France during the American Revolution.
Check out the movie "The Patriot" with Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger, released in 2002 I think. At the end it shows the French fleet arriving and the British surrendering
it was France
Great Britain was the most powerful country because, thanks to his empire, had the availability of important mineral resources, ruled over millions of subjects and controlled a large part of world trade, due to its fleet, which was the world's most powerful.
England had the most powerful surface fleet of ships, while Germany had the most powerful submarine fleet. England's surface fleet won out over German submarines.
In the Revolutionary War, it was the British and the Americans fighting, while Britain was fighting to keep in control of them. And the Americans were fighting to become a free country. Near the end of the war, France joined and didnt do too much, but they combined with the Americans and Spainish to create a massive navy fleet even bigger than Britain's making it the most powerful navy in the world at the time.
Americans.
The Aamericans ships defeated a larger British fleet in Yorktown.
France :)
Spanish Armada
The Dutch Merchant fleet was the biggest in the world from 1600 till 1750. After that the English became the leading country.
The British were unsuccessful in splitting the land by the Hudson, the Americans start to see how powerful they are, and the colonial army becomes much stronger with the help of the French troops, who help the Americans control the British fleet at Chesapeake Bay and defeat the British led by Cornwallis at Yorktown.
Magellan never fought a naval battle against the Arabs. Also, the Arabs never had a consummate fleet. The first powerful Muslim fleet was raised by the Ottoman Turks.
Athens provided the biggest contingent in the Greek fleet. Egypt provided the largest contingent in the Persian fleet.