Royal Navy: Timeline

1692   The battle of La Hougue is the decisive naval battle in the Nine Years War. The durable dominance of the Royal Navy – beginning with the Invincible Armada Spanish Armada

------ The Spanish Armada or "Great/Grand Armada" or "The Mother of all armada"(Old Spanish [i] ... 

 – is confirmed and lasted up to the Second World War World War II

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1707   Four British Royal Navy ships run aground near Scilly Isles because of faulty navigation - Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel and thousands of sailors drown

1806   Royal Navy victory off Santo Domingo Santo Domingo

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 - see:Action of 6 February 1806.

1854   Royal Navy fleet sails from Britain Britain

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 under Vice Admiral Sir Sir

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 Charles Napier.

1854   In the battle at Bomarsund in Åland, Royal Navy mate Charles D. Lucas throws a live Russian Russia

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 artillery shell overboard by hand before it explodes - the incident is the first that will be retroactively awarded the Victoria Cross in 1857.

1901   Royal Navy's first submarine Submarine

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 launched at Barrow.

1911   The liner RMS ''Olympic'', sister ship to the RMS ''Titanic'' RMS Titanic

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, collides with Royal Navy cruiser HMS ''Hawke'' outside Southampton, England.

1914   World War I: Battle of Coronel fought - A Royal Navy squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock is met and defeated by the superior German Germany

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 forces led by Vice-Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee. This is the first British United Kingdom

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 naval defeat of the war War

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1915   World War I World War I

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: Off the coast of Chile Chile

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, the Royal Navy sinks the German battleship SMS ''Dresden''.

1921   Royal Navy K-boat ''K5'' sinks in the English Channel English Channel

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 with all 56 hands onboard.

1931   The Invergordon Mutiny: Strikes Strike action

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 in Royal Navy due to decreased salaries

1940   World War II World War II

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: Battle of Taranto - The Royal Navy launches the first aircraft carrier Aircraft carrier

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 strike in history, on the Italian Italy

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 fleet at Taranto Taranto

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1940   World War II: Royal Navy and Regia Marina fight the Battle of Cape Spartivento.

1941   World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan - Off the Peloponnesus coast in the Mediterranean, British naval forces Royal Navy

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 defeat those of Italy Italy

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 sinking five warships. Battle started on March 27.

1941   World War II World War II

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: The German Germany

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 submarine U-110 is captured by the British Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.

1941   World War II: In the North Atlantic, the German Germany

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 battleship ''Bismarck German battleship Bismarck

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'' sinks the HMS ''Hood'' killing all but three crewman on what was the pride of the Royal Navy.

1942   World War II World War II

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: Japanese Navy attacks Colombo Colombo

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 in Ceylon (Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

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). Royal Navy Cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.

1949   Royal Navy frigate ''HMS Amethyst'' goes up the Yangtze River Yangtze River

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 to evacuate British Commonwealth Commonwealth of Nations

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 refugees escaping the advance of the Mao's communist forces. Under heavy fire it runs aground off Rose Island. After an aborted rescue attempt at April 26 it anchors 10 miles upstream. Negotiations with the communist forces to let the ship leave drag on for weeks

1979   The Royal Navy withdraws from Malta Malta

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1982   Falklands War Falklands War

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 - ''HMS Antelope'' of the Royal Navy explodes.

1982   HMS ''Hermes'', the Royal Navy flagship during the Falklands War Falklands War

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, returns home to Portsmouth Portsmouth

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 to a hero's welcome.

1993   The ''HMS Richmond'' is launched by the Royal Navy.