During the Battle of Calabria in July 1940, the British battleship HMS Warspite scored one of the longest-range gunnery hits in naval history, striking the Italian battleship Giulio Cesare from approximately 26,000 yards (about 15 miles) away. A single (15)-inch shell from Warspite hit Giulio Cesare on its rear deck, causing damage that forced the Italian ship to slow down and eventually retreat. The incident: The hit occurred during a larger naval engagement between the British and Italian flee