In June he defeated Conquering the Ottoman fleet near the Portogalos bay .

Haakon responded Response to the Scottish aggression Attack by leading a massive fleet from Norway , which reached Arriving the Hebrides in the summer of 1263 .

By the end of September , Haakon 's fleet occupied Control the Firth of Clyde , and when negotiations Communication between the kingdoms broke down Process_end , he brought the bulk of his fleet to anchor Motion off the Cumbraes .

By the end of September , Haakon 's fleet occupied Control the Firth of Clyde , and when negotiations Communication between the kingdoms broke down Process_end , he brought the bulk of his fleet to anchor Motion off the Cumbraes .

With the weather deteriorating , Haakon 's fleet sailed Self_motion to Orkney to overwinter .

The battle Hostile_encounter of Largs has been romanticised by later historians as a great Scottish victory , but it only involved Cause_to_be_included a small part of the Norwegian fleet .

With his fleet and forces intact , Haakon planned Arranging to continue to campaign Military_operation after spending Expend_resource the winter in Orkney , but he was unexpectedly taken Conquering ill Bodily_harm and died Death there .

During the Dardanelles Operation Military_operation in September 1806 , Britain pressured Convincing Sultan Selim III to expel Extradition Sebastiani , declare Expressing_publicly war Hostile_encounter on France , cede the Danubian Principalities to Russia , and surrender Surrendering the Ottoman fleet , together with the forts on the Dardanelles , to the Royal Navy .

Admiral François Darlan , commander of the French Navy , promised Commitment the British that the fleet would remain under French control Control but Winston Churchill and the War Cabinet judged Deciding that the fleet was too powerful to risk Risk an Axis take-over Conquering .

Admiral François Darlan , commander of the French Navy , promised Commitment the British that the fleet would remain under French control Control but Winston Churchill and the War Cabinet judged Deciding that the fleet was too powerful to risk Risk an Axis take-over Conquering .

In 1979 , P. M. H. Bell wrote Writing that `` The times were desperate ; invasion Attack seemed imminent ; and the British government simply could not afford to risk Risk the Germans seizing Getting control Control of the French fleet ...

The French thought they were acting Action honourably in terms of their armistice Process_end with Nazi Germany and were convinced Know they would never turn Bringing over their fleet to Germany .

On 27 November 1942 , after Operation Military_operation Torch , the Allied invasion Attack of Morocco and French Algeria had begun Process_start , the French navy foiled Removing a German attempt to capture Conquering the rest of the French fleet ( Operation Military_operation Anton ) by scuttling Destroying their ships in Toulon Harbour .

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 response , the Imperial Japanese Navy 's Combined Fleet sortied to attack Attack the U.S. Navy fleet supporting the landings .

On 13 November 1918 , a French brigade entered Arriving the city to begin the Occupation of Constantinople and its immediate dependencies , followed Self_motion by a fleet consisting Cause_to_be_included of British , French , Italian and Greek ships deploying Arranging soldiers on the ground the next day .

Retiring for repairs , both sides called up Request reinforcements , the French receiving Receiving support Supporting first , from the Spanish fleet based at Cadiz , which sent Sending six ships of the line to escort the French squadron to safety .

A month after the fort fell Motion_directional , the Spanish fleet evacuated Emptying the garrison by sea .

The Confederate fleet consisted Cause_to_be_included of the ironclad ram `` Virginia '' ( built Building from the remnants of the under-construction steam frigate , newest warship for the United States Navy / Union Navy ) and several supporting vessels .

By the end of the operation , U.S. air and surface units had sunk , or severely damaged Damaging , half of Iran 's operational fleet .

The threat of Turkish piracy in the Aegean Sea had induced Convincing Clement 's predecessors , John XXII and Benedict XII , to maintain Statement a fleet of four galleys there to defend Defending Christian shipping but starting Process_start in the 1340s Clement endeavoured Self_motion with Venetian aid to expand Expansion this effort into a full military expedition .

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 provided Supply the British with the first conclusive evidence of the French intention to invade Attack Egypt , but despite an extensive search Scouring for Nelson 's fleet Foote was unable to relay Communication the location of the French to his admiral before the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Nile on 1 August .

The naval Battle Hostile_encounter of the Counts took place Process_start on 23 June 1287 at Naples , Italy , when an Aragonese-Sicilian galley fleet commanded Control by Roger of Lauria defeated Hostile_encounter a large combined Cause_to_amalgamate Angevin ( Apulian and Principatan ) galley fleet commanded Control respectively by Reynald III Quarrel of Avella and Narjot de Toucy .

