Listing of naval battles
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- For a table form, see: List of naval battles.
This is a chronological list of naval fleet battles:
If a battle's name isn't known it's just indicated as "Action of (date)".
[edit] Ancient
- 1210 BC - Hittites defeat Cypriots near Cyprus
- c. 1190 BC - Ramses III defeats the "Sea Peoples" in the Nile delta
- 664 BC - Corinth vs Corfu
- c. 535 BC - 540 BC Alalia - Carthaginians and Etruscans defeat Greeks near Alalia (now Aléria), Corsica
- 497 BC - Ionians defeat Phoenicians near Cyprus
- 494 BC Lade - Persians defeat Ionians
- 480 BC Artemisium - Greeks defeat Persians but retreat
- 480 BC Salamis - Athenian navy defeats the Persians
- 474 BC Cumae - Syracuse and Cumae defeat Etruscans
- 460s BC Eurymedon - Delian League defeats Persians
- 450s BC Salamis (in Cyprus) - Delian League defeat Phoenicians and Cilicians
- 433 BC Sybota - Corcyra and Athens defeat Corinthians
- 429 BC 1st and 2nd Naupactus - Athenians defeat Spartans and Corinthians
- 425 BC Pylos - Athenians defeat Spartans
- 411 BC Cynossema - Athenians defeat Spartans
- 411 BC September Eretria - Spartans defeat Athenians
- 410 BC Cyzicus - Athenians defeat Spartans and Peloponnesians
- 406 BC Arginusae - Athenians defeat Peloponnesians
- 405 BC Aegospotami - Spartans destroy Athenian navy
- 394 BC Cnidus - Persians defeat Spartans
- 376 BC Naxos - Athenians defeat Spartans
- 323 BC the Hellespont - Crispus defeats Amandus
- 306 BC Salamis (in Cyprus) - Demetrius I Poliorcetes defeats the fleet of Menelaeus, brother of Ptolemy I of Egypt
- 260 BC Lipara Islands - Carthaginians defeat Romans
- 260 BC Mylae - Romans under Duilius defeat Carthaginians near Sicily
- 258 BC Cos - Antigonus II Gonatas defeats Ptolemy II
- 256 BC Cape Ecnomus - Romans defeat Carthaginians
- 249 BC Drepana - Carthaginians defeat Romans
- 245 or 246 BC Andros - Macedonians defeat Egyptians
- 241 BC March 10 Aegates Islands - Roman victory over the Carthaginians, ending the First Punic War
- 218 BC - Romans under Cornelius Scipio defeat Carthaginians near mouth of Ebro River, Italy
- 201 BC Chios - Philip V of Macedon defeated by the Egyptians, Rhodians, and Pergamese
- 190 BC Eurymedon - Roman forces under Lucius Aemilius Regillus defeat a Seleucid fleet commanded by Hannibal
- 190 BC Myonessus - Romans under Regillus and Rhodians under Eudoras defeat Seleucids under Polyxenidas
- 56 BC - Romans under Decius Brutus defeat Veneti near Bretagne
- 49 BC Ile du Levant - Romans under Decius Brutus victorious
- 49 BC Tauroentum - Romans under Decius Brutus victorious
- 36 BC September 3 Naulochus - Agrippus defeats Pompeius
- 31 BC September 2 Actium - Octavian decisively defeats Antony and Cleopatra
- 70 - Rome vs Batavi in the Maas
- 199 Shaxian - Wu forces under Sun Ce defeat Liu Biao and Huang Zu
- 208 Red Cliffs - Combined forces of Liu Bei and Sun Quan defeat Fleet under Cao Cao
- 221 Yiling - Sun Quan defeats the fleet of Liu Bei and successfully defends Jingzhou
- 222 Dongkou - Eastern Wu general Lü Fan manages to defeat Cao Xiu
- 272 Xiling - Lu Kang defeats Jin general Bu Chan and retakes Xiling
[edit] Middle Ages
- 456 - Romans under Flavius Ricimer defeat Vandals near Corsica
- 468 Cape Bon - Vandals defeat East and West Romans
- 551 - East Roman Byzantines under Artabanes defeat Ostrogoths
- 552 - East Roman Byzantines under Narses defeat Ostrogoths
- 655 "Battle of the Masts" - Arabs under Uthman defeat Byzantine Greeks under Constans II
- 663 August Baekgang - Tang Dynasty and Silla defeat Baekje and Japan
- 677 or 678 Syllaeum - Byzantines defeat Arabs (first use of "Greek fire")
- 697? - Greeks under John defeat Arabs
- 698 Carthage - Arabs defeat Greeks under John at Carthage
- 698 - Imperial Constantinopolitan fleet defeats Kibyrrhaeot rebels
- 717 September 3 - Byzantines under Leo III defeat Arabs
- 718 Spring - Byzantines under Leo III defeat Arabs
- 727 - Byzantine central fleet destroys provincial Hellas and Cyclades fleets
- 747 Ceramea - Byzantines destroy large Arab fleet
- 806? - Moors defeat Franks under Hadumar near Corsica
- 807 - Franks under Burchard defeat Moors at Sardinia
- 813 - Byzantines defeat Arabs
- 813 - Franks under Irmingar defeat Moors near Majorca
- 820 - Arabs defeat Franks? near Sardinia
- 821 - Byzantine central fleet defeats provincial fleets in civil war
- 841 - Arabs defeat Venetian squadron near Taranto
- 849 Ostia - Italians vs Muslims off southern Italy
- 853? - Byzantines defeat Syrians ?
