List of naval battles
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This is a chronological list of naval fleet battles:
Also see:
Single-ship actions and other major naval events
If a battle's name isn't known it's just referred to as "Action of (date)".
Contents
- 0.1 Ancient
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.7
- 0.8
- 0.9 Later 16th Century
- 0.10 Early
- 0.11 Danish-Swedish War (1643-45)
- 0.12
- 0.13 Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-74)
- 0.14 Later 17th Century
- 0.15
- 0.16 Early
- 0.17
- 0.18
- 0.19 Russo-Turkish War (1768-74)
- 0.20 American War of Independence (1776-83)
- 0.21 Russo-Turkish War (1787-92)
- 0.22
- 0.23
- 0.24
- 0.25 Independence wars
- 0.26
- 0.27
- 0.28 Later
- 0.29 Early
- 0.30
- 0.31 Between the World Wars (1919-1939)
- 0.32
- 0.33 After
- 0.34 External links
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 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
- 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
- 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 Naulochus - Agrippus defeats Pompeius
- 31 BC September 2 Actium - Octavian decisively defeats Antony and Cleopatra
- 70 - Rome vs Batavi in the Maas
- 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 defeat Byzantine Greeks under Constans II
- 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 Istanbul fleet defeats Kibyrrhaeot rebels
- 717 September 3 - Byzantines under Leo III defeats Arabs
- 718 Spring - Byzantines under Leo III defeats Arabs
- 727 - Byzantine central fleet destroys provincial Hellas and Cyclades fleet
- 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
- 868 - Byzantines under Niketas Oryphas destroy 2 Arab fleets near Thrace and in 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 Bosphorus Strait
- 956 - Tunisian fleet destroyed by Christians near Mazara
- 958 - Tunis vs Christians in Messina Strait
- 964 - Arab fleet destroys Greek fleet under Patriarch 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 Bosphorus
- 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
- 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
- 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 Demetrists, Greece
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 1284 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) 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 under d'Oria near Naples
- 1294 Laiazzo - Genoese defeat Venetians near Laiazzo
- 1298 September 8 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
- 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
- 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, La Rochelle
- 1453 April 12 - Turks attack Byzantine vessels defending Istanbul
- 1453 April 20 - Turks fail to prevent Genoese supply ships reaching Istanbul
- 1476 August 13 - French defeat Genoese near Cape St Vincent
- 1499 August 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 Modon (Second Lepanto)
- 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
- 1545 August 15 - English fight French off Portsmouth
- 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
- 1558 July 13 - English under Count Egmont defeat French under Marshal de Thermes off Gravelines
- 1560 May 11 - Turkish galleys defeat Christian force near Jerba, Tunisia (details)
- 1563 May 30 - Swedes capture 3 Danes before war is declared (details)
- 1563 September 11 - Inconclusive Danes and Lübeckers vs Swedes (details)
- 1564 May 30 and 31 - Swedes under Bagge vs Danes and Lübeckers under Trolle (details)
- 1564 July 12 - Swedish captain blows his ship up after Danish attack (details)
- 1564 August 12 and 13 - Swedes under Klas Horn defeat Danes under Herluf Trolle SE of Öland (details)
- 1565 June 4 - Danes and Lübeckers defeat Swedes near Buchow (details)
- 1565 July 7 - Swedes defeat Danes and Lübeckers between Bornholm and Rügen (details)
- 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
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
- 1570 July 15 - Turkish galliots under Uluch Ali defeat Maltese galleys under Saint-Clement near Gozo
- 1571 January - Venetians under Marco Querini defeat Turks near Famagusta, Cyprus
- 1571 October 7 Lepanto - Christian coalition decisively defeats Ottoman Turks in a large galley fight off western Greece
- 1572 August 7 and 10 - Venetians under Colonna vs Turks under Kilitch Ali between Cervi and Cerigo and near Cape Matapan
- 1572 September/October - Several skirmishes between Spanish/Venetians and Turks
- 1573 October 11 - Dutch "Sea Beggars" defeat Spanish in the Zuider Zee
- 1574 January 27 - "Sea Beggars" under Adrian van Bergen vs Spanish under Romero
- 1574 January 29 - "Sea Beggars" defeat Spanish (?)
- 1574 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 and Portuguese 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 Spanish defeat English near the Azores
- 1592 May 29 Sacheon - Koreans defeat Japanese
- 1592 July 8 Hansan - Korean navy defeats Japanese fleet in the bay of Hansan island, sinking 59 out of 73 with ironclad turtle ships
- 1592 November 1 Busan - Koreans defeat Japanese
- 1595 about late June - Maltese vs Bizertans (details)
- 1595 - 1596 Spanish defeat English raiding/invasion expeditions of the Spanish Main led by Drake and Hawkins
- 1597 July 15 Chilchonryang - Japanese defeat Koreans
- 1597 October 26 Myeongnyang - Koreans vs Japanese
- 1597 - Bizertans vs Genoese and Romans
- 1597 Spanish defeat English in the Azores Islands Expedition
- 1598 December 16 Noryang Point - Koreans vs Japanese
- 1600 December 14 - Dutch vs Spanish at Manila
Early
- 1601 December 27 Bantam - Dutch defeat Portuguese in Bantam Bay
- 1602 October 3 - Dutch under Jacob van Duivenvoorde defeat Spanish under Frederik Spinola
- 1603 May 26 - 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 - Indecisive action between a Dutch and a Portuguese fleet near Malacca (details)
- 1606 September 21 - Dutch under Cornelis Matelief destroy Portuguese ships near Malacca
- 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 the Goletta, 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 the Goletta (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 Spielbergen defeat Spanish under de Pulgar near Valdivia, Peru
- 1616 January - Spanish vs ? (details)
- 1616 about March? - Spanish under Ribera defeat Tunisians at the Goletta (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 Lambert and Spanish under Vidazabal defeat Algerines
- 1619 January 18 and 19 - Maltese vs Algerians near Malta (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 October - French vs ? near La Rochelle (details)
- 1622 Dutch ships 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 defeats 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 Jacques Colaert defeat Dutch guardships and captures 60 fishing trawlers
- 1635 August 25 - Dunkirk frigates under Jacques Colaert 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 Jacques Colaert
- 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 destroys Spanish galleons under Lopez de Hoces at Guetaría (details)
- 1638 August 7 - Venetians under Capello defeats Algerians at Corfu
- 1639 February 19 - Dutch under Maerten Tromp defeat a Dunkirk fleet under Miguel de Horna (details)
- 1639 September 17-19 - Running fight between Dutch under Tromp and Spanish under D'Oquendo who seeks shelter at the Downs(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 - Dutch fleet under Willem Loos defeats Spanish\Portuguese fleet of the coast of Brazil
- 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 Peniscola
- 1641 September 1 and 2 ? - Spanish under Pietersen defeat French and Portuguese
- 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
Danish-Swedish War (1643-45)
- 1644 May 16 - Danes defeat Dutch ships which have been hired to support Sweden (details)
- 1644 May 25 - Danes get slightly the better of 33 hired Dutch ships
- 1644 July 1 Colberger Heide (Colberg Heath) - Danish and Swedish fleets fight an inconclusive battle off NE Germany
- 1644 July 7 - Danes defeat Swedes in small battle (details)
- 1644 August 10 - Dutch fleet under Thijsen brushes past Danish fleet under King Christian IV in Kjoge Bay, Denmark (details)
- 1644 October 13 - Combined Swedish/Dutch fleet badly defeats Danish fleet near Femern, Germany (details)
- 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 Goletta, 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)
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
- 1652 August 26 Plymouth - Michiel de Ruyter's 36 men-of-war hold off Ayscue's 45 men-of-war, driving them away
- 1652 September 7 Elba (Monte Cristo) - Dutch under Jan van Galen beat back English under Badiley
- 1652 October 8 Battle of the Kentish Knock - English under Blake beat back Dutch under de With
- 1652 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
- 1653 March 13 Leghorn - Dutch under Johan van Galen defeat English under Badiley and Appleton
- 1653 June 12-13 Gabbard (North Foreland) - English defeat Dutch
- 1653 August 8-10 Scheveningen (Ter Heide, Texel)
- 1664 December 29 - English squadron under Thomas Allin attacks Dutch merchant fleet
- 1665 June 13 Lowestoft
- 1665 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
- 1666 June 11-14 Four Days - Dutch under de Ruyter defeats English fleet commanded by Albermarle and Prince Rupert of the Rhine
- 1666 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
- 1667 May 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
- 1672 June 7 Solebay
- 1673 June 7 and 14 First and Second battles of Schooneveld
- 1673 August 21 Texel (Kijkduin)
Later 17th Century
- 1645 September - Dutch fleet under Jan Lichthart destroys a Portuguese fleet 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
- 1647 - French under Richelieu defeat Austrians (?) under Don Juan de Austria
- 1652 July? - French under Vendôme defeat Spanish
- 1655 April 14 - English under Robert Blake destroy Barbary ships at Porto Farina, northern Tunisia (details)
- 1655 - French under Vendôme defeat Spanish near Barcelona
- 1657 April Santa Cruz - English under Blake defeat Spanish ([link])
- 1657 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 March 30 - Minor battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes
- 1659 April 30 - Small running battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes (details)
- 1659 - Dutch/Danes under de Ruyter defeat Swedes and liberate Nyborg
- 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
- 1675 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
- 1676 January - English defeat Tripolitans
- 1676 April 22 Agosta - French fleet under Duquesne and Dutch/Spanish fleet under de Ruyter fight to a draw. De Ruyter is mortally wounded
- 1676 June 2 Palermo - French under Comte de Vivonne defeat Dutch/Spanish under De la Cerda and Den Haen
- 1676 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
- 1676 June 1/11 Öland - Dutch/Danish fleet defeats Swedish fleet south of Öland in the Baltic Sea
- 1677 March 3 Tobago - French under d'Estrées are repelled by Dutch under Jacob Binkes (details)
- 1677 May 31 and June 1/11 - Danes defeat Swedes between Femern and Warnemunde, Baltic Sea (details)
- 1677 July 1/11 and 2 Kjöge Bay - Danes and Dutch defeat Swedish fleet
- 1677 December Tobago - French under 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 May 3 - Danes vs Swedes
- 1679 June 26, June 28, July 2 and July 20 - Series of skirmishes culminating in a Danish victory over Sweden
- 1681 July 23 - French defeats Tripolitans
- 1681 September 30 - Spanish defeat Brandenburgers near Cape St Vincent (details)
- 1686 July 12 - Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Tripolitan escort between Naxos and Nicaria
- 1686 October 4 - Venetians vs Turks near Mitylene, Greece
- 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 Bantry Bay - French defeat English off SW Ireland
- 1689 - French vs English near Casquets
- 1690 March 26 - Turks and Algerines under Mezzo Morto defeat Venetians under Valier (details)
- 1690 July 10 Beachy Head (Beveziers) - French defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet
- 1690 - French vs English and Dutch near Madras
- 1690 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
- 1692 - French defeat Spanish near Cape Finisterre
- 1692 - French defeat Tripolitans near Malta
- 1693 June Lagos Bay - French under Tourville capture 50 out of 140 merchantmen
- 1694 June 29 - French under Jean Bart defeat Dutch under Hidde de Vries and others (details)
- 1695 February 9 and 19 - Turkish fleet defeats and then fights Venetians under Zeno (details)
- 1695 April 16 - French defeat English (details)
- 1695 September 15 and 18 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks under Mezzo Morto
- 1696 (mid) - Russians vs Turks near Ochakov, Black Sea
- 1696 - French defeat Dutch (details)
- 1696 - French and English fight in Newfoundland
- 1696 - Fight near San Domingo
- 1696 August 22 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks and their allies under Mezzo Morto near Andros (details)
- 1697 - English vs French
- 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)
- 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.
Early
- 1701 August 17 - Maltese raid on La Goletta
- 1702 August 19-24 (OS) - English under Benbow - French under Ducasse draw (details)
- 1702 October 23 Vigo Bay - Anglo-Dutch fleet defeat French and Spanish and destroy Spanish treasure fleet
- 1703 May 22 Bay of Biscay - French squadron attacks a large Anglo-Dutch merchant fleet (details)
- 1704 August 24 Malaga - English and Dutch under Rooke narrowly defeat French near Malaga
- 1707 October 21 - 2 French squadrons under Forbin defeat British convoy and escort under Richard Edwards (details)
- 1709 March 2 - British vs French (details)
- 1709 June 25 - Maltese defeat Tripolitans near Cape Santa di Leuca
- 1710 April 18 - Maltese defeat Algerines
- 1713 April 12 - Maltese defeat Algerines
- 1713 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Cheul (details)
- 1716 July 8 - Venetians under Corner fight an inconclusive battle against Turks under Jannum Koggia east of Corfu (details)
- 1717 June 12, 13, 16 and 22 - Venetians under Flangini vs Turks in northern Aegean (details)
- 1717 July 19 Matapan - Venetians and their allies vs Turks in Gulf of Laconia, Greece
- 1718 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Karwar (details)
- 1718 July 20-22 - Venetians vs Turks (details)
- 1718 August 11 Cape Passaro - British under George Byng defeat Spanish near Sicily
- 1738 June 20, 28 and 29 - Russians vs Turks
- 1738 August 9 and 10 - Turks defeat Russians
- 1741 August 10 Colachel - Raja of Travancore in India defeats Dutch naval force at Colachel
- 1741 January 7 and 8 - British vs French in West Indies
- 1741 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
- 1747 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
- 1748 October 12 - British vs Spanish near Havana (details)
- 1756 May 20 Minorca - French under la Galissonnière defeat British under John Byng
- 1757 early - French under Kersaint de Coëtnempren vs British at San Domingo
- 1758 - Minor French under Duchaffault vs British under Boscawen near Ushant
- 1758 - Minor French under Durevest vs British under Saunders near Gibraltar Strait
- 1758 April 29 Cuddalore - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
- 1758 August 3 Negapatam - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
- 1759 August 19 Lagos - British under Boscawen defeat French under de la Clue
- 1759 September 10 - Light Swedish force defeats similar Prussian force near Szczecin
- 1759 September 10 Pondicherry - British fight French but are too damaged to pursue
- 1759 November 20 Quiberon Bay/Cardinaux - British defeat French near St Nazaire
Russo-Turkish War (1768-74)
- 1770 May 27 and 28 - Russians vs Turks near southern Greece (details)
- 1770 June 4 - Minor Russians vs Turks south of Athens (details)
- 1770 July 5-7 Chesma - Russian fleet defeats and burns Turkish fleet off western Turkey
- 1772 November 6-8 - Russians defeat Turks west of Patrai, Greece (details)
- 1773 July 4 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- 1773 September 3 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- 1773 September? - Russians vs Turks (details)
- 1774 June 20 and July 9/19 - Russians under Tchitchagov and Seniavin vs Turks (details)
American War of Independence (1776-83)
- 1776 October 11 Valcour Island - Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton
- 1778 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 July 6 Grenada
- 1779 end - French vs British under Hyde Parker near Fort Royal, Martinique
- 1780 January 16 Cape St Vincent - British under Rodney defeat Spanish under de Langara
- 1780 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
- 1781 April 19 Fort Royal
- 1781 - Minor French under de Grasse vs British under Hood
- 1781 - Minor French under Destouches vs British under Arbuthnot
- 1781 August 5 (15 NS?) Dogger Bank - Draw between Dutch and British squadrons
- 1781 September 5 Chesapeake Bay - French under de Grasse drive off British under Graves
- 1781 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
- 1782 February 17 Sadras - First indecisive fight between French under Suffren and British under Hughes near south-east India - Suffren fights English style
- 1782 April 9 and 12 The Saintes - British under Rodney decisively defeat French under de Grasse in the West Indies
- 1782 April 12 Providien - 2nd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- 1782 July 6 Negapatam - 3rd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- 1782 September 3 Trincomalee - Hughes fleet damages Suffren's but withdraws
- 1783 June 20 Cuddalore - Suffren prevents Hughes seizing Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes
Russo-Turkish War (1787-92)
See also [this page]
- 1787 August 30 - Russians vs Turks
- 1787 September 27, 28 and 30 - Russians vs Turks
- 1787 October 15 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1788 June 17, 18, 28 and 29 and July 9 - Russian and Turkish land and sea forces clash near Ochakov (details)
- 1788 July 14/25 Ochakov - Russia defeats Turkey near Fidonisi
- 1789 June 2-4 - Russians defeat Turks at Sinope (details)
- 1790 July 19 Kerch Strait - Slight Russian victory over Turks
- 1790 September 8 and 9 Tendra - Russians defeat Turks
- 1790 October 31 - Russians defeat Turks at the Sulina mouth
- 1790 November 17, 18 - Russians defeat Turks at Tultcha
- 1790 November 29 - Russians defeat Turks at Ismail (details)
- 1790 November 30, December 1, 2, 4-7 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1791 July 9 Machin - Russians defeat Turkish rowing vessels (details)
- 1791 August 11 Cape Kaliakra - Slight Russian victory over Turks in a largely inconclusive battle near Bulgaria
The Russian calendar was eleven days behind the Swedish during the eighteenth century, so Russian dates are eleven days earlier.
- 1788 July 17 (July 6 OS) Hogland - Bloody engagement between Swedish and Russian battlefleets. Both sides lose a ship, but Swedes withdraw.
- 1789 July 26 (July 15 OS) Öland – Indecisive action between the Swedish and Russian battlefleets.
- 1789 August 24 (August 15 OS) First Svensksund / Rochensalm – Russian galley flotilla decisively defeats Swedes
- 1789 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).
- 1790 May 15 (May 4 OS) Fredrikshamn - Swedish galley flotilla defeats Russian galley flotilla
- 1790 June 3 and 4 (May 23 and 24 OS) - Action off Kronstadt - Indecisive action between the battlefleets.
- 1790 July 3 (June 22 OS) Vyborg Bay – The Swedish battlefleet and galley flotilla break through the Russian blockade, suffering heavy losses.
- 1790 July 9 (June 28 OS) Second Svensksund / Rochensalm - Decisive victory of the Swedish galley flotilla.
- 1793 November 18 - Short, inconclusive British-French battle (details)
- 1794 January 22 and 25 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1794 June 1 The Glorious First of June - British fleet defeats French fleet in North Atlantic but French grain convoy makes it through to Brest
- 1795 June 20 Groix - British under Hood defeat French under Villaret-Joyeuse off Groix, France
- 1797 February 14 Cape St Vincent - British under Jervis defeat Spanish near Gibraltar
- 1797 March 26 - Austrian vessels, supported by Venetian battleship, fight off small French attack (details)
- 1797 May 16 - Danish vessels get the better of Tripolitans near Tripoli, Libya (details)
- 1797 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
- 1798 October 12 - British defeat French invasion force off western Ireland (details)
- 1798 October 28 - Minor British vs French
- 1799 August 4 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1799 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
- 1801 July 6-12 Algeciras - French defeat initial British assault, British counter-attack and defeat Franco-Spanish force.
- 1803 May 23, 24 and 27 - 4 ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force (details)
- 1803 May 31, June 1 - Adams vs Tripolitan gunboats
- 1803 - Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
- 1804 February 15 Pulo Aura - French attack British convoy
- 1804 August 3, 7, 23/24 and 28 and September 2 - 5 raids on Tripoli (details)
- 1805 about February - French squadron raids British (details)
- 1805 July 4? - French capture British East Indiaman (details)
- 1805 July 4 - 2 Russian ships defeat French gunboat force (details)
- 1805 July 22 Cape Finisterre - Inconclusive action between British Admiral Calder and French Admiral Villeneuve
- 1805 August 6 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1805 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
- 1805 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
- 1806 July 4 - Russians defeat French in Narenta Channel
- 1806 July 26 - British defeat Dutch (details)
- 1806 September 25 - British battleships defeat French frigate force (details)
- 1807 February 19 - British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May - British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May 22, 23 Dardanelles - Russians under Admiral Seniavin defeat Turks near Cape Janizary
- 1807 July 1 Athos (Lemnos/Monte Sancto) - Russians under Seniavin defeats Turks in northern Aegean
- 1807 August 23 and 31 - Danes defeat British light forces near Copenhagen (details)
- 1807 September 2-7 Copenhagen - British forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture the Danish fleet
- 1809 June 31 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1809 October 26 and 31 Cette and ? - Southern France
- 1810 July 3 - French frigate force defeats British East Indiamen in Mozambique Channel (details)
- 1811 March 13 Lissa - British frigates under Hoste defeat larger Franco-Venetian squadron under Dubordieu off Lissa (Vis) in the Adriatic
- 1811 November 29 - Britain captures French frigate (details)
- 1812 February 22 - Britain captures French battleship Rivoli (details)
- 1812 July 12 Lyngør - British sink last Danish frigate
- 1813 November 5 - Skirmish between British and French near Toulon (details)
Independence wars
- 1811 March 2 - Spanish defeat Argentines under Juan B. Azopardo at San Nicolás on the Paraná River
- 1814 March 11 - Argentines under William Brown attack Spanish under Romerate (details)
- 1814 May 14, 16 and 17 - Argentines under William Brown defeat Spanish (details)
- 1823 May 4 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese (details)
- 1823 July 2, 4 and 6 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese
- 1823 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
- 1826 Punta Collares
- 1826 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
- 1827 February 24 - Argentines under Brown vs Brazilians near Quilmes
- 1827 April 6 and 7 Monte Santiago - Brazilians defeat Argentines under William Brown
- 1812 July 19 Sacket's Harbor - US turns back British naval attack
- 1813 May 28-29 Sacket's Harbor - US General Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir George Prevost
- 1813 September 13 Lake Erie
- 1814 September 11 Plattsburg (Lake Champlain) - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie
- 1821 March 4 - Greeks vs Turks north-west of Zakinthos
- 1821 June 5, 6 and 8 - Greeks defeat Turks
- 1821 August 10-c. 13 - Skirmishes
- 1821 October 1 - Skirmish
- 1822 March 4
- 1822 May 31
- 1822 June 18-19 Chios - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
- 1823 September 27 - Greeks vs Turks west of Lemnos
- 1823 October 23 - Greeks vs Turks near Pondikonisi
- 1824 August 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and c. 26 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Africans
- 1824 September 1 First Budrun - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt
- 1824 September 9 Second Budrun
- 1824 September 22 - Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
- 1824 September 29
- 1824 November 12 and 13 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
- 1825 April 29
- 1825 May 26
- 1825 June 1 - Greeks defeats Turks between Euboea and Andros
- 1825 June 14 and 15 - Greeks defeats Turks and Egypt near Suda Bay
- 1825 June 28 and 29 - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt south of Cerigo
- 1825 August 3 - Greeks defeats Turks near Missolonghi
- 1825 November 14 - Greeks under Miaoulis vs Turks/Egyptians/Algerines/Tripolitans near Navarin
- 1825 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
- 1826 April 15
- 1826 July 27 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks near Samos
- 1826 September 10 and 11 - Greeks vs Turks near Mitylene
- 1826 October 7 (6?) - Greeks vs Turks in Aegean Sea (?)
