In the summer of 1806 , during the War Hostile_encounter of the Third Coalition ( of Britain , Russia , Prussia , Sweden ) , Napoleon 's ambassador General Count Sebastiani managed to convince Convincing the Porte to cancel Change_event_time all special privileges granted Preventing_or_letting to Russia in 1805 and to open Process_start the Ottoman straits ( Dardanelles ) exclusively to French warships .

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

The squadron arrived Arriving on 5 October and discovered Know `` Modeste '' and two smaller warships at anchor .

Carter ordered Arranging the U.S. military to attempt a rescue Rescuing mission – Operation Eagle Claw – using Using warships that included Cause_to_be_included the and , which were patrolling Patrolling the waters near Iran .

The major significance of the battle Hostile_encounter is that it was the first meeting Come_together in combat of ironclad warships , i.e. , and .

the use of a small number of very heavy guns , mounted Connect so that they could fire in all directions , was first demonstrated Coming_to_be by `` monitor Scrutiny '' but soon became Becoming standard in warships of all types .

On 14 April , the guided missile frigate struck Attack a mine while deployed Arranging in the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Earnest Will , the 1987–88 convoy missions in which U.S. warships escorted Sending reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers to protect Defending them from Iranian attacks Attack .

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 .

Coastal batteries opened Openness fire , joined Cause_to_amalgamate by Spanish warships anchored at harbour , and drove Motion the attackers Attack back , causing Causation the British to lose grip over the blockade and allowing Preventing_or_letting several merchant convoys to slip in and out of the port .

The purpose of the tests was to investigate Research the effect of nuclear weapons on warships .

As a result , the Japanese Navy had to relocate Military_operation the Combined Fleet 's forward base to the Palau Islands , and eventually to Indonesia , and the Fleet had begun Process_start clearing Emptying its major warships out of Truk before the `` Hailstone '' attack Attack struck .

Nevertheless , the `` Hailstone '' attack Attack on Truk caught Hold a good number of Japanese auxiliary ships and cargo ships in the harbor , as well as some warships .

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 .

To preserve Preserving the impression of warships he also ordered Request four of his most powerful East Indiamen to join Participation the chase Self_motion .

The Bombardment of Papeete occurred Presence in French Polynesia when German warships attacked Attack on 22 September 1914 , during World War I .

Two of the six ships in the Harpoon convoy completed Process_end the journey , at the cost Cost of several Allied warships .

Immediately after the Tonkin Gulf Resolution Statement was passed Process_end , Johnson ordered Arranging the bombing Attack of North Vietnamese Navy bases in retaliation Revenge for the reported Reporting attacks Attack on U.S. Navy warships between 2 and 4 August 1964 .

The warships were then engaged Hostile_encounter by Croatian coastal artillery deployed Arranging on Korčula and the Pelješac Peninsula , losing Earnings_and_losses two minesweepers to the artillery fire in the process .

The day before Eid al-Fitr in year 658 of the Hijra ( September 1260 ) , thirty-seven warships were sent Sending to Salé by King Alfonso X .

The action was the culmination of a campaign that had criss-crossed Motion_directional the Bay of Biscay over the previous month in which both sides had captured Conquering numerous merchant ships and minor warships and had engaged Participation in two partial , but inconclusive , fleet actions .

`` Junon '' was on a mission Arranging to carry Carry_goods trade goods from the Îles des Saintes near Guadeloupe back to France and was part of a succession of French warships sent Sending during 1808 and the early months of 1809 in an effort to break Destroying the British blockade Besieging of the French Caribbean , which was destroying Destroying the economies and morale of the islands .

The patrolling Patrolling British warships first sighted Know `` Junon '' in the Virgin Islands on 8 February .

Including inactive reserves , more than fifty thousand soldiers from each side took part Conquering , using Using more than two hundred pieces of artillery and three warships .

although his crew fought hard , they were overwhelmed Destroying by the french frigates and forced Control to surrender , only for rowley to arrive in hms `` boadicea '' and drive Motion off the french warships , recapturing Control `` africaine '' .

War Military_operation between Britain and the Batavian Republic began Process_start , undeclared , in the spring of 1795 after the Admiralty ordered Request British warships to intercept Attack Batavian shipping following the conquest Conquering of the Dutch Republic by the French Republic in January 1795 .

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 .

To achieve Achieve this , British warships maintained Preserving a constant vigil off the French coastline , attacking Attack ships that attempted to enter Arriving or leave Departing French ports .

The losses Earnings_and_losses led to Causation merchant ships Sending being made Manufacturing the priority over destroyers and small warships .

The French commander , Commodore Jacques Hamelin , raided Attack across the Bay of Bengal with his squadron and achieved Achieve local superiority , capturing Conquering numerous merchant ships Sending and minor warships .