- 868 - Byzantines under Niketas Oryphas destroy 2 Arab fleets near Thrace and in the Gulf of Corinth
- 880 Night Battle of Cephalonia - Byzantines under Nasaris destroy Arab fleet
- 880 First Milazzo - Byzantines under Nasaris destroy Arab fleet
- 885 - Frisians defeat Vikings
- 888 Second Milazzo - Arabs defeat Byzantines
- 908 Battle in the Aegean Sea - Byzantines under Himerios defeat Arabs
- 912 Chios - Syrian-Cilician fleet defeats Byzantine squadron under Himerios
- 941 - Byzantine fleet destroys Kievan fleet under Igor near Bosporus Strait
- 956 - Tunisian fleet destroyed by Christians near Mazara
- 958 - Tunis vs Christians in Messina Strait
- 964 - Arab fleet destroys Byzantine fleet under Niketas near Calabria
- 998 February ? - Venetians under Orseolo defeat Narentan pirates
- 1000 September 9 Swold - Swedes and Danes defeat Norwegians
- 1004 - Venetians under Pietro Orseolo II defeat Arabs at Messina
- 1005 - Pisans defeat Arabs at Messina
- 1026 The Helgeå - Danes under Ulf Jarl defeat Swedes and Norwegians under Anund Jacob and Olaf II Haraldsson (Olaf the Stout) in southern Sweden
- 1043 - Byzantines defeat Russian squadron in the Bosporus
- 1062 Nissa - Norwegians under Harald Hardrada defeat Danes in Kattegat
- 1081 Durazzo - Venetian-Byzantine fleet defeats Normans near Durazzo, Albania
- 1084 - Normans under Robert Guiscard (20 vessels?) defeat Venetians or Byzantines in a series of battles near Albania/Corfu
[edit] 12th century
- 1123 Ascalon - Venetians defeat Fatimid Arabs near Tel Aviv
- 1137 - Venetians defeat Normans at Trani, Italy
- 1149 Cape Malea - Venetians and Byzantine Greeks defeat Normans
- 1156 January - Celtic ships defeat Viking squadron north of Scotland
- 1161 Caishi - Song forces defeat Jin forces
- 1177 - Venetians and the Vatican defeat Genoese and Pisans
- 1183 - November 17 Mizushima - Battle off coast of Shikoku
- 1184 -June 15 Fimreite - King Sverre Sigurdsson of Norway defeats and kills rival King Magnus Erlingsson in the Sognefjord
- 1185 - March 22 Yashima - Battle off coast of Shikoku
- 1185 April 25 Dan-no-ura - Decisive victory for Minamoto clan off present-day Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan, ends Genpei War
- 1185 - Byzantines under Alexius Branas defeat Normans at Demetrias (Volos), Greece
[edit] 13th century
- 1213 - May 30 and 31 Damme - English under William Longsword sink most of fleet of France's King Philip II in the harbor of Damme
- 1217 - August 24 South Foreland (Dover) - The "Fight off Sandwich". Fleet of English Hubert and Burgh defeat French fleet of Eustace the Monk off Dover. There were actually 2 battles - this describes the 2nd
- 1241 - May 3 (First) Meloria - Pisans under Ansaldo di Mari defeat Genoese
- 1263 - Venetians under Gilberto Dandolo defeat Genoese in the Bay of Nauplia
- 1264 - Genoese defeat Venetians
- 1266 Trapani - Venetians defeat Genoese
- before 1279 - Conrad Lancia defeats Muslim fleet near Tunisia (details)
- 1279 - March 19 Yamen - Yuan Dynasty defeats Song Dynasty
- 1282 - October 11 - Peter de Queralt defeats Angevin fleet near Reggio di Calabria (details)
- 1282 October 14 - Peter de Queralt defeats Angevin fleet near Nicotera (details)
- 1283 - July 8 Malta - Aragonese-Sicilians under Roger of Lauria defeat Angevins in Grand Harbour, Malta
- 1284
- June 5 Gulf of Naples - Aragonese-Sicilians under Roger of Lauria defeat Neapolitans and capture Charles of Salerno (later Charles II of Naples)
- August 6 (Second) Meloria - Genoese defeat Pisans near Tuscany, Italy
- 1285 August? (possibly mid-September) - 11 Catalan galleys defeat 25 French galleys under Guillaume de Lodève at Rosas
- 1285 - September 4 (probably) Les Formigues (Las Hormigas) - Aragonese-Sicilians under Roger of Lauria defeat French under di Mari and de Orreo near Barcelona
- 1287 -June 23 The Counts - Aragonese-Sicilians under Roger of Lauria defeat Angevins near Naples
- 1294 Laiazzo - Genoese defeat Venetians near Laiazzo
- 1298 - September 9 Curzola - Genoese fleet under Lamba Doria defeats Venetians under Andrea Dandolo
- 1299 - July 4 Cape Orlando - Angevins under Roger of Lauria defeat Sicilians under d'Oria off northern Sicily
- 1300 - June 14 Ponza - Angevins under Roger of Lauria defeat Sicilians under d'Oria near Naples
[edit] 14th century
- 1304 - August 18 (2 days) Zierikzee - French fleet under Genoese admiral Renier Grimaldi destroys Flemish fleet
- 1340 - June 24 Sluys - Edward III of England beats Franco-Genoese fleet of Philip VI of France off the coast of Flanders and gains control of the English Channel
- 1342 Guernsey
- 1350 - August 29 (Old Style) L'Espagnols-sur-Mer - 50 English ships under Edward III and the Black Prince defeat 40 Castilian ships
- 1352 Bosphorus - Genoese under Paganino Doria vs Venetians, Byzantine Greeks and Aragonese in Bosphorus Strait
- 1353 -August 29 La Loiera - Venetians and Aragonese defeat Genoese near Sardinia
- 1354 Modon - Genoese under Paganino Doria defeat Venetians under Nicolo Pisani in the Ionian Sea
- 1354 Sapienza - Genoese destroy Venetian fleet
- 1363 - August 30-October 4 Lake Poyang
- 1372 - June 22 and 23 La Rochelle - Castilian fleet defeats English fleet near La Rochelle
- 1378 - Venetians under Vettor Pisani defeat Genoese near Cape d'Anzio
- 1379 - May 7 Pola - Genoese under Luciano Doria defeat Venetians under Vittore Pisani near Pula
- 1380 June Chioggia - Venetians under Andrea Contarini defeat Genoese
[edit] 15th century
- 1403 - October 7 Modon - French under Marshal Boucicaut defeat Venetians
- 1404-07 - Several battles
- 1416 - May 29 - Venetians defeat Turks near Gelibolu
- 1416 August 15 (OS?) Harfleur - English defeat French near Harfleur
- 1417 - English defeat French and Genoese
- 1419 - Castilians defeat English-Hanseatic fleet at La Rochelle
- 1431 - Venetians and Florentines under Pietro Loredano and Paolodi Vanni Rucellai defeat Genoans under Francesco Spinola
- 1448 San Vincenzo - Neapolitans defeat Florentines
- 1453
- April 12 - Turks attack Byzantine vessels defending Constantinople
- April 20 - Turks fail to prevent Genoese supply ships reaching Constantinople
- 1457 August - 3 Polish ships defeat Danish-Livonian fleet
- 1476 - August 13 - French defeat Genoese near Cape St Vincent