- 1827 September 29 - Greeks vs Turks in Salona Bay
- 1827 October 20 Navarino - British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, 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 Grabusa
- 1828 June 9 - Russian gunboat force defeats similar Turkish force near Braila
Later
- 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
- 1843? - Texans under Moore destroy Mexican fleet
- 1845 November 20 Obligado - British/French ships force passage of Parana River
- 1849 May 3 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Kiel
- 1849 May 11 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Bulk
- 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 February Eckernfjorde - Danish ships defeated by Prussia
- 1864 March 17 Jasmund - Prussians vs Danes
- 1864 May 9 Helgoland - Danish fleet defeats Prussian-Austrian fleet in the North Sea
- 1865 June 11 Riachuelo - Brazilian fleet defeats Paraguayan fleet in Paraná river
- 1866 February 7 Abtao - Spain vs Peru/Chile
- 1866 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 - [External site]
- 1894 July 25 Feng-tao - Japanese defeat Chinese
- 1894 September 17 Yalu River - Japanese defeat Chinese off Korea
- 1898 May 1 Manila Bay
- 1898 July 3 Santiago de Cuba
Early
- 1904 February 9 Chemulpo - Varyag sinks
- 1904 February 9 Port Arthur
- 1904 August 10 Yellow Sea - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 August 14 Japanese Sea (Ulsan) - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 October 4-5 Dogger Bank incident - Russian fleet fires on British trawlers it's mistaken for Japanese torpedo-boats
- 1905 May 27-28 Tsushima - Japanese defeat Russians in large fleet battle in between Korea and Japan
- 1912 Dardanelles
- 1912 October Lemnos
- 1912 December 3 Dardanellia
- 1913 January 5-18 Lemnos
- 1914-18 First Battle of the Atlantic
- 1914 August 28 Heligoland Bight
- 1914 November 1 Coronel - German cruisers under von Spee defeat British cruiser force off Chile
- 1914 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
- 1915 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 May 31-June 1 Jutland - Only engagements of the main fleets in WW1
- 1917 April 21 Dover Strait - Destroyer battle
- 1917 Raid on the Otranto Barrage
- 1917 Battle of Moon Sound between German and Russian forces in the Baltic sea
- 1917 November 17 Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
Between the World Wars (1919-1939)
- 1919 - British raid on Kronstadt
- 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
- 1939-45 Second Battle of the Atlantic
- 1939 December 13 River Plate
- 1940 May 10 and 13 - First and Second Battles of Narvik
- 1940 July 3 Mers-el-Kebir - British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
- 1940 July 9 Calabria (Punta Stilo) - British fleet attacks Italian fleet
- 1940 July 19 Cape Spada - HMAS Sydney sinks Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete
- 1940 September 23-35 Dakar - Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar
- 1940 November 1 Taranto - British fleet attacks Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1940 November 27 Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada) - British fight back an Italian interception
- 1941 January - Free French defeat Siamese at Koh Chang
- 1941 March 28 Cape Matapan - British fleet defeats Italian fleet
- 1941 May 24-27 - Hunt for Bismarck
- 1941 December 7 Pearl Harbor
- 1941 December 10 South China Sea - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
- 1941 December 13 Cape Bon - British destroyers sink Italian cruisers
- 1941 December 17 First Sirte - Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
- 1942 February 27 Java Sea - Japanese destroy ABDA fleet
- 1942 March 22 Second Sirte - Regia Marina obstacles a British convoy to Malta
- 1942 May 8 Coral Sea
- 1942 June 4-5 Midway - US fleet sinks four Japanese carriers in western Pacific Ocean
- 1942 August 8 Savo Island - Japanese destroy a US cruiser force
- 1942 August 24 Eastern Solomons - Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho sunk
- 1942 October 12 Cape Esperance
- 1942 October 26 Santa Cruz Islands - near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw
- 1942 November 12-15 Guadalcanal - four days and nights of fighting
- 1942 November 30 Tassafaronga
- 1942 December 31 Barents Sea - British convoy escorts fight off German surface attack
- 1943 January 29 Rennell Island - USS Chicago lost
- 1943 March 26 Komandorski Islands - US cruiser force turns back a Japanese fleet
- 1943 July 6 Kula Gulf
- 1943 November 2 Empress Augusta Bay
- 1943 December 26 North Cape - British ships sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
- 1943 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"
- 1944 October 23-26 Leyte Gulf - Gigantic battle consisting of four main actions - the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano
After
- 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
- 1971 December 3 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi lost with all hands off Vishakapatnam, in Bay Of Bengal, claimed as sunk by Indian Navy destroyer INS Rajput
- 1971 December 8 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor sinks Indian Navy frigate INS Khukri (first submarine sinking since World War II)
- 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.
- 2006 May 11 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and 4-30 Tigers dead.
External links
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- 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
- 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 Demetrists, Greece
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 1284 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) 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 under d'Oria near Naples
- 1294 Laiazzo - Genoese defeat Venetians near Laiazzo
- 1298 September 8 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
- 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
- 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, La Rochelle
- 1453 April 12 - Turks attack Byzantine vessels defending Istanbul
- 1453 April 20 - Turks fail to prevent Genoese supply ships reaching Istanbul
- 1476 August 13 - French defeat Genoese near Cape St Vincent
- 1499 August 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 Modon (Second Lepanto)
- 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
- 1545 August 15 - English fight French off Portsmouth
- 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
- 1558 July 13 - English under Count Egmont defeat French under Marshal de Thermes off Gravelines
- 1560 May 11 - Turkish galleys defeat Christian force near Jerba, Tunisia (details)
- 1563 May 30 - Swedes capture 3 Danes before war is declared (details)
- 1563 September 11 - Inconclusive Danes and Lübeckers vs Swedes (details)
- 1564 May 30 and 31 - Swedes under Bagge vs Danes and Lübeckers under Trolle (details)
- 1564 July 12 - Swedish captain blows his ship up after Danish attack (details)
- 1564 August 12 and 13 - Swedes under Klas Horn defeat Danes under Herluf Trolle SE of Öland (details)
- 1565 June 4 - Danes and Lübeckers defeat Swedes near Buchow (details)
- 1565 July 7 - Swedes defeat Danes and Lübeckers between Bornholm and Rügen (details)
- 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
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
- 1570 July 15 - Turkish galliots under Uluch Ali defeat Maltese galleys under Saint-Clement near Gozo
- 1571 January - Venetians under Marco Querini defeat Turks near Famagusta, Cyprus
- 1571 October 7 Lepanto - Christian coalition decisively defeats Ottoman Turks in a large galley fight off western Greece
- 1572 August 7 and 10 - Venetians under Colonna vs Turks under Kilitch Ali between Cervi and Cerigo and near Cape Matapan
- 1572 September/October - Several skirmishes between Spanish/Venetians and Turks
- 1573 October 11 - Dutch "Sea Beggars" defeat Spanish in the Zuider Zee
- 1574 January 27 - "Sea Beggars" under Adrian van Bergen vs Spanish under Romero
- 1574 January 29 - "Sea Beggars" defeat Spanish (?)
- 1574 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 and Portuguese 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 Spanish defeat English near the Azores
- 1592 May 29 Sacheon - Koreans defeat Japanese
- 1592 July 8 Hansan - Korean navy defeats Japanese fleet in the bay of Hansan island, sinking 59 out of 73 with ironclad turtle ships
- 1592 November 1 Busan - Koreans defeat Japanese
- 1595 about late June - Maltese vs Bizertans (details)
- 1595 - 1596 Spanish defeat English raiding/invasion expeditions of the Spanish Main led by Drake and Hawkins
- 1597 July 15 Chilchonryang - Japanese defeat Koreans
- 1597 October 26 Myeongnyang - Koreans vs Japanese
- 1597 - Bizertans vs Genoese and Romans
- 1597 Spanish defeat English in the Azores Islands Expedition
- 1598 December 16 Noryang Point - Koreans vs Japanese
- 1600 December 14 - Dutch vs Spanish at Manila
Early
- 1601 December 27 Bantam - Dutch defeat Portuguese in Bantam Bay
- 1602 October 3 - Dutch under Jacob van Duivenvoorde defeat Spanish under Frederik Spinola
- 1603 May 26 - 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 - Indecisive action between a Dutch and a Portuguese fleet near Malacca (details)
- 1606 September 21 - Dutch under Cornelis Matelief destroy Portuguese ships near Malacca
- 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 the Goletta, 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 the Goletta (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 Spielbergen defeat Spanish under de Pulgar near Valdivia, Peru
- 1616 January - Spanish vs ? (details)
- 1616 about March? - Spanish under Ribera defeat Tunisians at the Goletta (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 Lambert and Spanish under Vidazabal defeat Algerines
- 1619 January 18 and 19 - Maltese vs Algerians near Malta (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 October - French vs ? near La Rochelle (details)
- 1622 Dutch ships 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 defeats 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 Jacques Colaert defeat Dutch guardships and captures 60 fishing trawlers
- 1635 August 25 - Dunkirk frigates under Jacques Colaert 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 Jacques Colaert
- 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 destroys Spanish galleons under Lopez de Hoces at Guetaría (details)
- 1638 August 7 - Venetians under Capello defeats Algerians at Corfu
- 1639 February 19 - Dutch under Maerten Tromp defeat a Dunkirk fleet under Miguel de Horna (details)
- 1639 September 17-19 - Running fight between Dutch under Tromp and Spanish under D'Oquendo who seeks shelter at the Downs(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 - Dutch fleet under Willem Loos defeats Spanish\Portuguese fleet of the coast of Brazil
- 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 Peniscola
- 1641 September 1 and 2 ? - Spanish under Pietersen defeat French and Portuguese
- 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
Danish-Swedish War (1643-45)
- 1644 May 16 - Danes defeat Dutch ships which have been hired to support Sweden (details)
- 1644 May 25 - Danes get slightly the better of 33 hired Dutch ships
- 1644 July 1 Colberger Heide (Colberg Heath) - Danish and Swedish fleets fight an inconclusive battle off NE Germany
- 1644 July 7 - Danes defeat Swedes in small battle (details)
- 1644 August 10 - Dutch fleet under Thijsen brushes past Danish fleet under King Christian IV in Kjoge Bay, Denmark (details)
- 1644 October 13 - Combined Swedish/Dutch fleet badly defeats Danish fleet near Femern, Germany (details)
- 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 Goletta, 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)
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
- 1652 August 26 Plymouth - Michiel de Ruyter's 36 men-of-war hold off Ayscue's 45 men-of-war, driving them away
- 1652 September 7 Elba (Monte Cristo) - Dutch under Jan van Galen beat back English under Badiley
- 1652 October 8 Battle of the Kentish Knock - English under Blake beat back Dutch under de With
- 1652 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
- 1653 March 13 Leghorn - Dutch under Johan van Galen defeat English under Badiley and Appleton
- 1653 June 12-13 Gabbard (North Foreland) - English defeat Dutch
- 1653 August 8-10 Scheveningen (Ter Heide, Texel)
- 1664 December 29 - English squadron under Thomas Allin attacks Dutch merchant fleet
- 1665 June 13 Lowestoft
- 1665 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
- 1666 June 11-14 Four Days - Dutch under de Ruyter defeats English fleet commanded by Albermarle and Prince Rupert of the Rhine
- 1666 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
- 1667 May 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
- 1672 June 7 Solebay
- 1673 June 7 and 14 First and Second battles of Schooneveld
- 1673 August 21 Texel (Kijkduin)
Later 17th Century
- 1645 September - Dutch fleet under Jan Lichthart destroys a Portuguese fleet 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
- 1647 - French under Richelieu defeat Austrians (?) under Don Juan de Austria
- 1652 July? - French under Vendôme defeat Spanish
- 1655 April 14 - English under Robert Blake destroy Barbary ships at Porto Farina, northern Tunisia (details)
- 1655 - French under Vendôme defeat Spanish near Barcelona
- 1657 April Santa Cruz - English under Blake defeat Spanish ([link])
- 1657 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 March 30 - Minor battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes
- 1659 April 30 - Small running battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes (details)
- 1659 - Dutch/Danes under de Ruyter defeat Swedes and liberate Nyborg
- 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
- 1675 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
- 1676 January - English defeat Tripolitans
- 1676 April 22 Agosta - French fleet under Duquesne and Dutch/Spanish fleet under de Ruyter fight to a draw. De Ruyter is mortally wounded
- 1676 June 2 Palermo - French under Comte de Vivonne defeat Dutch/Spanish under De la Cerda and Den Haen
- 1676 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
- 1676 June 1/11 Öland - Dutch/Danish fleet defeats Swedish fleet south of Öland in the Baltic Sea
- 1677 March 3 Tobago - French under d'Estrées are repelled by Dutch under Jacob Binkes (details)
- 1677 May 31 and June 1/11 - Danes defeat Swedes between Femern and Warnemunde, Baltic Sea (details)
- 1677 July 1/11 and 2 Kjöge Bay - Danes and Dutch defeat Swedish fleet
- 1677 December Tobago - French under 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 May 3 - Danes vs Swedes
- 1679 June 26, June 28, July 2 and July 20 - Series of skirmishes culminating in a Danish victory over Sweden
- 1681 July 23 - French defeats Tripolitans
- 1681 September 30 - Spanish defeat Brandenburgers near Cape St Vincent (details)
- 1686 July 12 - Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Tripolitan escort between Naxos and Nicaria
- 1686 October 4 - Venetians vs Turks near Mitylene, Greece
- 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 Bantry Bay - French defeat English off SW Ireland
- 1689 - French vs English near Casquets
- 1690 March 26 - Turks and Algerines under Mezzo Morto defeat Venetians under Valier (details)
- 1690 July 10 Beachy Head (Beveziers) - French defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet
- 1690 - French vs English and Dutch near Madras
- 1690 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
- 1692 - French defeat Spanish near Cape Finisterre
- 1692 - French defeat Tripolitans near Malta
- 1693 June Lagos Bay - French under Tourville capture 50 out of 140 merchantmen
- 1694 June 29 - French under Jean Bart defeat Dutch under Hidde de Vries and others (details)
- 1695 February 9 and 19 - Turkish fleet defeats and then fights Venetians under Zeno (details)
- 1695 April 16 - French defeat English (details)
- 1695 September 15 and 18 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks under Mezzo Morto
- 1696 (mid) - Russians vs Turks near Ochakov, Black Sea
- 1696 - French defeat Dutch (details)
- 1696 - French and English fight in Newfoundland
- 1696 - Fight near San Domingo
- 1696 August 22 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks and their allies under Mezzo Morto near Andros (details)
- 1697 - English vs French
- 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)
- 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.
Early
- 1701 August 17 - Maltese raid on La Goletta
- 1702 August 19-24 (OS) - English under Benbow - French under Ducasse draw (details)
- 1702 October 23 Vigo Bay - Anglo-Dutch fleet defeat French and Spanish and destroy Spanish treasure fleet
- 1703 May 22 Bay of Biscay - French squadron attacks a large Anglo-Dutch merchant fleet (details)
- 1704 August 24 Malaga - English and Dutch under Rooke narrowly defeat French near Malaga
- 1707 October 21 - 2 French squadrons under Forbin defeat British convoy and escort under Richard Edwards (details)
- 1709 March 2 - British vs French (details)
- 1709 June 25 - Maltese defeat Tripolitans near Cape Santa di Leuca
- 1710 April 18 - Maltese defeat Algerines
- 1713 April 12 - Maltese defeat Algerines
- 1713 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Cheul (details)
- 1716 July 8 - Venetians under Corner fight an inconclusive battle against Turks under Jannum Koggia east of Corfu (details)
- 1717 June 12, 13, 16 and 22 - Venetians under Flangini vs Turks in northern Aegean (details)
- 1717 July 19 Matapan - Venetians and their allies vs Turks in Gulf of Laconia, Greece
- 1718 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Karwar (details)
- 1718 July 20-22 - Venetians vs Turks (details)
- 1718 August 11 Cape Passaro - British under George Byng defeat Spanish near Sicily
- 1738 June 20, 28 and 29 - Russians vs Turks
- 1738 August 9 and 10 - Turks defeat Russians
- 1741 August 10 Colachel - Raja of Travancore in India defeats Dutch naval force at Colachel
- 1741 January 7 and 8 - British vs French in West Indies
- 1741 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
- 1747 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
- 1748 October 12 - British vs Spanish near Havana (details)
- 1756 May 20 Minorca - French under la Galissonnière defeat British under John Byng
- 1757 early - French under Kersaint de Coëtnempren vs British at San Domingo
- 1758 - Minor French under Duchaffault vs British under Boscawen near Ushant
- 1758 - Minor French under Durevest vs British under Saunders near Gibraltar Strait
- 1758 April 29 Cuddalore - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
- 1758 August 3 Negapatam - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
- 1759 August 19 Lagos - British under Boscawen defeat French under de la Clue
- 1759 September 10 - Light Swedish force defeats similar Prussian force near Szczecin
- 1759 September 10 Pondicherry - British fight French but are too damaged to pursue
- 1759 November 20 Quiberon Bay/Cardinaux - British defeat French near St Nazaire
Russo-Turkish War (1768-74)
- 1770 May 27 and 28 - Russians vs Turks near southern Greece (details)
- 1770 June 4 - Minor Russians vs Turks south of Athens (details)
- 1770 July 5-7 Chesma - Russian fleet defeats and burns Turkish fleet off western Turkey
- 1772 November 6-8 - Russians defeat Turks west of Patrai, Greece (details)
- 1773 July 4 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- 1773 September 3 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- 1773 September? - Russians vs Turks (details)
- 1774 June 20 and July 9/19 - Russians under Tchitchagov and Seniavin vs Turks (details)
American War of Independence (1776-83)
- 1776 October 11 Valcour Island - Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton
- 1778 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 July 6 Grenada
- 1779 end - French vs British under Hyde Parker near Fort Royal, Martinique
- 1780 January 16 Cape St Vincent - British under Rodney defeat Spanish under de Langara
- 1780 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
- 1781 April 19 Fort Royal
- 1781 - Minor French under de Grasse vs British under Hood
- 1781 - Minor French under Destouches vs British under Arbuthnot
- 1781 August 5 (15 NS?) Dogger Bank - Draw between Dutch and British squadrons
- 1781 September 5 Chesapeake Bay - French under de Grasse drive off British under Graves
- 1781 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
- 1782 February 17 Sadras - First indecisive fight between French under Suffren and British under Hughes near south-east India - Suffren fights English style
- 1782 April 9 and 12 The Saintes - British under Rodney decisively defeat French under de Grasse in the West Indies
- 1782 April 12 Providien - 2nd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- 1782 July 6 Negapatam - 3rd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- 1782 September 3 Trincomalee - Hughes fleet damages Suffren's but withdraws
- 1783 June 20 Cuddalore - Suffren prevents Hughes seizing Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes
Russo-Turkish War (1787-92)
See also [this page]
- 1787 August 30 - Russians vs Turks
- 1787 September 27, 28 and 30 - Russians vs Turks
- 1787 October 15 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1788 June 17, 18, 28 and 29 and July 9 - Russian and Turkish land and sea forces clash near Ochakov (details)
- 1788 July 14/25 Ochakov - Russia defeats Turkey near Fidonisi
- 1789 June 2-4 - Russians defeat Turks at Sinope (details)
- 1790 July 19 Kerch Strait - Slight Russian victory over Turks
- 1790 September 8 and 9 Tendra - Russians defeat Turks
- 1790 October 31 - Russians defeat Turks at the Sulina mouth
- 1790 November 17, 18 - Russians defeat Turks at Tultcha
- 1790 November 29 - Russians defeat Turks at Ismail (details)
- 1790 November 30, December 1, 2, 4-7 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1791 July 9 Machin - Russians defeat Turkish rowing vessels (details)
- 1791 August 11 Cape Kaliakra - Slight Russian victory over Turks in a largely inconclusive battle near Bulgaria
The Russian calendar was eleven days behind the Swedish during the eighteenth century, so Russian dates are eleven days earlier.
- 1788 July 17 (July 6 OS) Hogland - Bloody engagement between Swedish and Russian battlefleets. Both sides lose a ship, but Swedes withdraw.
- 1789 July 26 (July 15 OS) Öland – Indecisive action between the Swedish and Russian battlefleets.
- 1789 August 24 (August 15 OS) First Svensksund / Rochensalm – Russian galley flotilla decisively defeats Swedes
- 1789 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).
- 1790 May 15 (May 4 OS) Fredrikshamn - Swedish galley flotilla defeats Russian galley flotilla
- 1790 June 3 and 4 (May 23 and 24 OS) - Action off Kronstadt - Indecisive action between the battlefleets.
- 1790 July 3 (June 22 OS) Vyborg Bay – The Swedish battlefleet and galley flotilla break through the Russian blockade, suffering heavy losses.
- 1790 July 9 (June 28 OS) Second Svensksund / Rochensalm - Decisive victory of the Swedish galley flotilla.
- 1793 November 18 - Short, inconclusive British-French battle (details)
- 1794 January 22 and 25 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1794 June 1 The Glorious First of June - British fleet defeats French fleet in North Atlantic but French grain convoy makes it through to Brest
- 1795 June 20 Groix - British under Hood defeat French under Villaret-Joyeuse off Groix, France
- 1797 February 14 Cape St Vincent - British under Jervis defeat Spanish near Gibraltar
- 1797 March 26 - Austrian vessels, supported by Venetian battleship, fight off small French attack (details)
- 1797 May 16 - Danish vessels get the better of Tripolitans near Tripoli, Libya (details)
- 1797 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
- 1798 October 12 - British defeat French invasion force off western Ireland (details)
- 1798 October 28 - Minor British vs French
- 1799 August 4 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1799 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
- 1801 July 6-12 Algeciras - French defeat initial British assault, British counter-attack and defeat Franco-Spanish force.
- 1803 May 23, 24 and 27 - 4 ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force (details)
- 1803 May 31, June 1 - Adams vs Tripolitan gunboats
- 1803 - Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
- 1804 February 15 Pulo Aura - French attack British convoy
- 1804 August 3, 7, 23/24 and 28 and September 2 - 5 raids on Tripoli (details)
- 1805 about February - French squadron raids British (details)
- 1805 July 4? - French capture British East Indiaman (details)
- 1805 July 4 - 2 Russian ships defeat French gunboat force (details)
- 1805 July 22 Cape Finisterre - Inconclusive action between British Admiral Calder and French Admiral Villeneuve
- 1805 August 6 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1805 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
- 1805 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
- 1806 July 4 - Russians defeat French in Narenta Channel
- 1806 July 26 - British defeat Dutch (details)
- 1806 September 25 - British battleships defeat French frigate force (details)
- 1807 February 19 - British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May - British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May 22, 23 Dardanelles - Russians under Admiral Seniavin defeat Turks near Cape Janizary
- 1807 July 1 Athos (Lemnos/Monte Sancto) - Russians under Seniavin defeats Turks in northern Aegean
- 1807 August 23 and 31 - Danes defeat British light forces near Copenhagen (details)
- 1807 September 2-7 Copenhagen - British forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture the Danish fleet
- 1809 June 31 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1809 October 26 and 31 Cette and ? - Southern France
- 1810 July 3 - French frigate force defeats British East Indiamen in Mozambique Channel (details)
- 1811 March 13 Lissa - British frigates under Hoste defeat larger Franco-Venetian squadron under Dubordieu off Lissa (Vis) in the Adriatic
- 1811 November 29 - Britain captures French frigate (details)
- 1812 February 22 - Britain captures French battleship Rivoli (details)
- 1812 July 12 Lyngør - British sink last Danish frigate
- 1813 November 5 - Skirmish between British and French near Toulon (details)
Independence wars
- 1811 March 2 - Spanish defeat Argentines under Juan B. Azopardo at San Nicolás on the Paraná River
- 1814 March 11 - Argentines under William Brown attack Spanish under Romerate (details)
- 1814 May 14, 16 and 17 - Argentines under William Brown defeat Spanish (details)
- 1823 May 4 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese (details)
- 1823 July 2, 4 and 6 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese
- 1823 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
- 1826 Punta Collares
- 1826 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
- 1827 February 24 - Argentines under Brown vs Brazilians near Quilmes
- 1827 April 6 and 7 Monte Santiago - Brazilians defeat Argentines under William Brown
- 1812 July 19 Sacket's Harbor - US turns back British naval attack
- 1813 May 28-29 Sacket's Harbor - US General Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir George Prevost
- 1813 September 13 Lake Erie
- 1814 September 11 Plattsburg (Lake Champlain) - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie
- 1821 March 4 - Greeks vs Turks north-west of Zakinthos
- 1821 June 5, 6 and 8 - Greeks defeat Turks
- 1821 August 10-c. 13 - Skirmishes
- 1821 October 1 - Skirmish
- 1822 March 4
- 1822 May 31
- 1822 June 18-19 Chios - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
- 1823 September 27 - Greeks vs Turks west of Lemnos
- 1823 October 23 - Greeks vs Turks near Pondikonisi
- 1824 August 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and c. 26 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Africans
- 1824 September 1 First Budrun - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt
- 1824 September 9 Second Budrun
- 1824 September 22 - Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
- 1824 September 29
- 1824 November 12 and 13 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
- 1825 April 29
- 1825 May 26
- 1825 June 1 - Greeks defeats Turks between Euboea and Andros
- 1825 June 14 and 15 - Greeks defeats Turks and Egypt near Suda Bay
- 1825 June 28 and 29 - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt south of Cerigo
- 1825 August 3 - Greeks defeats Turks near Missolonghi
- 1825 November 14 - Greeks under Miaoulis vs Turks/Egyptians/Algerines/Tripolitans near Navarin
- 1825 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
- 1826 April 15
- 1826 July 27 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks near Samos
- 1826 September 10 and 11 - Greeks vs Turks near Mitylene
- 1826 October 7 (6?) - Greeks vs Turks in Aegean Sea (?)
