9. The Battle of Tsushima (1905)
In 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese Combined Fleet, under Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō, engaged the Russian Second Pacific Squadron, commanded by Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky, in the Tsushima Strait. The Japanese fleet decisively defeated the Russians, sinking or capturing nearly the entire Russian fleet, including seven battleships. This overwhelming victory established Japan as a formidable naval power and humiliated the Russian Empire, leading to its eventual defeat in the war (britannica.com).
