The British warships were cannonaded and Duckworth was forced to sail Self_motion back to the Mediterranean on 3 March 1807 .

The British War Cabinet feared Change_sentiment that France would hand Giving the ships to the German Navy ( `` Kriegsmarine '' ) , giving Giving the Axis assistance Assistance in the Battle Military_operation of the Atlantic or Battle Military_operation of the Mediterranean .

French Republican forces in the Mediterranean , under pressure from Austrian and Spanish armies , Royalist uprisings and British blockade had suffered Bodily_harm the loss of their principal naval base and the fleet stationed there when British forces under Lord Hood seized Toulon at the invitation of the city 's Royalist faction .

The survivors of the French fleet were scattered Dispersal across the Mediterranean , several sheltering in neutral Italian harbours , including the frigates `` Modeste '' at Genoa and `` Impérieuse '' at Leghorn .

In the Syrian Civil War , hoping to bolster its logistics and force projection capabilities in the area , Tehran aims to clear a path from the Iranian capital to Damascus and the Mediterranean coast .

Israeli government is convinced Coming_to_believe that Iran is interested in creating Creating territorial contiguity from Iran to the Mediterranean and in transferring Military_operation military forces – including naval vessels , fighter planes and thousands of troops – to permanent bases in Syria and is trying to `` Lebanonize '' Syria and take over Military_operation using Using Shi'ite militias , as it had done with Hezbollah in Lebanon .

The Action of 27 June 1798 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter between British and French frigates in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea .

The British frigate was one of a number of vessels detached Removing from the main British Mediterranean Fleet in the Tagus River , sent Sending to augment Cause_change_of_strength the fleet under Sir Horatio Nelson that was actively hunting Aiming the French convoy .

The action was a rare victory for the French in the Mediterranean Sea , which had been largely under British control Control since the French Mediterranean Fleet had been destroyed Destroying in 1798 at the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Nile .

The action was a rare victory for the French in the Mediterranean Sea , which had been largely under British control Control since the French Mediterranean Fleet had been destroyed Destroying in 1798 at the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Nile .

This had trapped the French army in Egypt on the African side of the Mediterranean , and all efforts to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength and resupply Supply them had ended Process_end in failure , including three separate expeditions Attack by Ganteaume 's squadron .

Under their first king , Geiseric , the formidable Vandal navy carried out Attack pirate attacks across the Mediterranean , sacked Destroying Rome and defeated Conquering a massive Roman invasion in 468 .

On 15 May , Cunningham signalled Communication that `` the passage through the Mediterranean was clear '' and that convoys from Gibraltar to Alexandria could be started Process_start at once .

This campaign Military_operation was the first major test Testing for the new Sultan against western Europe and a high point of a diplomatic struggle Hostile_encounter between the major Mediterranean powers .

Operation Military_operation Harpoon ( the Battle of Pantelleria ) was one of two simultaneous Allied convoys sent Sending to supply Supply Malta in the Axis-dominated central Mediterranean Sea in mid-June 1942 , during the Second World War .

Both ships had been engaged Hostile_encounter at the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Nile three weeks earlier , in which a British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson had destroyed Destroying a French fleet at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt .

`` Généreux '' survived another year in the Mediterranean , but was eventually captured Conquering off Malta in 1800 by a British squadron under Lord Nelson .

By this time the grand inner harbor had silted up and was useless , however the Emperor Anastasius had reconstructed Recovering the outer harbor and Caesarea remained an important maritime city , providing Giving the Persian Empire with access Having_or_lacking_access to the Mediterranean Sea .

The Byzantine navy would be defeated Conquering in the eastern Mediterranean .

The following two hundred years saw the rise of the Classical Greek civilization , which has been enduringly influential Influence in western society and so the Battle of Marathon is often seen Traveling as a pivotal moment in Mediterranean and European history .

The Italian entry into the war Hostile_encounter widened Expansion its scope considerably in Africa and the Mediterranean Sea .

The goal of the Italian leader , Benito Mussolini , was the elimination Removing of Anglo-French domination in the Mediterranean , the reclamation of historically Italian territory ( `` Italia irredenta '' ) and the expansion Expansion of Italian influence Influence over the Balkans and in Africa .

The Arabs also took to the sea , and from the 650s on , the entire Mediterranean Sea became Becoming a battleground , with raids Attack and counter-raids being launched Military_operation against islands and the coastal settlements .

The Action of 31 March 1800 was a naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars fought Hostile_encounter between a Royal Navy squadron and a French Navy ship of the line off Malta in the Mediterranean Sea .

The engagement Hostile_encounter formed Coming_to_be part of a series of actions fought Hostile_encounter to prevent Preventing_or_letting the French from resupplying Supply their garrison in Egypt , which had been trapped Placing there without significant reinforcement since the defeat Conquering of the French Mediterranean Fleet at the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Nile two and a half years earlier .

The frigate `` Africaine '' had been sent Sending from Rochefort early in 1801 with more than 400 soldiers for the Egyptian garrison , and by February had reached Arriving the Mediterranean Sea , Commodore Saulnier seeking Hold to pass Motion_directional along the North African coast to avoid Preventing_or_letting patrolling Patrolling Royal Navy warships .