- 1827 September 29 - Greeks vs Turks in Salona Bay
- 1827 October 20 Navarino - British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, 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 Grabusa
- 1828 June 9 - Russian gunboat force defeats similar Turkish force near Braila
Later
- 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
- 1843? - Texans under Moore destroy Mexican fleet
- 1845 November 20 Obligado - British/French ships force passage of Parana River
- 1849 May 3 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Kiel
- 1849 May 11 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Bulk
- 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 February Eckernfjorde - Danish ships defeated by Prussia
- 1864 March 17 Jasmund - Prussians vs Danes
- 1864 May 9 Helgoland - Danish fleet defeats Prussian-Austrian fleet in the North Sea
- 1865 June 11 Riachuelo - Brazilian fleet defeats Paraguayan fleet in Paraná river
- 1866 February 7 Abtao - Spain vs Peru/Chile
- 1866 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 - [External site]
- 1894 July 25 Feng-tao - Japanese defeat Chinese
- 1894 September 17 Yalu River - Japanese defeat Chinese off Korea
- 1898 May 1 Manila Bay
- 1898 July 3 Santiago de Cuba
Early
- 1904 February 9 Chemulpo - Varyag sinks
- 1904 February 9 Port Arthur
- 1904 August 10 Yellow Sea - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 August 14 Japanese Sea (Ulsan) - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 October 4-5 Dogger Bank incident - Russian fleet fires on British trawlers it's mistaken for Japanese torpedo-boats
- 1905 May 27-28 Tsushima - Japanese defeat Russians in large fleet battle in between Korea and Japan
- 1912 Dardanelles
- 1912 October Lemnos
- 1912 December 3 Dardanellia
- 1913 January 5-18 Lemnos
- 1914-18 First Battle of the Atlantic
- 1914 August 28 Heligoland Bight
- 1914 November 1 Coronel - German cruisers under von Spee defeat British cruiser force off Chile
- 1914 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
- 1915 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 May 31-June 1 Jutland - Only engagements of the main fleets in WW1
- 1917 April 21 Dover Strait - Destroyer battle
- 1917 Raid on the Otranto Barrage
- 1917 Battle of Moon Sound between German and Russian forces in the Baltic sea
- 1917 November 17 Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
Between the World Wars (1919-1939)
- 1919 - British raid on Kronstadt
- 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
- 1939-45 Second Battle of the Atlantic
- 1939 December 13 River Plate
- 1940 May 10 and 13 - First and Second Battles of Narvik
- 1940 July 3 Mers-el-Kebir - British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
- 1940 July 9 Calabria (Punta Stilo) - British fleet attacks Italian fleet
- 1940 July 19 Cape Spada - HMAS Sydney sinks Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete
- 1940 September 23-35 Dakar - Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar
- 1940 November 1 Taranto - British fleet attacks Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1940 November 27 Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada) - British fight back an Italian interception
- 1941 January - Free French defeat Siamese at Koh Chang
- 1941 March 28 Cape Matapan - British fleet defeats Italian fleet
- 1941 May 24-27 - Hunt for Bismarck
- 1941 December 7 Pearl Harbor
- 1941 December 10 South China Sea - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
- 1941 December 13 Cape Bon - British destroyers sink Italian cruisers
- 1941 December 17 First Sirte - Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
- 1942 February 27 Java Sea - Japanese destroy ABDA fleet
- 1942 March 22 Second Sirte - Regia Marina obstacles a British convoy to Malta
- 1942 May 8 Coral Sea
- 1942 June 4-5 Midway - US fleet sinks four Japanese carriers in western Pacific Ocean
- 1942 August 8 Savo Island - Japanese destroy a US cruiser force
- 1942 August 24 Eastern Solomons - Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho sunk
- 1942 October 12 Cape Esperance
- 1942 October 26 Santa Cruz Islands - near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw
- 1942 November 12-15 Guadalcanal - four days and nights of fighting
- 1942 November 30 Tassafaronga
- 1942 December 31 Barents Sea - British convoy escorts fight off German surface attack
- 1943 January 29 Rennell Island - USS Chicago lost
- 1943 March 26 Komandorski Islands - US cruiser force turns back a Japanese fleet
- 1943 July 6 Kula Gulf
- 1943 November 2 Empress Augusta Bay
- 1943 December 26 North Cape - British ships sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
- 1943 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"
- 1944 October 23-26 Leyte Gulf - Gigantic battle consisting of four main actions - the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano
After
- 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
- 1971 December 3 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi lost with all hands off Vishakapatnam, in Bay Of Bengal, claimed as sunk by Indian Navy destroyer INS Rajput
- 1971 December 8 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor sinks Indian Navy frigate INS Khukri (first submarine sinking since World War II)
- 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.
- 2006 May 11 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and 4-30 Tigers dead.
External links
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- 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
- 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, La Rochelle
- 1453 April 12 - Turks attack Byzantine vessels defending Istanbul
- 1453 April 20 - Turks fail to prevent Genoese supply ships reaching Istanbul
- 1476 August 13 - French defeat Genoese near Cape St Vincent
- 1499 August 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 Modon (Second Lepanto)
- 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
- 1545 August 15 - English fight French off Portsmouth
- 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
- 1558 July 13 - English under Count Egmont defeat French under Marshal de Thermes off Gravelines
- 1560 May 11 - Turkish galleys defeat Christian force near Jerba, Tunisia (details)
- 1563 May 30 - Swedes capture 3 Danes before war is declared (details)
- 1563 September 11 - Inconclusive Danes and Lübeckers vs Swedes (details)
- 1564 May 30 and 31 - Swedes under Bagge vs Danes and Lübeckers under Trolle (details)
- 1564 July 12 - Swedish captain blows his ship up after Danish attack (details)
- 1564 August 12 and 13 - Swedes under Klas Horn defeat Danes under Herluf Trolle SE of Öland (details)
- 1565 June 4 - Danes and Lübeckers defeat Swedes near Buchow (details)
- 1565 July 7 - Swedes defeat Danes and Lübeckers between Bornholm and Rügen (details)
- 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
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
- 1570 July 15 - Turkish galliots under Uluch Ali defeat Maltese galleys under Saint-Clement near Gozo
- 1571 January - Venetians under Marco Querini defeat Turks near Famagusta, Cyprus
- 1571 October 7 Lepanto - Christian coalition decisively defeats Ottoman Turks in a large galley fight off western Greece
- 1572 August 7 and 10 - Venetians under Colonna vs Turks under Kilitch Ali between Cervi and Cerigo and near Cape Matapan
- 1572 September/October - Several skirmishes between Spanish/Venetians and Turks
- 1573 October 11 - Dutch "Sea Beggars" defeat Spanish in the Zuider Zee
- 1574 January 27 - "Sea Beggars" under Adrian van Bergen vs Spanish under Romero
- 1574 January 29 - "Sea Beggars" defeat Spanish (?)
- 1574 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 and Portuguese 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 Spanish defeat English near the Azores
- 1592 May 29 Sacheon - Koreans defeat Japanese
- 1592 July 8 Hansan - Korean navy defeats Japanese fleet in the bay of Hansan island, sinking 59 out of 73 with ironclad turtle ships
- 1592 November 1 Busan - Koreans defeat Japanese
- 1595 about late June - Maltese vs Bizertans (details)
- 1595 - 1596 Spanish defeat English raiding/invasion expeditions of the Spanish Main led by Drake and Hawkins
- 1597 July 15 Chilchonryang - Japanese defeat Koreans
- 1597 October 26 Myeongnyang - Koreans vs Japanese
- 1597 - Bizertans vs Genoese and Romans
- 1597 Spanish defeat English in the Azores Islands Expedition
- 1598 December 16 Noryang Point - Koreans vs Japanese
- 1600 December 14 - Dutch vs Spanish at Manila
Early
- 1601 December 27 Bantam - Dutch defeat Portuguese in Bantam Bay
- 1602 October 3 - Dutch under Jacob van Duivenvoorde defeat Spanish under Frederik Spinola
- 1603 May 26 - 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 - Indecisive action between a Dutch and a Portuguese fleet near Malacca (details)
- 1606 September 21 - Dutch under Cornelis Matelief destroy Portuguese ships near Malacca
- 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 the Goletta, 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 the Goletta (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 Spielbergen defeat Spanish under de Pulgar near Valdivia, Peru
- 1616 January - Spanish vs ? (details)
- 1616 about March? - Spanish under Ribera defeat Tunisians at the Goletta (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 Lambert and Spanish under Vidazabal defeat Algerines
- 1619 January 18 and 19 - Maltese vs Algerians near Malta (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 October - French vs ? near La Rochelle (details)
- 1622 Dutch ships 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 defeats 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 Jacques Colaert defeat Dutch guardships and captures 60 fishing trawlers
- 1635 August 25 - Dunkirk frigates under Jacques Colaert 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 Jacques Colaert
- 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 destroys Spanish galleons under Lopez de Hoces at Guetaría (details)
- 1638 August 7 - Venetians under Capello defeats Algerians at Corfu
- 1639 February 19 - Dutch under Maerten Tromp defeat a Dunkirk fleet under Miguel de Horna (details)
- 1639 September 17-19 - Running fight between Dutch under Tromp and Spanish under D'Oquendo who seeks shelter at the Downs(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 - Dutch fleet under Willem Loos defeats Spanish\Portuguese fleet of the coast of Brazil
- 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 Peniscola
- 1641 September 1 and 2 ? - Spanish under Pietersen defeat French and Portuguese
- 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
Danish-Swedish War (1643-45)
- 1644 May 16 - Danes defeat Dutch ships which have been hired to support Sweden (details)
- 1644 May 25 - Danes get slightly the better of 33 hired Dutch ships
- 1644 July 1 Colberger Heide (Colberg Heath) - Danish and Swedish fleets fight an inconclusive battle off NE Germany
- 1644 July 7 - Danes defeat Swedes in small battle (details)
- 1644 August 10 - Dutch fleet under Thijsen brushes past Danish fleet under King Christian IV in Kjoge Bay, Denmark (details)
- 1644 October 13 - Combined Swedish/Dutch fleet badly defeats Danish fleet near Femern, Germany (details)
- 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 Goletta, 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)
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
- 1652 August 26 Plymouth - Michiel de Ruyter's 36 men-of-war hold off Ayscue's 45 men-of-war, driving them away
- 1652 September 7 Elba (Monte Cristo) - Dutch under Jan van Galen beat back English under Badiley
- 1652 October 8 Battle of the Kentish Knock - English under Blake beat back Dutch under de With
- 1652 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
- 1653 March 13 Leghorn - Dutch under Johan van Galen defeat English under Badiley and Appleton
- 1653 June 12-13 Gabbard (North Foreland) - English defeat Dutch
- 1653 August 8-10 Scheveningen (Ter Heide, Texel)
- 1664 December 29 - English squadron under Thomas Allin attacks Dutch merchant fleet
- 1665 June 13 Lowestoft
- 1665 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
- 1666 June 11-14 Four Days - Dutch under de Ruyter defeats English fleet commanded by Albermarle and Prince Rupert of the Rhine
- 1666 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
- 1667 May 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
- 1672 June 7 Solebay
- 1673 June 7 and 14 First and Second battles of Schooneveld
- 1673 August 21 Texel (Kijkduin)
Later 17th Century
- 1645 September - Dutch fleet under Jan Lichthart destroys a Portuguese fleet 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
- 1647 - French under Richelieu defeat Austrians (?) under Don Juan de Austria
- 1652 July? - French under Vendôme defeat Spanish
- 1655 April 14 - English under Robert Blake destroy Barbary ships at Porto Farina, northern Tunisia (details)
- 1655 - French under Vendôme defeat Spanish near Barcelona
- 1657 April Santa Cruz - English under Blake defeat Spanish ([link])
- 1657 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 March 30 - Minor battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes
- 1659 April 30 - Small running battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes (details)
- 1659 - Dutch/Danes under de Ruyter defeat Swedes and liberate Nyborg
- 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
- 1675 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
- 1676 January - English defeat Tripolitans
- 1676 April 22 Agosta - French fleet under Duquesne and Dutch/Spanish fleet under de Ruyter fight to a draw. De Ruyter is mortally wounded
- 1676 June 2 Palermo - French under Comte de Vivonne defeat Dutch/Spanish under De la Cerda and Den Haen
- 1676 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
- 1676 June 1/11 Öland - Dutch/Danish fleet defeats Swedish fleet south of Öland in the Baltic Sea
- 1677 March 3 Tobago - French under d'Estrées are repelled by Dutch under Jacob Binkes (details)
- 1677 May 31 and June 1/11 - Danes defeat Swedes between Femern and Warnemunde, Baltic Sea (details)
- 1677 July 1/11 and 2 Kjöge Bay - Danes and Dutch defeat Swedish fleet
- 1677 December Tobago - French under 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 May 3 - Danes vs Swedes
- 1679 June 26, June 28, July 2 and July 20 - Series of skirmishes culminating in a Danish victory over Sweden
- 1681 July 23 - French defeats Tripolitans
- 1681 September 30 - Spanish defeat Brandenburgers near Cape St Vincent (details)
- 1686 July 12 - Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Tripolitan escort between Naxos and Nicaria
- 1686 October 4 - Venetians vs Turks near Mitylene, Greece
- 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 Bantry Bay - French defeat English off SW Ireland
- 1689 - French vs English near Casquets
- 1690 March 26 - Turks and Algerines under Mezzo Morto defeat Venetians under Valier (details)
- 1690 July 10 Beachy Head (Beveziers) - French defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet
- 1690 - French vs English and Dutch near Madras
- 1690 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
- 1692 - French defeat Spanish near Cape Finisterre
- 1692 - French defeat Tripolitans near Malta
- 1693 June Lagos Bay - French under Tourville capture 50 out of 140 merchantmen
- 1694 June 29 - French under Jean Bart defeat Dutch under Hidde de Vries and others (details)
- 1695 February 9 and 19 - Turkish fleet defeats and then fights Venetians under Zeno (details)
- 1695 April 16 - French defeat English (details)
- 1695 September 15 and 18 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks under Mezzo Morto
- 1696 (mid) - Russians vs Turks near Ochakov, Black Sea
- 1696 - French defeat Dutch (details)
- 1696 - French and English fight in Newfoundland
- 1696 - Fight near San Domingo
- 1696 August 22 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks and their allies under Mezzo Morto near Andros (details)
- 1697 - English vs French
- 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)
- 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.
Early
- 1701 August 17 - Maltese raid on La Goletta
- 1702 August 19-24 (OS) - English under Benbow - French under Ducasse draw (details)
- 1702 October 23 Vigo Bay - Anglo-Dutch fleet defeat French and Spanish and destroy Spanish treasure fleet
- 1703 May 22 Bay of Biscay - French squadron attacks a large Anglo-Dutch merchant fleet (details)
- 1704 August 24 Malaga - English and Dutch under Rooke narrowly defeat French near Malaga
- 1707 October 21 - 2 French squadrons under Forbin defeat British convoy and escort under Richard Edwards (details)
- 1709 March 2 - British vs French (details)
- 1709 June 25 - Maltese defeat Tripolitans near Cape Santa di Leuca
- 1710 April 18 - Maltese defeat Algerines
- 1713 April 12 - Maltese defeat Algerines
- 1713 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Cheul (details)
- 1716 July 8 - Venetians under Corner fight an inconclusive battle against Turks under Jannum Koggia east of Corfu (details)
- 1717 June 12, 13, 16 and 22 - Venetians under Flangini vs Turks in northern Aegean (details)
- 1717 July 19 Matapan - Venetians and their allies vs Turks in Gulf of Laconia, Greece
- 1718 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Karwar (details)
- 1718 July 20-22 - Venetians vs Turks (details)
- 1718 August 11 Cape Passaro - British under George Byng defeat Spanish near Sicily
- 1738 June 20, 28 and 29 - Russians vs Turks
- 1738 August 9 and 10 - Turks defeat Russians
- 1741 August 10 Colachel - Raja of Travancore in India defeats Dutch naval force at Colachel
- 1741 January 7 and 8 - British vs French in West Indies
- 1741 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
- 1747 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
- 1748 October 12 - British vs Spanish near Havana (details)
- 1756 May 20 Minorca - French under la Galissonnière defeat British under John Byng
- 1757 early - French under Kersaint de Coëtnempren vs British at San Domingo
- 1758 - Minor French under Duchaffault vs British under Boscawen near Ushant
- 1758 - Minor French under Durevest vs British under Saunders near Gibraltar Strait
- 1758 April 29 Cuddalore - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
- 1758 August 3 Negapatam - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
- 1759 August 19 Lagos - British under Boscawen defeat French under de la Clue
- 1759 September 10 - Light Swedish force defeats similar Prussian force near Szczecin
- 1759 September 10 Pondicherry - British fight French but are too damaged to pursue
- 1759 November 20 Quiberon Bay/Cardinaux - British defeat French near St Nazaire
Russo-Turkish War (1768-74)
- 1770 May 27 and 28 - Russians vs Turks near southern Greece (details)
- 1770 June 4 - Minor Russians vs Turks south of Athens (details)
- 1770 July 5-7 Chesma - Russian fleet defeats and burns Turkish fleet off western Turkey
- 1772 November 6-8 - Russians defeat Turks west of Patrai, Greece (details)
- 1773 July 4 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- 1773 September 3 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- 1773 September? - Russians vs Turks (details)
- 1774 June 20 and July 9/19 - Russians under Tchitchagov and Seniavin vs Turks (details)
American War of Independence (1776-83)
- 1776 October 11 Valcour Island - Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton
- 1778 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 July 6 Grenada
- 1779 end - French vs British under Hyde Parker near Fort Royal, Martinique
- 1780 January 16 Cape St Vincent - British under Rodney defeat Spanish under de Langara
- 1780 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
- 1781 April 19 Fort Royal
- 1781 - Minor French under de Grasse vs British under Hood
- 1781 - Minor French under Destouches vs British under Arbuthnot
- 1781 August 5 (15 NS?) Dogger Bank - Draw between Dutch and British squadrons
- 1781 September 5 Chesapeake Bay - French under de Grasse drive off British under Graves
- 1781 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
- 1782 February 17 Sadras - First indecisive fight between French under Suffren and British under Hughes near south-east India - Suffren fights English style
- 1782 April 9 and 12 The Saintes - British under Rodney decisively defeat French under de Grasse in the West Indies
- 1782 April 12 Providien - 2nd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- 1782 July 6 Negapatam - 3rd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- 1782 September 3 Trincomalee - Hughes fleet damages Suffren's but withdraws
- 1783 June 20 Cuddalore - Suffren prevents Hughes seizing Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes
Russo-Turkish War (1787-92)
See also [this page]
- 1787 August 30 - Russians vs Turks
- 1787 September 27, 28 and 30 - Russians vs Turks
- 1787 October 15 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1788 June 17, 18, 28 and 29 and July 9 - Russian and Turkish land and sea forces clash near Ochakov (details)
- 1788 July 14/25 Ochakov - Russia defeats Turkey near Fidonisi
- 1789 June 2-4 - Russians defeat Turks at Sinope (details)
- 1790 July 19 Kerch Strait - Slight Russian victory over Turks
- 1790 September 8 and 9 Tendra - Russians defeat Turks
- 1790 October 31 - Russians defeat Turks at the Sulina mouth
- 1790 November 17, 18 - Russians defeat Turks at Tultcha
- 1790 November 29 - Russians defeat Turks at Ismail (details)
- 1790 November 30, December 1, 2, 4-7 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1791 July 9 Machin - Russians defeat Turkish rowing vessels (details)
- 1791 August 11 Cape Kaliakra - Slight Russian victory over Turks in a largely inconclusive battle near Bulgaria
The Russian calendar was eleven days behind the Swedish during the eighteenth century, so Russian dates are eleven days earlier.
- 1788 July 17 (July 6 OS) Hogland - Bloody engagement between Swedish and Russian battlefleets. Both sides lose a ship, but Swedes withdraw.
- 1789 July 26 (July 15 OS) Öland – Indecisive action between the Swedish and Russian battlefleets.
- 1789 August 24 (August 15 OS) First Svensksund / Rochensalm – Russian galley flotilla decisively defeats Swedes
- 1789 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).
- 1790 May 15 (May 4 OS) Fredrikshamn - Swedish galley flotilla defeats Russian galley flotilla
- 1790 June 3 and 4 (May 23 and 24 OS) - Action off Kronstadt - Indecisive action between the battlefleets.
- 1790 July 3 (June 22 OS) Vyborg Bay – The Swedish battlefleet and galley flotilla break through the Russian blockade, suffering heavy losses.
- 1790 July 9 (June 28 OS) Second Svensksund / Rochensalm - Decisive victory of the Swedish galley flotilla.
- 1793 November 18 - Short, inconclusive British-French battle (details)
- 1794 January 22 and 25 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1794 June 1 The Glorious First of June - British fleet defeats French fleet in North Atlantic but French grain convoy makes it through to Brest
- 1795 June 20 Groix - British under Hood defeat French under Villaret-Joyeuse off Groix, France
- 1797 February 14 Cape St Vincent - British under Jervis defeat Spanish near Gibraltar
- 1797 March 26 - Austrian vessels, supported by Venetian battleship, fight off small French attack (details)
- 1797 May 16 - Danish vessels get the better of Tripolitans near Tripoli, Libya (details)
- 1797 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
- 1798 October 12 - British defeat French invasion force off western Ireland (details)
- 1798 October 28 - Minor British vs French
- 1799 August 4 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1799 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
- 1801 July 6-12 Algeciras - French defeat initial British assault, British counter-attack and defeat Franco-Spanish force.