- 1499 - August 12, 20, 22 and 25 Zonchio (Sapienza/Navarino/First Lepanto) - Turks under Daoud Pasha defeat Venetians under Antonio Grimani and are able to capture the fortress of Lepanto
- 1500 August Modon (Second Lepanto) - Turks under Kemal Reis defeat Venetians
[edit] 16th century
- 1509 - February 3 Diu - Portugal's Indian viceroy defeats a combined Turkish/Egyptian fleet off Gujarat, India, and controls spice trade
- 1510 - Maltese under Prégent de Bidoux defeat Venetians
- 1512? Genoese under Andrea Doria defeat Moors at Algiers
- 1512 August 10 St Mathieu - English defeat French off Brest; Regent and Marie la Cordelière sunk
- 1526 - Swedes and Lübeckers defeat pirate fleet
- 1529 - Ottoman Turks under Khair-ad-Din (Barbarossa) defeat Spanish
- 1535 early June - 20 Swedes/Danes/Prussians defeat 9 Lübeck ships
- 1535 June? - Swedes/Danes/Prussians defeat 10 Lübeck ships at Fyen
- 1538 - September 28 Preveza - Ottoman Turk fleet under Khair-ad-Din (Barbarossa) defeats Spanish-Venetian-Papal fleet
- 1545
- July 18 and 19 The Solent - French attack English off Portsmouth; Mary Rose sinks
- August 15 - English fight French off Portsmouth
- 1549 early August (?) - English defeat French near Channel Islands
- 1552 - Ottoman Turks under Sinan Pasha defeat Genoese under Andrea Doria off western Italy
- 1555 - August 11 - Bloody and inconclusive melée between French privateers and a Dutch merchant fleet off Calais
- 1558
- Portuguese fight English and French off Guinea
- July 13 - English under Count Egmont defeat French under Marshal de Thermes off Gravelines
- 1560 - May 11 Djerba - Turkish galleys defeat Christian force near Djerba, Tunisia
[edit] Northern Seven Years War (1563-70)
- 1563
- May 30 - Swedes capture 3 Danes before war is declared (details)
- September 11 - Inconclusive Danes and Lübeckers vs Swedes (details)
- 1564
- 1565
- 1566 - July 26 - Swedes defeat Danes and Lübeckers between Öland and Gotland (details)
- 1568 (possible) - Swedish fleet captures several Polish corsairs and drives off remainder
[edit] Later 16th century
- 1568 September 23 - Spanish under Martin Enriquez defeat English under Hawkins at San Juan de Ulúa, Mexico Offsite link
- 1570
- English under Burrough and Hodsdon defeat Danes in the Baltic Sea
- July 15 - Turkish galliots under Uluch Ali defeat Maltese galleys under Saint-Clement near Gozo
- 1571
- 1572
- August 7 and 10 - Venetians under Colonna vs Turks under Kilitch Ali between Cervi and Cerigo and near Cape Matapan
- September/October - Several skirmishes between Spanish/Venetians and Turks
- 1573
- April 17 Flushing - Dutch defeat Spanish near Flushing
- October 11 - Dutch "Sea Beggars" defeat Spanish in the Zuider Zee
- 1574
- January 27 - "Sea Beggars" under Adrian van Bergen vs Spanish under Romero
- January 29 Oosterschelde- Sea Beggars under Willem Boisot defeat Spanish under Luis de Resquesens
- June - Swedes capture 3 Lubeckers plus 15 merchantmen
- 1576 (August) and 1578 Kizugawaguchi - Blockade efforts in Siege of Ishiyama Honganji, just off Osaka, Japan
- 1582 - July 26 Terceira (Vila Franca do Campo) - Spanish under Alvaro de Bazán defeat French, Portuguese, Dutch and English under Filippo Strozzi in the Azores
- 1583 - Maltese under Avogadro vs Turks
- 1583 - August 3 - Venetians defeat Maltese under Avogadro between Cerigotto and Cape Spada
- 1585 April - Maltese galleys defeat and capture Turkish sailing ship
- 1586 - English under Edward Wilkinson vs Spanish and Maltese under Pedro de Gamboa y Leyva at Pantellaria
- 1588 July and August - Defeat of the Spanish Armada off southern England
- 1588 September - Spanish Armada in Ireland
- 1591 about June 13 - English vs Spanish under Diego de la Ribera
- 1591 - Spanish defeat English near the Azores
- 1592
- May 29 Sacheon - Koreans defeat Japanese
- August 14 Hansan Island - Korean navy defeats Japanese fleet in the bay of Hansan island, sinking 59 out of 73 with ironclad turtle ships
- November 1 Busan - Koreans defeat Japanese
- 1595 about late June - Maltese vs Bizertans (details)
- 1595-96 - Spanish defeat English raiding/invasion expeditions of the Spanish Main led by Drake and Hawkins
- 1597
- July 15 or August 28 Chilchonryang - Japanese defeat Koreans
- October 26 Myeongnyang - 13 Korean ships under Admiral Yi Sun-shin destroys Japanese fleet of 133 ships
- - Bizertans vs Genoese and Romans
- - Spanish defeat English in the Azores Islands Expedition
- 1598 - December 16 Noryang Point - Koreans and Chinese defeat Japanese
- 1600 - December 14 - Dutch vs Spanish at Manila
[edit] Early 17th century
- 1601 December 27 Bantam - Dutch defeat Portuguese in Bantam Bay
- 1602 October 3 Sluis- Dutch under Jacob van Duivenvoorde defeat Spanish under Frederik Spinola
- 1603 May 26 Sluis- Dutch under Joos de Moor beat back Spanish under Frederik Spinola
- ?? 1603 October - Tuscan galleys defeat Tunisians
- 1604 October - Tuscans defeat Tunisians (details)
- 1605 - Dutch fleet under Willem Haultain attacks and partly destroys a Spanish fleet of transport ships near Dover
- 1606 August 17 Cape Rachado - Indecisive action between a Dutch fleet under Cornelis Matelief de Jonge and a Portuguese fleet near Malacca
- 1606 September 21Malacca - Dutch under Cornelis Matelief de Jonge destroy Portuguese ships
- 1607 April 25 Gibraltar - Dutch under Jacob van Heemskerk destroy a Spanish fleet
- 1607 October 20 - Tuscans under Beauregard defeat Turkish trade fleet (details)
- 1609 about May - French under Beaulieu vs Tunisians (details)
- 1609 June 29 - Spanish-French raid on La Goulette, Tunisia (details)
- 1609 - Venetians defeat Turks near Paxos (details)
- 1609 (late)? - Turks under Khalil defeat French under Fressinet near Cyprus (details)
- 1609 (late)? - Turks vs French under Beaulieu
- 1610 August 21 - Tuscans vs Turks (details)
- 1610 October 10 - Tuscans vs Turks (details)
- 1611 August (end)? - Minor action between Danes and Swedes in Kalmar Sound
- 1612 May 23 or 25 - Sicilian-Neapolitan galley fleet defeats Tunisians at La Goulette (details)
- 1612 November 29-30 Swally - British East India Company fleet defeats Portuguese fleet near Surat, India
- 1613 August 29 - Sicilians under de Aragon defeat Turkish trade fleet (details)
- 1615 January 20-? (Old Style) - English defeat Portuguese in mainly minor skirmishes
- 1615 July 17 and 18 - Spanish vs Dutch (same as next?)
