List of naval battles

This list of naval battles is a chronological list delineating important naval battles that have occurred throughout history, from the beginning of naval warfare with the Hittites in the 12th century BC to piracy off the coast of Somalia in the 21st century. If a battle has no commonly used name it is referred to as "Action of (date)" within the list below.

Ancient

Year Battle Loc. Winners Losers Notes
1275–1205 BC Battles of Alashiya Hittite navy Alashiya 3 engagements[1]
c. 1190 BC Battle of the Delta Ramesses III The "Sea Peoples" In the Nile delta
664 BC Corinth battles Corfu
540–535 BC Battle of Alalia Carthaginians and Etruscans Greeks Near Alalia (now Aléria), Corsica
497 BC Ionians Phoenicians Near Cyprus
494 BC Battle of Lade Persians Ionians
480 BC Battle of Artemisium Stalemate between Persians and Greeks
Battle of Salamis The allied Greek navy Persians
474 BC Battle of Cumae Syracuse and Cumae Etruscans
460s BC Battle of the Eurymedon Delian League Persians
458 BC Battle of Aegina Athenians Aegina and the Peloponnesians
450s BC Salamis-in-Cyprus Delian League Phoenicians and Cilicians
433 BC Battle of Sybota Corcyra and Athens Corinthians
429 BC Battles of Naupactus Athenians Spartans and Corinthians
425 BC Battle of Pylos Spartans
413 BC Siege of Syracuse Syracusans Athenians
411 BC Battle of Cynossema Athenians Spartans
Battle of Eretria Spartans Athenians In Sep
410 BC Battle of Cyzicus Athenians Spartans and Peloponnesians
406 BC Battle of Arginusae Peloponnesians
405 BC Battle of Notium Spartans under Lysander Athenians under Antiochus AKA the Battle of Ephesus
405 BC Battle of Aegospotami Spartans Athens Athenian navy destroyed
394 BC Battle of Cnidus Persians Spartans
384–3 BC Battle of Pharos Syracusans Liburnians
376 BC Battle of Naxos Athenians Spartans
357 BC Chios Athenians During the Social War
322 BC Battle of Amorgos Macedonians
306 BC Battle of Salamis in Cyprus Demetrius I Poliorcetes Menelaeus, brother of Ptolemy I of Egypt
276 BC Battle of the Strait of Messina Carthaginians Pyrrhus of Epirus
261 BC Battle of Cos Antigonus II Gonatas Ptolemy II
260 BC Battle of the Lipara Islands Carthaginians Roman Republic
Battle of Mylae Romans under Duilius Carthaginians Near Sicily
258 BC Battle of Ephesus Rhodians under Agathostratus Ptolemaic fleet under Chremonides
Battle of Sulci Romans under Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus Carthaginians under Hannibal Gisco
257 BC Battle of Tyndaris Romans under Gaius Atilius Regulus Carthaginians under Hamilcar
256 BC Battle of Cape Ecnomus Romans
249 BC Battle of Drepana Carthaginians Romans
246–245 BC Battle of Andros Macedonians Egyptians At Andros
241 BC Battle of the Aegates Islands Romans Carthaginians 10 March; ending the First Punic War
229 BC Battle of Paxos Illyrians Corcyraeans Illyrians conquer island of Corcyra
218 BC Battle of Lilybaeum Romans under Amellius Carthaginians Near Lilybaeum, Sicily
217 BC Battle of Ebro River Romans under Cornelius Scipio Near the mouth of the Ebro River, Spain
206 BC Battle of Carteia Romans under Gaius Laelius Carthaginians under Adherbal
201 BC Battle of Chios Egyptians, Rhodians, and Pergamese Philip V of Macedon
Second Battle of Lade Philip V of Macedon Rhodians under Cleonaeus
