naval battle

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Noun1.naval battle - a pitched battle between naval fleetsnaval battle - a pitched battle between naval fleets
battle, engagement, fight, conflict - a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
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Crossed sabers marked the spot where the first great naval engagement of a world had taken place.
Battle of Jutland: The Navy's Bloodiest Day (BBC4, 8pm-9pm) Dan Snow marks the approaching 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland, the naval engagement that saw the British Royal Navy Grand Fleet clash against Germany's High Seas Fleet, in one of the most devastating naval battles of the First World War.
After lunch we headed out to explore the Titanic Quarter where we were greeted with the glorious sight of HMS Caroline, the last surviving vessel of the Battle of Jutland - the largest naval engagement of the First World War.
After lunch, we headed out to explore the Titanic Quarter, where we were greeted with the glorious sight of HMS Caroline, the last surviving vessel of the Battle of Jutland - the largest naval engagement of the First World War.
The US Navy is expected to monitor the drill as one of its aircraft carriers, USS Ronald Reagan, coming from a naval engagement in South Korea, is reportedly steaming for an undisclosed mission tothe South China Sea.
Allen added: "It was the first naval engagement in history where opposing ships never came within sight of each other."
All of these efforts are extremely important in terms of our naval engagement," the official said.
In "Posture versus Presence: The Relationship between Global Naval Engagement and Naval War-Fighting Posture," Robert C.
The naval engagement known as the Battle of Jutland was a battle on the high seas fought by the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer during the First World War.
SACRIFICE Edward Hobbs signed up for the Navy when he was 14 and fought in vital naval engagement when he was 16
CTF 73 conducts advanced planning, organizes resources, and directly supports the execution of maritime exercises and operations, such as the CARAT exercise series with Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor-Leste; the Naval Engagement Activity (NEA) with Vietnam, and the multi-lateral Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) with Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.--Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Micah P.

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