The beginning of the pre-dreadnought era coincided with Britain reasserting her naval dominance.
This was to be the beginning of English worldwide naval dominance.
The British victory ensure their naval dominance of the Caribbean henceforth.
The Italian navy gained complete naval dominance of the southern Mediterranean for the rest of the war.
The English plan for 1673 centred on first achieving naval dominance, followed by landing an army in Zeeland.
For a short period Ottoman expansion secured naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
Transportation was expensive, but increasing numbers of ships were needed to maintain naval dominance.
Spain, straining under the vast commitments of the Thirty Years war, was in no position to rebuild its naval dominance.
Ownership of this point provided not only naval dominance, but it also expanded economic ventures, enabling shipments to be sent and received with relative ease.
Once more, naval dominance was the key to England's survival.