190 BC Battle of the Eurymedon Roman forces under Lucius Aemilius Regillus Seleucid fleet commanded by Hannibal
Battle of Myonessus Romans under Regillus and Rhodians under Eudoras Seleucids under Polyxenidas
147 BC Battle of the Port of Carthage Carthaginians under Hasdrubal Roman fleet of Lucius Hostilius Mancinus
74 BC Battle of Chalcedon Pontians under Mithridates VI Roman fleet of Marcus Aurelius Cotta
73 BC Battle of Tenedos Romans under Lucullus Pontian fleet
67 BC Battle of Korakesion Romans under Pompey Cilician pirates
56 BC Battle of Morbihan Romans under Decius Brutus Veneti Near Armorica
49 BC Battle of Île du Levant ? At Île du Levant
At Tauroentum
42 BC Republican fleet Reinforcements of the triumvirs led by Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus Intercepted and destroyed
36 BC Battle of Naulochus Agrippa Sextus Pompeius 3 Sep
31 BC Battle of Actium Octavian Antony and Cleopatra 2 Sep; decisive victory
AD 70 Rome vs Batavi in the Maas
AD 199 Battle of Shaxian Wu forces under Sun Ce Liu Biao and Huang Zu
AD 208 Battle of Red Cliffs Combined forces of Liu Bei and Sun Quan Fleet under Cao Cao
AD 221 Battle of Yiling Sun Quan Fleet under Liu Bei And successfully defends Jingzhou
AD 222 Battle of Dongkou Eastern Wu general Lü Fan Cao Xiu
AD 272 Battle of Xiling Lu Kang Jin general Bu Chan And retakes Xiling

Middle Ages

Century Year Battle Loc. Winners Losers Notes
5th century 456 Battle of Corsica Western Roman Empire under Flavius Ricimer Vandals Near Corsica
461 Battle of Cartagena Vandals Western Roman Empire Vandals destroy a newly built West Roman fleet
468 Battle of Cape Bon Vandals East and West Romans under Basiliscus
6th century 551 Battle of Sena Gallica Byzantines Ostrogoths
7th century 655 Battle of the Masts Arabs under Uthman Byzantines under Constans II
663 Battle of Baekgang Tang China and Silla Yamato Japan and Baekje Aug
676 Battle of Gibeolpo Silla Tang China
677 or 678 First Arab siege of Constantinople Byzantines Arabs First use of "Greek fire"
697? Greeks under John the Patrician
698 Battle of Carthage Arabs Greeks under John the Patrician
Imperial Constantinopolitan fleet Cibyrrhaeot rebels
8th century 717 Second Arab siege of Constantinople Byzantines under Leo III the Isaurian Arabs 3 Sep 717—Spring 1718
719
Opposing groups of curraghs
 Dalriadan civil war resulted in a conflict mentioned in the Senchus Fer n-Alban
727 Byzantine central imperial fleet under Agallianos Kontoskeles Provincial Helladic and Cyclades fleets
746 Battle of Keramaia Cibyrrhaeots Umayyad Caliphate Arabs based in Egypt
9th century 806? Moors under Hadumar Franks Near Corsica
807 Franks under Burchard (a lieutenant of Charlemagne) Moors At Sardinia
813 Byzantines Arabs
Franks under Irmingar Moors Near Majorca
820 Arabs Franks Near Sardinia
822 Siege of Constantinople Byzantine central imperial fleet Rebel provincial fleets In Constantinople during the revolt of Thomas the Slav
829 Battle of Thasos Cretan Saracens Byzantines
841 Arabs Venetian squadron Near Taranto
849 Battle of Ostia Italian city-states Muslims Off southern Italy
851 Battle of Sandwich Kentishmen under Æthelstan Viking fleet Near Kent
c. 872/3 Battle of Kardia Byzantine admiral Niketas Ooryphas Cretan Saracens under the renegade Photios
