| SALAMIS | Island in the Saronic Gulf that was the scene of a naval battle in 480 BC in which the Greeks defeated the Persians |
| JUTLAND | Which peninsula of Northern Europe was the site of a naval battle in 1916 between the British and German fleets? (7) |
| ACTIUM | Naval battle of 31 BC in which the future Roman emperor Augustus defeated Mark Antony (6) |
| SEIZEDSEAS | Result of a naval battle? |
| TROJAN | Statue in which the Greeks hid themselves to enter Troy, _ horse (6) |
| ADEN | Gulf that links the Red and Arabian seas |
| CANYON | Gulf that vessel floats on (6) |
| LEONIDAS | King of Sparta killed at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC |
| AULIS | Port from which the Greeks sailed to Troy |
| LEPANTO | Port in Greece between the Gulfs of Corinth and Patras that was the scene of a 1571 naval battle in which the Turkish fleet was defeated by the fleets of the Holy League |
| TRAFALGAR | Cape on the SW coast of Spain, south of Cadiz, that was the scene of a decisive naval battle in 1805 in which Nelson was mortally wounded |
| ISSUS | Town in Asia Minor, scene of a battle in 333 BC in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians (5) |
| AEGINA | An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf. |
| AIGINA | An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf. |
| THERMOPYLAE | Scene of a famous 480 BC battle in which a greatly outnumbered Greek force under Leonidas held off a force of Persians under Xerxes (11) |
| MORESBY | In a naval battle in the Coral Sea, the US Navy prevented Japanese landings at Port ... in Papua |
| TSUSHIMA | The ... Strait was the site of a major naval battle in May 1905 in the Russo-Japanese War (8) |
| USHANT | Island off the coast of NW France that was scene of naval battles in 1778 and 1794 (6) |
| ADMIRAL | From "lord of the sea" and "Saracen ruler", title of a naval commander or flag-officer; the master of a fishing fleet; or, a cone shell (7) |
| PIRAEUS | Largest port of Greece, lying on the Saronic Gulf near Athens (7) |
