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At the forefront is the United Kingdom, second only to France, and in third place the Spanish fleet in a way that has barely changed since the end of Napoleonic wars… Russia was at that time, a match for the Turkish fleet, but certainly not against a combined Franco-British squadron.<\/p>\n

1854: Review at the start of the Crimean War:<\/strong>
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Mixed steamship of the line HMS Victoria 1859<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Russian Imperial Navy in 1854<\/a>
\nFrench imperial Navy 1854<\/a>
\nRoyal Navy 1854<\/a>
\nOttoman Imperial Navy 1854<\/a><\/p>\n

1861: The Secession War.<\/strong>
\nThat conflict raged during four years and seen naval combats as well as riverine battles, and many military improvements and new concepts put to the test. The disproportion of naval forces in favor of the Union is obvious. Nonetheless, the two fleets dealing with different priorities are interesting by the units they built and operated during the conflict:
\nUnion fleet<\/a>
\nConfederate fleet<\/a><\/p>\n

1865: The Austro-Italian war<\/strong>
\nThe Battle of Lissa<\/strong><\/a> highlights the usefulness of the spur resulting from the vessels propulsion, and as subsequent renewal of antiquity tactics and general flavor. This section focuses on the potential of the fleets of its two belligerents at the beginning of the conflict. An aging, multicultural empire, and a dashing new nation, who recently gets its independence and will innovate in naval architecture and design under the new name of Regia Marina. On the Austro-Hungarian side this victory fuelled the will to built a large navy, although sized to the Adriatic sea, which was done in the 1880-1890s. Note: The battle of Lissa comprises a complete review of both navies.
\nAustro-Hungarian empire<\/a>
\nCombined Italian Navies<\/a><\/p>\n

1870: The Ironclad era & the Franco-Prussian war<\/strong>
\nAn era defined by the launching of the French Gloire and the British Warrior which led the way for all other European nations, and the Franco-Prussian War surged as the key moment for both the French and German histories. On the latter side, this was the unification of German states inherited from the Holy Roman Empire into a single unified Empire under the iron will of Prussian politician Otto Von Bismarck, and on the French side, the definitive end of the Empire and the Republic firmly implanted for the next 200 years (as well as the commune, the first proletarian revolution).
\nThe naval forces in this played a little part, but the state of the navies of the time is a good screenshot of what will come. Fleets are ranked in order of importance. The only “naval battle” which occurred was the duel between the gunboats Komet and Courbet off the South American coast, which ended as a draw.
\nFrench imperial navy in 1870<\/a>
\nNext: Prussian Navy 1870<\/p>\n

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Grand review of world’s 1870 Fleets :<\/strong>
\nRussian imperial Navy
\nJapanese imperial navy<\/a>
\nRoyal navy
\nUnited States Navy in 1870 (‘old navy’)
\nRegia Marina in 1870
\nSpanish Armada in 1870
\nDutch Royal navy in 1870
\nOttoman imperial navy in 1870
\nChinese imperial navy in 1870\n<\/div>\n

\n1890: The Fashoda incident :<\/strong>
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\nThree fleets are then nominated for the colonial control of Africa. Steam definitely replaced sail, turrets have supplanted batteries, destroyers, submarines and mines appeared. Dramatic sea warfare changes are on the way, a new diplomatic order is building on the world chessboard.
\nFrench Navy 1890
\nRoyal Navy 1890<\/p>\n

1894: The Sino-Japanese War :<\/strong>
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\nFirst – (the second comes in 1937), sees clash of ships still rely on technology and Western expertise. The success of Japan at the battle of Yalu<\/a>, far from certain at the start, earned the empire a model of commitment to Britain, while cultivating its difference and overall confident about its superiority in Asia.
\nJapanese imperial navy 1894
\nChinese imperial navy 1894<\/p>\n

1898: The Spanish-American War<\/a><\/strong>
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\nIn “splendid little war”, largely due to Teddy Roosevelt expansionism will, the American casus belli came as an excuse to help the insurgents to free Cubans from the old Hispanic rule, starting from the accidental explosion of the USS Maine, well exploited by press. This gave the battle of Santiago de Cuba<\/a>, and later the battle of Manila bay<\/a>, in the Spanish-held Philippines. In two battles, the still young and freshly reconstituted US navy decisively defeated a Spanish fleet almost without loss, despite superior forces, although made up of obsolete ships and victims of the defensive choices of their commander, helped by US deception and surprise alike.
\n-Spanish Armada
\n-United States Navy<\/p>\n

1905: The Russo-Japanese War<\/strong>
\nThis war was at the same time the first confrontation of modern battleships and the last were they fought in the old style. The battle of Tsushima<\/a> also was an earth-shaker event, that boosted Japanese ambitions (and explains the Pacific war in 1941-45) and the first nail in the coffin of the Russian Empire (and the revolution and USSR, the cold war). In 1906, dreadnoughts required rethinking the concepts of naval warfare in terms of speed rather than firepower. We take the opportunity to make a general assessment of fleets at that time:
\nBelligerents :<\/strong>
\n-Russian imperial Navy 1905
\n-Japanese imperial navy 1905<\/p>\n

Other fleets of 1905 :<\/strong>
\n-Royal navy
\n-French republican navy
\n-Imperial German navy
\n-United States Navy
\n-Italian kingdom
\n-Spanish Armada
\n-Dutch Royal navy
\n-Ottoman imperial navy
\n-Chinese imperial navy<\/p>\n

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