He proceeded to defeat the Greek garrison on the small island of Sphacteria off the coast of Messenia.

In 1745 the navy twice defeated the French off Finisterre but their convoys escaped.

He drowned in the Irish Sea, having been shipwrecked after defeating the French off the Cornish coast.

In 809, the strategos Paul defeated a Venetian fleet off Dalmatia.

Arcidi defeated the much bigger Clark (5'8", 375 lbs) by pressing 725 pounds off his chest to establish yet a new, but controversial, world record.

On 22 February, the Bourbon navies defeated the British off the coast of Toulon.

He defeated the Carthaginian fleet off the Liparaean islands, though not without considerable loss.

Kovan defeated the 1995 champion, John Riley, by 14.02 seconds while clipping 1.69 seconds off the course record, set in 1982.

Joining French forces in the ongoing war with Spain, he defeated a Spanish fleet off Barcelona in 1655.

With this fleet he defeated the enemy's fleet off Ilium and then off Lemnos.