In ancient times, naval warfare was carried out just like land wars. Old methods were still used in the naval wars until the middle ages. Who won the war was entirely dependent on the skill of the crew and the spurs of the ship. How were war tactics at sea and we want to talk about how to win the war by applying these war tactics. The most important tactics in wars in the sea were based on battling or aborting the enemy ship. 

When the ships faced the battlefield, an extremely bloody war would begin. Collisions on the deck would probably last for hours until one of the parties won. Even in those times, crossbows were developed to fix the slings catapults and handrails to attack the ships from afar. Unlike the wars on the ground, the soldiers would not use arrows and bows, but instead of weapons used in close combat such as swords, knife blades and ranged weapons. Spurs and boarding in sea battles depended entirely on the ability of rowers and a little bit of luck. 

While only ships managed with oars can be spurred, this tactic did not work on sailing ships. When the sparing maneuver was carried out correctly and successfully, the attacking ship could easily rotate and the injured ship would allow spurting without sterning. It is a dangerous situation that may lead to the sinking of the attacking ship if the ship performing the spur maneuver is not strong enough. From the Middle Ages In such cases, the bows of the ships were supported with iron belts to reduce the impact of the collision. In the time of the Romans, they developed a mobile scaffold called corva to repel the spurs tactics applied by Carthaginians. 

When the enemy ships approached the Roman ships, the pier descended and the hook at the end was hidden in the bow of the enemy ship. Thus, Roman soldiers could be able to board the enemy ship. Another method of borrowing applied by the Romans during the war was to catch the wooden and ropes, which were hooked, and the ships and draw them to them. These hooks could be thrown to long distances with slings and catapults.

At that time, long-range weapons such as catapults, crossbows, and arrows were used to set enemy ships on fire. Cubes filled with flammable material placed in catapults were thrown into the enemy ship and then the arrows and crossbows dipped inflammable materials such as resin or oil were thrown and the enemy ship was tried to be burned. Weapons created in this way are considered to be the ancestors of the thermal weapons used today. Flammable materials used in weapons were created with very special formulas in the period conditions. The most famous of these was undoubtedly the secret weapon known by the Greek fire and used by the Romans. The content of the substance, which cannot be understood even with today's technology, is that it can still burn even on water. It also had an extremely effective property, such as more flammability when water was poured over this substance.

The navy with the largest war fleet in the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages belonged to Eastern Rome. These navies were capable of attacking by Troy, and therefore their weakest point was their burgundy. Turkish sailors used the crescent tactic, which is also very popular in land battles. This tactic would be the main attack system of the Turkish navy in the Mediterranean over time, so the Ottoman navy would gain significant advantages in the Mediterranean.

The common operation preferred in naval wars until the Middle Ages was to fight from close range. Only in this way was it possible to board and spur. The first thing to do in wars was to seize a military top to store the crew's weapon and supplies. For this reason, large-scale operations were also paid attention to slow progress. When enemy ships started to wait or when any port was blockaded, some points of the coast were first seized. Ships would be lined up in the captured places.

Close distances often affected the combat layouts of ships in the same dimension. When enemy ships attacked, the so-called board-line order was necessarily preferred. The aim of choosing this order was to move all bows and boards at the same time. When this is the case, two elements have gained importance when designing the ships. The first of these was to be small and light for the ships to be shipped easily and should have been able to carry a large number of crew members on the paddle.

XIV. In the 19th century, when firearms were invented, radical changes were experienced in maritime history and nature. Of course, this change caused the general order to change slowly in the naval wars. This situation, which was insignificant in the first place, caused the traditional war tactics to lose importance with the use of firearms from wars.

The first firearms that began to be used on ships were small guns mounted in Grandi bowls or open decks made of forged steel. The ranges and calibers of these highly primitive weapons were also extremely low. It is often used only to scare the enemy during the war, and it wouldn't do much. Later, when more powerful gun designs were made, it was also revealed how much firearms would affect naval wars.

As the destructive power of the guns began to increase, placing them on the ships began to be troublesome. Various measures had to be taken to keep the ship unbalanced. In the 1500s, the Buddha changed the design of the ships and built ships with an internal structure with a backbone. Since then, the old-style single-masted ships were abandoned, but the period of triangular and four-corner sailing ships with three masts, both more agile and easier to maneuver, began.

In the age of sailboats, some factors had restrictive effects on naval war tactics. The reasons for these were the characteristics of the sailboats used in that period. For example, the sailing warships used could not be able to watch directly against the wind.

Another factor that restricted the tactics under the conditions of that period was that the guns on the ships could only be listed in two broad groups on the boards. As such, very few guns could fire in the stern or head direction. Besides, the boards were not made of solid wood and the officer cameras on the stern had large windows. For this reason, these points were quite insufficient against the gunshot. Even a single hit ball could cross the deck longitudinally. At the time of the war, terrible damage could occur on the ships that bombarded the body.

When the lumbars with guns began to open on both sides of the ship in time, this meant that a new era began in sea battles. Because, in this way, all the balls could be fired in coordination with each other.

With this development, it was concluded that it would be better to put the war on a single line to benefit from the firepower of the fleet.

According to the old war tactics, a small ship could collide with an enemy of its size or could cooperate with other small ships to attack large ships. With the change of order of the battle line over time, small ships, unfortunately, started to be out of service.

With the transition to the industrial revolution, steam propulsion systems were also preferred in warships. From this period, naturally, the tactics of war in the seas began to change and develop gradually. Over time, these tactics became much more complex and much more intelligent.