Naval warfare of World War I

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Naval warfare of World War I encompasses the global sea battles, blockades, submarine campaigns, and naval strategies that shaped the maritime dimension of the conflict between the Allied and Central Powers from 1914 to 1918.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
military conflict
naval warfare
endTime 1918
hasPart Allied blockade of Germany
Battle of Cape Sarych
Battle of Cape Sarych (1914)
Battle of Cocos
Battle of Cocos (1914)
linked to: Battle of Cocos

Battle of Coronel
Battle of Coronel (1914)
linked to: Battle of Coronel

Battle of Dogger Bank
Battle of Dogger Bank (1915)
Battle of Dover Strait
Battle of Dover Strait (1916)
Battle of Gallipoli (naval operations)
Battle of Heligoland Bight
Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)
Battle of Imbros
Battle of Imbros (1918)
linked to: Battle of Imbros

Battle of Jutland
Battle of Jutland (1916)
linked to: Battle of Jutland

Battle of Mas a Tierra
Battle of Mas a Tierra (1915)
Battle of May Island
Battle of Moon Sound
Battle of Moon Sound (1917)
Battle of Otranto Straits (1917)
Battle of Penang
Battle of Penang (1914)
Battle of Riga
Battle of Riga (1915)
Battle of the Atlantic (World War I)
Battle of the Atlantic shipping lanes
Battle of the Bight of Heligoland
Battle of the Dardanelles (naval operations)
Battle of the Falkland Islands
Battle of the Falkland Islands (1914)
Battle of the Gulf of Riga
Battle of the Gulf of Riga (1915)
Battle of the Otranto Straits
Battle of the Strait of Otranto
Battle of the Yser (naval support)
linked to: Battle of the Yser

British naval blockade of the Central Powers
Dardanelles campaign
First Battle of the Atlantic
First Battle of the Atlantic (1914–1918)
First Ostend Raid (1918)
linked to: Ostend Raid

Gallipoli campaign
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli

German unrestricted submarine warfare
North Sea Mine Barrage
Ostend Raids
linked to: Ostend Raid

Q-ship operations
Second Ostend Raid (1918)
linked to: Ostend Raid

U-boat campaign (1914–1918)
U-boat campaign (World War I)
Zeebrugge Raid
Zeebrugge Raid (1918)
linked to: Zeebrugge Raid

convoy system (World War I)
mine warfare in World War I
hasParticipant Allied Powers
Austria-Hungary
Central Powers
France
German Empire
Italy
Ottoman Empire
Russia
United Kingdom
United States
influenced Washington Naval Treaty
interwar naval disarmament
naval aviation development
naval tactics of World War II
submarine warfare doctrine
location Atlantic Ocean
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Dardanelles
English Channel
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
North Sea
Pacific Ocean
Sea of Marmara
mainBelligerent Austro-Hungarian Navy
French Navy
Imperial German Navy
Imperial Japanese Navy
Imperial Russian Navy
Regia Marina
linked to: Italian Navy

Royal Australian Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Indian Marine
Royal Navy
Royal New Zealand Navy (New Zealand Division of Royal Navy)
United States Navy
partOf World War I
result Allied naval supremacy
development of anti-submarine warfare
effective blockade of Germany
introduction of convoy system
severe losses to Allied merchant shipping
significantEvent Zimmermann Telegram context (submarine warfare)
sinking of HMS Defence
sinking of HMS Good Hope
sinking of HMS Hampshire
sinking of HMS Indefatigable
sinking of HMS Invincible
sinking of HMS Monmouth
sinking of HMS Queen Mary
sinking of RMS Lusitania
sinking of RMS Titanic (pre-war influence on naval safety)
sinking of SMS Blücher
sinking of SMS Gneisenau
sinking of SMS Scharnhorst
startTime 1914
strategy amphibious operations
commerce raiding
convoy system
distant blockade
fleet-in-being
mine blockade
unrestricted submarine warfare
usedWeapon Q-ship
linked to: Q-ships

U-boat
linked to: U-boats

airship
armed merchant cruiser
armored cruiser
battlecruiser
convoy escort vessel
depth charge
destroyer
dreadnought battleship
hydrophone
light cruiser
merchant raider
naval gun
naval mine
seaplane
submarine
torpedo
torpedo boat

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Campaigns of World War I hasPart Naval warfare of World War I
Dazzle Ferry Snowdrop inspiredBy World War I naval dazzle camouflage
linked to: Naval warfare of World War I
Lough Swilly associatedWithEvent World War I naval operations
linked to: Naval warfare of World War I
Naval Warfare: A Global History since 1860 coversTopic World War I naval operations
linked to: Naval warfare of World War I
Maritime history of England includesEvent First World War naval operations
linked to: Naval warfare of World War I
Anglo-Russian alliance in World War I hasTheater Naval warfare of World War I
Ken Marschall hasSubject World War I ships
linked to: Naval warfare of World War I
Walther Schwieger deathContext World War I naval operations
linked to: Naval warfare of World War I
Christopher Cradock historicalPeriod World War I naval warfare
linked to: Naval warfare of World War I
HMS Macedonia participatedIn World War I naval operations
linked to: Naval warfare of World War I
HMS Kent usedIn World War I naval operations
linked to: Naval warfare of World War I
Brown on Resolution hasSubject World War I naval operations
linked to: Naval warfare of World War I
The Grey Seas of Jutland hasSubject World War I at sea
linked to: Naval warfare of World War I