- 1615 - Dutch under Spilbergen defeat Spanish under de Pulgar near Valdivia, Peru
- 1616 January - Spanish vs ? (details)
- 1616 about March? - Spanish under Ribera defeat Tunisians at La Goulette (details)
- 1616 April 29 - Tuscans under Inghirami defeat Turks near Euboea (details)
- 1616 July 14-16 - Sicilians under Ribera defeat Turks in the first regular action between galleys and sailing ships (details)
- 1616 July - Spanish versus Dutch (details)
- 1616 about October (possible engagement) - Neapolitans/Sicilian galleys defeat larger Turkish galley fleet
- 1617 April 13 - Spanish under Ribera vs Venetians
- 1617 June 12 - Minor skirmish between Neapolitans/Sicilians and Venetians
- 1617 Playa Honda - Dutch defeat Spanish
- 1617 November 19 and 20 - Inconclusive battle between Sicilians and Venetians (details)
- 1618 June 24 - Venice hires Dutch ships and fights Spanish (details)
- 1618 July 2 and 3 - Dutch under Moy Lambert and Spanish under Vidazabal defeat Algerines
- 1618 December 23-28 - English vs Dutch near Jakarta (details)
- 1619 January 18 and 19 - Maltese vs Algerians near Malta (details)
- 1619 March 1 - English vs Dutch near Jakarta (details)
- 1619 May 31 - Dutch defeat French at the mouth of the Vilaine River
- 1619 - English defeat Portuguese
- 1620 May 11 - Venetians under Nani defeat Spanish under Ribera (details)
- 1620 June 26 - Tuscans defeat Bizertans (details)
- 1620 - English defeat Portuguese
- 1622 July 13-14 - English and Dutch defeat Portuguese near Mozambique
- 1622 October - French vs ? near La Rochelle (details)
- 1622 Dutch ships under Joachim Swartenhondt escorting a convoy repel a Spanish squadron near Gibraltar
- 1624 October (start) - Tuscan/Papal/Neapolitan force defeats Algerians near Sardinia (details)
- 1625 January - French Rochellais rebels defeat and capture French fleet at Blavet
- 1625 February 1 and 3 - English and Dutch defeat Portuguese (details)
- 1625 June 26 - Bizertans defeat Maltese near Syracuse, Sicily (details)
- 1625 September 15 - French under Soubise defeat hired Dutch ships near Rochelle
- 1626? - French with hired English and Dutch ships defeat Huguenot fleet near Rochelle
- 1626 late - Danes defeat Dunkerque privateers (details)
- 1627 November 28 Oliwa - Poles defeat Swedes
- 1628 July 31 - Dutch ships under Pieter Ita attack and capture 2 Spanish treasure ships
- 1628 June 21 - English defeat Venetians/French at Scanderoon (details)
- 1628 September 9 Dutch squadron under Piet Hein attacks and captures Spanish treasure fleet
- 1628 September 29 - French defeat English near La Rochelle
- 1629 August 20 - Dutch under Piet Heyn defeat Dunkerque privateers near Flanders; Heyn is killed
- 1629 September 16 - Swedes defeat Holy Roman Empire near Wismar (details)
- 1630 September 4-8 - Danes force a retreat of Hanseatic ships in Elbe River (details)
- 1631 September 12 - Undecided encounter between a Dutch and a Spanish/Portuguese fleet off Pernambuco (details)
- 1631 September 12-13 The Slaak - Dutch Zeeland fleet under Marinus Hollare defeats Spanish invasion fleet
- 1634 about early May - Maltese galleys defeat Turkish vessels at Zante
- 1634 July 19 - Maltese galleys under Valdina defeat Tripolitans
- 1634 - Maltese under Villages defeat Turks
- 1634 - Maltese privateers defeat Turkish galleys
- 1635 August 21 - A Dunkirk squadron under Jacob Collaart (see Dunkirk Raiders) defeat Dutch guardships and captures 60 fishing trawlers
- 1635 August 25 - Dunkirk frigates under Jacob Collaart defeats Dutch escort capturing 24 fishing trawlers
- 1635 about 25 September - Spanish defeat Dutch West India Company convoy
- 1636 early - Dutch Zeeland squadron under Johan Evertsen defeats Dunkirk fleet under Jacob Collaart
- 1637 February - 8 Spanish under Miguel de Horna defeat Dutch convoy and escort near Cape Lizard and capture 17 merchant ships
- 1638 about 26 March - Spanish under Lopez de Hoces defeat and captures Dutch convoy
- 1638 June - Maltese galleys defeat Tripolitan sailing ships near Calabria
- 1638 about July 19 - French defeat Spanish in galley fight near Genoa
- 1638 July 22 - French under de Sourdis destroy Spanish galleons under Lopez de Hoces at Guetaría (details)
- 1638 August 7 - Venetians under Capello defeat Algerians at Corfu
- 1639 February 19 - Dutch under Maerten Tromp defeat a Dunkirk fleet under Miguel de Horna (details)
- 1639 September 17-19 Calais- Running fight between Dutch under Tromp and Spanish under D'Oquendo who seeks shelter at the Downs (details)
- 1639 September 30 Mormugão - Dutch defeat Portuguese near Goa (details)
- 1639 October 31 The Downs - Dutch under Tromp defeat Spanish under D'Oquendo in the English Channel
- 1639 end December - Spanish under Miguel de Horna defeat stronger French force
- 1640 January 12-17 Pernambuco - Dutch fleet under Willem Loos defeats Spanish\Portuguese fleet under Dom Fernando de Mascarenhas
- 1640 June 15 - Dunkerquers defeat Dutch in the Shetland Isles (details)
- 1640 July? - French under Maillé Brézé defeat Spanish under Don Gomez de Sandoval
- 1641 - French under de Sourdis defeat Spanish
- 1641 - Several French vs Spanish
- 1641 May 17 and 18 - Spanish defeat French near Pensacola
- 1641 September 1 and 2 ? - Spanish under Pietersen defeat French and Portuguese
- 1641 November 4 - Dutch under Gijssels defeat Spanish and French off Cape St Vincent
- 1642 end of June, 2 day battle - French under Maillé Brézé defeat Spanish under Ciudad Real near Barcelona
- 1642 October - Portuguese defeat Spanish
- 1643 August - French defeat Spanish
[edit] Danish-Swedish War (1643-45)
- 1644
- May 16 - Danes defeat Dutch ships which have been hired to support Sweden (details)
- May 25 - Danes get slightly the better of 33 hired Dutch ships
- July 1 Colberger Heide (Colberg Heath) - Danish and Swedish fleets fight an inconclusive battle off NE Germany
- July 7 - Danes defeat Swedes in small battle (details)
- August 10 - Dutch fleet under Thijsen brushes past Danish fleet under King Christian IV in Kjoge Bay, Denmark (details)
- October 13 - Combined Swedish/Dutch fleet badly defeats Danish fleet near Femern, Germany (details)
[edit] Cretan War (1645-69)
- 1644 September 28 - Maltese galleys defeat Turkish sailing ships near Rhodes, sparking war (details)
- 1645 September 28 or 29 - Christians vs Turks between Suda and Canea, Crete
- 1645 October 1 - Christians vs Turks near Canea, Crete
- 1646 May 26 - Venetians defeat Turks at the Dardanelles mouth (details)
- 1646 August 14 - Inconclusive fight between Christians and Turks near Canea, Crete
- 1647 August 25 - Inconclusive skirmish between Christians and Turks
- 1647 September 9 - Inconclusive skirmish between Christians and Turks
- 1649 May 6 - Minor battle between Venetians and Turks
- 1649 May 12 Focchies - Venetians defeat large Turkish fleet near western Turkey
- 1649 July 15 - Venetians vs Turks near Candia, Crete (details)
- 1649 July 18 - Venetians defeat Turks near Candia (details)
- 1651 July 8 and 10 - Venetians under Mocenigo defeat Turks (details)
- 1654 April - Maltese privateers defeat Turks near Rhodes
- 1654 May 16 - Turks under Murad defeat Venetians under Giuseppe Delfino in Dardanelles (details)
- 1654 June 21 - Turks retreat after skirmish with Venetians west of Milos
- 1655 June 21 - Venetians under Lazaro Mocenigo defeat Turks under Mustapha in Dardanelles (details)
- 1656 June 26 and 27 - Venetians and Maltese under Lorenzo Marcello defeat Turks under Chinam Pasha in Dardanelles (details)
- 1657 May 3 - Venetians defeat Algerines (details)