- 1803 May 23, 24 and 27 - 4 ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force (details)
- 1803 May 31, June 1 - Adams vs Tripolitan gunboats
- 1803 - Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
- 1804 February 15 Pulo Aura - French attack British convoy
- 1804 August 3, 7, 23/24 and 28 and September 2 - 5 raids on Tripoli (details)
- 1805 about February - French squadron raids British (details)
- 1805 July 4? - French capture British East Indiaman (details)
- 1805 July 4 - 2 Russian ships defeat French gunboat force (details)
- 1805 July 22 Cape Finisterre - Inconclusive action between British Admiral Calder and French Admiral Villeneuve
- 1805 August 6 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1805 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
- 1805 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
- 1806 July 4 - Russians defeat French in Narenta Channel
- 1806 July 26 - British defeat Dutch (details)
- 1806 September 25 - British battleships defeat French frigate force (details)
- 1807 February 19 - British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May - British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May 22, 23 Dardanelles - Russians under Admiral Seniavin defeat Turks near Cape Janizary
- 1807 July 1 Athos (Lemnos/Monte Sancto) - Russians under Seniavin defeats Turks in northern Aegean
- 1807 August 23 and 31 - Danes defeat British light forces near Copenhagen (details)
- 1807 September 2-7 Copenhagen - British forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture the Danish fleet
- 1809 June 31 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1809 October 26 and 31 Cette and ? - Southern France
- 1810 July 3 - French frigate force defeats British East Indiamen in Mozambique Channel (details)
- 1811 March 13 Lissa - British frigates under Hoste defeat larger Franco-Venetian squadron under Dubordieu off Lissa (Vis) in the Adriatic
- 1811 November 29 - Britain captures French frigate (details)
- 1812 February 22 - Britain captures French battleship Rivoli (details)
- 1812 July 12 Lyngør - British sink last Danish frigate
- 1813 November 5 - Skirmish between British and French near Toulon (details)
Independence wars
- 1811 March 2 - Spanish defeat Argentines under Juan B. Azopardo at San Nicolás on the Paraná River
- 1814 March 11 - Argentines under William Brown attack Spanish under Romerate (details)
- 1814 May 14, 16 and 17 - Argentines under William Brown defeat Spanish (details)
- 1823 May 4 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese (details)
- 1823 July 2, 4 and 6 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese
- 1823 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
- 1826 Punta Collares
- 1826 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
- 1827 February 24 - Argentines under Brown vs Brazilians near Quilmes
- 1827 April 6 and 7 Monte Santiago - Brazilians defeat Argentines under William Brown
- 1812 July 19 Sacket's Harbor - US turns back British naval attack
- 1813 May 28-29 Sacket's Harbor - US General Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir George Prevost
- 1813 September 13 Lake Erie
- 1814 September 11 Plattsburg (Lake Champlain) - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie
- 1821 March 4 - Greeks vs Turks north-west of Zakinthos
- 1821 June 5, 6 and 8 - Greeks defeat Turks
- 1821 August 10-c. 13 - Skirmishes
- 1821 October 1 - Skirmish
- 1822 March 4
- 1822 May 31
- 1822 June 18-19 Chios - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
- 1823 September 27 - Greeks vs Turks west of Lemnos
- 1823 October 23 - Greeks vs Turks near Pondikonisi
- 1824 August 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and c. 26 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Africans
- 1824 September 1 First Budrun - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt
- 1824 September 9 Second Budrun
- 1824 September 22 - Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
- 1824 September 29
- 1824 November 12 and 13 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
- 1825 April 29
- 1825 May 26
- 1825 June 1 - Greeks defeats Turks between Euboea and Andros
- 1825 June 14 and 15 - Greeks defeats Turks and Egypt near Suda Bay
- 1825 June 28 and 29 - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt south of Cerigo
- 1825 August 3 - Greeks defeats Turks near Missolonghi
- 1825 November 14 - Greeks under Miaoulis vs Turks/Egyptians/Algerines/Tripolitans near Navarin
- 1825 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
- 1826 April 15
- 1826 July 27 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks near Samos
- 1826 September 10 and 11 - Greeks vs Turks near Mitylene
- 1826 October 7 (6?) - Greeks vs Turks in Aegean Sea (?)
- 1827 September 29 - Greeks vs Turks in Salona Bay
- 1827 October 20 Navarino - British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, 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 Grabusa
- 1828 June 9 - Russian gunboat force defeats similar Turkish force near Braila
Later
- 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
- 1843? - Texans under Moore destroy Mexican fleet
- 1845 November 20 Obligado - British/French ships force passage of Parana River
- 1849 May 3 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Kiel
- 1849 May 11 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Bulk
- 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 February Eckernfjorde - Danish ships defeated by Prussia
- 1864 March 17 Jasmund - Prussians vs Danes
- 1864 May 9 Helgoland - Danish fleet defeats Prussian-Austrian fleet in the North Sea
- 1865 June 11 Riachuelo - Brazilian fleet defeats Paraguayan fleet in Paraná river
- 1866 February 7 Abtao - Spain vs Peru/Chile
- 1866 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 - [External site]
- 1894 July 25 Feng-tao - Japanese defeat Chinese
- 1894 September 17 Yalu River - Japanese defeat Chinese off Korea
- 1898 May 1 Manila Bay
- 1898 July 3 Santiago de Cuba
Early
- 1904 February 9 Chemulpo - Varyag sinks
- 1904 February 9 Port Arthur
- 1904 August 10 Yellow Sea - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 August 14 Japanese Sea (Ulsan) - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 October 4-5 Dogger Bank incident - Russian fleet fires on British trawlers it's mistaken for Japanese torpedo-boats
- 1905 May 27-28 Tsushima - Japanese defeat Russians in large fleet battle in between Korea and Japan
- 1912 Dardanelles
- 1912 October Lemnos
- 1912 December 3 Dardanellia
- 1913 January 5-18 Lemnos
- 1914-18 First Battle of the Atlantic
- 1914 August 28 Heligoland Bight
- 1914 November 1 Coronel - German cruisers under von Spee defeat British cruiser force off Chile
- 1914 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
- 1915 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 May 31-June 1 Jutland - Only engagements of the main fleets in WW1
- 1917 April 21 Dover Strait - Destroyer battle
- 1917 Raid on the Otranto Barrage
- 1917 Battle of Moon Sound between German and Russian forces in the Baltic sea
- 1917 November 17 Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
Between the World Wars (1919-1939)
- 1919 - British raid on Kronstadt
- 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
- 1939-45 Second Battle of the Atlantic
- 1939 December 13 River Plate
- 1940 May 10 and 13 - First and Second Battles of Narvik
- 1940 July 3 Mers-el-Kebir - British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
- 1940 July 9 Calabria (Punta Stilo) - British fleet attacks Italian fleet
- 1940 July 19 Cape Spada - HMAS Sydney sinks Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete
- 1940 September 23-35 Dakar - Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar
- 1940 November 1 Taranto - British fleet attacks Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1940 November 27 Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada) - British fight back an Italian interception
- 1941 January - Free French defeat Siamese at Koh Chang
- 1941 March 28 Cape Matapan - British fleet defeats Italian fleet
- 1941 May 24-27 - Hunt for Bismarck
- 1941 December 7 Pearl Harbor
- 1941 December 10 South China Sea - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
- 1941 December 13 Cape Bon - British destroyers sink Italian cruisers
- 1941 December 17 First Sirte - Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
- 1942 February 27 Java Sea - Japanese destroy ABDA fleet
- 1942 March 22 Second Sirte - Regia Marina obstacles a British convoy to Malta
- 1942 May 8 Coral Sea
- 1942 June 4-5 Midway - US fleet sinks four Japanese carriers in western Pacific Ocean
- 1942 August 8 Savo Island - Japanese destroy a US cruiser force
- 1942 August 24 Eastern Solomons - Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho sunk
- 1942 October 12 Cape Esperance
- 1942 October 26 Santa Cruz Islands - near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw
- 1942 November 12-15 Guadalcanal - four days and nights of fighting
- 1942 November 30 Tassafaronga
- 1942 December 31 Barents Sea - British convoy escorts fight off German surface attack
- 1943 January 29 Rennell Island - USS Chicago lost
- 1943 March 26 Komandorski Islands - US cruiser force turns back a Japanese fleet
- 1943 July 6 Kula Gulf
- 1943 November 2 Empress Augusta Bay
- 1943 December 26 North Cape - British ships sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
- 1943 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"
- 1944 October 23-26 Leyte Gulf - Gigantic battle consisting of four main actions - the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano
After
- 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
- 1971 December 3 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi lost with all hands off Vishakapatnam, in Bay Of Bengal, claimed as sunk by Indian Navy destroyer INS Rajput
- 1971 December 8 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor sinks Indian Navy frigate INS Khukri (first submarine sinking since World War II)
- 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.
- 2006 May 11 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and 4-30 Tigers dead.
External links
- [link]
- 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
- 1545 August 15 - English fight French off Portsmouth
- 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
- 1558 July 13 - English under Count Egmont defeat French under Marshal de Thermes off Gravelines
- 1560 May 11 - Turkish galleys defeat Christian force near Jerba, Tunisia (details)
- 1563 May 30 - Swedes capture 3 Danes before war is declared (details)
- 1563 September 11 - Inconclusive Danes and Lübeckers vs Swedes (details)
- 1564 May 30 and 31 - Swedes under Bagge vs Danes and Lübeckers under Trolle (details)
- 1564 July 12 - Swedish captain blows his ship up after Danish attack (details)
- 1564 August 12 and 13 - Swedes under Klas Horn defeat Danes under Herluf Trolle SE of Öland (details)
- 1565 June 4 - Danes and Lübeckers defeat Swedes near Buchow (details)
- 1565 July 7 - Swedes defeat Danes and Lübeckers between Bornholm and Rügen (details)
- 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
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
- 1570 July 15 - Turkish galliots under Uluch Ali defeat Maltese galleys under Saint-Clement near Gozo
- 1571 January - Venetians under Marco Querini defeat Turks near Famagusta, Cyprus
- 1571 October 7 Lepanto - Christian coalition decisively defeats Ottoman Turks in a large galley fight off western Greece
- 1572 August 7 and 10 - Venetians under Colonna vs Turks under Kilitch Ali between Cervi and Cerigo and near Cape Matapan
- 1572 September/October - Several skirmishes between Spanish/Venetians and Turks
- 1573 October 11 - Dutch "Sea Beggars" defeat Spanish in the Zuider Zee
- 1574 January 27 - "Sea Beggars" under Adrian van Bergen vs Spanish under Romero
- 1574 January 29 - "Sea Beggars" defeat Spanish (?)
- 1574 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 and Portuguese 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 Spanish defeat English near the Azores
- 1592 May 29 Sacheon - Koreans defeat Japanese
- 1592 July 8 Hansan - Korean navy defeats Japanese fleet in the bay of Hansan island, sinking 59 out of 73 with ironclad turtle ships
- 1592 November 1 Busan - Koreans defeat Japanese
- 1595 about late June - Maltese vs Bizertans (details)
- 1595 - 1596 Spanish defeat English raiding/invasion expeditions of the Spanish Main led by Drake and Hawkins
- 1597 July 15 Chilchonryang - Japanese defeat Koreans
- 1597 October 26 Myeongnyang - Koreans vs Japanese
- 1597 - Bizertans vs Genoese and Romans
- 1597 Spanish defeat English in the Azores Islands Expedition
- 1598 December 16 Noryang Point - Koreans vs Japanese
- 1600 December 14 - Dutch vs Spanish at Manila
Early
- 1601 December 27 Bantam - Dutch defeat Portuguese in Bantam Bay
- 1602 October 3 - Dutch under Jacob van Duivenvoorde defeat Spanish under Frederik Spinola
- 1603 May 26 - 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 - Indecisive action between a Dutch and a Portuguese fleet near Malacca (details)
- 1606 September 21 - Dutch under Cornelis Matelief destroy Portuguese ships near Malacca
- 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 the Goletta, 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 the Goletta (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 Spielbergen defeat Spanish under de Pulgar near Valdivia, Peru
- 1616 January - Spanish vs ? (details)
- 1616 about March? - Spanish under Ribera defeat Tunisians at the Goletta (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 Lambert and Spanish under Vidazabal defeat Algerines
- 1619 January 18 and 19 - Maltese vs Algerians near Malta (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 October - French vs ? near La Rochelle (details)
- 1622 Dutch ships 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 defeats 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 Jacques Colaert defeat Dutch guardships and captures 60 fishing trawlers
- 1635 August 25 - Dunkirk frigates under Jacques Colaert 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 Jacques Colaert
- 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 destroys Spanish galleons under Lopez de Hoces at Guetaría (details)
- 1638 August 7 - Venetians under Capello defeats Algerians at Corfu
- 1639 February 19 - Dutch under Maerten Tromp defeat a Dunkirk fleet under Miguel de Horna (details)
- 1639 September 17-19 - Running fight between Dutch under Tromp and Spanish under D'Oquendo who seeks shelter at the Downs(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 - Dutch fleet under Willem Loos defeats Spanish\Portuguese fleet of the coast of Brazil
- 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 Peniscola
- 1641 September 1 and 2 ? - Spanish under Pietersen defeat French and Portuguese
- 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
Danish-Swedish War (1643-45)
- 1644 May 16 - Danes defeat Dutch ships which have been hired to support Sweden (details)
- 1644 May 25 - Danes get slightly the better of 33 hired Dutch ships
- 1644 July 1 Colberger Heide (Colberg Heath) - Danish and Swedish fleets fight an inconclusive battle off NE Germany
- 1644 July 7 - Danes defeat Swedes in small battle (details)
- 1644 August 10 - Dutch fleet under Thijsen brushes past Danish fleet under King Christian IV in Kjoge Bay, Denmark (details)
- 1644 October 13 - Combined Swedish/Dutch fleet badly defeats Danish fleet near Femern, Germany (details)
- 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 Goletta, 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)
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
- 1652 August 26 Plymouth - Michiel de Ruyter's 36 men-of-war hold off Ayscue's 45 men-of-war, driving them away
- 1652 September 7 Elba (Monte Cristo) - Dutch under Jan van Galen beat back English under Badiley
- 1652 October 8 Battle of the Kentish Knock - English under Blake beat back Dutch under de With
- 1652 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
- 1653 March 13 Leghorn - Dutch under Johan van Galen defeat English under Badiley and Appleton
- 1653 June 12-13 Gabbard (North Foreland) - English defeat Dutch
- 1653 August 8-10 Scheveningen (Ter Heide, Texel)
- 1664 December 29 - English squadron under Thomas Allin attacks Dutch merchant fleet
- 1665 June 13 Lowestoft
- 1665 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
- 1666 June 11-14 Four Days - Dutch under de Ruyter defeats English fleet commanded by Albermarle and Prince Rupert of the Rhine
- 1666 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
- 1667 May 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
- 1672 June 7 Solebay
- 1673 June 7 and 14 First and Second battles of Schooneveld
- 1673 August 21 Texel (Kijkduin)
Later 17th Century
- 1645 September - Dutch fleet under Jan Lichthart destroys a Portuguese fleet 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
- 1647 - French under Richelieu defeat Austrians (?) under Don Juan de Austria
- 1652 July? - French under Vendôme defeat Spanish
- 1655 April 14 - English under Robert Blake destroy Barbary ships at Porto Farina, northern Tunisia (details)
- 1655 - French under Vendôme defeat Spanish near Barcelona
- 1657 April Santa Cruz - English under Blake defeat Spanish ([link])
- 1657 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 March 30 - Minor battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes
- 1659 April 30 - Small running battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes (details)
- 1659 - Dutch/Danes under de Ruyter defeat Swedes and liberate Nyborg
- 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
- 1675 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
- 1676 January - English defeat Tripolitans
- 1676 April 22 Agosta - French fleet under Duquesne and Dutch/Spanish fleet under de Ruyter fight to a draw. De Ruyter is mortally wounded
- 1676 June 2 Palermo - French under Comte de Vivonne defeat Dutch/Spanish under De la Cerda and Den Haen
- 1676 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
- 1676 June 1/11 Öland - Dutch/Danish fleet defeats Swedish fleet south of Öland in the Baltic Sea
- 1677 March 3 Tobago - French under d'Estrées are repelled by Dutch under Jacob Binkes (details)
- 1677 May 31 and June 1/11 - Danes defeat Swedes between Femern and Warnemunde, Baltic Sea (details)
- 1677 July 1/11 and 2 Kjöge Bay - Danes and Dutch defeat Swedish fleet
- 1677 December Tobago - French under 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 May 3 - Danes vs Swedes
- 1679 June 26, June 28, July 2 and July 20 - Series of skirmishes culminating in a Danish victory over Sweden
- 1681 July 23 - French defeats Tripolitans
- 1681 September 30 - Spanish defeat Brandenburgers near Cape St Vincent (details)
- 1686 July 12 - Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Tripolitan escort between Naxos and Nicaria
- 1686 October 4 - Venetians vs Turks near Mitylene, Greece
- 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 Bantry Bay - French defeat English off SW Ireland
- 1689 - French vs English near Casquets
- 1690 March 26 - Turks and Algerines under Mezzo Morto defeat Venetians under Valier (details)
- 1690 July 10 Beachy Head (Beveziers) - French defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet
- 1690 - French vs English and Dutch near Madras
- 1690 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
- 1692 - French defeat Spanish near Cape Finisterre
- 1692 - French defeat Tripolitans near Malta
- 1693 June Lagos Bay - French under Tourville capture 50 out of 140 merchantmen
- 1694 June 29 - French under Jean Bart defeat Dutch under Hidde de Vries and others (details)
- 1695 February 9 and 19 - Turkish fleet defeats and then fights Venetians under Zeno (details)
- 1695 April 16 - French defeat English (details)
- 1695 September 15 and 18 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks under Mezzo Morto
- 1696 (mid) - Russians vs Turks near Ochakov, Black Sea
- 1696 - French defeat Dutch (details)
- 1696 - French and English fight in Newfoundland
- 1696 - Fight near San Domingo
- 1696 August 22 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks and their allies under Mezzo Morto near Andros (details)
- 1697 - English vs French
- 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)
- 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.
Early
- 1701 August 17 - Maltese raid on La Goletta
- 1702 August 19-24 (OS) - English under Benbow - French under Ducasse draw (details)
- 1702 October 23 Vigo Bay - Anglo-Dutch fleet defeat French and Spanish and destroy Spanish treasure fleet
- 1703 May 22 Bay of Biscay - French squadron attacks a large Anglo-Dutch merchant fleet (details)
- 1704 August 24 Malaga - English and Dutch under Rooke narrowly defeat French near Malaga
- 1707 October 21 - 2 French squadrons under Forbin defeat British convoy and escort under Richard Edwards (details)
- 1709 March 2 - British vs French (details)
- 1709 June 25 - Maltese defeat Tripolitans near Cape Santa di Leuca
- 1710 April 18 - Maltese defeat Algerines
- 1713 April 12 - Maltese defeat Algerines
- 1713 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Cheul (details)
- 1716 July 8 - Venetians under Corner fight an inconclusive battle against Turks under Jannum Koggia east of Corfu (details)
- 1717 June 12, 13, 16 and 22 - Venetians under Flangini vs Turks in northern Aegean (details)
- 1717 July 19 Matapan - Venetians and their allies vs Turks in Gulf of Laconia, Greece
- 1718 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Karwar (details)
- 1718 July 20-22 - Venetians vs Turks (details)
- 1718 August 11 Cape Passaro - British under George Byng defeat Spanish near Sicily
- 1738 June 20, 28 and 29 - Russians vs Turks
- 1738 August 9 and 10 - Turks defeat Russians
- 1741 August 10 Colachel - Raja of Travancore in India defeats Dutch naval force at Colachel
- 1741 January 7 and 8 - British vs French in West Indies
- 1741 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
- 1747 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
- 1748 October 12 - British vs Spanish near Havana (details)
- 1756 May 20 Minorca - French under la Galissonnière defeat British under John Byng
- 1757 early - French under Kersaint de Coëtnempren vs British at San Domingo
- 1758 - Minor French under Duchaffault vs British under Boscawen near Ushant
- 1758 - Minor French under Durevest vs British under Saunders near Gibraltar Strait
- 1758 April 29 Cuddalore - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
- 1758 August 3 Negapatam - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
- 1759 August 19 Lagos - British under Boscawen defeat French under de la Clue
- 1759 September 10 - Light Swedish force defeats similar Prussian force near Szczecin
- 1759 September 10 Pondicherry - British fight French but are too damaged to pursue
- 1759 November 20 Quiberon Bay/Cardinaux - British defeat French near St Nazaire
Russo-Turkish War (1768-74)
- 1770 May 27 and 28 - Russians vs Turks near southern Greece (details)
- 1770 June 4 - Minor Russians vs Turks south of Athens (details)
- 1770 July 5-7 Chesma - Russian fleet defeats and burns Turkish fleet off western Turkey
- 1772 November 6-8 - Russians defeat Turks west of Patrai, Greece (details)
- 1773 July 4 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- 1773 September 3 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- 1773 September? - Russians vs Turks (details)
- 1774 June 20 and July 9/19 - Russians under Tchitchagov and Seniavin vs Turks (details)
American War of Independence (1776-83)
- 1776 October 11 Valcour Island - Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton
- 1778 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 July 6 Grenada
- 1779 end - French vs British under Hyde Parker near Fort Royal, Martinique
- 1780 January 16 Cape St Vincent - British under Rodney defeat Spanish under de Langara
- 1780 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
- 1781 April 19 Fort Royal
- 1781 - Minor French under de Grasse vs British under Hood
- 1781 - Minor French under Destouches vs British under Arbuthnot
- 1781 August 5 (15 NS?) Dogger Bank - Draw between Dutch and British squadrons
- 1781 September 5 Chesapeake Bay - French under de Grasse drive off British under Graves
- 1781 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
- 1782 February 17 Sadras - First indecisive fight between French under Suffren and British under Hughes near south-east India - Suffren fights English style
- 1782 April 9 and 12 The Saintes - British under Rodney decisively defeat French under de Grasse in the West Indies
- 1782 April 12 Providien - 2nd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- 1782 July 6 Negapatam - 3rd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- 1782 September 3 Trincomalee - Hughes fleet damages Suffren's but withdraws
- 1783 June 20 Cuddalore - Suffren prevents Hughes seizing Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes
Russo-Turkish War (1787-92)
See also [this page]
- 1787 August 30 - Russians vs Turks
- 1787 September 27, 28 and 30 - Russians vs Turks
- 1787 October 15 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1788 June 17, 18, 28 and 29 and July 9 - Russian and Turkish land and sea forces clash near Ochakov (details)
- 1788 July 14/25 Ochakov - Russia defeats Turkey near Fidonisi
- 1789 June 2-4 - Russians defeat Turks at Sinope (details)
- 1790 July 19 Kerch Strait - Slight Russian victory over Turks
- 1790 September 8 and 9 Tendra - Russians defeat Turks
- 1790 October 31 - Russians defeat Turks at the Sulina mouth
- 1790 November 17, 18 - Russians defeat Turks at Tultcha
- 1790 November 29 - Russians defeat Turks at Ismail (details)
- 1790 November 30, December 1, 2, 4-7 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1791 July 9 Machin - Russians defeat Turkish rowing vessels (details)
- 1791 August 11 Cape Kaliakra - Slight Russian victory over Turks in a largely inconclusive battle near Bulgaria
The Russian calendar was eleven days behind the Swedish during the eighteenth century, so Russian dates are eleven days earlier.
- 1788 July 17 (July 6 OS) Hogland - Bloody engagement between Swedish and Russian battlefleets. Both sides lose a ship, but Swedes withdraw.
- 1789 July 26 (July 15 OS) Öland – Indecisive action between the Swedish and Russian battlefleets.
- 1789 August 24 (August 15 OS) First Svensksund / Rochensalm – Russian galley flotilla decisively defeats Swedes
- 1789 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).
- 1790 May 15 (May 4 OS) Fredrikshamn - Swedish galley flotilla defeats Russian galley flotilla
- 1790 June 3 and 4 (May 23 and 24 OS) - Action off Kronstadt - Indecisive action between the battlefleets.
