Early 20th Century
- 1904 February 9 Chemulpo - Russian cruiser Varyag (1899) scuttled
- February 9 Port Arthur
- August 10 Yellow Sea - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- August 14 Japanese Sea (Ulsan) - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- October 4–5 Dogger Bank incident - Russian fleet fires on British trawlers that have been mistaken for Japanese torpedo-boats
- 1905 May 27–28 Tsushima - Japanese defeat Russians in large fleet battle between Korea and Japan
- 1912 February 24 Beirut - Italians defeat Ottomans
- 1912 December 3 Elli - Greeks defeat Ottoman fleet
- 1913 January 18 Lemnos - Greeks defeat Ottoman fleet
Read more about this topic: List Of Naval Battles
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