World War I (1914-18)
| Year | Date | Battle | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1914–1918 | First Battle of the Atlantic | ||
| 1914 | August 28 | Battle of Heligoland Bight | |
| November 1 | Battle of Coronel | German cruisers under von Spee defeat a British cruiser force off the coast of Chile; German victory | |
| December 8 | Battle of the Falkland Islands | British battlecruiser force virtually wipes out von Spee's squadron. | |
| 1915 | January 24 | Battle of Dogger Bank | Blucher sunk by British battlecruisers in the North Sea. |
| February 19 | Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign | Mainly carried out by the Royal Navy with substantial support from the French and minor contributions from Russia and Australia against Ottoman Empire and ended with Turkish victory | |
| July 2 | Russian raid on Gotland | Russian cruiser squadron intercepts German cruiser force laying mines off the Åland Islands. German mine-laying cruiser Albatross sunk and cruisers Roon and Prince Adalbert damaged. | |
| 1916 | May 31 | Battle of Jutland | A two-day engagement between the main British and German fleets, the only such engagement during World War I. |
| 1917 | April 21 | Battle of Dover Strait | Destroyer battle. |
| 15 May | Raid on the Otranto Barrage | ||
| 17 October | Battle of Moon Sound | German and Russian forces clash in the Baltic Sea. | |
| November 17 | Second Battle of Heligoland Bight | ||
| 1918 | January 20 | Battle of Imbros | Ottomans and British fight off Imbros in the Aegean. |
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