- 1790 July 3 (June 22 OS) Vyborg Bay – The Swedish battlefleet and galley flotilla break through the Russian blockade, suffering heavy losses.
- 1790 July 9 (June 28 OS) Second Svensksund / Rochensalm - Decisive victory of the Swedish galley flotilla.
- 1793 November 18 - Short, inconclusive British-French battle (details)
- 1794 January 22 and 25 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1794 June 1 The Glorious First of June - British fleet defeats French fleet in North Atlantic but French grain convoy makes it through to Brest
- 1795 June 20 Groix - British under Hood defeat French under Villaret-Joyeuse off Groix, France
- 1797 February 14 Cape St Vincent - British under Jervis defeat Spanish near Gibraltar
- 1797 March 26 - Austrian vessels, supported by Venetian battleship, fight off small French attack (details)
- 1797 May 16 - Danish vessels get the better of Tripolitans near Tripoli, Libya (details)
- 1797 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
- 1798 October 12 - British defeat French invasion force off western Ireland (details)
- 1798 October 28 - Minor British vs French
- 1799 August 4 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1799 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
- 1801 July 6-12 Algeciras - French defeat initial British assault, British counter-attack and defeat Franco-Spanish force.
- 1803 May 23, 24 and 27 - 4 ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force (details)
- 1803 May 31, June 1 - Adams vs Tripolitan gunboats
- 1803 - Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
- 1804 February 15 Pulo Aura - French attack British convoy
- 1804 August 3, 7, 23/24 and 28 and September 2 - 5 raids on Tripoli (details)
- 1805 about February - French squadron raids British (details)
- 1805 July 4? - French capture British East Indiaman (details)
- 1805 July 4 - 2 Russian ships defeat French gunboat force (details)
- 1805 July 22 Cape Finisterre - Inconclusive action between British Admiral Calder and French Admiral Villeneuve
- 1805 August 6 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1805 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
- 1805 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
- 1806 July 4 - Russians defeat French in Narenta Channel
- 1806 July 26 - British defeat Dutch (details)
- 1806 September 25 - British battleships defeat French frigate force (details)
- 1807 February 19 - British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May - British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May 22, 23 Dardanelles - Russians under Admiral Seniavin defeat Turks near Cape Janizary
- 1807 July 1 Athos (Lemnos/Monte Sancto) - Russians under Seniavin defeats Turks in northern Aegean
- 1807 August 23 and 31 - Danes defeat British light forces near Copenhagen (details)
- 1807 September 2-7 Copenhagen - British forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture the Danish fleet
- 1809 June 31 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1809 October 26 and 31 Cette and ? - Southern France
- 1810 July 3 - French frigate force defeats British East Indiamen in Mozambique Channel (details)
- 1811 March 13 Lissa - British frigates under Hoste defeat larger Franco-Venetian squadron under Dubordieu off Lissa (Vis) in the Adriatic
- 1811 November 29 - Britain captures French frigate (details)
- 1812 February 22 - Britain captures French battleship Rivoli (details)
- 1812 July 12 Lyngør - British sink last Danish frigate
- 1813 November 5 - Skirmish between British and French near Toulon (details)
Independence wars
- 1811 March 2 - Spanish defeat Argentines under Juan B. Azopardo at San Nicolás on the Paraná River
- 1814 March 11 - Argentines under William Brown attack Spanish under Romerate (details)
- 1814 May 14, 16 and 17 - Argentines under William Brown defeat Spanish (details)
- 1823 May 4 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese (details)
- 1823 July 2, 4 and 6 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese
- 1823 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
- 1826 Punta Collares
- 1826 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
- 1827 February 24 - Argentines under Brown vs Brazilians near Quilmes
- 1827 April 6 and 7 Monte Santiago - Brazilians defeat Argentines under William Brown
- 1812 July 19 Sacket's Harbor - US turns back British naval attack
- 1813 May 28-29 Sacket's Harbor - US General Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir George Prevost
- 1813 September 13 Lake Erie
- 1814 September 11 Plattsburg (Lake Champlain) - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie
- 1821 March 4 - Greeks vs Turks north-west of Zakinthos
- 1821 June 5, 6 and 8 - Greeks defeat Turks
- 1821 August 10-c. 13 - Skirmishes
- 1821 October 1 - Skirmish
- 1822 March 4
- 1822 May 31
- 1822 June 18-19 Chios - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
- 1823 September 27 - Greeks vs Turks west of Lemnos
- 1823 October 23 - Greeks vs Turks near Pondikonisi
- 1824 August 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and c. 26 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Africans
- 1824 September 1 First Budrun - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt
- 1824 September 9 Second Budrun
- 1824 September 22 - Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
- 1824 September 29
- 1824 November 12 and 13 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
- 1825 April 29
- 1825 May 26
- 1825 June 1 - Greeks defeats Turks between Euboea and Andros
- 1825 June 14 and 15 - Greeks defeats Turks and Egypt near Suda Bay
- 1825 June 28 and 29 - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt south of Cerigo
- 1825 August 3 - Greeks defeats Turks near Missolonghi
- 1825 November 14 - Greeks under Miaoulis vs Turks/Egyptians/Algerines/Tripolitans near Navarin
- 1825 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
- 1826 April 15
- 1826 July 27 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks near Samos
- 1826 September 10 and 11 - Greeks vs Turks near Mitylene
- 1826 October 7 (6?) - Greeks vs Turks in Aegean Sea (?)
- 1827 September 29 - Greeks vs Turks in Salona Bay
- 1827 October 20 Navarino - British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, 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 Grabusa
- 1828 June 9 - Russian gunboat force defeats similar Turkish force near Braila
Later
- 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
- 1843? - Texans under Moore destroy Mexican fleet
- 1845 November 20 Obligado - British/French ships force passage of Parana River
- 1849 May 3 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Kiel
- 1849 May 11 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Bulk
- 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 February Eckernfjorde - Danish ships defeated by Prussia
- 1864 March 17 Jasmund - Prussians vs Danes
- 1864 May 9 Helgoland - Danish fleet defeats Prussian-Austrian fleet in the North Sea
- 1865 June 11 Riachuelo - Brazilian fleet defeats Paraguayan fleet in Paraná river
- 1866 February 7 Abtao - Spain vs Peru/Chile
- 1866 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 - [External site]
- 1894 July 25 Feng-tao - Japanese defeat Chinese
- 1894 September 17 Yalu River - Japanese defeat Chinese off Korea
- 1898 May 1 Manila Bay
- 1898 July 3 Santiago de Cuba
Early
- 1904 February 9 Chemulpo - Varyag sinks
- 1904 February 9 Port Arthur
- 1904 August 10 Yellow Sea - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 August 14 Japanese Sea (Ulsan) - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 October 4-5 Dogger Bank incident - Russian fleet fires on British trawlers it's mistaken for Japanese torpedo-boats
- 1905 May 27-28 Tsushima - Japanese defeat Russians in large fleet battle in between Korea and Japan
- 1912 Dardanelles
- 1912 October Lemnos
- 1912 December 3 Dardanellia
- 1913 January 5-18 Lemnos
- 1914-18 First Battle of the Atlantic
- 1914 August 28 Heligoland Bight
- 1914 November 1 Coronel - German cruisers under von Spee defeat British cruiser force off Chile
- 1914 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
- 1915 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 May 31-June 1 Jutland - Only engagements of the main fleets in WW1
- 1917 April 21 Dover Strait - Destroyer battle
- 1917 Raid on the Otranto Barrage
- 1917 Battle of Moon Sound between German and Russian forces in the Baltic sea
- 1917 November 17 Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
Between the World Wars (1919-1939)
- 1919 - British raid on Kronstadt
- 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
- 1939-45 Second Battle of the Atlantic
- 1939 December 13 River Plate
- 1940 May 10 and 13 - First and Second Battles of Narvik
- 1940 July 3 Mers-el-Kebir - British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
- 1940 July 9 Calabria (Punta Stilo) - British fleet attacks Italian fleet
- 1940 July 19 Cape Spada - HMAS Sydney sinks Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete
- 1940 September 23-35 Dakar - Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar
- 1940 November 1 Taranto - British fleet attacks Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1940 November 27 Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada) - British fight back an Italian interception
- 1941 January - Free French defeat Siamese at Koh Chang
- 1941 March 28 Cape Matapan - British fleet defeats Italian fleet
- 1941 May 24-27 - Hunt for Bismarck
- 1941 December 7 Pearl Harbor
- 1941 December 10 South China Sea - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
- 1941 December 13 Cape Bon - British destroyers sink Italian cruisers
- 1941 December 17 First Sirte - Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
- 1942 February 27 Java Sea - Japanese destroy ABDA fleet
- 1942 March 22 Second Sirte - Regia Marina obstacles a British convoy to Malta
- 1942 May 8 Coral Sea
- 1942 June 4-5 Midway - US fleet sinks four Japanese carriers in western Pacific Ocean
- 1942 August 8 Savo Island - Japanese destroy a US cruiser force
- 1942 August 24 Eastern Solomons - Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho sunk
- 1942 October 12 Cape Esperance
- 1942 October 26 Santa Cruz Islands - near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw
- 1942 November 12-15 Guadalcanal - four days and nights of fighting
- 1942 November 30 Tassafaronga
- 1942 December 31 Barents Sea - British convoy escorts fight off German surface attack
- 1943 January 29 Rennell Island - USS Chicago lost
- 1943 March 26 Komandorski Islands - US cruiser force turns back a Japanese fleet
- 1943 July 6 Kula Gulf
- 1943 November 2 Empress Augusta Bay
- 1943 December 26 North Cape - British ships sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
- 1943 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"
- 1944 October 23-26 Leyte Gulf - Gigantic battle consisting of four main actions - the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano
After
- 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
- 1971 December 3 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi lost with all hands off Vishakapatnam, in Bay Of Bengal, claimed as sunk by Indian Navy destroyer INS Rajput
- 1971 December 8 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor sinks Indian Navy frigate INS Khukri (first submarine sinking since World War II)
- 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.
- 2006 May 11 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and 4-30 Tigers dead.
External links
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- 1601 December 27 Bantam - Dutch defeat Portuguese in Bantam Bay
- 1602 October 3 - Dutch under Jacob van Duivenvoorde defeat Spanish under Frederik Spinola
- 1603 May 26 - 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 - Indecisive action between a Dutch and a Portuguese fleet near Malacca (details)
- 1606 September 21 - Dutch under Cornelis Matelief destroy Portuguese ships near Malacca
- 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 the Goletta, 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 the Goletta (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 Spielbergen defeat Spanish under de Pulgar near Valdivia, Peru
- 1616 January - Spanish vs ? (details)
- 1616 about March? - Spanish under Ribera defeat Tunisians at the Goletta (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 Lambert and Spanish under Vidazabal defeat Algerines
- 1619 January 18 and 19 - Maltese vs Algerians near Malta (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 October - French vs ? near La Rochelle (details)
- 1622 Dutch ships 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 defeats 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 Jacques Colaert defeat Dutch guardships and captures 60 fishing trawlers
- 1635 August 25 - Dunkirk frigates under Jacques Colaert 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 Jacques Colaert
- 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 destroys Spanish galleons under Lopez de Hoces at Guetaría (details)
- 1638 August 7 - Venetians under Capello defeats Algerians at Corfu
- 1639 February 19 - Dutch under Maerten Tromp defeat a Dunkirk fleet under Miguel de Horna (details)
- 1639 September 17-19 - Running fight between Dutch under Tromp and Spanish under D'Oquendo who seeks shelter at the Downs(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 - Dutch fleet under Willem Loos defeats Spanish\Portuguese fleet of the coast of Brazil
- 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 Peniscola
- 1641 September 1 and 2 ? - Spanish under Pietersen defeat French and Portuguese
- 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
Danish-Swedish War (1643-45)
- 1644 May 16 - Danes defeat Dutch ships which have been hired to support Sweden (details)
- 1644 May 25 - Danes get slightly the better of 33 hired Dutch ships
- 1644 July 1 Colberger Heide (Colberg Heath) - Danish and Swedish fleets fight an inconclusive battle off NE Germany
- 1644 July 7 - Danes defeat Swedes in small battle (details)
- 1644 August 10 - Dutch fleet under Thijsen brushes past Danish fleet under King Christian IV in Kjoge Bay, Denmark (details)
- 1644 October 13 - Combined Swedish/Dutch fleet badly defeats Danish fleet near Femern, Germany (details)
- 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 Goletta, 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)
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
- 1652 August 26 Plymouth - Michiel de Ruyter's 36 men-of-war hold off Ayscue's 45 men-of-war, driving them away
- 1652 September 7 Elba (Monte Cristo) - Dutch under Jan van Galen beat back English under Badiley
- 1652 October 8 Battle of the Kentish Knock - English under Blake beat back Dutch under de With
- 1652 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
- 1653 March 13 Leghorn - Dutch under Johan van Galen defeat English under Badiley and Appleton
- 1653 June 12-13 Gabbard (North Foreland) - English defeat Dutch
- 1653 August 8-10 Scheveningen (Ter Heide, Texel)
- 1664 December 29 - English squadron under Thomas Allin attacks Dutch merchant fleet
- 1665 June 13 Lowestoft
- 1665 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
- 1666 June 11-14 Four Days - Dutch under de Ruyter defeats English fleet commanded by Albermarle and Prince Rupert of the Rhine
- 1666 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
- 1667 May 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
- 1672 June 7 Solebay
- 1673 June 7 and 14 First and Second battles of Schooneveld
- 1673 August 21 Texel (Kijkduin)
Later 17th Century
- 1645 September - Dutch fleet under Jan Lichthart destroys a Portuguese fleet 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
- 1647 - French under Richelieu defeat Austrians (?) under Don Juan de Austria
- 1652 July? - French under Vendôme defeat Spanish
- 1655 April 14 - English under Robert Blake destroy Barbary ships at Porto Farina, northern Tunisia (details)
- 1655 - French under Vendôme defeat Spanish near Barcelona
- 1657 April Santa Cruz - English under Blake defeat Spanish ([link])
- 1657 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 March 30 - Minor battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes
- 1659 April 30 - Small running battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes (details)
- 1659 - Dutch/Danes under de Ruyter defeat Swedes and liberate Nyborg
- 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
- 1675 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
- 1676 January - English defeat Tripolitans
- 1676 April 22 Agosta - French fleet under Duquesne and Dutch/Spanish fleet under de Ruyter fight to a draw. De Ruyter is mortally wounded
- 1676 June 2 Palermo - French under Comte de Vivonne defeat Dutch/Spanish under De la Cerda and Den Haen
- 1676 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
- 1676 June 1/11 Öland - Dutch/Danish fleet defeats Swedish fleet south of Öland in the Baltic Sea
- 1677 March 3 Tobago - French under d'Estrées are repelled by Dutch under Jacob Binkes (details)
- 1677 May 31 and June 1/11 - Danes defeat Swedes between Femern and Warnemunde, Baltic Sea (details)
- 1677 July 1/11 and 2 Kjöge Bay - Danes and Dutch defeat Swedish fleet
- 1677 December Tobago - French under 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 May 3 - Danes vs Swedes
- 1679 June 26, June 28, July 2 and July 20 - Series of skirmishes culminating in a Danish victory over Sweden
- 1681 July 23 - French defeats Tripolitans
- 1681 September 30 - Spanish defeat Brandenburgers near Cape St Vincent (details)
- 1686 July 12 - Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Tripolitan escort between Naxos and Nicaria
- 1686 October 4 - Venetians vs Turks near Mitylene, Greece
- 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 Bantry Bay - French defeat English off SW Ireland
- 1689 - French vs English near Casquets
- 1690 March 26 - Turks and Algerines under Mezzo Morto defeat Venetians under Valier (details)
- 1690 July 10 Beachy Head (Beveziers) - French defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet
- 1690 - French vs English and Dutch near Madras
- 1690 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
- 1692 - French defeat Spanish near Cape Finisterre
- 1692 - French defeat Tripolitans near Malta
- 1693 June Lagos Bay - French under Tourville capture 50 out of 140 merchantmen
- 1694 June 29 - French under Jean Bart defeat Dutch under Hidde de Vries and others (details)
- 1695 February 9 and 19 - Turkish fleet defeats and then fights Venetians under Zeno (details)
- 1695 April 16 - French defeat English (details)
- 1695 September 15 and 18 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks under Mezzo Morto
- 1696 (mid) - Russians vs Turks near Ochakov, Black Sea
- 1696 - French defeat Dutch (details)
- 1696 - French and English fight in Newfoundland
- 1696 - Fight near San Domingo
- 1696 August 22 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks and their allies under Mezzo Morto near Andros (details)
- 1697 - English vs French
- 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)
- 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.
Early
- 1701 August 17 - Maltese raid on La Goletta
- 1702 August 19-24 (OS) - English under Benbow - French under Ducasse draw (details)
- 1702 October 23 Vigo Bay - Anglo-Dutch fleet defeat French and Spanish and destroy Spanish treasure fleet
- 1703 May 22 Bay of Biscay - French squadron attacks a large Anglo-Dutch merchant fleet (details)
- 1704 August 24 Malaga - English and Dutch under Rooke narrowly defeat French near Malaga
- 1707 October 21 - 2 French squadrons under Forbin defeat British convoy and escort under Richard Edwards (details)
- 1709 March 2 - British vs French (details)
- 1709 June 25 - Maltese defeat Tripolitans near Cape Santa di Leuca
- 1710 April 18 - Maltese defeat Algerines
- 1713 April 12 - Maltese defeat Algerines
- 1713 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Cheul (details)
- 1716 July 8 - Venetians under Corner fight an inconclusive battle against Turks under Jannum Koggia east of Corfu (details)
- 1717 June 12, 13, 16 and 22 - Venetians under Flangini vs Turks in northern Aegean (details)
- 1717 July 19 Matapan - Venetians and their allies vs Turks in Gulf of Laconia, Greece
- 1718 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Karwar (details)
- 1718 July 20-22 - Venetians vs Turks (details)
- 1718 August 11 Cape Passaro - British under George Byng defeat Spanish near Sicily
- 1738 June 20, 28 and 29 - Russians vs Turks
- 1738 August 9 and 10 - Turks defeat Russians
- 1741 August 10 Colachel - Raja of Travancore in India defeats Dutch naval force at Colachel
- 1741 January 7 and 8 - British vs French in West Indies
- 1741 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
- 1747 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
- 1748 October 12 - British vs Spanish near Havana (details)
- 1756 May 20 Minorca - French under la Galissonnière defeat British under John Byng
- 1757 early - French under Kersaint de Coëtnempren vs British at San Domingo
- 1758 - Minor French under Duchaffault vs British under Boscawen near Ushant
- 1758 - Minor French under Durevest vs British under Saunders near Gibraltar Strait
- 1758 April 29 Cuddalore - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
- 1758 August 3 Negapatam - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
- 1759 August 19 Lagos - British under Boscawen defeat French under de la Clue
- 1759 September 10 - Light Swedish force defeats similar Prussian force near Szczecin
- 1759 September 10 Pondicherry - British fight French but are too damaged to pursue
- 1759 November 20 Quiberon Bay/Cardinaux - British defeat French near St Nazaire
Russo-Turkish War (1768-74)
- 1770 May 27 and 28 - Russians vs Turks near southern Greece (details)
- 1770 June 4 - Minor Russians vs Turks south of Athens (details)
- 1770 July 5-7 Chesma - Russian fleet defeats and burns Turkish fleet off western Turkey
- 1772 November 6-8 - Russians defeat Turks west of Patrai, Greece (details)
- 1773 July 4 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- 1773 September 3 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- 1773 September? - Russians vs Turks (details)
- 1774 June 20 and July 9/19 - Russians under Tchitchagov and Seniavin vs Turks (details)
American War of Independence (1776-83)
- 1776 October 11 Valcour Island - Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton
- 1778 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 July 6 Grenada
- 1779 end - French vs British under Hyde Parker near Fort Royal, Martinique
- 1780 January 16 Cape St Vincent - British under Rodney defeat Spanish under de Langara
- 1780 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
- 1781 April 19 Fort Royal
- 1781 - Minor French under de Grasse vs British under Hood
- 1781 - Minor French under Destouches vs British under Arbuthnot
- 1781 August 5 (15 NS?) Dogger Bank - Draw between Dutch and British squadrons
- 1781 September 5 Chesapeake Bay - French under de Grasse drive off British under Graves
- 1781 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
- 1782 February 17 Sadras - First indecisive fight between French under Suffren and British under Hughes near south-east India - Suffren fights English style
- 1782 April 9 and 12 The Saintes - British under Rodney decisively defeat French under de Grasse in the West Indies
- 1782 April 12 Providien - 2nd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- 1782 July 6 Negapatam - 3rd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- 1782 September 3 Trincomalee - Hughes fleet damages Suffren's but withdraws
- 1783 June 20 Cuddalore - Suffren prevents Hughes seizing Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes
Russo-Turkish War (1787-92)
See also [this page]
- 1787 August 30 - Russians vs Turks
- 1787 September 27, 28 and 30 - Russians vs Turks
- 1787 October 15 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1788 June 17, 18, 28 and 29 and July 9 - Russian and Turkish land and sea forces clash near Ochakov (details)
- 1788 July 14/25 Ochakov - Russia defeats Turkey near Fidonisi
- 1789 June 2-4 - Russians defeat Turks at Sinope (details)
- 1790 July 19 Kerch Strait - Slight Russian victory over Turks
- 1790 September 8 and 9 Tendra - Russians defeat Turks
- 1790 October 31 - Russians defeat Turks at the Sulina mouth
- 1790 November 17, 18 - Russians defeat Turks at Tultcha
- 1790 November 29 - Russians defeat Turks at Ismail (details)
- 1790 November 30, December 1, 2, 4-7 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1791 July 9 Machin - Russians defeat Turkish rowing vessels (details)
- 1791 August 11 Cape Kaliakra - Slight Russian victory over Turks in a largely inconclusive battle near Bulgaria
The Russian calendar was eleven days behind the Swedish during the eighteenth century, so Russian dates are eleven days earlier.
- 1788 July 17 (July 6 OS) Hogland - Bloody engagement between Swedish and Russian battlefleets. Both sides lose a ship, but Swedes withdraw.
- 1789 July 26 (July 15 OS) Öland – Indecisive action between the Swedish and Russian battlefleets.
- 1789 August 24 (August 15 OS) First Svensksund / Rochensalm – Russian galley flotilla decisively defeats Swedes
- 1789 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).
- 1790 May 15 (May 4 OS) Fredrikshamn - Swedish galley flotilla defeats Russian galley flotilla
- 1790 June 3 and 4 (May 23 and 24 OS) - Action off Kronstadt - Indecisive action between the battlefleets.
- 1790 July 3 (June 22 OS) Vyborg Bay – The Swedish battlefleet and galley flotilla break through the Russian blockade, suffering heavy losses.
- 1790 July 9 (June 28 OS) Second Svensksund / Rochensalm - Decisive victory of the Swedish galley flotilla.
- 1793 November 18 - Short, inconclusive British-French battle (details)
- 1794 January 22 and 25 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1794 June 1 The Glorious First of June - British fleet defeats French fleet in North Atlantic but French grain convoy makes it through to Brest
- 1795 June 20 Groix - British under Hood defeat French under Villaret-Joyeuse off Groix, France
- 1797 February 14 Cape St Vincent - British under Jervis defeat Spanish near Gibraltar
- 1797 March 26 - Austrian vessels, supported by Venetian battleship, fight off small French attack (details)
- 1797 May 16 - Danish vessels get the better of Tripolitans near Tripoli, Libya (details)
- 1797 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
- 1798 October 12 - British defeat French invasion force off western Ireland (details)
- 1798 October 28 - Minor British vs French
- 1799 August 4 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1799 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
- 1801 July 6-12 Algeciras - French defeat initial British assault, British counter-attack and defeat Franco-Spanish force.