Despite spirited resistance from the largest British merchant ship , `` Windham '' , the failure of the other Indiamen to support Supporting their leader and the size and power of the French ships forced Control the British to withdraw Escaping : all the HEIC ships were subsequently captured Conquering by the larger , faster French warships .

The Macau Incident was an inconclusive encounter Hostile_encounter between a powerful squadron of French and Spanish warships and a British Royal Navy escort squadron in the Wanshan Archipelago ( or Ladrones Archipelago ) off Macau on 27 January 1799 .

British warships rescued Rescuing 111 survivors from `` Bismarck '' before being obliged to withdraw Escaping because of an apparent U-boat sighting , leaving Departing several hundred men to their fate .

French privateers operating Control from the Indian Ocean islands of Île Bonaparte and Île de France were a serious threat to British trade across the Indian Ocean during the Wars Hostile_encounter , and the British deployed Arranging numerous methods of intercepting them , including disguising warships as merchant vessels to lure Hold privateers into unequal engagements Hostile_encounter with more powerful warships .

French privateers operating Control from the Indian Ocean islands of Île Bonaparte and Île de France were a serious threat to British trade across the Indian Ocean during the Wars Hostile_encounter , and the British deployed Arranging numerous methods of intercepting them , including disguising warships as merchant vessels to lure Hold privateers into unequal engagements Hostile_encounter with more powerful warships .

The French subsequently lost Earnings_and_losses all of the frigates sent Sending to blockade the port to patrolling British warships in a series of one-sided engagements , giving the British local dominance that allowed Preventing_or_letting them to maintain Cause_to_make_progress the fortress .

When Korean shore batteries attacked Attack two American warships on June 1 , a punitive expedition was launched Process_start 10 days later after the commanding Control American admiral failed to receive Receiving an official apology from the Koreans .

However the largest Dutch ships had already sailed Self_motion eastwards towards Griessie over a month earlier , and Pellew only discovered Know the frigate `` Phoenix '' and a number of smaller warships in the bay , all of which were driven Motion ashore by their crews rather than engage Pellew 's force .

Martinique , like nearby Guadeloupe , was a major threat to British trade in the Caribbean , providing Supply a sheltered base from which privateers and French Navy warships could raid Attack British shipping and disrupt Attack the trade routes that maintained Preserving the British economy .

On the night of 31 May – 1 June , three `` Ko-hyoteki '' -class midget submarines , each with a two-member crew , entered Arriving Sydney Harbour , avoided Preventing_or_letting the partially constructed Sydney Harbour anti-submarine boom net Earnings_and_losses , and attempted to sink Motion_directional Allied warships .

The physical effects Influence were slight : the Japanese had intended to destroy Destroying several major warships , but sank Motion_directional only an unarmed depot ship and failed to damage Damaging any significant targets during the bombardments Attack .

This second raid Military_operation was only partially successful , and was followed a year later by a raid Attack on the harbour of Griessie , in which the last Dutch warships in the East were eliminated Removing .

The mutiny was repressed Hindering with force by British troops and Royal Navy warships .

Following these successes , Pellew was able to bring Bringing his main force to bear on the island and in November 1806 launched a major raid on Batavia , destroying the remaining frigate and a number of minor warships from the Dutch squadron .

although assisted Assistance by a bombardment of the french lines by several british warships commanded by captain robert hallowell , and a strong defence of the castle by catalan regulars and militia with men of the 38-gun frigate commanded by thomas cochrane , the garrison was unable to prevent Preventing_or_letting the advance of the franco-italian siege lines tightening Cause_change_of_strength its grip around the citadel .

The more substantial Portuguese contingent consisted Cause_to_be_included of 700 regular soldiers of the colonial Army of Brazil ( led by Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Marques de Elva Portugal ) , 550 marines of the Royal Brigade of the Navy detached in Brazil and several warships to act as transports and provide offshore artillery support .

While conducting Action Operation Military_operation Wonsan against sea mines in Wonsan Harbor , a squadron of US Navy warships was attacked Attack by Korean People 's Army ( KPA ) batteries .

Spanish support was blocked Hindering at sea by a flotilla of 12 Dutch and 10 English warships , and on land by the war in Mantua .

Pakistani warships attempted to outsmart the Indian Navy by mingling with merchant shipping .

Using the favourable winds blowing Motion inland , Chodkiewicz sent Sending several ( probably four ) fire ships ( their first use in the Baltic in modern times ) into the port , setting Placing several ships on fire Damaging and pushing Motion them in the direction of the Swedish warships anchored Connect in formation .

It forbade Preventing_or_letting Russia from basing warships in the Black Sea .