Wooden Ships Trivia Quiz

The Battle of the Nile was fought in Aboukir Bay off the coast of the Nile Delta in Egypt and the battle is sometimes referred to as the Battle of Aboukir Bay instead of the Battle of the Nile. The battle was fought between the British and French Navies during the French Revolutionary Wars.

The British fleet forced the French warships to surrender after a three-hour long battle and changed the balance of naval power in the Mediterranean with the British Royal Navy becoming the strongest power in the Mediterranean, a position that it maintained for the rest of the conflict.

The Battle of Salamis was fought in 480 BC between the Persian Empire and a coalition of Greek city-states. The battle was a victory for the Greeks despite being outnumbered by the Persian fleet. The battle was largely fought using ships called triremes, these were ships that were rowed and the name comes from the three rows of oars each ship had.

The First Battle of Copenhagen was an attack by a British fleet on the Danish fleet and city of Copenhagen designed to stop the Danes from forming an alliance with France. The battle took place on 2nd April 1801. The British fleet was commanded by Admiral Hyde Parker while Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson was the second-in-command.

It is during this battle that Nelson is supposed to have disregarded an order by Parker to retreat by looking through his telescope with his blind eye and claiming he could not see a signal.

The Battle of Fukuda Bay was fought between the Portuguese and Japanese at Fukuda Bay which is now part of the city of Nagasaki. This battle occurred while Portuguese traders were trying to find a safe harbour in Japan for their ships. The Portuguese originally used the port of Hirado but when they were no longer able to safely trade there they switched to the port of Fukuda. Fukuda was under the control of Omura Sumitada whereas Hirado was controlled by Matsura Takanobu. Seeing the changing of ports as a slight Matsura sailed a flotilla of samurai to attack the Portuguese in Fukuda.

The Portuguese defeated Matsura's flotilla and continued to use the port of Fukuda until they were offered the use of the nearby port of Nagasaki.

The Battle of Trincomalee took place between the navies of Britain and France and was one of a number of battles fought in the vicinity of India between the two nations who became enemies after France supported the colonists during the American Revolutionary War.

The battle took place off the coast of the city of Trincomalee in modern day Sri Lanka. The result of the battle was inconclusive with neither side emerging as overall victors. The ship HMS Trincomalee, launched in 1817, was named after the battle and is now preserved as a museum ship at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Hartlepool in Northern England.

The battle of Quiberon Bay took place in 1759 during the Seven Years' War. The battle took place off the French coast near St Nazaire in an area known as Quiberon Bay. The battle saw the French and British Navies engage in a battle which was an overwhelming victory for the British.

The Battle of Lake Erie took place during the War of 1812 in Lake Erie near a village called Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island part of the US state of Ohio. The battle was one of the most significant naval battles during the War of 1812 and saw the US Navy defeat the British forces thus gaining control of the lake for the rest of the conflict.

The Battle of the Chesapeake took place in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. The battle saw the French and British Navies fight each other near the mouth Chesapeake Bay off the coast of Virginia. The battle was a victory for the French which stopped the British from relieving Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown resulting in his surrender and ultimately victory for the US colonists.

The Spanish Armada is the name given to a Spanish fleet designed to assist an invasion of England by troops from the Spanish Netherlands. The Armada was attacked by English ships from Plymouth who attacked the Spanish ships as they sailed up the English Channel.

The Armada was then attacked at Calais which caused it to scatter. The fleet eventually sailed around Scotland and Ireland before returning to Spain.

The Battle of Trafalgar was a decisive victory for the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The battle saw the combined French and Spanish fleets defeated by a British Fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson. The battle effectively destroyed the naval ability of the French and Spanish and was the last major naval battle fought between the French navy and Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.

This was to be Lord Nelson's final battle as he was killed by a bullet from a French sharp-shooter during the fighting.