Northwest had been the first United States airline to take delivery Sending of the Super Electra , but sold Commerce_sell most of its remaining Presence Electra fleet in 1939 after three subsequent accidents Catastrophe called Name_conferral the airworthiness and commercial potential of the aircraft into question .

Madrid sued Request for peace after two Spanish squadrons were sunk Motion in Santiago de Cuba and Manila Bay and a third , more modern , fleet was recalled Request home to protect Defending the Spanish coasts .

The city was captured Conquering by Salah Rais from his base of Algiers , at the head of several thousand men and a small fleet consisting Containing in 2 galleys , a barque , and a French `` saëte '' ( `` flèche '' , or `` arrow '' ) requisitioned Removing in Algiers .

Peralta had sent Sending messages to Spain for help Assistance , and Andrea Doria prepared GetReady to leave Departing with a fleet from Naples , but it was too late .

The Newfoundland expedition ( French : `` Expédition à Terre-Neuve '' , Spanish : `` Expedición a Terranova '' ) was a series of fleet manoeuvres and amphibious landings in the coasts of Newfoundland , Labrador and Saint Pierre and Miquelon carried out Action by the combined French and Spanish fleets during the French Revolutionary Wars .

After taking dozens of British prisoners , the combined fleet sailed Self_motion toward Saint Pierre and Miquelon , which were held Hold by the British at that time , and remained Presence near the islands for two weeks , taking on water and preparing for the voyage back to France and Spain .

The combined expedition destroyed Destroying over 100 fishing vessels from the Newfoundland fleet and burned Bodily_harm fishing stations along the Newfoundland coast , including the base of the English garrison at Placentia Bay .

Hood 's fleet was delayed Change_event_time by the Siege of Toulon , but in February 1794 supplied Supply a small expeditionary force which successfully defeated Conquering the French garrison of San Fiorenzo and then a larger force which besieged Besieging the town of Bastia .

He threatened Warning to invade Attack Holland if the Habsburg Netherlands would gather Come_together a fleet in support Supporting of Christopher of Oldenburg to lift Process_end the siege Besieging of Copenhagen .

Mary of Hungary nevertheless ordered Request Adolf of Burgundy to compose Collaboration a fleet of 45 Dutch , Spanish and Portuguese ships with 3000 sailors and 4500 troops under command Control of Frederick II , Elector Palatine .

With the collapse of South Vietnam , numerous boats and ships , VNAF helicopters and some fixed-wing aircraft sailed Self_motion or flew Self_motion out to the evacuation fleet .

Immediately following the raid Military_operation , the five Japanese fleet submarines that carried Carry_goods the midget submarines to Australia embarked Process_start on a campaign Military_operation to disrupt Hindering merchant shipping in eastern Australian waters .

On the first day only 7,669 Allied soldiers were evacuated Departing , but by the end Process_end of the eighth day , 338,226 had been rescued Rescuing by a hastily assembled fleet of over eight hundred vessels .

The battle Hostile_encounter that took place Process_start on 26 July 1566 during the Northern Seven Years ' War and was a slight victory for a Swedish fleet Military_operation over a combined Danish and Lübecker fleet Military_operation .

The battle Hostile_encounter that took place Process_start on 26 July 1566 during the Northern Seven Years ' War and was a slight victory for a Swedish fleet Military_operation over a combined Danish and Lübecker fleet Military_operation .

It began Process_start just east of Öland and the Allied fleet eventually retreated Departing toward Gotland .

The Swedish fleet , further out to sea , returned Arriving to port with some damage Damaging .

On 25 July , Horn discovered Know the Allied Danish–Lübeck fleet at the northern tip of Öland , headed Self_motion for Gotland .

A few more losses Earnings_and_losses did not affect Influence either fleet , when a sudden wind made it impossible for the Swedish navy to continue its pursuit Self_motion of the Danish fleet , which was anchored Connect to the Gotland coast to bury Placing the Danish vice-admiral Christopher Morgisen on hallowed ground after his death Death from a cannonball .

A few more losses Earnings_and_losses did not affect Influence either fleet , when a sudden wind made it impossible for the Swedish navy to continue its pursuit Self_motion of the Danish fleet , which was anchored Connect to the Gotland coast to bury Placing the Danish vice-admiral Christopher Morgisen on hallowed ground after his death Death from a cannonball .

The Allied fleet however was thrown Self_motion against the coast of Gotland , and 12 Danish and 3 Lübeck vessels were smashed Destroying , and most of the ships ' crews , numbering around 5000 , were drowned Killing , with only around 1400 surviving Earnings_and_losses ashore .

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 .

Admiral Duckworth , who commanded Control the British , was under orders Request to bombard Attack Constantinople and seize Conquering the Turkish battle fleet .

The Royal Navy , however , secured mastery of the seas and decisively destroyed Destroying a Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805 .

The siege then settled Resolve_problem down again to more of a blockade , but the final defeat Conquering for the allies came when a crucial British relief Assistance convoy under Admiral Richard Howe slipped Motion through the blockading fleet and arrived at Arriving the garrison in October 1782 .

