The battle was the most decisive British naval victory of the war.
Venice was saved by the great naval victory of Lojera in 1353.
It resulted in what may be Denmark's greatest naval victory.
"Every night the room in which I sit," he wrote, "is lighted up like a town after a great naval victory."
The victory has been named the biggest Swedish naval victory of all time.
If successful, the result would have been heralded as a great naval victory.
The news of the great naval victory which followed was enthusiastically received by the Army.
This was the only naval victory for the Japanese during the War.
Both sides thus sought out a naval victory which might decisively alter the course of the war.
The original Nelson family arms were altered to accommodate his naval victories.