c. 873/9 Battle of the Gulf of Corinth Photios is killed
880 Battle of Cephalonia Byzantines under Nasar Aghlabids
Battle of Stelai AKA Punto Stilo or Milazzo
885 Frisians Vikings
888 Battle of Milazzo Aghlabids Byzantines
10th century 906 Byzantines under Himerios Arabs On St. Thomas' Day (6 Oct)
912 Battle of Chios Syrian-Cilician fleet Byzantine squadron under Himerios
932 Battle of Lang-shan Jiang Wuyue Yang Wu
941 Rus'-Byzantine War Byzantine fleet under Theophanes Kievan Rus' fleet under Igor of Kiev Near Bosporus Strait
938 First Battle of Bach Dang River Vietnamese Southern Han
956 Christians Tunisians Near Mazara
958
Tunis vs Christians
 In Messina Strait
965 Battle of the Straits Fatimid fleet Byzantine fleet under Niketas Abalantes At the Straits of Messina
975 Battle on the Yangtze Song forces Tang forces
981 Second Battle of Bach Dang Vietnamese Chinese Song
998 Venetians under Orseolo Narentan pirates
11th century 1000 Battle of Swold Swedes and Danes Norwegians 9 Sep
1004 Venetians under Pietro Orseolo II Arabs At Messina
1005 Pisans
1024 Battle of Lemnos Byzantines Rus' fleet In the Lemnos Island
1026 Battle of the Helgeå Danes under Ulf Jarl Swedes and Norwegians under Anund Jacob and Olaf II Haraldsson (Olaf the Stout) In southern Sweden
1032 Byzantine-Ragusan squadron Muslim corsair fleet In the Adriatic Sea
Battle at Iron Gate Estonians Novgorod According to one hypothesis, this battle, mentioned in Russian chronicles, was a naval battle, where Novgorod fleet tries to reach Tallinn Bay, but is defeated by Estonians.[2]
1035 Byzantines Arabs 1035–1036; last Arab corsair raids against the Aegean islands are repulsed
1043 Rus'-Byzantine War Rus' squadron In the Bosporus Strait
1062 Battle of Niså Norwegians under Harald Hardrada Danes In Kattegat
1081 Battle of Dyrrhachium Venetian-Byzantine fleet Normans Near Durazzo, Albania
1084 / Normans under Robert Guiscard (20 vessels?) Venetians or Byzantines A series of battles off Albania/Corfu
12th century 1123 Battle of Ibelin Venetians Fatimid Egyptians Near Jaffa
1137 Battle of Bigano Normans/Roger II of Sicily At Trani, Italy
1149 Battle of Cape Malea Venetians and Byzantine Greeks Normans
1153 Siege of Ascalon Venetians Fatimid Arabs Near Tel Aviv
1156 Celtic ships Viking squadron North of Scotland in January
1161 Battle of Tangdao Song forces Jin forces 16 Nov, during the Jin–Song wars
Battle of Caishi 26-27 Nov, during the Jin–Song wars
1177 Venetians and the Vatican Genoese and Pisans
1183 Battle of Mizushima Taira clan Minamoto clan 17 Nov, off coast of Shikoku
1184 Battle of Fimreite Birkebeiners Norway King Sverre Sigurdsson of Norway defeats and kills rival King Magnus Erlingsson in the Sognefjord; 15 June
1185 Battle of Yashima Minamoto clan Taira clan 22 March, off coast of Shikoku
Battle of Dan-no-ura 25 April, off present-day Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi; ends Genpei War
Battle of Demetritzes Byzantines under Alexios Branas Normans 7 Nov, at Demetrias (Volos), Greece
13th century 1213 Battle of Damme English under William Longsword French under King Philip II 30-31 May, in the harbor of Damme; most of French fleet is sunk
1217 Second Battle of Dover English under Hubert de Burgh French under Eustace the Monk 24 Aug, off Dover; AKA The "Fight off Sandwich".