The naval Battle Hostile_encounter of Les Formigues ( Catalan ) took place Process_start probably in the early morning of 4 September 1285 near Les Formigues Islands , Catalonia , about 85 km northeast of Barcelona , when a Catalan-Sicilian galley fleet commanded Control by Roger of Lauria defeated Conquering a French and Genoese galley fleet commanded Control by Guilhem de Lodeva , Henry di Mari , and John de Orrea .

The naval Battle Hostile_encounter of Les Formigues ( Catalan ) took place Process_start probably in the early morning of 4 September 1285 near Les Formigues Islands , Catalonia , about 85 km northeast of Barcelona , when a Catalan-Sicilian galley fleet commanded Control by Roger of Lauria defeated Conquering a French and Genoese galley fleet commanded Control by Guilhem de Lodeva , Henry di Mari , and John de Orrea .

Operations against Newport were planned Arranging in conjunction with a French fleet and troops , but they were frustrated Hindering in part by difficult relations between the commanders , as well as by a storm Catastrophe that damaged Damaging both French and British fleets shortly before joint Collaboration operations were to begin Process_start .

The Carthaginian fleet was largely sunk , and the rest of the ships were abandoned GiveUp on land .

While protected Defending by the Liberal fleet , the division of Lieutenant-Colonel John Schwalbach crossed Motion_directional the river and occupied Control the Serra do Pilar , in Gaia , forcing Control the Royalists to withdraw Escaping in disorder to Oliveira de Azeméis .

Bad weather had delayed Change_event_time the Swedish archipelago fleet and troop transports , which gave Giving the Norwegian fleet and army time to evacuate Escaping the island .

Bad weather had delayed Change_event_time the Swedish archipelago fleet and troop transports , which gave Giving the Norwegian fleet and army time to evacuate Escaping the island .

The vessels in the Swedish archipelago fleet were heavier than their Norwegian counterparts and not could catch Motion up with the retiring Norwegian naval fleet .

The vessels in the Swedish archipelago fleet were heavier than their Norwegian counterparts and not could catch Motion up with the retiring Norwegian naval fleet .

Admiral Beauchamp Seymour was in command Control of a fleet of fifteen Royal Navy ironclad ships which had previously sailed Self_motion to the harbor of Alexandria to support Supporting the khedive Tewfik Pasha amid Ahmed ‘ Urabi 's nationalist uprising Violence against his administration and its close ties to British and French financiers .

An ultimatum to cease Process_end this build-up being refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act , the British fleet began Process_start a 10½-hour bombardment Attack of the city without French assistance Assistance .

These terms were rejected Response by the Spanish commanding Control officer Francisco de Sarmiento and his captains even though they knew Know that the Holy League 's fleet , defeated Conquering at the Battle of Preveza , could not relieve them .

The destruction of Athens 's fleet in the Battle of Aegospotami effectively ended Process_end the war , and Athens surrendered Surrendering in the following year .

Many incomplete ships which were afloat Motion were evacuated Removing to harbors in Georgia which provided Supply the main bases for the surviving fleet .

The British had the Royal Navy which was superior in numbers and could operate Being_in_operation on most of the world 's oceans because of the British Empire , whereas the Imperial German Navy surface fleet was mainly restricted Hindering to the German Bight , and used Using commerce raiders and unrestricted submarine warfare to operate elsewhere .

Philip IV , king of Spain and Portugal , ordered Arranging the assembly of a Spanish-Portuguese fleet with the objective of recovering Control the city .

Sailing Self_motion from the port of Lisbon , under the command of Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Mendoza , who was appointed Deciding Captain General of the Army of Brazil , the fleet crossed Motion_directional the Atlantic Ocean , and arrived at Arriving Salvador on April 1 of 1625 .

While India suffered Bodily_harm no losses , Pakistani fleet tanker was damaged Damaging beyond repair , and the Kemari Oil Storage facility was lost Earnings_and_losses .

The first battle of Öland ( ) took place Process_start on 30–31 May 1564 between the islands of Gotland and Öland , between a fleet of Allied ships , the Danes under Herluf Trolle and the Lübeckers under Friedrich Knebel , and a Swedish fleet of 23 or more ships under Jakob Bagge .

The first battle of Öland ( ) took place Process_start on 30–31 May 1564 between the islands of Gotland and Öland , between a fleet of Allied ships , the Danes under Herluf Trolle and the Lübeckers under Friedrich Knebel , and a Swedish fleet of 23 or more ships under Jakob Bagge .

Fleming took over Change_of_leadership the fleet and sailed Self_motion it back to Älvsnabben , while the Danes sailed Self_motion to Copenhagen .

On the night of March 23 , Chodkiewicz 's army ( consisting Cause_to_be_included of Samogitians , Livonians , and probably some bribed Committing_crime members of the Swedish infantry ) surprise-attacked the Swedish fleet .

This was the last ship-to-ship action in the region before the successful invasion Attack of Île de France in December 1810 : without Hamelin the French squadron , short on supplies Supply and low on morale , did not contest Competition British control Control of the region and failed Earnings_and_losses to even attempt Hold to disrupt Hindering the invasion Attack fleet .

at first the athenians had the better of the fighting , winning Getting the naval engagements using Using their superior fleet .

A separate action on the fort town of Kars in eastern Anatolia led to a siege , and a Turkish attempt Hold to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength the garrison was destroyed Destroying by a Russian fleet at Sinop .