Lincoln closely reviewed the dispatches and interrogated naval officers during their clash in the Battle of Hampton Roads.

* 1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.

* 1942 – World War II: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.

* 1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines – The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.

* 1350 – Battle of Winchelsea ( or Les Espagnols sur Mer ): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.

* 1363 – Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang ; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders — Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang — are pitted against each other in what is one of the largest naval battles in history, during the last decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.

* 1512 – The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent.

It contributed greatly to Allied success in defeating the U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic, and to the British naval victories in the Battle of Cape Matapan and the Battle of North Cape.

The British in the naval Battle of Trafalgar, for example, owed its success to the reputation of celebrated admiral Lord Nelson.

A good example of an old naval battle is the Battle of Salamis.

England's crushing defeat by France, the dominant naval power, in naval engagements culminating in the 1690 Battle of Beachy Head, became the catalyst for England's rebuilding itself as a global power.

The Battle of the Nile ( also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay, in French as the Bataille d ' Aboukir or in Egyptian Arabic as معركة أبي قير البحرية ) was a major naval battle fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1 – 3 August 1798.

The Battle of the Nile has been called " arguably, the most decisive naval engagement of the great age of sail ", and " the most splendid and glorious success which the British Navy gained.

The Persian naval victory at the Battle of Lade ( 494 BC ) all but ended the Ionian Revolt, and by 493 BC, the last hold-outs were vanquished by the Persian fleet.

This included the use of gunpowder weapons, which played a large role in the Song Dynasty naval victories against the Jin in the Battle of Tangdao and Battle of Caishi on the Yangtze River in 1161.

He participated in the naval Battle of Lepanto against the Turks, 7 October 1571 and was Viceroy of Sicily in 1577-1584.

* 1862 – American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.

* 1806 – Battle of San Domingo: British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean.

The new weapon would prove its worth in the Battle of Mylae, the first Roman naval victory, and would continued to do so in the following years, especially in the huge Battle of Cape Ecnomus.

* Zhou Yu and Liu Bei defeat Cao Cao at the Battle of Red Cliffs ; along with the Battle of Yamen and Battle of Lake Poyang, this is one of the largest naval battles in China's history.

The final battle was the relatively short naval Battle of Yamen in 1279.

Zhao Shi died of illness in Hong Kong, while Zhao Bing died when a retainer put him on his shoulders and jumped off a cliff following the naval defeat of the Sung Dynasty by the Mongols at the Battle of Yamen.

The Chief of Naval Operations ( CNO ) is a statutory office () held by a four-star admiral in the United States Navy, and is the most senior naval officer assigned to serve in the Department of the Navy.

* Blackburn B-3 M. 1 / 30 () ( 1932 )-single-engine, two-seat biplane naval torpedo bomber

In the Soviet Armed Forces, a division () may have referred to a formation in any of the Armed Services, and would have included subunits appropriate to the Service such as regiments and battalions, squadrons or naval vessels.

The naval Battle of Aegospotami () took place in 405 BC and was the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War.

The Royal Swedish Navy () is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.

The Battle of Cape Matapan () was a Second World War naval battle fought from 27 – 29 March 1941.

While Swedish troops were being deployed at the Russian border, near Villmanstrand () and Frederikshamn (), Swedish naval forces consisting of 10 ships of the line and 4 frigates under Admiral Tomas von Rajalin and 20 galley strong rowing fleet under Admiral Abraham Falkengren moved already on 20 May 1741 to the islands near the border.

The yard launched its last civilian vessel () in 1960, and its last naval vessel ordered () in 1967.

Juan José Ruiz de Apodaca y Eliza Gastón de Iriarte López de Letona y Lasqueti () ( February 3, 1754, Cadiz, Spain — January 11, 1835, Madrid, Spain ) was a Spanish Basque naval officer and viceroy of New Spain from September 20, 1816 to July 5, 1821, during Mexico's War of Independence.

Semyon Ivanovich Chelyuskin () ( c. 1700 – 1764 ) was a Russian polar explorer and naval officer.

Khariton Prokofievich Laptev () ( 1700 – 1763 ) was a Russian naval officer and Arctic explorer.

Vasili Mikhailovich Altfater () ( 16 December 1883 – April 20, 1919 ) was a Russian-Soviet naval officer, the first Commander-in-chief of the Soviet Navy.

The Blue Sky with a White Sun () serves as the design for the party flag and emblem of the Kuomintang ( KMT ), the canton of the flag of the Republic of China, the national emblem of the Republic of China ( ROC ), and as the naval jack of the ROC Navy.

Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergey Georgiyevich Gorshkov () ( February 26, 1910-May 13, 1988 ) was a Soviet naval officer during the Cold War who oversaw the expansion of the Soviet Navy into a global force.

Arseniy Grigoriyevich Golovko () ( June 10, 1906 – May 17, 1962 ) was a Soviet admiral, whose naval service extended from the 1920s through the early Cold War.

The Bangladesh Navy () is the naval arm of the Bangladesh Armed Forces.

Frank Abney Hastings () ( 1794 – 1 June 1828 ) was a British naval officer and Philhellene.

The Noonday Gun () is a former naval artillery mounted on a small enclosed site near the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.

The People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force ( PLANAF ) () is the naval aviation branch of the People's Liberation Army Navy of the People's Republic of China.

Zapadnaya Litsa () is the largest and most important Russian naval base built for the Northern Fleet.

The naval Battle of the Lizard () took place on 21 October 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession near Lizard Point, Cornwall between two French squadrons under René Duguay-Trouin and Claude de Forbin and an English convoy protected by a squadron under Commodore Richard Edwards.

The Portuguese Naval School () is a university-level naval academy in Lisbon, Portugal.

Destroyer War Badge () is a German military decoration instituted on June 4, 1940 by admiral Erich Raeder and awarded to officers and crew for the service on Kriegsmarine destroyers ( worn on the lower part of the left breast pocket of the naval service tunic, underneath the 1st class Iron Cross if awarded, or equivalent grade award ).