- 1657 May 18 - Venetians under Lazaro Mocenigo defeat Turks and Algerines at Suazich (details)
- 1657 July 17-19 - Venetians, Maltese and Papal forces under Lazaro Mocenigo defeat Turks in Dardanelles (details)
- 1658 May 19 - Venetians under Contarini defeat Turks between Imbros and the Dardanelles
- 1659 August 26 (or 27?) - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks (details)
- 1660 between May 26 and June 12 - Slight skirmish between Venetians and Turks
- 1661 March (end) - Venetians defeat Turks in minor skirmish
- 1661 May 18 - Venetians defeat Turks in minor skirmish
- 1661 August 27 - Venetians and Maltese defeat Turks near Milos, Greece (details)
- 1662 September 29 - Venetians defeat Turkish "Alexandria Caravan" between Kos and Kalymnos, Greece (details)
- 1665 March - French under the Duc de Beaufort defeat Algerines near La Goulette, Tunisia (details)
- 1665 August - French under the Duc de Beaufort defeat Algerines at Cherchell, Algeria
- 1665 - French under d'Escrainville defeat Turks
- 1667 February 25 and 26 - Venetians under Molin defeat Turks and Tunisians north of Crete (details)
- 1668 March 8 and 9 - Venetians defeat Turks near Pelagia, Greece (details)
- 1668 May 2 - French defeat Turks (details)
- 1668 about September - Barbary "Turks" defeat Venetians south of Crete (details)
- 1669 June - Privateers defeat "Alexandria Caravan" escort near Rhodes (details)
[edit] Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-74)
- 1652
- May 29 Goodwin Sands (Dover) - English under Robert Blake fire on Maarten Tromp's Dutch fleet off Dover without declaring war and initiate the First Anglo-Dutch War
- August 26 Plymouth - Michiel de Ruyter's 36 men-of-war hold off Ayscue's 45 men-of-war, driving them away
- September 7 Elba (Monte Cristo) - Dutch under Jan van Galen beat back English under Badiley
- October 8 Kentish Knock (Zeeland Approaches) - English under Blake beat back Dutch under de With
- December 10 Dungeness - Dutch under Tromp defeat English under Blake
- 1653
- February 28-March 2 Portland (3 Days Battle) - Tromp, outnumbered, loses nine men-of-war and about 25 merchantmen to an English fleet under Blake
- March 13 Leghorn - Dutch under Johan van Galen defeat English under Badiley and Appleton
- June 12-13 Gabbard (North Foreland) - English defeat Dutch
- August 8-10 Scheveningen (Ter Heide, Texel) - Dutch under Maarten Tromp repulse English blockading fleet under George Monck with both sides retreating. Tromp is killed
- 1664
- December 29 - English squadron under Thomas Allin attacks Dutch merchant fleet
- 1665
- June 13 Lowestoft - English fleet under James Stuart, Duke of York badly defeat Dutch fleet under Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam
- August 2 - English squadron is repelled attempting to capture richly laden Dutch merchant fleet in the bay of Bergen, Norway (details)
- 1666
- May 20 - Undecided encounter between an English and a combined Dutch\French squadron at the isle of Nevis
- June 15 James River (Virginia)-Dutch under Abraham Crijnssen attacks Virginia tobbaco fleet
- June 11-14 Four Days - Dutch under de Ruyter defeats English fleet commanded by Albermarle and Prince Rupert of the Rhine
- August 4-5 St James's Day (North Foreland/Orfordness) - English under Albemarle and Prince Rupert of the Rhine defeat a Dutch fleet under de Ruyter
- 1667
- English fleet under Admiral Sir John Harman destroys part of French fleet at Martinique
- June 9-14 Raid on the Medway - Dutch raid Medway river near London. The English flagship, Royal Charles, is captured
- 1672
- March 12 - English squadron under Sir Robert Holmes attacks Dutch merchant fleet
- June 7 Southwold Dutch fleet under de Ruyter vs combined English/French under York
- 1673
[edit] Later 17th century
- 1645 September 9 Tamandare - Dutch squadron under Jan Lichthart destroys a Portuguese squadron under Jerônimo Serrão de Paiva at Tamandaré Brazil
- 1646 La Naval de Manila - Two Spanish galleons with Spanish & Filipino crew repel a Dutch invasion fleet in 5 separate actions over several months around the Philippines
- 1646? - French under du Mé defeat Spanish
- 1647
- June 10 Puerto de Cavite - Spanish defeat Dutch attack near Manila
- French under Richelieu defeat Austrians (?) under Don Juan de Austria
- June 10 Puerto de Cavite - Spanish defeat Dutch attack near Manila
- 1650
- July 26 - Minor battle between Parliamentarians and Royalists/Portuguese near Lisbon
- October 20 - Parliamentarians capture French frigate
- 1652 July? - French under Vendôme defeat Spanish
- 1654
- 1655
- 1657
- April Santa Cruz - English under Blake defeat Spanish (link)
- September 12 and 13 - Danes and Swedes fight inconclusively near Moen, Denmark (details)
- 1658
- November 8 The Sound - Dutch get the better of a Swedish fleet in a large battle near Copenhagen, in support of Denmark. Danish ships watch but are unable to participate
- 1659
- 1669
- December 18 (O.S.?) - English Mary Rose vs 7 Algerines (details)
- 1670 August - English/Dutch ships defeat Algerine force near Gibraltar
- 1671 May - Privateers beat off a force of Turkish galleys near Egina, Greece
- 1675
- February 11 - French under Comte de Vivonne defeat Spanish under de la Cueva near Lipari Islands, Italy
- July (possible engagement) - English defeat Tripolitans
- 1676
- January 8 Stromboli (Alicuri) - Inconclusive fight between French under Abraham Duquesne vs Dutch and Spanish under Michiel de Ruyter
- January - English defeat Tripolitans
- April 22 Agosta (Etna) - French fleet under Duquesne and Dutch/Spanish fleet under de Ruyter fight to a draw. De Ruyter is mortally wounded
- June 2 Palermo - French under Comte de Vivonne defeat Dutch/Spanish under De la Cerda and Den Haen
- May 25 and 26/June 3 and 4 - Dutch/Danish fleet under Niels Iuel defeat Swedes under Baron Creutz between Bornholm and Rugen in the Baltic Sea
- June 1/11 Öland - Dutch/Danish fleet defeats Swedish fleet south of Öland in the Baltic Sea
- 1677
- March 3 Tobago - French under Jean II d'Estrées are repelled by Dutch under Jacob Binkes (details)
- May 31 and June 1/11 - Danes defeat Swedes between Femern and Warnemunde, Baltic Sea (details)
- July 1/11 and 2 Kjöge Bay - Danes and Dutch defeat Swedish fleet
- December Tobago - French under Jean II d'Estrées defeat Dutch under Jacob Binkes
- 1678 - Undecided action of the isle of Ouessant between a Dutch squadron under Evertsen and a French squadron under Château-Renault
- 1679
- 1681
- July 23 - French defeats Tripolitans
- September 30 - Spanish defeat Brandenburgers near Cape St Vincent (details)
- 1686
- c. 1687/88? - Turks and Algerines, under Mezzo Morto, defeat Venetians
- 1688
- June 15 - Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Algerian escort east of Naxos, Greece
- 1689
- May 1/11 Battle of Bantry Bay - French defeat English off SW Ireland
- French vs English near Casquets
- 1690
- March 26 - Turks and Algerines under Mezzo Morto defeat Venetians under Valier (details)
- July 10 Beachy Head (Beveziers) - French defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet
- French vs English and Dutch near Madras
- September 8 - Venetians fight the combined fleet of Turkey, Algiers, Tripoli and Tunis near Mitylene, Greece (details)
- 1692
- May 27-June 3 Barfleur and La Hougue - Decisive defeat of French by English and Dutch in the War of the Grand Alliance
- - French defeat Spanish near Cape Finisterre
- - French defeat Tripolitans near Malta
- 1693
- June Lagos Bay - French under Tourville capture 50 out of 140 merchantmen
- 1694
- 1695