- 1803 May 23, 24 and 27 - 4 ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force (details)
- 1803 May 31, June 1 - Adams vs Tripolitan gunboats
- 1803 - Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
- 1804 February 15 Pulo Aura - French attack British convoy
- 1804 August 3, 7, 23/24 and 28 and September 2 - 5 raids on Tripoli (details)
- 1805 about February - French squadron raids British (details)
- 1805 July 4? - French capture British East Indiaman (details)
- 1805 July 4 - 2 Russian ships defeat French gunboat force (details)
- 1805 July 22 Cape Finisterre - Inconclusive action between British Admiral Calder and French Admiral Villeneuve
- 1805 August 6 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1805 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
- 1805 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
- 1806 July 4 - Russians defeat French in Narenta Channel
- 1806 July 26 - British defeat Dutch (details)
- 1806 September 25 - British battleships defeat French frigate force (details)
- 1807 February 19 - British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May - British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May 22, 23 Dardanelles - Russians under Admiral Seniavin defeat Turks near Cape Janizary
- 1807 July 1 Athos (Lemnos/Monte Sancto) - Russians under Seniavin defeats Turks in northern Aegean
- 1807 August 23 and 31 - Danes defeat British light forces near Copenhagen (details)
- 1807 September 2-7 Copenhagen - British forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture the Danish fleet
- 1809 June 31 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1809 October 26 and 31 Cette and ? - Southern France
- 1810 July 3 - French frigate force defeats British East Indiamen in Mozambique Channel (details)
- 1811 March 13 Lissa - British frigates under Hoste defeat larger Franco-Venetian squadron under Dubordieu off Lissa (Vis) in the Adriatic
- 1811 November 29 - Britain captures French frigate (details)
- 1812 February 22 - Britain captures French battleship Rivoli (details)
- 1812 July 12 Lyngør - British sink last Danish frigate
- 1813 November 5 - Skirmish between British and French near Toulon (details)
Independence wars
- 1811 March 2 - Spanish defeat Argentines under Juan B. Azopardo at San Nicolás on the Paraná River
- 1814 March 11 - Argentines under William Brown attack Spanish under Romerate (details)
- 1814 May 14, 16 and 17 - Argentines under William Brown defeat Spanish (details)
- 1823 May 4 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese (details)
- 1823 July 2, 4 and 6 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese
- 1823 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
- 1826 Punta Collares
- 1826 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
- 1827 February 24 - Argentines under Brown vs Brazilians near Quilmes
- 1827 April 6 and 7 Monte Santiago - Brazilians defeat Argentines under William Brown
- 1812 July 19 Sacket's Harbor - US turns back British naval attack
- 1813 May 28-29 Sacket's Harbor - US General Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir George Prevost
- 1813 September 13 Lake Erie
- 1814 September 11 Plattsburg (Lake Champlain) - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie
- 1821 March 4 - Greeks vs Turks north-west of Zakinthos
- 1821 June 5, 6 and 8 - Greeks defeat Turks
- 1821 August 10-c. 13 - Skirmishes
- 1821 October 1 - Skirmish
- 1822 March 4
- 1822 May 31
- 1822 June 18-19 Chios - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
- 1823 September 27 - Greeks vs Turks west of Lemnos
- 1823 October 23 - Greeks vs Turks near Pondikonisi
- 1824 August 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and c. 26 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Africans
- 1824 September 1 First Budrun - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt
- 1824 September 9 Second Budrun
- 1824 September 22 - Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
- 1824 September 29
- 1824 November 12 and 13 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
- 1825 April 29
- 1825 May 26
- 1825 June 1 - Greeks defeats Turks between Euboea and Andros
- 1825 June 14 and 15 - Greeks defeats Turks and Egypt near Suda Bay
- 1825 June 28 and 29 - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt south of Cerigo
- 1825 August 3 - Greeks defeats Turks near Missolonghi
- 1825 November 14 - Greeks under Miaoulis vs Turks/Egyptians/Algerines/Tripolitans near Navarin
- 1825 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
- 1826 April 15
- 1826 July 27 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks near Samos
- 1826 September 10 and 11 - Greeks vs Turks near Mitylene
- 1826 October 7 (6?) - Greeks vs Turks in Aegean Sea (?)
- 1827 September 29 - Greeks vs Turks in Salona Bay
- 1827 October 20 Navarino - British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, 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 Grabusa
- 1828 June 9 - Russian gunboat force defeats similar Turkish force near Braila
Later
- 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
- 1843? - Texans under Moore destroy Mexican fleet
- 1845 November 20 Obligado - British/French ships force passage of Parana River
- 1849 May 3 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Kiel
- 1849 May 11 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Bulk
- 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 February Eckernfjorde - Danish ships defeated by Prussia
- 1864 March 17 Jasmund - Prussians vs Danes
- 1864 May 9 Helgoland - Danish fleet defeats Prussian-Austrian fleet in the North Sea
- 1865 June 11 Riachuelo - Brazilian fleet defeats Paraguayan fleet in Paraná river
- 1866 February 7 Abtao - Spain vs Peru/Chile
- 1866 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 - [External site]
- 1894 July 25 Feng-tao - Japanese defeat Chinese
- 1894 September 17 Yalu River - Japanese defeat Chinese off Korea
- 1898 May 1 Manila Bay
- 1898 July 3 Santiago de Cuba
Early
- 1904 February 9 Chemulpo - Varyag sinks
- 1904 February 9 Port Arthur
- 1904 August 10 Yellow Sea - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 August 14 Japanese Sea (Ulsan) - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 October 4-5 Dogger Bank incident - Russian fleet fires on British trawlers it's mistaken for Japanese torpedo-boats
- 1905 May 27-28 Tsushima - Japanese defeat Russians in large fleet battle in between Korea and Japan
- 1912 Dardanelles
- 1912 October Lemnos
- 1912 December 3 Dardanellia
- 1913 January 5-18 Lemnos
- 1914-18 First Battle of the Atlantic
- 1914 August 28 Heligoland Bight
- 1914 November 1 Coronel - German cruisers under von Spee defeat British cruiser force off Chile
- 1914 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
- 1915 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 May 31-June 1 Jutland - Only engagements of the main fleets in WW1
- 1917 April 21 Dover Strait - Destroyer battle
- 1917 Raid on the Otranto Barrage
- 1917 Battle of Moon Sound between German and Russian forces in the Baltic sea
- 1917 November 17 Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
Between the World Wars (1919-1939)
- 1919 - British raid on Kronstadt
- 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
- 1939-45 Second Battle of the Atlantic
- 1939 December 13 River Plate
- 1940 May 10 and 13 - First and Second Battles of Narvik
- 1940 July 3 Mers-el-Kebir - British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
- 1940 July 9 Calabria (Punta Stilo) - British fleet attacks Italian fleet
- 1940 July 19 Cape Spada - HMAS Sydney sinks Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete
- 1940 September 23-35 Dakar - Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar
- 1940 November 1 Taranto - British fleet attacks Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1940 November 27 Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada) - British fight back an Italian interception
- 1941 January - Free French defeat Siamese at Koh Chang
- 1941 March 28 Cape Matapan - British fleet defeats Italian fleet
- 1941 May 24-27 - Hunt for Bismarck
- 1941 December 7 Pearl Harbor
- 1941 December 10 South China Sea - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
- 1941 December 13 Cape Bon - British destroyers sink Italian cruisers
- 1941 December 17 First Sirte - Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
- 1942 February 27 Java Sea - Japanese destroy ABDA fleet
- 1942 March 22 Second Sirte - Regia Marina obstacles a British convoy to Malta
- 1942 May 8 Coral Sea
- 1942 June 4-5 Midway - US fleet sinks four Japanese carriers in western Pacific Ocean
- 1942 August 8 Savo Island - Japanese destroy a US cruiser force
- 1942 August 24 Eastern Solomons - Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho sunk
- 1942 October 12 Cape Esperance
- 1942 October 26 Santa Cruz Islands - near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw
- 1942 November 12-15 Guadalcanal - four days and nights of fighting
- 1942 November 30 Tassafaronga
- 1942 December 31 Barents Sea - British convoy escorts fight off German surface attack
- 1943 January 29 Rennell Island - USS Chicago lost
- 1943 March 26 Komandorski Islands - US cruiser force turns back a Japanese fleet
- 1943 July 6 Kula Gulf
- 1943 November 2 Empress Augusta Bay
- 1943 December 26 North Cape - British ships sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
- 1943 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"
- 1944 October 23-26 Leyte Gulf - Gigantic battle consisting of four main actions - the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano
After
- 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
- 1971 December 3 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi lost with all hands off Vishakapatnam, in Bay Of Bengal, claimed as sunk by Indian Navy destroyer INS Rajput
- 1971 December 8 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor sinks Indian Navy frigate INS Khukri (first submarine sinking since World War II)
- 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.
- 2006 May 11 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and 4-30 Tigers dead.
External links
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- 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.
Early
- 1701 August 17 - Maltese raid on La Goletta
- 1702 August 19-24 (OS) - English under Benbow - French under Ducasse draw (details)
- 1702 October 23 Vigo Bay - Anglo-Dutch fleet defeat French and Spanish and destroy Spanish treasure fleet
- 1703 May 22 Bay of Biscay - French squadron attacks a large Anglo-Dutch merchant fleet (details)
- 1704 August 24 Malaga - English and Dutch under Rooke narrowly defeat French near Malaga
- 1707 October 21 - 2 French squadrons under Forbin defeat British convoy and escort under Richard Edwards (details)
- 1709 March 2 - British vs French (details)
- 1709 June 25 - Maltese defeat Tripolitans near Cape Santa di Leuca
- 1710 April 18 - Maltese defeat Algerines
- 1713 April 12 - Maltese defeat Algerines
- 1713 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Cheul (details)
- 1716 July 8 - Venetians under Corner fight an inconclusive battle against Turks under Jannum Koggia east of Corfu (details)
- 1717 June 12, 13, 16 and 22 - Venetians under Flangini vs Turks in northern Aegean (details)
- 1717 July 19 Matapan - Venetians and their allies vs Turks in Gulf of Laconia, Greece
- 1718 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Karwar (details)
- 1718 July 20-22 - Venetians vs Turks (details)
- 1718 August 11 Cape Passaro - British under George Byng defeat Spanish near Sicily
- 1738 June 20, 28 and 29 - Russians vs Turks
- 1738 August 9 and 10 - Turks defeat Russians
- 1741 August 10 Colachel - Raja of Travancore in India defeats Dutch naval force at Colachel
- 1741 January 7 and 8 - British vs French in West Indies
- 1741 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
- 1747 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
- 1748 October 12 - British vs Spanish near Havana (details)
- 1756 May 20 Minorca - French under la Galissonnière defeat British under John Byng
- 1757 early - French under Kersaint de Coëtnempren vs British at San Domingo
- 1758 - Minor French under Duchaffault vs British under Boscawen near Ushant
- 1758 - Minor French under Durevest vs British under Saunders near Gibraltar Strait
- 1758 April 29 Cuddalore - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
- 1758 August 3 Negapatam - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
- 1759 August 19 Lagos - British under Boscawen defeat French under de la Clue
- 1759 September 10 - Light Swedish force defeats similar Prussian force near Szczecin
- 1759 September 10 Pondicherry - British fight French but are too damaged to pursue
- 1759 November 20 Quiberon Bay/Cardinaux - British defeat French near St Nazaire
Russo-Turkish War (1768-74)
- 1770 May 27 and 28 - Russians vs Turks near southern Greece (details)
- 1770 June 4 - Minor Russians vs Turks south of Athens (details)
- 1770 July 5-7 Chesma - Russian fleet defeats and burns Turkish fleet off western Turkey
- 1772 November 6-8 - Russians defeat Turks west of Patrai, Greece (details)
- 1773 July 4 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- 1773 September 3 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- 1773 September? - Russians vs Turks (details)
- 1774 June 20 and July 9/19 - Russians under Tchitchagov and Seniavin vs Turks (details)
American War of Independence (1776-83)
- 1776 October 11 Valcour Island - Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton
- 1778 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 July 6 Grenada
- 1779 end - French vs British under Hyde Parker near Fort Royal, Martinique
- 1780 January 16 Cape St Vincent - British under Rodney defeat Spanish under de Langara
- 1780 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
- 1781 April 19 Fort Royal
- 1781 - Minor French under de Grasse vs British under Hood
- 1781 - Minor French under Destouches vs British under Arbuthnot
- 1781 August 5 (15 NS?) Dogger Bank - Draw between Dutch and British squadrons
- 1781 September 5 Chesapeake Bay - French under de Grasse drive off British under Graves
- 1781 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
- 1782 February 17 Sadras - First indecisive fight between French under Suffren and British under Hughes near south-east India - Suffren fights English style
- 1782 April 9 and 12 The Saintes - British under Rodney decisively defeat French under de Grasse in the West Indies
- 1782 April 12 Providien - 2nd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- 1782 July 6 Negapatam - 3rd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- 1782 September 3 Trincomalee - Hughes fleet damages Suffren's but withdraws
- 1783 June 20 Cuddalore - Suffren prevents Hughes seizing Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes
Russo-Turkish War (1787-92)
See also [this page]
- 1787 August 30 - Russians vs Turks
- 1787 September 27, 28 and 30 - Russians vs Turks
- 1787 October 15 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1788 June 17, 18, 28 and 29 and July 9 - Russian and Turkish land and sea forces clash near Ochakov (details)
- 1788 July 14/25 Ochakov - Russia defeats Turkey near Fidonisi
- 1789 June 2-4 - Russians defeat Turks at Sinope (details)
- 1790 July 19 Kerch Strait - Slight Russian victory over Turks
- 1790 September 8 and 9 Tendra - Russians defeat Turks
- 1790 October 31 - Russians defeat Turks at the Sulina mouth
- 1790 November 17, 18 - Russians defeat Turks at Tultcha
- 1790 November 29 - Russians defeat Turks at Ismail (details)
- 1790 November 30, December 1, 2, 4-7 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1791 July 9 Machin - Russians defeat Turkish rowing vessels (details)
- 1791 August 11 Cape Kaliakra - Slight Russian victory over Turks in a largely inconclusive battle near Bulgaria
The Russian calendar was eleven days behind the Swedish during the eighteenth century, so Russian dates are eleven days earlier.
- 1788 July 17 (July 6 OS) Hogland - Bloody engagement between Swedish and Russian battlefleets. Both sides lose a ship, but Swedes withdraw.
- 1789 July 26 (July 15 OS) Öland – Indecisive action between the Swedish and Russian battlefleets.
- 1789 August 24 (August 15 OS) First Svensksund / Rochensalm – Russian galley flotilla decisively defeats Swedes
- 1789 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).
- 1790 May 15 (May 4 OS) Fredrikshamn - Swedish galley flotilla defeats Russian galley flotilla
- 1790 June 3 and 4 (May 23 and 24 OS) - Action off Kronstadt - Indecisive action between the battlefleets.
- 1790 July 3 (June 22 OS) Vyborg Bay – The Swedish battlefleet and galley flotilla break through the Russian blockade, suffering heavy losses.
- 1790 July 9 (June 28 OS) Second Svensksund / Rochensalm - Decisive victory of the Swedish galley flotilla.
- 1793 November 18 - Short, inconclusive British-French battle (details)
- 1794 January 22 and 25 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1794 June 1 The Glorious First of June - British fleet defeats French fleet in North Atlantic but French grain convoy makes it through to Brest
- 1795 June 20 Groix - British under Hood defeat French under Villaret-Joyeuse off Groix, France
- 1797 February 14 Cape St Vincent - British under Jervis defeat Spanish near Gibraltar
- 1797 March 26 - Austrian vessels, supported by Venetian battleship, fight off small French attack (details)
- 1797 May 16 - Danish vessels get the better of Tripolitans near Tripoli, Libya (details)
- 1797 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
- 1798 October 12 - British defeat French invasion force off western Ireland (details)
- 1798 October 28 - Minor British vs French
- 1799 August 4 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1799 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
- 1801 July 6-12 Algeciras - French defeat initial British assault, British counter-attack and defeat Franco-Spanish force.
- 1803 May 23, 24 and 27 - 4 ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force (details)
- 1803 May 31, June 1 - Adams vs Tripolitan gunboats
- 1803 - Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
- 1804 February 15 Pulo Aura - French attack British convoy
- 1804 August 3, 7, 23/24 and 28 and September 2 - 5 raids on Tripoli (details)
- 1805 about February - French squadron raids British (details)
- 1805 July 4? - French capture British East Indiaman (details)
- 1805 July 4 - 2 Russian ships defeat French gunboat force (details)
- 1805 July 22 Cape Finisterre - Inconclusive action between British Admiral Calder and French Admiral Villeneuve
- 1805 August 6 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1805 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
- 1805 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
- 1806 July 4 - Russians defeat French in Narenta Channel
- 1806 July 26 - British defeat Dutch (details)
- 1806 September 25 - British battleships defeat French frigate force (details)
- 1807 February 19 - British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May - British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May 22, 23 Dardanelles - Russians under Admiral Seniavin defeat Turks near Cape Janizary
- 1807 July 1 Athos (Lemnos/Monte Sancto) - Russians under Seniavin defeats Turks in northern Aegean
- 1807 August 23 and 31 - Danes defeat British light forces near Copenhagen (details)
- 1807 September 2-7 Copenhagen - British forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture the Danish fleet
- 1809 June 31 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1809 October 26 and 31 Cette and ? - Southern France
- 1810 July 3 - French frigate force defeats British East Indiamen in Mozambique Channel (details)
- 1811 March 13 Lissa - British frigates under Hoste defeat larger Franco-Venetian squadron under Dubordieu off Lissa (Vis) in the Adriatic
- 1811 November 29 - Britain captures French frigate (details)
- 1812 February 22 - Britain captures French battleship Rivoli (details)
- 1812 July 12 Lyngør - British sink last Danish frigate
- 1813 November 5 - Skirmish between British and French near Toulon (details)
Independence wars
- 1811 March 2 - Spanish defeat Argentines under Juan B. Azopardo at San Nicolás on the Paraná River
- 1814 March 11 - Argentines under William Brown attack Spanish under Romerate (details)
- 1814 May 14, 16 and 17 - Argentines under William Brown defeat Spanish (details)
- 1823 May 4 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese (details)
- 1823 July 2, 4 and 6 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese
- 1823 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
- 1826 Punta Collares
- 1826 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
- 1827 February 24 - Argentines under Brown vs Brazilians near Quilmes
- 1827 April 6 and 7 Monte Santiago - Brazilians defeat Argentines under William Brown
- 1812 July 19 Sacket's Harbor - US turns back British naval attack
- 1813 May 28-29 Sacket's Harbor - US General Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir George Prevost
- 1813 September 13 Lake Erie
- 1814 September 11 Plattsburg (Lake Champlain) - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie
- 1821 March 4 - Greeks vs Turks north-west of Zakinthos
- 1821 June 5, 6 and 8 - Greeks defeat Turks
- 1821 August 10-c. 13 - Skirmishes
- 1821 October 1 - Skirmish
- 1822 March 4
- 1822 May 31
- 1822 June 18-19 Chios - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
- 1823 September 27 - Greeks vs Turks west of Lemnos
- 1823 October 23 - Greeks vs Turks near Pondikonisi
- 1824 August 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and c. 26 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Africans
- 1824 September 1 First Budrun - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt
- 1824 September 9 Second Budrun
- 1824 September 22 - Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
- 1824 September 29
- 1824 November 12 and 13 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
- 1825 April 29
- 1825 May 26
- 1825 June 1 - Greeks defeats Turks between Euboea and Andros
- 1825 June 14 and 15 - Greeks defeats Turks and Egypt near Suda Bay
- 1825 June 28 and 29 - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt south of Cerigo
- 1825 August 3 - Greeks defeats Turks near Missolonghi
- 1825 November 14 - Greeks under Miaoulis vs Turks/Egyptians/Algerines/Tripolitans near Navarin
- 1825 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
- 1826 April 15
- 1826 July 27 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks near Samos
- 1826 September 10 and 11 - Greeks vs Turks near Mitylene
- 1826 October 7 (6?) - Greeks vs Turks in Aegean Sea (?)
- 1827 September 29 - Greeks vs Turks in Salona Bay
- 1827 October 20 Navarino - British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, 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 Grabusa
- 1828 June 9 - Russian gunboat force defeats similar Turkish force near Braila
Later
- 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
- 1843? - Texans under Moore destroy Mexican fleet
- 1845 November 20 Obligado - British/French ships force passage of Parana River
- 1849 May 3 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Kiel
- 1849 May 11 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Bulk
- 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 February Eckernfjorde - Danish ships defeated by Prussia
- 1864 March 17 Jasmund - Prussians vs Danes
- 1864 May 9 Helgoland - Danish fleet defeats Prussian-Austrian fleet in the North Sea
- 1865 June 11 Riachuelo - Brazilian fleet defeats Paraguayan fleet in Paraná river
- 1866 February 7 Abtao - Spain vs Peru/Chile
- 1866 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 - [External site]
- 1894 July 25 Feng-tao - Japanese defeat Chinese
- 1894 September 17 Yalu River - Japanese defeat Chinese off Korea
- 1898 May 1 Manila Bay
- 1898 July 3 Santiago de Cuba
Early
- 1904 February 9 Chemulpo - Varyag sinks
- 1904 February 9 Port Arthur
- 1904 August 10 Yellow Sea - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 August 14 Japanese Sea (Ulsan) - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 October 4-5 Dogger Bank incident - Russian fleet fires on British trawlers it's mistaken for Japanese torpedo-boats
- 1905 May 27-28 Tsushima - Japanese defeat Russians in large fleet battle in between Korea and Japan
- 1912 Dardanelles
- 1912 October Lemnos
- 1912 December 3 Dardanellia
- 1913 January 5-18 Lemnos
- 1914-18 First Battle of the Atlantic
- 1914 August 28 Heligoland Bight
- 1914 November 1 Coronel - German cruisers under von Spee defeat British cruiser force off Chile
- 1914 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
- 1915 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 May 31-June 1 Jutland - Only engagements of the main fleets in WW1
- 1917 April 21 Dover Strait - Destroyer battle
- 1917 Raid on the Otranto Barrage
- 1917 Battle of Moon Sound between German and Russian forces in the Baltic sea
- 1917 November 17 Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
Between the World Wars (1919-1939)
- 1919 - British raid on Kronstadt
- 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
- 1939-45 Second Battle of the Atlantic
- 1939 December 13 River Plate
- 1940 May 10 and 13 - First and Second Battles of Narvik
- 1940 July 3 Mers-el-Kebir - British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
- 1940 July 9 Calabria (Punta Stilo) - British fleet attacks Italian fleet
- 1940 July 19 Cape Spada - HMAS Sydney sinks Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete
- 1940 September 23-35 Dakar - Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar
- 1940 November 1 Taranto - British fleet attacks Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1940 November 27 Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada) - British fight back an Italian interception
- 1941 January - Free French defeat Siamese at Koh Chang
- 1941 March 28 Cape Matapan - British fleet defeats Italian fleet
- 1941 May 24-27 - Hunt for Bismarck
- 1941 December 7 Pearl Harbor
- 1941 December 10 South China Sea - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
- 1941 December 13 Cape Bon - British destroyers sink Italian cruisers
- 1941 December 17 First Sirte - Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
- 1942 February 27 Java Sea - Japanese destroy ABDA fleet
- 1942 March 22 Second Sirte - Regia Marina obstacles a British convoy to Malta
- 1942 May 8 Coral Sea
- 1942 June 4-5 Midway - US fleet sinks four Japanese carriers in western Pacific Ocean
- 1942 August 8 Savo Island - Japanese destroy a US cruiser force
- 1942 August 24 Eastern Solomons - Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho sunk
- 1942 October 12 Cape Esperance
- 1942 October 26 Santa Cruz Islands - near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw
- 1942 November 12-15 Guadalcanal - four days and nights of fighting
- 1942 November 30 Tassafaronga
- 1942 December 31 Barents Sea - British convoy escorts fight off German surface attack
- 1943 January 29 Rennell Island - USS Chicago lost
- 1943 March 26 Komandorski Islands - US cruiser force turns back a Japanese fleet
- 1943 July 6 Kula Gulf
- 1943 November 2 Empress Augusta Bay
- 1943 December 26 North Cape - British ships sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
- 1943 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"
- 1944 October 23-26 Leyte Gulf - Gigantic battle consisting of four main actions - the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano
After
- 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
- 1971 December 3 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi lost with all hands off Vishakapatnam, in Bay Of Bengal, claimed as sunk by Indian Navy destroyer INS Rajput
- 1971 December 8 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor sinks Indian Navy frigate INS Khukri (first submarine sinking since World War II)
- 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.
