Now that I have more time and well reviewed I leave you with these more modern references (End of the 18th century - Until WWII)
The Battle of the Nile
The Battle of the Nile, also known as the Battle of the Bay of Aboukir or the Battle of Aboukir, was one of the most important crusades that would confront the Royal English Navy with the French fleet of Vice Admiral François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers within the so-called Wars French Revolutionaries.
By the end of the 18th century, the British had achieved great prestige over the sea; They had a huge fleet and were very feared by all their enemies. Bonaparte, on the French side, had launched into the conquest of a vast empire for France and had just conquered Egypt.
Between 1 and 2 August 1798 the Battle of the Nile was fought where the French were dejected. The English squad imprisoned them when the spaceships were off guard and with practically all their endowments on land. The French admirals did not even have time to agree to defend themselves in coordination and the result was appalling.
The French losses were very high (around 1700 deaths and 3000 prisoners). English losses were, by comparison, much lower (218 dead).
You need to see this (Look for more tactical maps and their details to better understand the battles)
Battle of Tsushima
An armed encounter between the Japanese fleet and the Russian Baltic fleet took place in May 1905 in the straits located between Korea and Japan near the Tsushima island group.
The Japanese had finished with the powerful Russian army and immediately after the victory, Admiral Togo ordered the ceasefire and dispatched a detailed report on how to capture and transfer ships and prisoners. The only Russian ship that could escape from that was the Izumrud, the one who precisely requested to be dispensed from the service. Taking advantage of the moment of uncertainty between the XGH and the Japanese reaction, he set off at full speed towards Vladivostok. The dense fog that suddenly appeared, allowed him to escape the Japanese security cordon. And so the Russo-Japanese War ended.
The forces in combat were the following:
- On the side of the Imperial Japanese Navy: 4 battleships, 27 cruise ships, 21 destroyers and 37 torpedo boats, gunboats and auxiliary ships.
- On the side of the Russian Imperial Navy: 11 battleships, 8 cruisers, 9 destroyers and different auxiliary ships.
The casualties were as follows:
- On the side of the Imperial Japanese Navy: 117 dead and 583 injured. 3 torpedo boats were lost.
- On the side of the Russian Imperial Navy: 4380 dead and 5917 injured. 21 ships were sunk, 7 captured and 6 were rendered useless.
For me the most fun and sad for the Russians at the same time *Russian sailors after making this trip and losing the battle*
The Battle of Jutland
One of the naval battles that I like the most
The Battle of Jutland was the greatest naval combat of the First World War and faced the High Seas Fleet of the Kaiser Navy and the British Royal Navy in June 1916 off the coast of Denmark.
The German fleet, commanded by Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer, was composed of 16 dreadnought and 5 pre-dreadnought, 5 battle cruisers, 11 light ships and 61 torpedo boats, while the English fleet, commanded by Admiral John Jellicoe, was composed of 28 battleships, 9 battlecruisers, 8 cruisers, 28 light ships and 78 destroyers.
The tactical victory went to the German side because they lost fewer ships, their artillery was much more effective and their commanders acted effectively in the nightly actions. However, the strategic victory was undoubtedly British. At the end of the battle and despite the losses they were still in combat conditions, while the German fleet decided to withdraw
It is the biggest battle based on the tonnage of the ships that were involved in it.
Battle of the Gulf of Leyte
In October 1944, the greatest naval battle in contemporary times took place, that of the Gulf of Leyte, in which the Americans destroyed Japanese power at sea, beginning the beginning of the end of the war in the Pacific during World War II.
In figures, the battle of Leyte meant for Japan the loss of 3 battleships, 4 aircraft carriers, 10 cruise ships, 9 destroyers and 1 submarine; against 3 aircraft carriers, 3 destroyers and 1 submarine that the Americans lost.
In total, Japan lost 45% of its tonnage, that is, 305710 tons, in the course of the battle. The United States for its part lost 3%, that is, 37300 tons.
Curious and funny anecdotes:
- Only 38 minutes.
In 1896, England and the Sultanate of Zanzibar engaged in the shortest warlike conflict remembered. After the death of the Sultan, his cousin, Khalid Bin Bargash, came to power, who, instead of following trade relations with the English, preferred to establish them with the Germans. The British, furious, sent a fleet of five ships. The Zanzibar Army, consisting of 3,000 men and a single ship, had nothing to do against them. The English bombed the island and in 38 minutes the contest ended.
- Three centuries of hostilities without firing a single shot.
In 1639, England experienced a civil strife that confronted the King's supporters with those of Parliament. Finally, the monarchists were forced to take refuge in the Sorlingas Islands, near the Cornish coast. There they survived practicing piracy, especially against Dutch ships. When the authorities of the Netherlands sent a delegation to the islands to request that the attacks against their ships cease, the royalists gave a refusal in response. The Dutch then officially declared war on the Sorlingas Islands. A fleet was even organized to invade them, but the attack never occurred. Moreover, the British monarchists did not assault another Dutch ship. In this way, and although never a single shot was fired between the two sides, no one repealed the declaration of war and 355 years had to pass! before peace was officially re-signed.
- How to make a port disappear.
During World War II, the British hired the illusionist Jasper Maskelyne to make the port of Alexandria (main allied base in the Middle East) invisible at night to German aviation. He did it by building an exact replica with stone cardboard decorations, such as those used in the cinema, in a nearby bay. Then, at night, he ordered that all the lights of the real location be turned off and that of the false lights be turned on. The trick worked, and the Germans bombed the wrong target. He also devised a system of plates and folding canopies to attach it to the Montgomery tanks. Thus, when an enemy reconnaissance aircraft appeared, the device was deployed and the battle car was camouflaged as a harmless truck.
- The pathetic invasion of Guam.
On June 20, 1898, after the war between Spain and the US was declared, the USS Charleston cruiser arrived on the island of Guam, a Spanish possession. The captain ordered the village to be bombed, but its gunners had so little dexterity that the projectiles passed over it without making a target. The Americans awaited the response of their defenders, but after a while a boat approached with the governor, who went up to the destroyer to welcome the Americans. The sailors burst out laughing at the astonished visitor. No one had informed him that both nations were at war, and that is why the Spaniards believed that the gunshots were saluted.