With the French Mediterranean Fleet at sea , Emperor Napoleon I hoped to unite Collaboration it with the French Atlantic Fleet and together form a force powerful enough to temporarily displace Destroying the British Royal Navy Channel Fleet for long enough to allow Preventing_or_letting an invasion Military_operation force to cross Motion_directional the English Channel and land Self_motion in Britain .

When this fleet failed to put Motion to sea , the Rochefort squadron , under Contre-Admiral Zacharie Allemand , went on an extended Expansion raiding cruise Attack across the Atlantic , both to intercept Attack British trade left Departing lightly defended Defending by the concentration of British forces Causation in European waters and with the intention of eventually combining Creating with the French Mediterranean Fleet then blockaded Besieging in Spanish harbours .

After the battle Hostile_encounter , Allemand was forced Motion to conduct repairs Recovering at Tenerife , sailing Motion again on 17 October , four days before the French Mediterranean Fleet was destroyed Destroying at the Battle of Trafalgar .

Despite the difficult climate and the unhealthy environment of the Jordan Valley , General Edmund Allenby decided Deciding that , to ensure the strength Cause_change_of_strength of the EEF 's front line it was necessary to extend Change_event_time the line which stretched Expansion from the Mediterranean , across the Judean Hills to the Dead Sea to protect Assistance his right flank .

The Barbary pirates demanded Request tribute from American merchant vessels in the Mediterranean Sea .

When Thomas Jefferson became Becoming President of the United States in March 1801 , he refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to pay Commerce_pay tribute and sent Sending a United States Naval fleet to the Mediterranean .

The fire began Process_start at about 11:00 local time on 2 December 2010 , and spread Dispersal quickly , consuming much of the Mediterranean forest covering the region .

The Tuscan garrison was heavily outnumbered , but received Receiving significant support from British Royal Navy forces who controlled Control the Mediterranean Sea and ensured Cause_to_make_progress that supplies reached Arriving the garrison and that French supply convoys were intercepted .

The pursuit of `` Goeben '' and `` Breslau was a naval action that occurred Coming_to_be in the Mediterranean Sea at the outbreak Process_start of the First World War when elements of the British Mediterranean Fleet attempted Hold to intercept the German `` Mittelmeerdivision '' consisting of the battlecruiser and the light cruiser .

The pursuit of `` Goeben '' and `` Breslau was a naval action that occurred Coming_to_be in the Mediterranean Sea at the outbreak Process_start of the First World War when elements of the British Mediterranean Fleet attempted Hold to intercept the German `` Mittelmeerdivision '' consisting of the battlecruiser and the light cruiser .

On 30 September 1975 , the aircraft operating Being_in_operation the route , a Tupolev Tu-154 of Malév Hungarian Airlines , on its final approach Arriving for landing , crashed Catastrophe into the Mediterranean Sea just off the coast of Lebanon .

Instead , the division had to be transported Sending across the Mediterranean by ships of the Royal Navy .

The attack Attack by the Anzac Mounted Division took place Process_start against an entrenched Ottoman Army garrison to the south and east of Bir Lahfan in the Sinai desert , some inland from the Mediterranean coast .

The Corsican people had risen Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale up against the French garrison of the island in 1793 , and sought Getting support Supporting from the British Royal Navy 's Mediterranean Fleet under Lord Hood .

Between 780–1180 , the Byzantine Empire and the Abbasid & Fatimid caliphates in the regions of Iraq , Palestine , Syria , Anatolia and Southern Italy fought Hostile_encounter a series of wars for supremacy in the Eastern Mediterranean .

It is likely that he was aware Know of Alexander 's scheme of controlling Control the entire Mediterranean coast before moving Motion to Persia proper .

In addition to the canal crossing , Egypt laid Placing a successful naval blockade against Israel in the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea .

The ships immediately available for the task were HMS `` Canopus '' , HMS `` Standard '' , HMS `` Thunderer '' , HMS `` Glatton '' , and the two bomb ships HMS `` Lucifer '' and HMS `` Meteor '' , under the command Control of Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood , commander-in-chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet , sailed Self_motion for the Dardanelles and made preparations for the upcoming assault Attack .

In the meantime , the British ambassador to Constantinople , Arbuthnot , demanded Request that the Ottoman government evict Sebastiani , and added Cause_to_be_included that should the Ottomans resist Defending the ultimatum , the Mediterranean fleet would attack Attack .

It also foreshadowed the imminent collapse of the last remaining crusader strongholds along the Mediterranean coast .

The prisoners brought Bringing one message from Roger of Lauria to the King of France : that not even fish would be able to navigate Self_motion safely through Mediterranean Sea without a shield or sign Sign_agreement of the king of Aragon on them .

Fighting extended Expansion from the Mediterranean Sea during these seven days of battle Hostile_encounter , resulting in Causation the capture Conquering of many thousands of prisoners , and extensive territory .

Strategically , `` Husky '' achieved Achieve the goals set out Military_operation for it by Allied planners ; the Allies drove Motion Axis air , land and naval forces Motion from the island and the Mediterranean sea lanes were opened Openness for Allied merchant ships for the first time since 1941 .

The Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt by the British Mediterranean Fleet took place Process_start on 11–13 July 1882 .