1241 First Battle of Meloria Pisans under Ansaldo de Mari Genoese 3 May
1258 Battle of Acre Venetians 25 June, off Acre
1263 Battle of Settepozzi A Venetian fleet of 38 ships under Gilberto Dandolo Byzantine-Genoese fleet of 48 ships Off the Peloponnese
1264 Battle of Saseno Genoese Venetians
1266 Battle of Trapani Venetians Genoese
c. 1273/1275 Battle of Demetrias Byzantines Coalition of Lombard and Venetian lords of Euboea and Crete
1278 Algeciras Morocco and Granada Castilians 25 July
Before 1279 Conrad Lancia Muslims Near Tunisia
1279 Yamen Yuan dynasty Song dynasty 19 March
1282 Action of 11 October 1282 Peter de Queralt Angevin fleet Near Reggio di Calabria
Battle of Nicotera 14 Oct; near Nicotera
1283 Battle of Malta Aragonese-Sicilians under Roger of Lauria Angevins 8 July, in Grand Harbour, Malta
1284 Battle of the Gulf of Naples Neapolitans 5 June; Charles of Salerno (later Charles II of Naples) is captured
Second Battle of Meloria Genoese Pisan fleet 6 Aug, near Tuscany, Italy; Pisan fleet is utterly destroyed
1285 11 Catalan galleys 25 French galleys under Guillaume de Lodève Aug or mid-Sep, at Rosas
Battle of Les Formigues Aragonese-Sicilians under Roger of Lauria French under di Mari and de Orreo Likely 4 Sep, near Barcelona
1287 Battle of the Counts Angevins 23 June, near Naples
1288 Third Battle of Bach Dang Vietnamese Mongols
1294 Battle of Laiazzo Genoese Venetians Laiazzo
1298 Battle of Curzola Genoese fleet under Lamba Doria Venetians under Andrea Dandolo 9 Sep
1299 Battle of Cape Orlando Angevins under Roger of Lauria Sicilians under d'Oria 4 July, off northern Sicily
1300 Battle of Ponza 14 June, near Naples
14th century 1304 Battle of Zierikzee French fleet under Genoese admiral Renier Grimaldi Flemish fleet 10-11 Aug
1319 Battle of Chios Knights Hospitaller and Genoese of the Lordship of Chios Aydinid fleet 23 July
1338 Battle of Arnemuiden Philip VI of France English fleet of Edward III of England 23 Sep, off the coast of Zeeland. It was the first naval battle using artillery.[3]
1340 Battle of Sluys Edward III of England Franco-Genoese fleet of Philip VI of France 24 June, off the coast of Flanders; Edward III gains control of the English Channel
1342 Battle of Guernsey
1350 Battle of L'Espagnols-sur-Mer 50 English ships under Edward III and the Black Prince 40 Castilian ships 29 Aug (Old Style)
1352 Battle of the Bosporus
Tactical draw: Genoese under Paganino Doria vs Venetians, Byzantine Greeks and Aragonese
 In Bosporus Strait
1353 Battle of La Loiera Venetians and Aragonese Genoese 29 Aug, near Sardinia
1354 Battle of Sapienza Genoese under Paganino Doria Venetians under Niccolò Pisani In the southern Peloponnese
1363 Battle of Lake Poyang Mings under Zhu Yuanzhang Hans under Chen Youliang 30 Aug – 4 Oct
1372 Battle of La Rochelle Castilian fleet English fleet 22-23 June, near La Rochelle
1378 Action of 30 May 1378 Venetians under Vettor Pisani Genoese Near Cape d'Anzio
1379 Battle of Pola Genoese under Luciano Doria Venetians under Vittore Pisani 7 May, near Pula
1380 Battle of Chioggia Venetians under Andrea Contarini Genoese June
1387 Battle of Margate / English fleet under Richard, Earl of Arundel Franco-Castilian-Flemish wine fleet under Sir Jean de Bucq 24-25 March
15th century 1403 Battle of Modon Venetians under Carlo Zeno Genoese fleet under the French Marshal Boucicaut 7 Oct
1416 Battle of Gallipoli Venetians Ottoman Turks 29 May