- 2006 May 11 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and 4-30 Tigers dead.
External links
- [link]
- 1741 January 7 and 8 - British vs French in West Indies
- 1741 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
- 1747 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
- 1748 October 12 - British vs Spanish near Havana (details)
- 1756 May 20 Minorca - French under la Galissonnière defeat British under John Byng
- 1757 early - French under Kersaint de Coëtnempren vs British at San Domingo
- 1758 - Minor French under Duchaffault vs British under Boscawen near Ushant
- 1758 - Minor French under Durevest vs British under Saunders near Gibraltar Strait
- 1758 April 29 Cuddalore - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
- 1758 August 3 Negapatam - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
- 1759 August 19 Lagos - British under Boscawen defeat French under de la Clue
- 1759 September 10 - Light Swedish force defeats similar Prussian force near Szczecin
- 1759 September 10 Pondicherry - British fight French but are too damaged to pursue
- 1759 November 20 Quiberon Bay/Cardinaux - British defeat French near St Nazaire
Russo-Turkish War (1768-74)
- 1770 May 27 and 28 - Russians vs Turks near southern Greece (details)
- 1770 June 4 - Minor Russians vs Turks south of Athens (details)
- 1770 July 5-7 Chesma - Russian fleet defeats and burns Turkish fleet off western Turkey
- 1772 November 6-8 - Russians defeat Turks west of Patrai, Greece (details)
- 1773 July 4 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- 1773 September 3 - Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (details)
- 1773 September? - Russians vs Turks (details)
- 1774 June 20 and July 9/19 - Russians under Tchitchagov and Seniavin vs Turks (details)
American War of Independence (1776-83)
- 1776 October 11 Valcour Island - Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton
- 1778 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 July 6 Grenada
- 1779 end - French vs British under Hyde Parker near Fort Royal, Martinique
- 1780 January 16 Cape St Vincent - British under Rodney defeat Spanish under de Langara
- 1780 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
- 1781 April 19 Fort Royal
- 1781 - Minor French under de Grasse vs British under Hood
- 1781 - Minor French under Destouches vs British under Arbuthnot
- 1781 August 5 (15 NS?) Dogger Bank - Draw between Dutch and British squadrons
- 1781 September 5 Chesapeake Bay - French under de Grasse drive off British under Graves
- 1781 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
- 1782 February 17 Sadras - First indecisive fight between French under Suffren and British under Hughes near south-east India - Suffren fights English style
- 1782 April 9 and 12 The Saintes - British under Rodney decisively defeat French under de Grasse in the West Indies
- 1782 April 12 Providien - 2nd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- 1782 July 6 Negapatam - 3rd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
- 1782 September 3 Trincomalee - Hughes fleet damages Suffren's but withdraws
- 1783 June 20 Cuddalore - Suffren prevents Hughes seizing Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes
Russo-Turkish War (1787-92)
See also [this page]
- 1787 August 30 - Russians vs Turks
- 1787 September 27, 28 and 30 - Russians vs Turks
- 1787 October 15 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1788 June 17, 18, 28 and 29 and July 9 - Russian and Turkish land and sea forces clash near Ochakov (details)
- 1788 July 14/25 Ochakov - Russia defeats Turkey near Fidonisi
- 1789 June 2-4 - Russians defeat Turks at Sinope (details)
- 1790 July 19 Kerch Strait - Slight Russian victory over Turks
- 1790 September 8 and 9 Tendra - Russians defeat Turks
- 1790 October 31 - Russians defeat Turks at the Sulina mouth
- 1790 November 17, 18 - Russians defeat Turks at Tultcha
- 1790 November 29 - Russians defeat Turks at Ismail (details)
- 1790 November 30, December 1, 2, 4-7 - Russians defeat Turks
- 1791 July 9 Machin - Russians defeat Turkish rowing vessels (details)
- 1791 August 11 Cape Kaliakra - Slight Russian victory over Turks in a largely inconclusive battle near Bulgaria
The Russian calendar was eleven days behind the Swedish during the eighteenth century, so Russian dates are eleven days earlier.
- 1788 July 17 (July 6 OS) Hogland - Bloody engagement between Swedish and Russian battlefleets. Both sides lose a ship, but Swedes withdraw.
- 1789 July 26 (July 15 OS) Öland – Indecisive action between the Swedish and Russian battlefleets.
- 1789 August 24 (August 15 OS) First Svensksund / Rochensalm – Russian galley flotilla decisively defeats Swedes
- 1789 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).
- 1790 May 15 (May 4 OS) Fredrikshamn - Swedish galley flotilla defeats Russian galley flotilla
- 1790 June 3 and 4 (May 23 and 24 OS) - Action off Kronstadt - Indecisive action between the battlefleets.
- 1790 July 3 (June 22 OS) Vyborg Bay – The Swedish battlefleet and galley flotilla break through the Russian blockade, suffering heavy losses.
- 1790 July 9 (June 28 OS) Second Svensksund / Rochensalm - Decisive victory of the Swedish galley flotilla.
- 1793 November 18 - Short, inconclusive British-French battle (details)
- 1794 January 22 and 25 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1794 June 1 The Glorious First of June - British fleet defeats French fleet in North Atlantic but French grain convoy makes it through to Brest
- 1795 June 20 Groix - British under Hood defeat French under Villaret-Joyeuse off Groix, France
- 1797 February 14 Cape St Vincent - British under Jervis defeat Spanish near Gibraltar
- 1797 March 26 - Austrian vessels, supported by Venetian battleship, fight off small French attack (details)
- 1797 May 16 - Danish vessels get the better of Tripolitans near Tripoli, Libya (details)
- 1797 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
- 1798 October 12 - British defeat French invasion force off western Ireland (details)
- 1798 October 28 - Minor British vs French
- 1799 August 4 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1799 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
- 1801 July 6-12 Algeciras - French defeat initial British assault, British counter-attack and defeat Franco-Spanish force.
- 1803 May 23, 24 and 27 - 4 ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force (details)
- 1803 May 31, June 1 - Adams vs Tripolitan gunboats
- 1803 - Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
- 1804 February 15 Pulo Aura - French attack British convoy
- 1804 August 3, 7, 23/24 and 28 and September 2 - 5 raids on Tripoli (details)
- 1805 about February - French squadron raids British (details)
- 1805 July 4? - French capture British East Indiaman (details)
- 1805 July 4 - 2 Russian ships defeat French gunboat force (details)
- 1805 July 22 Cape Finisterre - Inconclusive action between British Admiral Calder and French Admiral Villeneuve
- 1805 August 6 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1805 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
- 1805 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
- 1806 July 4 - Russians defeat French in Narenta Channel
- 1806 July 26 - British defeat Dutch (details)
- 1806 September 25 - British battleships defeat French frigate force (details)
- 1807 February 19 - British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May - British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May 22, 23 Dardanelles - Russians under Admiral Seniavin defeat Turks near Cape Janizary
- 1807 July 1 Athos (Lemnos/Monte Sancto) - Russians under Seniavin defeats Turks in northern Aegean
- 1807 August 23 and 31 - Danes defeat British light forces near Copenhagen (details)
- 1807 September 2-7 Copenhagen - British forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture the Danish fleet
- 1809 June 31 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1809 October 26 and 31 Cette and ? - Southern France
- 1810 July 3 - French frigate force defeats British East Indiamen in Mozambique Channel (details)
- 1811 March 13 Lissa - British frigates under Hoste defeat larger Franco-Venetian squadron under Dubordieu off Lissa (Vis) in the Adriatic
- 1811 November 29 - Britain captures French frigate (details)
- 1812 February 22 - Britain captures French battleship Rivoli (details)
- 1812 July 12 Lyngør - British sink last Danish frigate
- 1813 November 5 - Skirmish between British and French near Toulon (details)
Independence wars
- 1811 March 2 - Spanish defeat Argentines under Juan B. Azopardo at San Nicolás on the Paraná River
- 1814 March 11 - Argentines under William Brown attack Spanish under Romerate (details)
- 1814 May 14, 16 and 17 - Argentines under William Brown defeat Spanish (details)
- 1823 May 4 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese (details)
- 1823 July 2, 4 and 6 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese
- 1823 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
- 1826 Punta Collares
- 1826 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
- 1827 February 24 - Argentines under Brown vs Brazilians near Quilmes
- 1827 April 6 and 7 Monte Santiago - Brazilians defeat Argentines under William Brown
- 1812 July 19 Sacket's Harbor - US turns back British naval attack
- 1813 May 28-29 Sacket's Harbor - US General Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir George Prevost
- 1813 September 13 Lake Erie
- 1814 September 11 Plattsburg (Lake Champlain) - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie
- 1821 March 4 - Greeks vs Turks north-west of Zakinthos
- 1821 June 5, 6 and 8 - Greeks defeat Turks
- 1821 August 10-c. 13 - Skirmishes
- 1821 October 1 - Skirmish
- 1822 March 4
- 1822 May 31
- 1822 June 18-19 Chios - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
- 1823 September 27 - Greeks vs Turks west of Lemnos
- 1823 October 23 - Greeks vs Turks near Pondikonisi
- 1824 August 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and c. 26 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Africans
- 1824 September 1 First Budrun - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt
- 1824 September 9 Second Budrun
- 1824 September 22 - Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
- 1824 September 29
- 1824 November 12 and 13 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
- 1825 April 29
- 1825 May 26
- 1825 June 1 - Greeks defeats Turks between Euboea and Andros
- 1825 June 14 and 15 - Greeks defeats Turks and Egypt near Suda Bay
- 1825 June 28 and 29 - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt south of Cerigo
- 1825 August 3 - Greeks defeats Turks near Missolonghi
- 1825 November 14 - Greeks under Miaoulis vs Turks/Egyptians/Algerines/Tripolitans near Navarin
- 1825 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
- 1826 April 15
- 1826 July 27 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks near Samos
- 1826 September 10 and 11 - Greeks vs Turks near Mitylene
- 1826 October 7 (6?) - Greeks vs Turks in Aegean Sea (?)
- 1827 September 29 - Greeks vs Turks in Salona Bay
- 1827 October 20 Navarino - British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, 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 Grabusa
- 1828 June 9 - Russian gunboat force defeats similar Turkish force near Braila
Later
- 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
- 1843? - Texans under Moore destroy Mexican fleet
- 1845 November 20 Obligado - British/French ships force passage of Parana River
- 1849 May 3 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Kiel
- 1849 May 11 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Bulk
- 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 February Eckernfjorde - Danish ships defeated by Prussia
- 1864 March 17 Jasmund - Prussians vs Danes
- 1864 May 9 Helgoland - Danish fleet defeats Prussian-Austrian fleet in the North Sea
- 1865 June 11 Riachuelo - Brazilian fleet defeats Paraguayan fleet in Paraná river
- 1866 February 7 Abtao - Spain vs Peru/Chile
- 1866 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 - [External site]
- 1894 July 25 Feng-tao - Japanese defeat Chinese
- 1894 September 17 Yalu River - Japanese defeat Chinese off Korea
- 1898 May 1 Manila Bay
- 1898 July 3 Santiago de Cuba
Early
- 1904 February 9 Chemulpo - Varyag sinks
- 1904 February 9 Port Arthur
- 1904 August 10 Yellow Sea - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 August 14 Japanese Sea (Ulsan) - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 October 4-5 Dogger Bank incident - Russian fleet fires on British trawlers it's mistaken for Japanese torpedo-boats
- 1905 May 27-28 Tsushima - Japanese defeat Russians in large fleet battle in between Korea and Japan
- 1912 Dardanelles
- 1912 October Lemnos
- 1912 December 3 Dardanellia
- 1913 January 5-18 Lemnos
- 1914-18 First Battle of the Atlantic
- 1914 August 28 Heligoland Bight
- 1914 November 1 Coronel - German cruisers under von Spee defeat British cruiser force off Chile
- 1914 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
- 1915 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 May 31-June 1 Jutland - Only engagements of the main fleets in WW1
- 1917 April 21 Dover Strait - Destroyer battle
- 1917 Raid on the Otranto Barrage
- 1917 Battle of Moon Sound between German and Russian forces in the Baltic sea
- 1917 November 17 Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
Between the World Wars (1919-1939)
- 1919 - British raid on Kronstadt
- 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
- 1939-45 Second Battle of the Atlantic
- 1939 December 13 River Plate
- 1940 May 10 and 13 - First and Second Battles of Narvik
- 1940 July 3 Mers-el-Kebir - British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
- 1940 July 9 Calabria (Punta Stilo) - British fleet attacks Italian fleet
- 1940 July 19 Cape Spada - HMAS Sydney sinks Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete
- 1940 September 23-35 Dakar - Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar
- 1940 November 1 Taranto - British fleet attacks Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1940 November 27 Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada) - British fight back an Italian interception
- 1941 January - Free French defeat Siamese at Koh Chang
- 1941 March 28 Cape Matapan - British fleet defeats Italian fleet
- 1941 May 24-27 - Hunt for Bismarck
- 1941 December 7 Pearl Harbor
- 1941 December 10 South China Sea - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
- 1941 December 13 Cape Bon - British destroyers sink Italian cruisers
- 1941 December 17 First Sirte - Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
- 1942 February 27 Java Sea - Japanese destroy ABDA fleet
- 1942 March 22 Second Sirte - Regia Marina obstacles a British convoy to Malta
- 1942 May 8 Coral Sea
- 1942 June 4-5 Midway - US fleet sinks four Japanese carriers in western Pacific Ocean
- 1942 August 8 Savo Island - Japanese destroy a US cruiser force
- 1942 August 24 Eastern Solomons - Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho sunk
- 1942 October 12 Cape Esperance
- 1942 October 26 Santa Cruz Islands - near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw
- 1942 November 12-15 Guadalcanal - four days and nights of fighting
- 1942 November 30 Tassafaronga
- 1942 December 31 Barents Sea - British convoy escorts fight off German surface attack
- 1943 January 29 Rennell Island - USS Chicago lost
- 1943 March 26 Komandorski Islands - US cruiser force turns back a Japanese fleet
- 1943 July 6 Kula Gulf
- 1943 November 2 Empress Augusta Bay
- 1943 December 26 North Cape - British ships sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
- 1943 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"
- 1944 October 23-26 Leyte Gulf - Gigantic battle consisting of four main actions - the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano
After
- 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
- 1971 December 3 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi lost with all hands off Vishakapatnam, in Bay Of Bengal, claimed as sunk by Indian Navy destroyer INS Rajput
- 1971 December 8 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor sinks Indian Navy frigate INS Khukri (first submarine sinking since World War II)
- 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.
- 2006 May 11 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and 4-30 Tigers dead.
External links
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- 1788 July 17 (July 6 OS) Hogland - Bloody engagement between Swedish and Russian battlefleets. Both sides lose a ship, but Swedes withdraw.
- 1789 July 26 (July 15 OS) Öland – Indecisive action between the Swedish and Russian battlefleets.
- 1789 August 24 (August 15 OS) First Svensksund / Rochensalm – Russian galley flotilla decisively defeats Swedes
- 1789 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).
- 1790 May 15 (May 4 OS) Fredrikshamn - Swedish galley flotilla defeats Russian galley flotilla
- 1790 June 3 and 4 (May 23 and 24 OS) - Action off Kronstadt - Indecisive action between the battlefleets.
- 1790 July 3 (June 22 OS) Vyborg Bay – The Swedish battlefleet and galley flotilla break through the Russian blockade, suffering heavy losses.
- 1790 July 9 (June 28 OS) Second Svensksund / Rochensalm - Decisive victory of the Swedish galley flotilla.
- 1793 November 18 - Short, inconclusive British-French battle (details)
- 1794 January 22 and 25 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1794 June 1 The Glorious First of June - British fleet defeats French fleet in North Atlantic but French grain convoy makes it through to Brest
- 1795 June 20 Groix - British under Hood defeat French under Villaret-Joyeuse off Groix, France
- 1797 February 14 Cape St Vincent - British under Jervis defeat Spanish near Gibraltar
- 1797 March 26 - Austrian vessels, supported by Venetian battleship, fight off small French attack (details)
- 1797 May 16 - Danish vessels get the better of Tripolitans near Tripoli, Libya (details)
- 1797 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
- 1798 October 12 - British defeat French invasion force off western Ireland (details)
- 1798 October 28 - Minor British vs French
- 1799 August 4 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1799 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
- 1801 July 6-12 Algeciras - French defeat initial British assault, British counter-attack and defeat Franco-Spanish force.
- 1803 May 23, 24 and 27 - 4 ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force (details)
- 1803 May 31, June 1 - Adams vs Tripolitan gunboats
- 1803 - Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
- 1804 February 15 Pulo Aura - French attack British convoy
- 1804 August 3, 7, 23/24 and 28 and September 2 - 5 raids on Tripoli (details)
- 1805 about February - French squadron raids British (details)
- 1805 July 4? - French capture British East Indiaman (details)
- 1805 July 4 - 2 Russian ships defeat French gunboat force (details)
- 1805 July 22 Cape Finisterre - Inconclusive action between British Admiral Calder and French Admiral Villeneuve
- 1805 August 6 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1805 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
- 1805 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
- 1806 July 4 - Russians defeat French in Narenta Channel
- 1806 July 26 - British defeat Dutch (details)
- 1806 September 25 - British battleships defeat French frigate force (details)
- 1807 February 19 - British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May - British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May 22, 23 Dardanelles - Russians under Admiral Seniavin defeat Turks near Cape Janizary
- 1807 July 1 Athos (Lemnos/Monte Sancto) - Russians under Seniavin defeats Turks in northern Aegean
- 1807 August 23 and 31 - Danes defeat British light forces near Copenhagen (details)
- 1807 September 2-7 Copenhagen - British forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture the Danish fleet
- 1809 June 31 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1809 October 26 and 31 Cette and ? - Southern France
- 1810 July 3 - French frigate force defeats British East Indiamen in Mozambique Channel (details)
- 1811 March 13 Lissa - British frigates under Hoste defeat larger Franco-Venetian squadron under Dubordieu off Lissa (Vis) in the Adriatic
- 1811 November 29 - Britain captures French frigate (details)
- 1812 February 22 - Britain captures French battleship Rivoli (details)
- 1812 July 12 Lyngør - British sink last Danish frigate
- 1813 November 5 - Skirmish between British and French near Toulon (details)
Independence wars
- 1811 March 2 - Spanish defeat Argentines under Juan B. Azopardo at San Nicolás on the Paraná River
- 1814 March 11 - Argentines under William Brown attack Spanish under Romerate (details)
- 1814 May 14, 16 and 17 - Argentines under William Brown defeat Spanish (details)
- 1823 May 4 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese (details)
- 1823 July 2, 4 and 6 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese
- 1823 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
- 1826 Punta Collares
- 1826 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
- 1827 February 24 - Argentines under Brown vs Brazilians near Quilmes
- 1827 April 6 and 7 Monte Santiago - Brazilians defeat Argentines under William Brown
- 1812 July 19 Sacket's Harbor - US turns back British naval attack
- 1813 May 28-29 Sacket's Harbor - US General Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir George Prevost
- 1813 September 13 Lake Erie
- 1814 September 11 Plattsburg (Lake Champlain) - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie
- 1821 March 4 - Greeks vs Turks north-west of Zakinthos
- 1821 June 5, 6 and 8 - Greeks defeat Turks
- 1821 August 10-c. 13 - Skirmishes
- 1821 October 1 - Skirmish
- 1822 March 4
- 1822 May 31
- 1822 June 18-19 Chios - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
- 1823 September 27 - Greeks vs Turks west of Lemnos
- 1823 October 23 - Greeks vs Turks near Pondikonisi
- 1824 August 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and c. 26 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Africans
- 1824 September 1 First Budrun - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt
- 1824 September 9 Second Budrun
- 1824 September 22 - Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
- 1824 September 29
- 1824 November 12 and 13 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
- 1825 April 29
- 1825 May 26
- 1825 June 1 - Greeks defeats Turks between Euboea and Andros
- 1825 June 14 and 15 - Greeks defeats Turks and Egypt near Suda Bay
- 1825 June 28 and 29 - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt south of Cerigo
- 1825 August 3 - Greeks defeats Turks near Missolonghi
- 1825 November 14 - Greeks under Miaoulis vs Turks/Egyptians/Algerines/Tripolitans near Navarin
- 1825 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
- 1826 April 15
- 1826 July 27 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks near Samos
- 1826 September 10 and 11 - Greeks vs Turks near Mitylene
- 1826 October 7 (6?) - Greeks vs Turks in Aegean Sea (?)
