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FRONTLINE: WARSHIPS OF THE WORLD

3 BATTLEOFBALTIMORE Francis Scott Key
composed the USA's
future national anthem
FORT MCHENRY, OFF THE COAST OF MARYLAND while watching the
12-15 SEPTEMBER, 1814 attack at Fort McHenry
BritishshipsbombardFortMcHenry,duringajointsea
andlandbattle.Thesightofthefortbeingattacked
inspires TheStarSpangledBanner.

4 THEBATTLEOFSLUYS

OFFSLUYSINTHEFRENCHFIEFOFFLANDERS
24 JUNE 1340
ThelargestnavalbattleoftheHundredYears’Warisan
emphatic victory for the outnumbered English, as the French
lose 20,000 men. The Channel now belongs to the English.

East Indiaman
17th century
Speciality: Huge ships
that help the
Imperial forces Turtle ship
command and conquer
Location: India 15th-19th century
Speciality: Tough
protective shell
Location: Korea

5 THEBATTLEOFCAPEECNOMUS

7 MEDITERRANEAN SEA, OFF SICILY 256 BCE
DuringtheFirstPunicWar,Romesends330shipsagainst
Carthageinoneofthebiggestnavalattacksoftheancient
Chinese war world. The subsequent Roman victory opens up Africa for a
junk land invasion.
Early-19th century
6 Speciality: Last stand
against the British in 6 THEBATTLEOFYAMEN
the Opium Wars
Location: China GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA 1279
Inoneofhistory’sbiggesteverunderdogvictories,the
ChineseSongDynastyisroundlydefeatedbytheinvading
Mongolian Yuan Dynasty as 50 warships overpower a
1,000-strong force by blockading the Yamen Bay.

TheBattleofLepantowastheresultofVenetian
and Ottoman rivalry in the Eastern Mediterranean

7 THEBATTLEOFREDCLIFFS
CLOSETOTHEYANGTZERIVER,CHINA 208
Thebattlekick-startstheThreeKingdomsperiod
ofChinesehistory,asCaoCaofailstouniteChina
afterhis800,000soldiersdrownatthehandsof
enemy fire ships.

GUL O CORIN H, O GR C OC O 1
Around the coast of Greece, the Christian Holy League faces
off against the Ottomans. Both sides tussle over control of
Cyprusinoneofthefinalbattlestousegalleywarfare.

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