naval battle
Warships exchanging fire
A naval battle is a military engagement fought at sea between warships.
The term covers everything from ancient galley warfare to modern carrier group operations.
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in World War II.
By extension, any strategic confrontation involving naval forces: The two powers seemed headed toward a naval battle over shipping lanes.
- aircraft carrierWarship with flight deck
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
- ship of the lineLarge armed sailing vessel
- submarineUnderwater naval craft
- triremeThree-banked ancient warship
destroyer · amphibious assault · torpedo · dreadnought · broadside · cannon fire · flanking maneuver · cruiser · electronic warfare · pincer movement · Mediterranean Sea · English Channel · high seas · envelopment · fog of war · seaborne · sinking ship · coastal defense
- warfarecombat, attack, war, armed conflict, military strategy
- BattlesAntietam, Leipzig, Gettysburg, Waterloo, Bunker Hill
- fightsfight, brawl, scuffle, scrap, tussle
- nautical artseascape, sailing ships, sailing ship, clipper ship, fishing boats
- Naval Eventsshipwreck, sinking, collision, boarding, mutiny
- sea talespirate story, sea stories, sea story, mermaid tale, ghost ships
naval battleland battle
Military fight on terrain
ground war · ground assault · siege · trench warfare · aerial combat
naval battlepeace treaty
Formal end to hostilities
armistice · ceasefire · diplomatic resolution · freedom of navigation · merchant shipping
naval battlenaval patrol
Armed maritime surveillance operation
reconnaissance mission · naval exercises · blockade · naval exercise · port call
battle, navy, maritime, naval, nautical, admiral, armada, battleship