Only Pondicherry was able to resist Defending , and a siege was instigated Process_start on 1 August 1793 by Colonel John Braithwaite while Cornwallis imposed Action a naval blockade .

The sinking Motion_directional of the nuclear-powered `` Kursk '' ( Russian : ) took place Process_start during the first major Russian naval exercise in more than ten years , in the Barents Sea on 12 August 2000 , killing Killing all 118 personnel on board .

Vladivostok was operational only during the summer , whereas Port Arthur , a naval base in Liaodong Province leased Renting to Russia by China , was operational all year .

Russia suffered Bodily_harm multiple defeats by Japan , but Tsar Nicholas II was convinced that Russia would win Getting and chose Choosing to remain Presence engaged Participation in the war Hostile_encounter ; at first , to await the outcomes of certain naval battles , and later to preserve Preserving the dignity of Russia by averting Preventing_or_letting a `` humiliating peace '' .

After Selim 's rejection Agree_or_refuse_to_act of the ultimatum , a British squadron , commanded Control by Vice-admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth , entered Arriving the Dardanelles on 19 February 1807 and the British destroyed Destroying the Ottoman naval force in the Sea of Marmara , and anchored Connect opposite Constantinople .

The Attack Attack on Mers-el-Kébir ( 3 July 1940 ) also known as the Battle Military_operation of Mers-el-Kébir , was part of Operation Military_operation Catapult , a British naval attack Attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir on the coast of French Algeria .

The Attack Attack on Mers-el-Kébir ( 3 July 1940 ) also known as the Battle Military_operation of Mers-el-Kébir , was part of Operation Military_operation Catapult , a British naval attack Attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir on the coast of French Algeria .

The Action of 9 September 1796 was an inconclusive minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter between small French Navy and British Royal Navy squadrons off northeastern Sumatra , near Banda Aceh , during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

The French squadron comprised Containing six frigates engaged Hostile_encounter on a commerce raiding Attack operation Military_operation against British trade routes passing Motion_directional through captured Conquering parts of the Dutch East Indies , and posed Causation a considerable threat to the weakened British naval forces in the region .

The Raid Military_operation on Genoa was a minor naval engagement fought Hostile_encounter in the harbour of the Italian city of Genoa during the first year of the French Revolutionary Wars .

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 .

it subsequently enjoyed a time of great prosperity and development , known as the dutch golden age , during which it became Becoming one of the world 's foremost economic , colonial , and naval powers .

although combat Hostile_encounter operations were primarily conducted Action by ground forces Military_operation , aerial forces Military_operation played Participation a vital support Supporting role and naval forces Military_operation ensured Preventing_or_letting the security of the sea flanks .

In the resulting aircraft carrier Battle of the Philippine Sea ( the so-called “ Great Marianas Turkey Shoot ” ) on 19–20 June , the Japanese naval forces were decisively defeated Conquering with heavy and irreplaceable losses Earnings_and_losses to their carrier-borne and land-based aircraft .

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 .

Many of the battles involved Cause_to_be_included famous naval officers such as Stephen Decatur , Silas Talbot and William Bainbridge .

the attack Attack on pearl harbor was a surprise military strike Attack by the imperial japanese navy air service Supply upon the united Cause_to_amalgamate states ( a neutral country at the time ) against the naval base at pearl harbor in honolulu , hawaii on sunday morning , december 7 , 1941 .

the action of 20 october 1793 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the french revolutionary wars Military_operation fought Hostile_encounter off cape barfleur on the french coast of the english channel .

The Second Battle Hostile_encounter of Algeciras ( also known as the Battle of the Gut of Gibraltar ) was a naval battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter on the night of 12 July 1801 ( 23 messidor an IX of the French Republican Calendar ) between a squadron of British Royal Navy ships of the line and a larger squadron of ships from the Spanish Navy and French Navy in the Gut of Gibraltar .

When the Germans sent Sending a squad of seven naval demolition swimmers wearing Italian underwater breathing Breathing apparatus , the Americans were ready GetReady .

the battle Hostile_encounter of hampton roads , also referred to as the battle Hostile_encounter of the `` monitor Scrutiny '' and `` merrimack ( or virginia '' ) or the battle Hostile_encounter of ironclads , was a famous and arguably most important naval battle Hostile_encounter of the american civil war Military_operation .