- February 9 and 19 - Turkish fleet defeats and then fights Venetians under Zeno (details)
- April 16 - French defeat English (details)
- September 15 and 18 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks under Mezzo Morto
- 1696
- (mid) - Russians vs Turks near Ochakov, Black Sea
- - French defeat Dutch in the Battle of Dogger Bank (1696)
- - French and English fight in Newfoundland
- - Fight near San Domingo
- August 22 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks and their allies under Mezzo Morto near Andros (details)
- 1697
- July 6, September 1 and September 20 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks in a series of battles in the Aegean Sea (details)
- 1698
- September 20 - Venetians vs Turks, Tripolitans and Tunisians near Samothrace, Greece (details)
[edit] Great Northern War (1700-21)
- 1702 - June 26 - Small-ship action between Sweden and Russia on Lake Ladoga
- 1702 September 7 - Small-ship action between Sweden and Russia on Lake Ladoga
- 1703 - August 7 - Small-ship action between Sweden and Russia on Lake Peipus
- 1704 - May 17 - Small-ship action between Sweden and Russia on Lake Peipus
- 1705 - June 26 - Swedish ships attack Russian base of Kotlin
- 1710 - October 4 - Denmark under Gyldenløve defeats Sweden under Wachtmeister in Kjöge Bay (details)
- 1712 - April 11 - Danes under Knoff vs Swedes under Sjöblad (details)
- 1712 -July 31 and August 17 - Danes under Sehested fight and then defeat Swedes under Henck near Rugen (details)
- 1712 - August 4 - Very minor engagement between Russia and Sweden
- 1712 - September 28 - Very minor engagement between Denmark and Sweden
- 1713 - July 22 - Minor engagement between Sweden and Russia (details)
- 1714 - August 6 Gangut - Russian galleys under Apraksin defeat Swedish force
- 1715 - April 24 - Danes under Gabel defeat Swedes under Wachtmeister (details)
- 1716 - July 8 Dynekilen - Danes under Tordenskjold defeat Swedes
- 1717 - May 14 or 15 - Danish attack on Göteborg is defeated
- 1717 -July 19 - Danish attack on Strömstad is defeated
- 1718 - September 17 or 21 - Swedes under King Carl XII defeat Danes under Paulssen
- 1719 - June 4 Osel Island - Russians defeat Swedes under Wrangel
- 1719 -July 13 - Danes under Rosenpalm defeat Swedes at Strömstad
- 1720 -August 7 Grengam - Russian galley fleet under Galitzine defeats Swedish sailing ships under Sjöblad.
[edit] Early 18th century
- 1701
- August 17 - Maltese raid on La Goulette
- 1702
- August 19-24 (OS) - English under Benbow - French under Ducasse draw (details)
- October 23 Vigo Bay - Anglo-Dutch fleet defeat French and Spanish and destroy Spanish treasure fleet
- 1703
- May 22 Cap de la Roque/Bay of Biscay - French squadron attacks large Anglo-Dutch merchant fleet
- 1704
- 1707
- October 21 - 2 French squadrons under Forbin defeat British convoy and escort under Richard Edwards (details)
- 1709
- 1710
- April 18 - Maltese defeat Algerines
- 1713
- April 12 - Maltese defeat Algerines
- - Portuguese defeat Indians near Cheul (details)
- 1716
- 1717
- 1718
- Portuguese defeat Indians near Karwar (details)
- July 20-22 - Venetians vs Turks (details)
- August 11 Cape Passaro - British under George Byng defeat Spanish near Sicily
- 1738
- 1741
- August 10 Colachel - Raja of Travancore in India defeats Dutch naval force at Colachel
[edit] War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48)
- 1741
- January 7 and 8 - British vs French in West Indies
- February 12 - Minor British vs French in Gibraltar Strait
- 1742
- May 31 - Swedes retreat after battle with Russians in Gulf of Finland (details)
- 1744
- February 22 Toulon (Cape Sicié) - Draw between Franco-Spanish and British fleets south of Toulon
- 1746
- June 25 (OS) - British under Edward Peyton vs French under la Bourdonnais
- 1747
- May 14 1st Cape Finisterre - British under Anson defeat French under de Jonquières
- October 25 2nd Cape Finisterre - British under Hawke defeat French under de l'Etenduère
- 1747/48 - French under Labourdonnais vs British under Peyton near Negapatam
- 1748
- March 7 - British under Cotes defeat Spanish
- October 12 - British vs Spanish near Havana (details)
[edit] Seven Years War (1756-63)
- 1756
- 1757
- early - French under Kersaint de Coëtnempren vs British at San Domingo
- 1758
- 1759
- August 19 Lagos - British under Boscawen defeat French under de la Clue
- September 10 - Light Swedish force defeats similar Prussian force near Szczecin
- September 10 Pondicherry - British fight French but are too damaged to pursue
- November 20 Quiberon Bay/Cardinaux - British defeat French near St Nazaire
- 1760
- July 3-8 Restigouche River - British defeat French relief force
[edit] Russo-Turkish War (1768-74)
- 1770
- 1772
- November 6-8 - Russians defeat Turks west of Patrai, Greece (Action of 6 November 1772|details]])
- 1773
- July 4 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- September 3 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- September? - Russians vs Turks (details)
- 1774
[edit] American War of Independence (1776-83)
- 1776
- October 11 Valcour Island - Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton
- 1778
- April 19 Frederica Naval Action
- July 27 First Ushant - British under Keppel with 30 ships of the line fight inconclusive action against French under d'Orvilliers with 28 ships
- 1779
- 1780
- January 16 Cape St Vincent - British under Rodney defeat Spanish under de Langara
- April 17 Martinique - British under Rodney fail to defeat French under de Guichen
- 1781
- April 16 Porto Praya - French under Suffren vs British, in the Cape Verde Islands
- April 19 Fort Royal
- - Minor French under de Grasse vs British under Hood
- - Minor French under Destouches vs British under Arbuthnot
- August 5 (15 NS?) Dogger Bank - Draw between Dutch and British squadrons
- September 5 Chesapeake Bay - French under de Grasse drive off British under Graves
- December 12 Second Ushant - British under Kempenfelt capture part of a French convoy from de Guichen
- 1782
- January 25 St Kitts - British under Hood defeat French under de Grasse
- February 17 Sadras - First indecisive fight between French under Suffren and British under Hughes near south-east India - Suffren fights English style
- April 9 and 12 The Saintes - British under Rodney decisively defeat French under de Grasse in the West Indies
- April 12 Providien - 2nd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- April 21 - British defeat French
- July 6 Negapatam - 3rd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- September 3 Trincomalee - Hughes fleet damages Suffren's but withdraws
- 1783
[edit] Russo-Turkish War (1787-92)
- 1787
- August 30 - Russians vs Turks
- September 27, 28 and 30 - Russians vs Turks
- October 15 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1788
- 1789 - June 2-4 - Russians defeat Turks at Sinope (details)
- 1790
- July 19 Kerch Strait - Slight Russian victory over Turks
- September 8 and 9 Tendra - Russians defeat Turks
- October 31 - Russians defeat Turks at the Sulina mouth
- November 17, 18 - Russians defeat Turks at Tultcha
- November 29 - Russians defeat Turks at Ismail (details)
- November 30, December 1, 2, 4-7 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1791
- July 9 Machin - Russians defeat Turkish rowing vessels (details)
- August 11 Cape Kaliakra - Slight Russian victory over Turks in a largely inconclusive battle near Bulgaria
[edit] Russo-Swedish War (1788-90)
The Russian calendar was eleven days behind the Swedish during the eighteenth century, so Russian dates are eleven days earlier.