Battle of Harfleur English French 15 Aug (OS?), near Harfleur
1417 English under the Earl of Huntingdon French and Genoese 29 June
1419 Battle of La Rochelle Castilians Flemish-Hanseatic fleet At La Rochelle
1427 Battle of Wieringen Burgundian fleet Fleet of Jacqueline of Bavaria Sep
Battle of the Echinades Byzantines Fleet of Carlo I Tocco
1431 Venetians and Florentines under Pietro Loredano and Paolodi Vanni Rucellai Genoans under Francesco Spinola Genoa captured
1448 Battle of San Vincenzo Neapolitans Florentines
1453 Fall of Constantinople Ottoman Turks Byzantines 12 April; Byzantines are unsuccessful in defending Constantinople and the city falls
Genoese Turks 20 April; Turks fail to prevent Genoese supply ships reaching Constantinople
1457 Battle of Bornholm 3 Polish ships Danish-Livonian fleet Aug
1463 Battle of Vistula Lagoon Polish and Prussian Confederation Teutonic Order fleet 15 Sep
1476 French Genoese 13 Aug, near Cape St. Vincent
1478 Battle of Guinea 11 Portuguese ships 35 Castilian ships Castilian fleet is defeated and captured
1495 Battle of Rapallo Genoese fleet under Francesco Spinola French fleet under de Miolans 2 May; all French ships are captured
1499 Battle of Zonchio Turks under Daoud Pasha Venetians under Antonio Grimani 21, 20, 22 and 25 Aug; Turks capture the fortress of Lepanto
1500 Second Battle of Lepanto Turks under Kemal Reis Venetians Aug

16th century

Year Battle Loc. Winners Losers Notes
1508 Battle of Chaul Alliance of Mamluk, Gujrat and Calicut Portuguese
1509 Battle of Diu Portugal's Indian viceroy Combined Egyptian-Gujarat Sultanate fleet 3 Feb, off Gujarat, India; Portuguese gains control of spice trade
1510 Maltese under Prégent de Bidoux Venetians
1512? Genoese under Andrea Doria Moors At Algiers
1512 Battle of St. Mathieu English French 10 Aug, off Brest; Regent and Marie la Cordelière sunk
1521 Battle of Tunmen Ming Chinese Portuguese
1522 Battle of Xicaowan
1526 Swedes and Lübeckers Pirates
1529 Ottoman Turks under Barbarossa Spanish
1535 Swedes/Danes/Prussians 9 Lübeck ships Early 1535—20 June
10 Lübeck ships June(?), at Fyen
1538 Battle of Preveza Ottoman Turks under Barbarossa Spanish-Venetian-Papal fleet 28 Sep
1541 Raid on Ōmishima Tsuruhime Ōuchi Yoshitaka
1542 Ningbo Massacre Ming China Portugal
1545 Battle of the Solent English French 18-19 July, French attack English off Portsmouth; Mary Rose sinks
15 Aug, off Portsmouth
1549 / Early Aug(?), near Channel Islands
1552 Battle of Ponza Ottoman Turks under Sinan Pasha Genoese under Andrea Doria Off western Italy
1555 Inconclusive melée between French privateers and a Dutch merchant fleet 11 Aug, off Calais
1558 Portuguese English and French
Battle of Gravelines English under Count Egmont French under Marshal de Thermes 13 July, off Gravelines
1560 Battle of Djerba Turks Christians 11 May, near Djerba
1563 Action of 30 May Swedes Danes Northern Seven Years' War is declared
Action of 11 September Inconclusive battle between Danes/Lübeckers and Swedes Part of the Northern Seven Years' War
1564 Action of 30 May Danes/Lübeckers under Trolle Swedes under Bagge
Action of 12 July Danish Swedish During the Northern Seven Years' War, Swedish captain blows up his ship to prevent it being captured, killing all but two navymen
Action of 12 August Swedes under Klas Horn Danes under Herluf Trolle Southeast of Öland during the Northern Seven Years' War
