Yes there were several naval battles of ww1, mostly in1914 before the war got bogged down in the trenches and of little importance. However, there was a huge battle in 1916 called the Battle of Jutland that basically ended Germany's naval power.
There were a few minor skirmishes around the British Isles between surface ships, but the main sea battles were:
1. The Battle of Lost Opportunities (Jutland 1916)
2. Battle of the Atlantic-Submarine warfare against merchant shipping
3. The light cruiser Emden raids in the Indian ocean
4. Admiral Graf Spee's fight at the Coronel Islands on the west coast of SOUTH America. Spee won.
5. Admiral Graf Spee's fight at the Falkland Islands on the east coast of SOUTH America. Spee lost.
Technically the Dogger Bank was important because Hippers Battlecruisers were disallowed from coming out again until The Jutland
every navy fought on every ocean during the world wars
The battle of jutland fought May 1916
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This is one battle where a ship actually sunk in the naval action.
The Battle of the Coral Sea, in early May 1942, was one of the major turning points of the Pacific War. It was the first battle in which aircraft carriers engaged each other, and the first naval battle in which neither side's ships sighted or fired directly upon each other. The engagement ended with no clear victor, but the damage suffered, and experience gained by both sides, during and after the conflict, set the stage for the Battle of Midway one month later.
The Naval Battle at Manila Bay.
First battle of Tannenberg was one
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Battle of Midway battle of Sicily
Battle of the Bulge was one of them
One of the largest naval battles was the battle of Leyte Gulf. It was a battle that included a large fleet of naval vessels and also a large number of personnel were involved.
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle, widely regarded as the most important of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. - It took place from 4 June to 7 June 1942, approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and exactly six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
Japan lost four aircraft carriers, the USN, One, The Yorktown as I recall. It was the first major Naval battle fought entirely in the air!
This is one battle where a ship actually sunk in the naval action.
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle, widely regarded as the most important of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. It took place from 4 June to 7 June 1942, approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and exactly six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Battle of the Coral Sea, in early May 1942, was one of the major turning points of the Pacific War. It was the first battle in which aircraft carriers engaged each other, and the first naval battle in which neither side's ships sighted or fired directly upon each other. The engagement ended with no clear victor, but the damage suffered, and experience gained by both sides, during and after the conflict, set the stage for the Battle of Midway one month later.
The Naval Battle at Manila Bay.
Guadalcanal. Then later Choiseul and Cape Gloucester. There were several large Naval Battles, including the Naval battle of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Savo Island, and one of the four great carrier battles of 1942, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons.
The Battle of the Nations which was one of Napoleon's major defeats. It was the largest European battle prior to World War One.