The preeminent naval powers Influence , Great Britain and France , halted Process_end further construction Building of wooden-hulled ships , and others followed suit .

although britain and france had been engaged Participation in an iron-clad arms race Competition since the 1830s , the battle Hostile_encounter of hampton roads signalled Statement a new age of naval warfare had arrived Arriving for the whole world .

Ten nations sent Sending representatives , the main naval powers of Europe and the United States and Japan .

This included a radio station which broadcast Expressing_publicly anti-government propaganda Military_operation and a version of military events favorable to the rebellion Hostile_encounter , claiming to be genuine news , as well as air bombings of Guatemala City and a naval blockade .

The conflict Hostile_encounter started Process_start on 12 July 2006 , and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect Resolve_problem in the morning on 14 August 2006 , though it formally ended Process_end on 8 September 2006 when Israel lifted its naval blockade Besieging of Lebanon .

Israel also imposed Action an air and naval blockade Besieging .

From the outbreak Process_start of war with Napoleonic France , Britain had enforced Action a naval blockade to choke Self_motion off neutral trade to France , which the US contested as illegal under international law .

Taking Gold was to be the responsibility of the British Army , with sea transport Military_operation , mine sweeping Scouring , and a naval bombardment force Military_operation provided Supply by the Royal Navy as well as elements from the Dutch , Polish and other Allied navies .

On D-Day at Gold , naval bombardment got Getting underway at 05:30 , and amphibious landings commenced Process_start at 07:25 .

The first Smyrniote crusade began Process_start with the naval victory of the Battle of Pallene and ended Process_end with an assault on Smyrna , capturing Conquering the harbour and the citadel but not the acropolis , on 28 October 1344 .

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 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 Action of 24 June 1801 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

Hallowell was subsequently court martialed for the loss Earnings_and_losses of his ship , but was honourably acquitted Legal_rulings and returned Arriving to naval service Supply .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Coral Sea , fought Hostile_encounter from 4–8 May 1942 , was a major naval battle Hostile_encounter between the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia , taking place Process_start in the Pacific Theatre of World War II .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Coral Sea , fought Hostile_encounter from 4–8 May 1942 , was a major naval battle Hostile_encounter between the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia , taking place Process_start in the Pacific Theatre of World War II .

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 .

The parallel Allied naval effort was Operation `` Retribution '' .

The Actions along the Matanikau—sometimes referred to as the Second and Third Battles of the Matanikau—were two separate but related Cause_to_be_included engagements Hostile_encounter , which took place Process_start in the months of September and October 1942 , among a series of engagements between the United States and Imperial Japanese naval and ground forces Causation around the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal ( island in the southwestern Pacific , northeast of Australia ) during the Guadalcanal Campaign .

The Action of 11 January 1944 was a minor naval action that resulted in Causation the sinking Motion_directional of the light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy by the British Royal Navy submarine .

The Action of 4 August 1800 was a highly unusual naval engagement Hostile_encounter that took place Process_start off the Brazilian coast during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

The Action of 6 November 1794 ( Known in French as the Combat du 16 Brumaire an III ) was a naval engagement Hostile_encounter during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Quiberon Bay ( known as Bataille des Cardinaux in French ) was a decisive naval engagement fought Hostile_encounter on 20 November 1759 during the Seven Years ' War between the Royal Navy and the French Navy .

The battle Hostile_encounter was the culmination of British efforts to eliminate Removing French naval superiority , which could have given Giving the French the ability to carry out Action their planned Arranging invasion of Great Britain .

The battle Hostile_encounter signalled Labeling the rise Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of the Royal Navy in becoming Becoming the world 's foremost naval power , and , for the British , was part of the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 .

The intervention initially consisted Forming_relationships of a bombing Attack campaign on Houthi rebels and later saw Self_motion a naval blockade and the deployment Arranging of ground forces Military_operation into Yemen .

While fighting Hostile_encounter was limited Limiting to ground action on Jolo , use Using of naval gunfire Use_firearm contributed Giving significantly to the overwhelming firepower brought Bringing to bear Confronting_problem against the Moros .

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During the Second World War , Operation Retribution was the air and naval blockade designed Creating to prevent Preventing_or_letting the seaborne evacuation of Axis forces from Tunisia to Sicily .