1565 Action of 4 June Indecisive battle between Danes/Lübeckers and Swedes Near Buchow during the Northern Seven Years' War
Action of 7 July Swedes Danes/Lübeckers Between Bornholm and Rügen during the Northern Seven Years' War
Battle of Fukuda Bay Portuguese Matsura clan 18 Oct
1566 Action of 26 July Swedes Danes/Lübeckers Between Öland and Gotland during the Northern Seven Years' War
1568 Polish Several Polish corsairs are captured and reminder are driven off during the Northern Seven Years' War; outcome unconfirmed
Encounter in San Juan de Ulúa Spanish under Martin Enriquez English under Hawkins 23 Sep, at San Juan de Ulúa[4]
1570 English under Burrough and Hodsdon Danes In the Baltic Sea
Battle of Gozo Turkish under Uluch Ali Maltese under Saint-Clement 15 July, near Gozo
1571 Siege of Famagusta Venetians under Marco Querini Turks Jan, near Famagusta
Battle of Lepanto Christian coalition Ottoman Turks 7 Oct, large galley fight off western Greece
1572 Venetians under Colonna vs Turks under Kilitch Ali 7 and 10 Aug, between Cervi and Cerigo and near Cape Matapan
Several skirmishes between Spanish/Venetians and Turks Sep/Oct
1573 Battle of Flushing Sea Beggars Spanish under Sancho d'Avila 17 April
Battle of Borsele 22 April
Battle of Haarlemmermeer Spanish under Bossu Sea Beggars 26 May
Battle on the Zuiderzee Sea Beggars under Cornelis Dirkszoon Spanish under Bossu 11 Oct
1574 Battle of Reimerswaal Sea Beggars under Willem Boisot Spanish under Luis de Resquesens 29 Jan
Battle of lillo Spanish fleet 30 May
Swedes Lübeckers June; 3 Lübeckers and 15 merchantmen are captured
1576 First Battle of Kizugawaguchi Mōri Terumoto Oda Nobunaga Blockade efforts in Siege of Ishiyama Honganji, just off Osaka
1578 Second Battle of Kizugawaguchi Oda Nobunaga Mōri Terumoto
1582 Battle of Terceira Spanish under Alvaro de Bazán French, Portuguese, Dutch and English under Filippo Strozzi 26 July, in the Azores; AKA Battle of Ponta Delgada
Battle of Vila Franca 27 July; Alvaro de Bazán wins a second battle at the Azores in as many days.
1583? Maltese under Avogadro vs Turks
1583 Venetians Maltese under Avogadro 3 Aug; between Cerigotto and Cape Spada
1585 Maltese Turkish April; Turkish ship captured
Japanese landing in Vietnam Nguyen Lord navy Shirahama Kenki pirates
1586 Battle of Pantelleria English under Edward Wilkinson Spanish and Maltese under Pedro de Gamboa y Leyva At Pantellaria
1588 Spanish Armada Spain and Portugal Series of conflicts in July/Aug, off southern England
Battle of Gravelines English Aug
Spanish Armada in Ireland Irish Sep
1589 Defeat of the English Armada / Spanish English April
1591 English vs Spanish under Diego de la Ribera About 13 June
Battle of Flores Spanish English Near the Azores
1592 Battle of Okpo Korean navy under Yi Sun-sin Japanese navy under Todo Takatora 7 May
Battle of Sacheon Japanese 29 May; Koreans use the Turtle Ship
Battle of Hansan Island 14 Aug, in the bay of Hansan Island
Battle of Busan 1 Nov; Koreans could not occupy Japanese-controlled Busan
1594 Action of San Mateo Bay Spanish English Richard Hawkins is taken as prisoner
1595 Action of 1595 Bizertans Maltese About late June
1596 Drake's Assault on Panama Spanish English End of English raiding/invasion expeditions of the Spanish Main led by Drake and Hawkins (died 1595); Drake is killed
1597 Battle of Chilchonryang Japanese Navy and Japanese army Korean Navy under Wŏn Kyun 28 Aug
Battle of Myeongnyang 13 Korean ships under Yi Sun-sin 330 Japanese ships 26 Oct