- 1827 September 29 - Greeks vs Turks in Salona Bay
- 1827 October 20 Navarino - British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, 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 Grabusa
- 1828 June 9 - Russian gunboat force defeats similar Turkish force near Braila
Later
- 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
- 1843? - Texans under Moore destroy Mexican fleet
- 1845 November 20 Obligado - British/French ships force passage of Parana River
- 1849 May 3 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Kiel
- 1849 May 11 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Bulk
- 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 February Eckernfjorde - Danish ships defeated by Prussia
- 1864 March 17 Jasmund - Prussians vs Danes
- 1864 May 9 Helgoland - Danish fleet defeats Prussian-Austrian fleet in the North Sea
- 1865 June 11 Riachuelo - Brazilian fleet defeats Paraguayan fleet in Paraná river
- 1866 February 7 Abtao - Spain vs Peru/Chile
- 1866 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 - [External site]
- 1894 July 25 Feng-tao - Japanese defeat Chinese
- 1894 September 17 Yalu River - Japanese defeat Chinese off Korea
- 1898 May 1 Manila Bay
- 1898 July 3 Santiago de Cuba
Early
- 1904 February 9 Chemulpo - Varyag sinks
- 1904 February 9 Port Arthur
- 1904 August 10 Yellow Sea - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 August 14 Japanese Sea (Ulsan) - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 October 4-5 Dogger Bank incident - Russian fleet fires on British trawlers it's mistaken for Japanese torpedo-boats
- 1905 May 27-28 Tsushima - Japanese defeat Russians in large fleet battle in between Korea and Japan
- 1912 Dardanelles
- 1912 October Lemnos
- 1912 December 3 Dardanellia
- 1913 January 5-18 Lemnos
- 1914-18 First Battle of the Atlantic
- 1914 August 28 Heligoland Bight
- 1914 November 1 Coronel - German cruisers under von Spee defeat British cruiser force off Chile
- 1914 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
- 1915 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 May 31-June 1 Jutland - Only engagements of the main fleets in WW1
- 1917 April 21 Dover Strait - Destroyer battle
- 1917 Raid on the Otranto Barrage
- 1917 Battle of Moon Sound between German and Russian forces in the Baltic sea
- 1917 November 17 Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
Between the World Wars (1919-1939)
- 1919 - British raid on Kronstadt
- 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
- 1939-45 Second Battle of the Atlantic
- 1939 December 13 River Plate
- 1940 May 10 and 13 - First and Second Battles of Narvik
- 1940 July 3 Mers-el-Kebir - British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
- 1940 July 9 Calabria (Punta Stilo) - British fleet attacks Italian fleet
- 1940 July 19 Cape Spada - HMAS Sydney sinks Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete
- 1940 September 23-35 Dakar - Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar
- 1940 November 1 Taranto - British fleet attacks Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1940 November 27 Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada) - British fight back an Italian interception
- 1941 January - Free French defeat Siamese at Koh Chang
- 1941 March 28 Cape Matapan - British fleet defeats Italian fleet
- 1941 May 24-27 - Hunt for Bismarck
- 1941 December 7 Pearl Harbor
- 1941 December 10 South China Sea - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
- 1941 December 13 Cape Bon - British destroyers sink Italian cruisers
- 1941 December 17 First Sirte - Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
- 1942 February 27 Java Sea - Japanese destroy ABDA fleet
- 1942 March 22 Second Sirte - Regia Marina obstacles a British convoy to Malta
- 1942 May 8 Coral Sea
- 1942 June 4-5 Midway - US fleet sinks four Japanese carriers in western Pacific Ocean
- 1942 August 8 Savo Island - Japanese destroy a US cruiser force
- 1942 August 24 Eastern Solomons - Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho sunk
- 1942 October 12 Cape Esperance
- 1942 October 26 Santa Cruz Islands - near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw
- 1942 November 12-15 Guadalcanal - four days and nights of fighting
- 1942 November 30 Tassafaronga
- 1942 December 31 Barents Sea - British convoy escorts fight off German surface attack
- 1943 January 29 Rennell Island - USS Chicago lost
- 1943 March 26 Komandorski Islands - US cruiser force turns back a Japanese fleet
- 1943 July 6 Kula Gulf
- 1943 November 2 Empress Augusta Bay
- 1943 December 26 North Cape - British ships sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
- 1943 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"
- 1944 October 23-26 Leyte Gulf - Gigantic battle consisting of four main actions - the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano
After
- 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
- 1971 December 3 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi lost with all hands off Vishakapatnam, in Bay Of Bengal, claimed as sunk by Indian Navy destroyer INS Rajput
- 1971 December 8 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor sinks Indian Navy frigate INS Khukri (first submarine sinking since World War II)
- 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.
- 2006 May 11 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and 4-30 Tigers dead.
External links
- [link]
- 1803 May 23, 24 and 27 - 4 ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force (details)
- 1803 May 31, June 1 - Adams vs Tripolitan gunboats
- 1803 - Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
- 1804 February 15 Pulo Aura - French attack British convoy
- 1804 August 3, 7, 23/24 and 28 and September 2 - 5 raids on Tripoli (details)
- 1805 about February - French squadron raids British (details)
- 1805 July 4? - French capture British East Indiaman (details)
- 1805 July 4 - 2 Russian ships defeat French gunboat force (details)
- 1805 July 22 Cape Finisterre - Inconclusive action between British Admiral Calder and French Admiral Villeneuve
- 1805 August 6 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1805 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
- 1805 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
- 1806 July 4 - Russians defeat French in Narenta Channel
- 1806 July 26 - British defeat Dutch (details)
- 1806 September 25 - British battleships defeat French frigate force (details)
- 1807 February 19 - British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May - British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles (details)
- 1807 May 22, 23 Dardanelles - Russians under Admiral Seniavin defeat Turks near Cape Janizary
- 1807 July 1 Athos (Lemnos/Monte Sancto) - Russians under Seniavin defeats Turks in northern Aegean
- 1807 August 23 and 31 - Danes defeat British light forces near Copenhagen (details)
- 1807 September 2-7 Copenhagen - British forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture the Danish fleet
- 1809 June 31 - French attack British convoy (details)
- 1809 October 26 and 31 Cette and ? - Southern France
- 1810 July 3 - French frigate force defeats British East Indiamen in Mozambique Channel (details)
- 1811 March 13 Lissa - British frigates under Hoste defeat larger Franco-Venetian squadron under Dubordieu off Lissa (Vis) in the Adriatic
- 1811 November 29 - Britain captures French frigate (details)
- 1812 February 22 - Britain captures French battleship Rivoli (details)
- 1812 July 12 Lyngør - British sink last Danish frigate
- 1813 November 5 - Skirmish between British and French near Toulon (details)
Independence wars
- 1811 March 2 - Spanish defeat Argentines under Juan B. Azopardo at San Nicolás on the Paraná River
- 1814 March 11 - Argentines under William Brown attack Spanish under Romerate (details)
- 1814 May 14, 16 and 17 - Argentines under William Brown defeat Spanish (details)
- 1823 May 4 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese (details)
- 1823 July 2, 4 and 6 - Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese
- 1823 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
- 1826 Punta Collares
- 1826 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
- 1827 February 24 - Argentines under Brown vs Brazilians near Quilmes
- 1827 April 6 and 7 Monte Santiago - Brazilians defeat Argentines under William Brown
- 1812 July 19 Sacket's Harbor - US turns back British naval attack
- 1813 May 28-29 Sacket's Harbor - US General Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir George Prevost
- 1813 September 13 Lake Erie
- 1814 September 11 Plattsburg (Lake Champlain) - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie
- 1821 March 4 - Greeks vs Turks north-west of Zakinthos
- 1821 June 5, 6 and 8 - Greeks defeat Turks
- 1821 August 10-c. 13 - Skirmishes
- 1821 October 1 - Skirmish
- 1822 March 4
- 1822 May 31
- 1822 June 18-19 Chios - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
- 1823 September 27 - Greeks vs Turks west of Lemnos
- 1823 October 23 - Greeks vs Turks near Pondikonisi
- 1824 August 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and c. 26 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Africans
- 1824 September 1 First Budrun - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt
- 1824 September 9 Second Budrun
- 1824 September 22 - Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
- 1824 September 29
- 1824 November 12 and 13 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
- 1825 April 29
- 1825 May 26
- 1825 June 1 - Greeks defeats Turks between Euboea and Andros
- 1825 June 14 and 15 - Greeks defeats Turks and Egypt near Suda Bay
- 1825 June 28 and 29 - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt south of Cerigo
- 1825 August 3 - Greeks defeats Turks near Missolonghi
- 1825 November 14 - Greeks under Miaoulis vs Turks/Egyptians/Algerines/Tripolitans near Navarin
- 1825 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
- 1826 April 15
- 1826 July 27 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks near Samos
- 1826 September 10 and 11 - Greeks vs Turks near Mitylene
- 1826 October 7 (6?) - Greeks vs Turks in Aegean Sea (?)
- 1827 September 29 - Greeks vs Turks in Salona Bay
- 1827 October 20 Navarino - British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, 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 Grabusa
- 1828 June 9 - Russian gunboat force defeats similar Turkish force near Braila
Later
- 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
- 1843? - Texans under Moore destroy Mexican fleet
- 1845 November 20 Obligado - British/French ships force passage of Parana River
- 1849 May 3 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Kiel
- 1849 May 11 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Bulk
- 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 February Eckernfjorde - Danish ships defeated by Prussia
- 1864 March 17 Jasmund - Prussians vs Danes
- 1864 May 9 Helgoland - Danish fleet defeats Prussian-Austrian fleet in the North Sea
- 1865 June 11 Riachuelo - Brazilian fleet defeats Paraguayan fleet in Paraná river
- 1866 February 7 Abtao - Spain vs Peru/Chile
- 1866 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 - [External site]
- 1894 July 25 Feng-tao - Japanese defeat Chinese
- 1894 September 17 Yalu River - Japanese defeat Chinese off Korea
- 1898 May 1 Manila Bay
- 1898 July 3 Santiago de Cuba
Early
- 1904 February 9 Chemulpo - Varyag sinks
- 1904 February 9 Port Arthur
- 1904 August 10 Yellow Sea - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 August 14 Japanese Sea (Ulsan) - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 October 4-5 Dogger Bank incident - Russian fleet fires on British trawlers it's mistaken for Japanese torpedo-boats
- 1905 May 27-28 Tsushima - Japanese defeat Russians in large fleet battle in between Korea and Japan
- 1912 Dardanelles
- 1912 October Lemnos
- 1912 December 3 Dardanellia
- 1913 January 5-18 Lemnos
- 1914-18 First Battle of the Atlantic
- 1914 August 28 Heligoland Bight
- 1914 November 1 Coronel - German cruisers under von Spee defeat British cruiser force off Chile
- 1914 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
- 1915 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 May 31-June 1 Jutland - Only engagements of the main fleets in WW1
- 1917 April 21 Dover Strait - Destroyer battle
- 1917 Raid on the Otranto Barrage
- 1917 Battle of Moon Sound between German and Russian forces in the Baltic sea
- 1917 November 17 Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
Between the World Wars (1919-1939)
- 1919 - British raid on Kronstadt
- 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
- 1939-45 Second Battle of the Atlantic
- 1939 December 13 River Plate
- 1940 May 10 and 13 - First and Second Battles of Narvik
- 1940 July 3 Mers-el-Kebir - British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
- 1940 July 9 Calabria (Punta Stilo) - British fleet attacks Italian fleet
- 1940 July 19 Cape Spada - HMAS Sydney sinks Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete
- 1940 September 23-35 Dakar - Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar
- 1940 November 1 Taranto - British fleet attacks Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1940 November 27 Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada) - British fight back an Italian interception
- 1941 January - Free French defeat Siamese at Koh Chang
- 1941 March 28 Cape Matapan - British fleet defeats Italian fleet
- 1941 May 24-27 - Hunt for Bismarck
- 1941 December 7 Pearl Harbor
- 1941 December 10 South China Sea - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
- 1941 December 13 Cape Bon - British destroyers sink Italian cruisers
- 1941 December 17 First Sirte - Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
- 1942 February 27 Java Sea - Japanese destroy ABDA fleet
- 1942 March 22 Second Sirte - Regia Marina obstacles a British convoy to Malta
- 1942 May 8 Coral Sea
- 1942 June 4-5 Midway - US fleet sinks four Japanese carriers in western Pacific Ocean
- 1942 August 8 Savo Island - Japanese destroy a US cruiser force
- 1942 August 24 Eastern Solomons - Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho sunk
- 1942 October 12 Cape Esperance
- 1942 October 26 Santa Cruz Islands - near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw
- 1942 November 12-15 Guadalcanal - four days and nights of fighting
- 1942 November 30 Tassafaronga
- 1942 December 31 Barents Sea - British convoy escorts fight off German surface attack
- 1943 January 29 Rennell Island - USS Chicago lost
- 1943 March 26 Komandorski Islands - US cruiser force turns back a Japanese fleet
- 1943 July 6 Kula Gulf
- 1943 November 2 Empress Augusta Bay
- 1943 December 26 North Cape - British ships sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
- 1943 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"
- 1944 October 23-26 Leyte Gulf - Gigantic battle consisting of four main actions - the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano
After
- 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
- 1971 December 3 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi lost with all hands off Vishakapatnam, in Bay Of Bengal, claimed as sunk by Indian Navy destroyer INS Rajput
- 1971 December 8 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor sinks Indian Navy frigate INS Khukri (first submarine sinking since World War II)
- 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.
- 2006 May 11 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and 4-30 Tigers dead.
External links
- [link]
- 1821 March 4 - Greeks vs Turks north-west of Zakinthos
- 1821 June 5, 6 and 8 - Greeks defeat Turks
- 1821 August 10-c. 13 - Skirmishes
- 1821 October 1 - Skirmish
- 1822 March 4
- 1822 May 31
- 1822 June 18-19 Chios - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
- 1823 September 27 - Greeks vs Turks west of Lemnos
- 1823 October 23 - Greeks vs Turks near Pondikonisi
- 1824 August 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and c. 26 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Africans
- 1824 September 1 First Budrun - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt
- 1824 September 9 Second Budrun
- 1824 September 22 - Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
- 1824 September 29
- 1824 November 12 and 13 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
- 1825 April 29
- 1825 May 26
- 1825 June 1 - Greeks defeats Turks between Euboea and Andros
- 1825 June 14 and 15 - Greeks defeats Turks and Egypt near Suda Bay
- 1825 June 28 and 29 - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt south of Cerigo
- 1825 August 3 - Greeks defeats Turks near Missolonghi
- 1825 November 14 - Greeks under Miaoulis vs Turks/Egyptians/Algerines/Tripolitans near Navarin
- 1825 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
- 1826 April 15
- 1826 July 27 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks near Samos
- 1826 September 10 and 11 - Greeks vs Turks near Mitylene
- 1826 October 7 (6?) - Greeks vs Turks in Aegean Sea (?)
- 1827 September 29 - Greeks vs Turks in Salona Bay
- 1827 October 20 Navarino - British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, 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 Grabusa
- 1828 June 9 - Russian gunboat force defeats similar Turkish force near Braila
Later
- 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
- 1843? - Texans under Moore destroy Mexican fleet
- 1845 November 20 Obligado - British/French ships force passage of Parana River
- 1849 May 3 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Kiel
- 1849 May 11 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Bulk
- 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 February Eckernfjorde - Danish ships defeated by Prussia
- 1864 March 17 Jasmund - Prussians vs Danes
- 1864 May 9 Helgoland - Danish fleet defeats Prussian-Austrian fleet in the North Sea
- 1865 June 11 Riachuelo - Brazilian fleet defeats Paraguayan fleet in Paraná river
- 1866 February 7 Abtao - Spain vs Peru/Chile
- 1866 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 - [External site]
- 1894 July 25 Feng-tao - Japanese defeat Chinese
- 1894 September 17 Yalu River - Japanese defeat Chinese off Korea
- 1898 May 1 Manila Bay
- 1898 July 3 Santiago de Cuba
Early
- 1904 February 9 Chemulpo - Varyag sinks
- 1904 February 9 Port Arthur
- 1904 August 10 Yellow Sea - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 August 14 Japanese Sea (Ulsan) - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 October 4-5 Dogger Bank incident - Russian fleet fires on British trawlers it's mistaken for Japanese torpedo-boats
- 1905 May 27-28 Tsushima - Japanese defeat Russians in large fleet battle in between Korea and Japan
- 1912 Dardanelles
- 1912 October Lemnos
- 1912 December 3 Dardanellia
- 1913 January 5-18 Lemnos
- 1914-18 First Battle of the Atlantic
- 1914 August 28 Heligoland Bight
- 1914 November 1 Coronel - German cruisers under von Spee defeat British cruiser force off Chile
- 1914 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
- 1915 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 May 31-June 1 Jutland - Only engagements of the main fleets in WW1
- 1917 April 21 Dover Strait - Destroyer battle
- 1917 Raid on the Otranto Barrage
- 1917 Battle of Moon Sound between German and Russian forces in the Baltic sea
- 1917 November 17 Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
Between the World Wars (1919-1939)
- 1919 - British raid on Kronstadt
- 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
- 1939-45 Second Battle of the Atlantic
- 1939 December 13 River Plate
- 1940 May 10 and 13 - First and Second Battles of Narvik
- 1940 July 3 Mers-el-Kebir - British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
- 1940 July 9 Calabria (Punta Stilo) - British fleet attacks Italian fleet
- 1940 July 19 Cape Spada - HMAS Sydney sinks Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete
- 1940 September 23-35 Dakar - Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar
- 1940 November 1 Taranto - British fleet attacks Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1940 November 27 Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada) - British fight back an Italian interception
- 1941 January - Free French defeat Siamese at Koh Chang
- 1941 March 28 Cape Matapan - British fleet defeats Italian fleet
- 1941 May 24-27 - Hunt for Bismarck
- 1941 December 7 Pearl Harbor
- 1941 December 10 South China Sea - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
- 1941 December 13 Cape Bon - British destroyers sink Italian cruisers
- 1941 December 17 First Sirte - Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
- 1942 February 27 Java Sea - Japanese destroy ABDA fleet
- 1942 March 22 Second Sirte - Regia Marina obstacles a British convoy to Malta
- 1942 May 8 Coral Sea
- 1942 June 4-5 Midway - US fleet sinks four Japanese carriers in western Pacific Ocean
- 1942 August 8 Savo Island - Japanese destroy a US cruiser force
- 1942 August 24 Eastern Solomons - Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho sunk
- 1942 October 12 Cape Esperance
- 1942 October 26 Santa Cruz Islands - near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw
- 1942 November 12-15 Guadalcanal - four days and nights of fighting
- 1942 November 30 Tassafaronga
- 1942 December 31 Barents Sea - British convoy escorts fight off German surface attack
- 1943 January 29 Rennell Island - USS Chicago lost
- 1943 March 26 Komandorski Islands - US cruiser force turns back a Japanese fleet
- 1943 July 6 Kula Gulf
- 1943 November 2 Empress Augusta Bay
- 1943 December 26 North Cape - British ships sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
- 1943 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"
- 1944 October 23-26 Leyte Gulf - Gigantic battle consisting of four main actions - the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano
After
- 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
- 1971 December 3 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi lost with all hands off Vishakapatnam, in Bay Of Bengal, claimed as sunk by Indian Navy destroyer INS Rajput
- 1971 December 8 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor sinks Indian Navy frigate INS Khukri (first submarine sinking since World War II)
- 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.
- 2006 May 11 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and 4-30 Tigers dead.
External links
- [link]
- 1904 February 9 Chemulpo - Varyag sinks
- 1904 February 9 Port Arthur
- 1904 August 10 Yellow Sea - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 August 14 Japanese Sea (Ulsan) - Minor Japanese victory over Russia
- 1904 October 4-5 Dogger Bank incident - Russian fleet fires on British trawlers it's mistaken for Japanese torpedo-boats
- 1905 May 27-28 Tsushima - Japanese defeat Russians in large fleet battle in between Korea and Japan
- 1912 Dardanelles
- 1912 October Lemnos
- 1912 December 3 Dardanellia
- 1913 January 5-18 Lemnos
- 1914-18 First Battle of the Atlantic
- 1914 August 28 Heligoland Bight
- 1914 November 1 Coronel - German cruisers under von Spee defeat British cruiser force off Chile
- 1914 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
- 1915 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 May 31-June 1 Jutland - Only engagements of the main fleets in WW1
- 1917 April 21 Dover Strait - Destroyer battle
- 1917 Raid on the Otranto Barrage
- 1917 Battle of Moon Sound between German and Russian forces in the Baltic sea
- 1917 November 17 Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
Between the World Wars (1919-1939)
- 1919 - British raid on Kronstadt
- 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
- 1939-45 Second Battle of the Atlantic
- 1939 December 13 River Plate
- 1940 May 10 and 13 - First and Second Battles of Narvik
- 1940 July 3 Mers-el-Kebir - British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
- 1940 July 9 Calabria (Punta Stilo) - British fleet attacks Italian fleet
- 1940 July 19 Cape Spada - HMAS Sydney sinks Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete
- 1940 September 23-35 Dakar - Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar
- 1940 November 1 Taranto - British fleet attacks Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1940 November 27 Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada) - British fight back an Italian interception
- 1941 January - Free French defeat Siamese at Koh Chang
- 1941 March 28 Cape Matapan - British fleet defeats Italian fleet
- 1941 May 24-27 - Hunt for Bismarck
- 1941 December 7 Pearl Harbor
- 1941 December 10 South China Sea - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
- 1941 December 13 Cape Bon - British destroyers sink Italian cruisers
- 1941 December 17 First Sirte - Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
- 1942 February 27 Java Sea - Japanese destroy ABDA fleet
- 1942 March 22 Second Sirte - Regia Marina obstacles a British convoy to Malta
- 1942 May 8 Coral Sea
- 1942 June 4-5 Midway - US fleet sinks four Japanese carriers in western Pacific Ocean
- 1942 August 8 Savo Island - Japanese destroy a US cruiser force
- 1942 August 24 Eastern Solomons - Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho sunk
- 1942 October 12 Cape Esperance
- 1942 October 26 Santa Cruz Islands - near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw
- 1942 November 12-15 Guadalcanal - four days and nights of fighting
- 1942 November 30 Tassafaronga
- 1942 December 31 Barents Sea - British convoy escorts fight off German surface attack
- 1943 January 29 Rennell Island - USS Chicago lost
- 1943 March 26 Komandorski Islands - US cruiser force turns back a Japanese fleet
- 1943 July 6 Kula Gulf
- 1943 November 2 Empress Augusta Bay
- 1943 December 26 North Cape - British ships sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
- 1943 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"
- 1944 October 23-26 Leyte Gulf - Gigantic battle consisting of four main actions - the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano
After
- 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
- 1971 December 3 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi lost with all hands off Vishakapatnam, in Bay Of Bengal, claimed as sunk by Indian Navy destroyer INS Rajput
- 1971 December 8 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor sinks Indian Navy frigate INS Khukri (first submarine sinking since World War II)
- 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.
- 2006 May 11 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and 4-30 Tigers dead.
External links
- [link]
- 1939-45 Second Battle of the Atlantic
- 1939 December 13 River Plate
- 1940 May 10 and 13 - First and Second Battles of Narvik
- 1940 July 3 Mers-el-Kebir - British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
- 1940 July 9 Calabria (Punta Stilo) - British fleet attacks Italian fleet
- 1940 July 19 Cape Spada - HMAS Sydney sinks Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete
- 1940 September 23-35 Dakar - Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar
- 1940 November 1 Taranto - British fleet attacks Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1940 November 27 Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada) - British fight back an Italian interception
- 1941 January - Free French defeat Siamese at Koh Chang
- 1941 March 28 Cape Matapan - British fleet defeats Italian fleet
- 1941 May 24-27 - Hunt for Bismarck
- 1941 December 7 Pearl Harbor
- 1941 December 10 South China Sea - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
- 1941 December 13 Cape Bon - British destroyers sink Italian cruisers
- 1941 December 17 First Sirte - Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
- 1942 February 27 Java Sea - Japanese destroy ABDA fleet
- 1942 March 22 Second Sirte - Regia Marina obstacles a British convoy to Malta
- 1942 May 8 Coral Sea
- 1942 June 4-5 Midway - US fleet sinks four Japanese carriers in western Pacific Ocean
- 1942 August 8 Savo Island - Japanese destroy a US cruiser force
- 1942 August 24 Eastern Solomons - Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho sunk
- 1942 October 12 Cape Esperance
- 1942 October 26 Santa Cruz Islands - near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw
- 1942 November 12-15 Guadalcanal - four days and nights of fighting
- 1942 November 30 Tassafaronga
- 1942 December 31 Barents Sea - British convoy escorts fight off German surface attack
- 1943 January 29 Rennell Island - USS Chicago lost
- 1943 March 26 Komandorski Islands - US cruiser force turns back a Japanese fleet
- 1943 July 6 Kula Gulf
- 1943 November 2 Empress Augusta Bay
- 1943 December 26 North Cape - British ships sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
- 1943 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"
- 1944 October 23-26 Leyte Gulf - Gigantic battle consisting of four main actions - the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano
After
- 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
- 1971 December 3 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi lost with all hands off Vishakapatnam, in Bay Of Bengal, claimed as sunk by Indian Navy destroyer INS Rajput
- 1971 December 8 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor sinks Indian Navy frigate INS Khukri (first submarine sinking since World War II)
- 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.
- 2006 May 11 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and 4-30 Tigers dead.
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