The naval Battle Hostile_encounter of the Counts took place Process_start on 23 June 1287 at Naples , Italy , when an Aragonese-Sicilian galley fleet commanded Control by Roger of Lauria defeated Hostile_encounter a large combined Cause_to_amalgamate Angevin ( Apulian and Principatan ) galley fleet commanded Control respectively by Reynald III Quarrel of Avella and Narjot de Toucy .

Lauria had taken Action his fleet to Augusta , eastern Sicily , after a report Reporting of an Angevin galley fleet landing Motion invasion troops there .

Lauria had taken Action his fleet to Augusta , eastern Sicily , after a report Reporting of an Angevin galley fleet landing Motion invasion troops there .

However , the invasion was a decoy and the Angevin galleys had sailed Motion around the south of Sicily and linked Connect up with their allies , forming Coming_to_be a fleet about twice the size of Lauria 's .

Lauria searched Scouring for the allied fleet and finally found Know it at Naples .

The Angevin fleet came out arranged Arranging in five squadrons , each commanded Control by a count ( hence the name of the battle Hostile_encounter ) .

The fleet flag-galley had two galleys to its front also .

These included Cause_to_be_included two fleet carriers and a light carrier to provide Supply air Expressing_publicly cover Hiding_objects for the invasion forces .

On 3–4 May , Japanese forces successfully invaded Attack and occupied Control Tulagi , although several of their supporting Supporting warships were sunk or damaged Damaging in surprise attacks Attack by aircraft from the U.S. fleet carrier .

Now aware Know of the presence of U.S. carriers in the area , the Japanese fleet carriers advanced Arriving towards the Coral Sea with the intention of locating Placing and destroying Destroying the Allied naval forces .

On the first day , both forces mistakenly believed Know they were attacking Attack their opponent 's fleet carriers , but were actually attacking Attack other units , with the U.S. sinking the Japanese light carrier while the Japanese sank Motion_directional a U.S. destroyer and heavily damaged Damaging a fleet oiler ( which was later scuttled Destroying ) .

On the first day , both forces mistakenly believed Know they were attacking Attack their opponent 's fleet carriers , but were actually attacking Attack other units , with the U.S. sinking the Japanese light carrier while the Japanese sank Motion_directional a U.S. destroyer and heavily damaged Damaging a fleet oiler ( which was later scuttled Destroying ) .

The next day , the fleet carriers found Know and engaged each other , with the Japanese fleet carrier heavily damaged Damaging , the U.S. fleet carrier critically damaged Damaging ( and later scuttled Destroying ) , and `` Yorktown '' damaged Damaging .

The next day , the fleet carriers found Know and engaged each other , with the Japanese fleet carrier heavily damaged Damaging , the U.S. fleet carrier critically damaged Damaging ( and later scuttled Destroying ) , and `` Yorktown '' damaged Damaging .

The next day , the fleet carriers found Know and engaged each other , with the Japanese fleet carrier heavily damaged Damaging , the U.S. fleet carrier critically damaged Damaging ( and later scuttled Destroying ) , and `` Yorktown '' damaged Damaging .

Because of the loss Earnings_and_losses of carrier air cover , Inoue recalled Statement the Port Moresby invasion fleet , intending Deciding to try again later .

More importantly , the Japanese fleet carriers `` Shōkaku '' and —the former damaged Damaging and the latter with a depleted Expend_resource aircraft complement—were unable to participate Participation in the Battle of Midway the following month , while `` Yorktown '' did participate Participation , ensuring Assistance a rough parity in aircraft between the two adversaries and contributing Bringing significantly to the U.S. victory in that battle Hostile_encounter .

in february 1797 the british defeated Conquering a spanish fleet near cape st. vincent but failed Earnings_and_losses to strike Attack a solid blow against the spanish navy in the uneven struggle .

An Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command Control of Admiral Lord Exmouth bombarded Attack ships and the harbour defences of Algiers .

the exercises Practice were held Defending at the russian-controlled training Practice ground of the 31st russian black sea fleet research Research center on unk cape near the city of kerch ( crimea ) .

A small fleet was assembled Come_together for Operation Hurricane under the command of Rear Admiral A. D. Torlesse ; it included Cause_to_be_included the escort carrier , which served as the flagship , and the LSTs `` Narvik '' , `` Zeebrugge '' and `` Tracker '' .

A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled Come_together in Bikini Lagoon and hit Attack with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki , each with a yield of .

It detonated Attack above the target fleet and caused Causation less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by .

Supposing his target to be a fleet of powerful warships he turned Becoming to escape Escaping and the British commander , Captain Rowley Bulteel , immediately ordered Request a pursuit Self_motion .

The battle Hostile_encounter was a rare French victory , lying Placing between the significant British victories at the Glorious First of June and the Battle Hostile_encounter of Groix , in the Royal Navy campaign Military_operation against the French fleet at Brest .