Bizertans vs Genoese and Romans
Islands Voyage Spanish English Near the Azores
1598 Battle of Noryang Chinese under Chen Lin and Koreans under Yi Sun-sin Japanese 16 Dec; 100 Japanese ships are damaged but another 150 successfully retreat
1600 Action of 14 December Dutch vs Spanish 14 Dec, at Manila

17th century

Early 17th century

Year Date Battle Loc. Winners Losers Notes
1601 27 Dec Battle of Bantam Dutch Portuguese In Bantam Bay
1602 3-4 Oct Battle of the Narrow Seas Dutch under van Duivenvoorde Spanish under Spinola
1603 26 May Battle of Sluis Dutch under de Moor
1604 Oct Action of October 1604 Tuscans Tunisians
1605 July Battle of the Channel Dutch under Haultain Spanish fleet of transport ships Near Dover; Spanish fleet is partly destroyed
Nov Attack on Salinas de Araya Spanish under Fajardo Dutch smugglers and privateers At Araya Peninsula
1606 16 June or 6 Oct Battle of Cape St. Vincent Dutch under Haultain
17 Aug Battle of Cape Rachado Portuguese fleet under Castro Dutch under de Jonge Near Malacca
21 Sep Second battle of Cape Rachado Dutch under de Jonge Portuguese
1607 25 April Battle of Gibraltar Dutch under van Heemskerk Spanish
20 Oct Action of 20 October Tuscans under Beauregard Turkish trade fleet
1609 About May Action of 1609 French under Beaulieu vs Tunisians
29 June Raid on La Goulette Spanish-French Tunis
Action of 1609 Venetians Turks Near Paxos
July Battle of Paphos Turks under Khalil French under Fressinet Near Cyprus
Late Turks vs French under Beaulieu
1610 3-6 Jan Nossa Senhora da Graça incident Portuguese Japanese
21 Aug Action of 21 August Tuscans vs Turks
10 Oct Action of 10 October
1611 End of Aug? Minor action between Danes and Swedes In Kalmar Strait
1612 23 or 25 May Raid on La Goulette Sicilian-Spanish galley fleet Tunisians At La Goulette
29-30 Nov Battle of Swally British East India Company Portuguese Surat, India
1613 29 Aug Battle of Cape Corvo Sicilian-Spanish galley fleet under d'Aragona Turkish trade fleet
1615 30–? Jan English Portuguese Mainly minor skirmishes
17 July Action of 17 July Dutch under Spilbergen Spanish under Pulgar Near Valdivia, Peru
Dec Raid on La Goulette Sicilian-Spanish galley fleet under Ribera Tunisans At La Goulette
1616 Jan Action of January 1616 Spanish vs ?
29 April Action of 29 April Tuscans under Inghirami Turks Near Euboea
14-16 July Battle of Cape Celidonia Spanish-Neapolitans under Ribera First regular action between galleys and sailing ships in the Mediterranean
July Action of July 1616 Spanish vs Dutch
About Oct Neapolitans/Sicilian galleys Larger Turkish galley fleet Possible engagement
1617 April 13 Battle of Ragusa Spanish under Ribera Venetians
14-15 April Battle of Playa Honda Spanish Dutch
12 June Neapolitans/Sicilians vs Venetians Minor skirmish
Aug Battle of Cape Palos Algerines Spanish
Oct Raid on La Goulette Spanish under d'Aragona Tunisians At La Goulette
19-20 Nov Action of 19 November Inconclusive battle between Sicilians and Venetians
1618 24 June Battle of Gibraltar Inconclusive battle between Venice-hired Dutch ships and a Dutch-Spanish fleet
2-4 July Action of 2 July Dutch under Lambert and Spanish under Vidazábal Algerines
23-28 Dec Action of 23 December English vs Dutch Near Jakarta
1619 18-19 Jan Action of 18 January Maltese vs Algerines Near Malta
19 Feb Action of 19 February Danish French pirates
1 March Capture of Nassau Huis English Dutch East India Company Near Jakarta
