a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC

islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC

a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC)

a naval battle in World War II; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943

a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers

the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC

islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC

a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC)

a naval battle in World War II; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943

a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers