British
what year?
By Nelson during the Trafalgar battle?
By the French themselves in Toulon during WWII?
By the English near Mers-El-Kébir?
In August 1943, following the failure of the Danes to surrender the Danish Navy to Germany, 31 ships were scuttled by their own Danish crews.
An admiral of the fleet is the highest grade of flag officer authorized in the United States Navy, or a naval officer of equivalent grade in the naval offices of other nations.
The US in some ways laid a trap. They had broken much of the Imperial Japanese Naval Code, and sent an uncoded message indicating that Midway was short of fresh water. The Japanese picked up the message and relayed it back. The US fortified the island and sent a fleet of carriers, including some that the Japanese thought had already been sunk. Naval Intelligence confirmed that an Invasion Fleet was headed there and the US Navy was determined to defend the Island. It attacked the covering fleet and the Invasion Fleet could no longer proceed without air support. It sailed home.
Sunk and scrapped (re-cycled).
A battle fleet is an operational naval task force designed to operate as a coordinated unit, which is subdivided into battle groups.
When ???French were defeated a couple of time on the sea.britishIn July 1940, a duel between the British military and French Naval fleet at Mers-el-Kebir ensued. The duel was short-lived and at its end the Bretagne, Mogador, Dunkerque, and Hood, all French ships, were set afire and/or sunk to the bottom of the sea. About 1300 French sailors were killed in this fray.
NIPPLES!
they were bombed and sunk by the Japanese air force
Yes, a number of Vichy French ships were sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by the Allies.
Horatio Nelson.
The Naval battle was off Cape Trafalgar. Nelson defeated a combined French/Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve. Nelson was killed, shot dead by a marksman.
Trafalgar
It was 1805...Trafalgar.
In August 1943, following the failure of the Danes to surrender the Danish Navy to Germany, 31 ships were scuttled by their own Danish crews.
The Mary Rose was sunk in 1545 during the Battle of The Solent, a clash between the English fleet and a French invasion force.
Armada is a six letter word for a naval fleet.
Just that-- a fleet. To be more specific, a naval fleet. Oftentimes, terms used to describe aerial vessels are also used to describe naval vessels.