seafight
Maritime military engagement
A seafight is a battle between ships at sea.
The word is old-fashioned; modern usage prefers naval battle or naval engagement.
The seafight lasted three hours before the enemy flagship surrendered.
Armed military engagement
- warshipArmed naval vessel
- cannonLarge mounted gun
- fleetVehicles under unified command
- broadsideFierce written assault
galleon · frigate · man-of-war · admiral · engagement · boarding · gunfire · salvo
1805 naval battle site
- SalamisGreek island, ancient battlefield
- MidwayFair's entertainment corridor
- JutlandDanish mainland peninsula
- triremeThree-banked ancient warship
Nelson · galley · oarsmen · ramming · Greek fire · privateer · corsair · buccaneer
Curved slashing naval blade
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- BlackbeardFamous Caribbean buccaneer
- plunderGoods seized violently
- Jolly RogerBuccaneer's standard
boarding party · grappling hook · musket · pistol · treasure · marauder · brigantine · buccaneer
battle
Armed military engagement
broadside · galleon · frigate · man-of-war · admiral · engagement · boarding · gunfire · salvo · armada
Trafalgar
1805 naval battle site
- SalamisGreek island, ancient battlefield
- MidwayFair's entertainment corridor
- JutlandDanish mainland peninsula
trireme · Nelson · galley · oarsmen · ramming · Greek fire · privateer · corsair · buccaneer · Drake
cutlass
Curved slashing naval blade
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- BlackbeardFamous Caribbean buccaneer
- plunderGoods seized violently
Jolly Roger · boarding party · grappling hook · musket · pistol · treasure · marauder · brigantine · buccaneer · saber
maneuver
Deliberate tactical movement
gunnery · range · flanking · pursuit · retreat · positioning · battle line · convoy · escort · ambush
seafightland battle
Military fight on terrain
ground war · trench warfare · siege · aerial combat · dogfight
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