- 1788
- 1789
- July 26 (July 15 OS) Öland – Indecisive action between the Swedish and Russian battlefleets.
- August 24 (August 15 OS) First Svensksund / Rochensalm – Russian galley flotilla decisively defeats Swedes
- September 18 (September 7 OS) - Russians defeat Swedes in small battle near Nyslott (Barezund)
- 1790
- May 13 (May 2 OS) Reval - Disastrous Swedish attack on Russian battlefleet at Reval (now Tallinn).
- May 15 (May 4 OS) Fredrikshamn - Swedish galley flotilla defeats Russian galley flotilla
- June 3 and 4 (May 23 and 24 OS) - Action off Kronstadt - Indecisive action between the battlefleets.
- July 3 (June 22 OS) Vyborg Bay – The Swedish battlefleet and galley flotilla break through the Russian blockade, suffering heavy losses.
- July 9 (June 28 OS) Second Svensksund / Rochensalm - Decisive victory of the Swedish galley flotilla.
[edit] French Revolutionary War (1793-1802)
- 1793
- November 6 - French capture HMS Alexander (details)
- November 18 - Short, inconclusive British-French battle (details)
- 1794
- January 22 and 25 - French attack British convoy (details)
- April 23 - British defeat French frigates (details)
- June 1 The Glorious First of June - British fleet defeats French fleet in North Atlantic but French grain convoy makes it through to Brest
- June 8 - French vs British near Jersey
- August 23 - British defeat French near Brest
- October 22 - French vs British near Mauritius
- 1795
- 1797
- February 14 Cape St Vincent - British under Jervis defeat Spanish near Gibraltar
- March 26 - Austrian vessels, supported by Venetian battleship, fight off small French attack (details)
- May 16 - Danish vessels get the better of Tripolitans near Tripoli, Libya (details)
- October 11 Camperdown (Kamperduin) - British fleet under Admiral Duncan defeats Dutch
- 1798
- August 1-3 The Nile (Aboukir Bay) - British under Nelson defeat moored French fleet under Brueys in Egypt
- October 12 - British defeat French invasion force off western Ireland (details)
- October 28 - Minor British vs French
- 1799
- August 4 - French attack British convoy (details)
- September 3, 4, 5 and 10 - Minor light skirmishes between British and Spanish
- 1801
- April 5 Copenhagen - British under Nelson destroy moored Danish ships off København to prevent France taking them over
- July 6-12 Algeciras - French defeat initial British assault, British counter-attack and defeat Franco-Spanish force.
[edit] Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)
- 1803
- 1804
- February 15 Pulo Aura - French attack British convoy
- August 3, 7, 23/24 and 28 and September 2 - 5 raids on Tripoli (details)
- 1805
- about February - French squadron raids British (details)
- July 4? - French capture British East Indiaman (details)
- 1805
- July 4 - 2 Russian ships defeat French gunboat force (details)
- July 22 Cape Finisterre - Inconclusive action between British Admiral Calder and French Admiral Villeneuve
- August 6 - French attack British convoy (details)
- October 21 Trafalgar - Nelson defeats combined Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve, losing his life but gaining control of the oceans for Britain for the rest of the war
- November 4 - British capture 4 French battleship survivors from Trafalgar
- 1806
- February 6 San(to) Domingo - British under Duckworth defeat French under Leissegues (French) off Santo Domingo
- July 4 - Russians defeat French in Narenta Channel
- July 26 - British defeat Dutch (details)
- September 25 - British battleships defeat French frigate force (details)
- 1807
- February 19 - British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles (details)
- May - British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles (details)
- May 22, 23 Dardanelles - Russians under Admiral Seniavin defeat Turks near Cape Janizary
- July 1 Athos (Lemnos/Monte Sancto) - Russians under Seniavin defeats Turks in northern Aegean
- August 23 and 31 - Danes defeat British light forces near Copenhagen (details)
- September 2-7 Copenhagen - British forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture the Danish fleet
- 1809
- April 13-17 - British capture French battleship near Porto Rico
- late May - HMS Melpomène vs Danish gunboats
- June 25-27 - British and Sicilians vs French near Pozzuoli Bay
- June 31 - French attack British convoy (details)
- October 26 and 31 Cette and ? - Southern France
- November 18 - French frigates defeat British East Indiamen near Mauritius (details)
- December 13 - French frigates capture HMS Junon (details)
- 1810
- 1811
- March 13 Lissa - British frigates under Hoste defeat larger Franco-Venetian squadron under Dubordieu off Lissa (Vis) in the Adriatic
- November 29 - Britain captures French frigate (details)
- 1812
- February 22 - Britain captures French battleship Rivoli (details)
- July 12 Lyngør - British sink last Danish frigate
- 1813 - November 5 - Skirmish between British and French near Toulon (details)
[edit] Independence wars
- 1811 - March 2 - Spanish defeat Argentines under Juan B. Azopardo at San Nicolás on the Paraná River
- 1814
- 1823
- May 4 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese (details)
- July 2, 4 and 6 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese
- July 24 Lake Maracaibo - Republican naval forces of Venezuela vs Spanish Empire fleet in Lake Maracaibo that includes siege of Defensive Castles in Zapara, San Fernando and San Carlos islands
- 1826
- February 9 - Argentinians vs Brazilians
- Punta Collares
- June 11 Los Posos (Quilmes) - 11 Argentine vessels under William Brown defeat 31 Brazilian vessels near Buenos Aires
- 1827
- February 9 Juncal - 15 Argentines under Brown defeat 17 Brazilians under Pereira
- February 24 - Argentines under Brown vs Brazilians near Quilmes
- April 6 and 7 Monte Santiago - Brazilians defeat Argentines under William Brown
[edit] War of 1812
- 1812 - July 19 First battle of Sackett's Harbor - US turns back British naval attack
- 1813
- May 28-29 Second battle of Sackett's Harbor - US General Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir George Prevost
- September 13 Lake Erie
- 1814 - September 11 Plattsburg (Lake Champlain) - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie
[edit] Greek War of Independence
- 1821
- 1822
- March 4
- May 31
- June 18-19 - Greek fireships under Constantine Kanaris blow up the flagship of Ottoman admiral Kara Ali Pasha
- 1823
- September 27 - Greeks vs Turks west of Lemnos
- October 23 - Greeks vs Turks near Pondikonisi
- 1824
- August 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and c. 26 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Tunesians
- September 1 - First Budrum - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians
- September 9 - Second Budrum
- September 22 - Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
- September 29
- November 12 and 13 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
- 1825
- April 29
- May 26
- June 1 - Greeks defeat Turks between Euboea and Andros
- June 14 and 15 - Greeks defeat Turks and Egyptians near Suda Bay
- June 28 and 29 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians south of Cerigo
- August 3 - Greeks defeat Turks near Missolonghi
- November 14 - Greeks under Miaoulis vs Turks/Egyptians/Algerines/Tripolitans near Navarin
- November 25, 26, 29, 30 and December 6 and 7 - Greeks vs Turks (and allies?) near Missolonghi
- 1826
- January 22 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks
- April 15
- July 27 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks near Samos
- September 10 and 11 - Greeks vs Turks near Mitylene
- October 7 (6?) - Greeks vs Turks in Aegean Sea (?)
