<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> defeats the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penobscot_Expedition" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Penobscot Expedition">Penobscot Expedition</a> with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" id="mwgw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">attack on Pearl Harbor</a>.