| FIRST PERIOD |
From the earliest beginnings to the sixteenth century. Before the Norman Conquest. |
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| SECOND PERIOD |
From the beginning of the sixteenth century to the commencement of the Civil War in 1642. |
| Battle of Breast, 1513. Sir Edward Howard. |
| Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1539–1583). |
| Armada, 1588. Howard, Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral (1540–1595), Hawkyns, Sir Martin Frobisher (1535/39–1594), &c. |
| Robert Blake (1599-1657). George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608-1670). |
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| THIRD PERIOD |
The Cromwellian Era, from 1642 to 1660. Dutch and Spanish Wars. |
| Sir William Penn (1621-1670). Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (1625-1672). |
| James II of England and Ireland, James VII of Scotland (1633-1701). |
| Battle of Plymouth, 1652. |
| Battle off the Goodwin, 1652. Blake, Penn. |
| Battles of Blake, Monck, Deane, &c. |
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| FOURTH PERIOD |
The Restoration Era, from 1660 to 1688. French, Danish, Dutch, Spanish and Algerine Wars. |
| Battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Duke of York, Penn, Lawson. Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762). John Benbow (1653?-1702). |
| Battle off the Goodwin, 1666. Monck, Rupert. |
| Battle of St. Christopher, 1667. Harmen. |
| Battle of Solebay, 1672. Duke of York, Sandwich, &c. |
| Battles of Rupert, Spragge, &c. |
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| FIFTH PERIOD |
The Era of William III. and Anne, from 1688 to 1744. French Wars. |
| Battle of Bantry Bay, 1689. Herbert. Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke(1705-1781). |
| Battle of Beachy Head, 1690. Herbert, &c. |
| Battle of La Hogue, 1692. Russel, &c. |
| Battle of Lagos Bay, 1693. Rooke, &c. |
| Battle of Santa Marta, 1702; Vigo, 1702; Malaga, 1704; &c. |
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| SIXTH PERIOD |
The Era 1714 to 1756. Spanish and French Wars. |
| Battle off Cape Passaro, 1718. Byng, &c. Admiral Edward Boscawen (1711-1761). |
| Porto Bello, 1739. Vernon &c. Admiral George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney(1719-1792). |
| Battle off Toulon, 1744. Mathews, Lestock, &c. Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726-1799). Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724-1816). |
| Battles of Finisterre, 1747, off Havana, 1748, &c. Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735–1823) |
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| SEVENTH PERIOD |
The Era 1756 to 1774. French and Spanish Wars. |
| Battle of Negapatam, 1758. Pocock. |
| Battle off Lagos, 1759. Boscawen. |
| Battles in East Indies, 1759, Pocock. |
| Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759. Hawke. |
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| EIGHTH PERIOD |
The Era of American Revolution, from 1774 to 1793. American, French, Spanish and Dutch Wars. |
| Battles of Keppel, Barrington, Byron, Rodney, Hood, Parker, Graves, Hughes, &c. |
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| NINTH PERIOD |
The Era of French Revolution, from 1793 to 1802. French and Spanish Wars. |
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| TENTH PERIOD |
The Napoleonic Era, from 1802, to 1815. French and Spanish Wars. |
| Battles of Calder, Nelson, Collingwood, Strachan, Duckworth, Gambier, Hoste, &c., &c. |
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| ELEVENTH PERIOD |
The Long Peace, from 1815 to 1854. |
| Bombardment of Algiers, 1816. |
| Burmese War, 1824-26. |
| Battle of Navarino, 1827. |
| Carlist War, 1836-37. |
| Battle of Acre, 1840. |
| Chinese War, 1839-42. |
| New Zealand War, 1845-46. |
| Caffre War, 1851-52. |
| Burmese War, 1852-53, &c. |
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| TWELFTH PERIOD |
The Russian War and Indian Mutiny, from 1854 to 1860. |
| Russian War,1854-56. |
| Chinese War, 1856-60. |
| Indian Mutiny, 1857-58, &c. |
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| THIRTEENTH PERIOD |
The Era of the New Industrial Navy, from 1860 to 1891. |
| New Zealand War, 1860-64. |
| Abyssinia, 1868. |
| Ashantee, 1873-74. |
| Perak, 1875-76. |
| Transkei and Zulu, 1878-79. |
| Transvaal, 1880-81. |
| Egypt, 1882. |
| Egypt and Soudan, 1884-85, &c. |
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| FOURTEENTH PERIOD |
Pre-dreadnaught Era, from 1890 to 1905. |
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| FIFTEENTH PERIOD |
The Era of the Dreadnaught battle-ships, from 1906 to the end of World War 1, 1916. |
| HMS Dreadnought the ship that revolutionized naval power. |
| HMS Warspite, fought at Jutland and the Second World War. |
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| SIXTEENTH PERIOD |
Inter-war years and World War Two, from 1917 to 1946. |
| HMS Hood, battlecruiser sunk by the Bismarck. |
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| SEVENTEENTH PERIOD |
Post World War II, from 1946 to 1970′s. Cold War Period, the advancement of anti-submarine warships with advanced frigate deployments. Nuclear Fleet and Ballistic submarines are developed. |
| HMS Vanguard, last battleship built for the Royal Navy. |
| HMS Dreadnought, first British nuclear-powered submarine. |
| HMS Resolution, first British strategic ballistic missile submarine. |
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| EIGHTEENTH PERIOD |
1970′s – End of the Century – This period saw the end of steam propulsion and the development of the marine gas turbines. Less crew complement and advanced development in electronics. |
| HMS Invincible, light aircraft carrier. |
| HMS Intrepid, end of the Falklands War signed aboard. |
| HMS Conqueror, The only nuclear powered submarine to sink an enemy ship. |
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| NINETEENTH PERIOD |
21st Century and the immediate future – New generation of Daring class destroyers. Fleet carriers and assult ships in build progress. Ships of the future. |
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