Category: ww1 naval battles
Operations in the Adriatic
On August 6, 1914, an agreement was formalized between the Royal Navy and the French Navy concerning the command of…
Battle of Gotland (July, 2, 1915)
Reichsmarine vs Russian Navy Fire on the Baltic The fact that the Baltic did not saw naval major battles like…
Lake Tanganyika’s naval battles
Reichsmarine vs Royal Navy Probably the strangest naval battle of ww1 Lake Tanganyika was one of the largest watery surface…
The Dardanelles Campaign (February-September 1915)
Turkish Navy vs Royal Navy Foreword It was Churchill personal quest to attack the “soft underbelly” of the entente powers,…
Battle of the Falklands (8 December 1914)
German Navy vs Royal Navy 8 December 1914 British Revenge over Von Spee Just as Newsweek frontpage stated in 1982,…
Battle of Cape Sarytch (18 November 1914)
Turkish Navy vs Russian Navy 18 November 1914 Prologue: New recruits for the Turkish fleet: In August 1914, the declaration…
Battle of Coronel (1st November 1914)
German Navy vs Royal Navy 1st November 1914 Graf Spee’s far east squadron in Valparaiso, Chile, about to sail afte…
SMS Emden’s Incredible True Odyssey
The white pacific corsair: Her 1914 odyssey would deserve a big budget Hollywood movie*. The truly epic saga of SMS Emden…
1st Battle of Heligoland (28 August 1914)
British vs German Navy, 28 August 1914 The first major naval battle of ww1 Heligoland in the North Sea is…
The Odensholm Action (August 26, 1914)
German Navy 26 August 1914 Mining the Gulf of Finland Odensholm (currently Osmussaar, desolate island of 4.7 kilometers belonging to…
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