavian at the Battle of Actium

  • 2nd September 2021
  • Tagged as: Augustus, Battle of Actium, Cleopatra, Egypt, Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, Navy, Octavian, Roman Empire, Rome

Octavian defeated the combined forces of Marc Anthony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium.

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15th July 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte voluntarily surrenders to the British

  • 15th July 2021
  • Tagged as: Britain, France, Napoleon, Napoleonic Wars, Navy, Ship, Surrender
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Napoleon Bonaparte voluntarily surrendered to British Captain Maitland on board the Royal Navy ship HMS Bellerophon.

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