- 1827
- September 29 - Greeks vs Turks in Salona Bay
- October 20 Navarino - British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, de Rigny, and Geiden, destroy Turkish/Egyptian/Tunisian fleet of Tahir Pasha off south-west Greece
- 1828
- January 31 - British and French defeat Greek pirates at Grambusa
- May 26 (OS)/June 9 - Russians defeat Turks near Braila (Russo-Turkish War)
[edit] Later 19th century
- 1833 - July 5 Cape St Vincent - Portuguese fleet under British officer Sir Charles Napier defeats and captures fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel
- 1842 - Argentinians under William Brown defeat Uruguayans
- 1843
- April 30 - Texans under Edwin Ward Moore draws with Mexicans under Thomas Marin near Campeche
- Texans under Moore destroy Mexican fleet
- 1845 - November 20 Obligado - British/French ships force passage of Parana River
- 1849
- 1853 - October 30 Sinop - Russian battleships defeat Turkish frigates at Sinope, Turkey
- 1854 - British-French attack on Petropavlovsk (details)
- 1862 - March 8 and 9 Hampton Roads - First battle between ironclad warships
- 1864
- 1865 - June 11 Riachuelo - Brazilian fleet defeats Paraguayan fleet in Paraná river
- 1866
- February 7 Abtao - Spain vs Peru/Chile
- May 2 Callao
- 1866 - July 20 Lissa - Austrians under Admiral von Tegetthoff rams and drives off superior Italian fleet under Persano
- 1869 - May 4-10 Hakodate
- 1879 - October 8 Angamos - During the War of the Pacific
- 1884 - August 23 Foochow - Small French squadron annihilates Chinese force at Foochow (Fuzhou)
- 1885 - February 13 Raid on Shipu - French attack Chinese ships
- 1893-94 Brazilian Civil War [1]
- 1894
- July 25 Feng-tao - Japanese defeat Chinese
- September 17 Yalu River - Japanese defeat Chinese off Korea
- 1898
[edit] Early 20th century
- 1904
- February 9 Chemulpo - Varyag sinks
- February 9 Port Arthur
- August 10 Yellow Sea - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- August 14 Japanese Sea (Ulsan) - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- October 4-5 Dogger Bank incident - Russian fleet fires on British trawlers that have been mistaken for Japanese torpedo-boats
- 1905 - May 27-28 Tsushima - Japanese defeat Russians in large fleet battle between Korea and Japan
- 1912 - December 3 Elli - Greeks defeat Ottoman fleet
- 1913- January 18 Lemnos - Greeks defeat Ottoman fleet
[edit] World War I (1914-18)
- 1914-18 First Battle of the Atlantic
- 1914
- August 28 Heligoland Bight
- November 1 Coronel - German cruisers under von Spee defeat British cruiser force off Chile
- December 8 Falkland Islands - British cruiser force all but wipes out von Spees squadron in South Atlantic
- 1915
- January 24 Dogger Bank - Blucher sunk by British battlecruisers in North Sea
- July 2 Russian raid on Gotland - Russian cruiser squadron intercepts German cruiser force laying mines off Aaland Islands. German mine-laying cruiser Albatross sunk and cruisers Roon and Prinz Adalbert damaged.
- 1916
- 1917
- April 21 Dover Strait - Destroyer battle
- Raid on the Otranto Barrage
- Moon Sound between German and Russian forces in the Baltic sea
- November 17 Second Heligoland Bight
[edit] Between the World Wars (1919-1939)
- 1919 - British raid on Kronstadt during the Estonian Liberation War
- 1936 - September 29 Cape Espartel - during the Spanish Civil War
- 1937 - September 7 Cape Cherchell - during the Spanish Civil War
- 1938 - March 5-6 Cape Palos - during the Spanish Civil War
[edit] World War II (1939-45)
- 1939-45 Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
- 1939
- 1940
- May 10 and 13 First and Second Battles of Narvik
- July 3 Mers-el-Kebir - British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
- July 9 Calabria (Punta Stilo) - British fleet attacks Italian fleet
- July 19 Cape Spada - HMAS Sydney sinks Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete
- September 23-35 Dakar - Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar
- November 1 Taranto - British fleet attacks Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- November 27 Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada) - British fight back an Italian interception
- 1941
- January 17 Koh Chang - French defeat Siamese
- March 28 Cape Matapan - British fleet defeats Italian fleet
- April 16 - British ships attack Italian convoy Duisburg. Lampo, Tarigo and Baleno are sunk, as well as HMS Mohawk
- May 24-27 - Hunt for Bismarck
- December 7 Pearl Harbor
- December 10 South China Sea - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
- December 13 Cape Bon - British destroyers sink Italian cruisers
- December 17 First Sirte - Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
- 1942
- February 27 Java Sea - Japanese destroy ABDA fleet
- March 22 Second Sirte - Regia Marina obstacles a British convoy to Malta
- May 8 Coral Sea
- 1942-44 German U-Boats campaign in Gulf of St. Lawrence
- June 4-5 Midway - US fleet sinks four Japanese carriers in western Pacific Ocean
- August 8 Savo Island - Japanese destroy a US cruiser force
- August 24 Eastern Solomons - Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho sunk
- October 12 Cape Esperance
- October 26 Santa Cruz Islands - USS Hornet sunk near Guadalcanal, but Japanese withdraw
- November 12-15 Guadalcanal - four days and nights of fighting
- November 30 Tassafaronga
- December 31 Barents Sea - British convoy escorts fight off German surface attack
- 1943
- January 29 Rennell Island - USS Chicago lost
- March 26 Komandorski Islands - US cruiser force turns back a Japanese fleet
- July 6 Kula Gulf
- October 23 - German light force defeats similar British force (details)
- November 2 Empress Augusta Bay
- December 26 North Cape - British ships sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
- December 28 Operation Stonewall - British cruisers sink three German destroyers in the Bay of Biscay
- 1944
- June 19 Philippine Sea - US shoots down hundreds of Japanese aircraft in "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot"
- October 23-26 Leyte Gulf - Gigantic battle consisting of four main actions - the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano
[edit] Later 20th century
- 1950 Battle of Incheon
- 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
- 1971
- December 3 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi lost with all hands off Vishakapatnam, in Bay of Bengal during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. The Indian Navy claims that the submarine was sunk by two depth charges from the destroyer INS Rajput. Pakistan however has maintained that PNS Ghazi sank when the mines it was laying were accidentally detonated.
- Operation Trident (Indo-Pakistani War)
- December 8 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor sinks Indian Navy frigate INS Khukri (first submarine sinking since World War II) during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. PNS Hangor also damaged another warship INS Kirpan.
- 1973 - October 7 Latakia - Israelis defeat Syrians
- 1982 - May - Falklands War: British defeat Argentines to recapture the Falkland Islands. Argentine light cruiser ARA General Belgrano and British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield sunk.
- 1988 - April 18 Operation Praying Mantis - U.S. Navy defeats Iranian naval forces in retaliation for the mining of the USS Samuel B. Roberts during a patrol mission.
- 1998 - February 23 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash off Sri Lanka, killing more than 60.
[edit] 21st century
- 2006 - May 11 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and 4-30 Tigers dead.