31 May Dutch French At the mouth of the Vilaine River
English Portuguese
1620 11 May Action of 11 May Venetians under Nani Spanish under Silva
26 June Action of 26 June Tuscans Bizertans
28 Dec British East India Company Portuguese At Cape Jask
1622 22-24 June Battle of Macau Portuguese Dutch East India Company
13-14 July English and Dutch Portuguese Near Mozambique
27 Oct Naval battle of Saint-Martin-de-Ré Inconclusive fight between French and Rochellais (Huguenot) rebels Near La Rochelle
Dutch ships under Swartenhondt Spanish squadron Swartenhondt's fleet was escorting a convoy near Gibraltar
Bombardment of Algiers English naval bombardment of Algiers
1624 3 Oct Action of 3 October A combined squadron of fifteen Neapolitan (Spain), Tuscan, and Papal galleys A squadron of six Algerian ships On San Pietro Island near Sardinia
1625 Jan Battle of Blavet French Rochellais rebels French French fleet captured
11-12 Feb Battle off Hormuz Portuguese English and Dutch
26 June Action of 26 June Bizertans Maltese Near Syracuse, Sicily
16 July Naval battle of Pertuis Breton French Huguenot under Soubise French Royalists with hired Dutch ships Near La Rochelle
15 Sep Naval battle of Saint-Martin de Ré French Royalists under Montmorency with hired English and Dutch ships French Huguenots under Guiton and Soubise Royalists recapture Île de Ré and Ile d'Oléron
1626 Late Action of 1626 Danes Dunkirkers
1627 28 Nov Battle of Oliwa Poles Swedes
1628 21 June Action of 21 June English Venetians/French At Scanderoon
31 July Capture of the Honduran treasure fleet Dutch ships under Ita 2 Spanish treasure ships Spanish ships are captured
7-8 Sep Battle in the Bay of Matanzas Spanish treasure fleet
29 Sep Third La Rochelle expedition French Royalists English Near La Rochelle
1629 18 June Battle of Dungeness Dutch under Hein Dunkirkers Off England; Hein is killed
June—Dec Battle of Duyon River Portuguese Acehnese
16 Sep Action of 16 September Swedes Holy Roman Empire Near Wismar
1630 4-8 Sep Action of 4 September Danes Hanseatics In Elbe River; Hanseatic ships forced to retreat
1631 12 Sep Battle of Abrolhos Undecided encounter between a Dutch and a Spanish/Portuguese fleet Off Pernambuco
12-13 Sep Battle of the Slaak Dutch Zeeland fleet under Hollare Spanish invasion fleet
1633 7 July—22 Oct Battle of Liaoluo Bay Ming China Allied fleet of Dutch East India Company and Chinese pirates One company's vessel is burnt and one is captured by the Chinese; most of pirates' vessels sunk or captured
1634 About early May Maltese galleys Turkish vessels At Zante
19 July Maltese galleys under Valdina Tripolitans
Maltese under Villages Turks
Maltese privateers
1635 21 Aug Dunkirkers squadron under Collaart Dutch guardships Dunkirkers capture 60 fishing trawlers
25 Aug Dunkirkers capture 24 fishing trawlers
About 25 Sep Spanish Dutch West India Company convoy
1636 29 Feb Dutch Zeeland squadron under Evertsen Dunkirkers under Collaart Near Dieppe; Collaart and Mathieu Romboutsen captured
1637 18 Feb Battle off Lizard Point 8 Spanish ships under Horna Dutch convoy and escort Near The Lizard; Spanish capture 17 merchant ships
Spanish under Hoces Spanish capture 32 enemy ships in the English Channel on its return voyage to Spain
1638 About 26 March Dutch Dutch convoy captured
June Maltese galleys Tripolitan sailing ships Near Calabria
7 Aug Venetians under Capello Algerines At Corfu
22 Aug Battle of Getaria French under de Sourdis Spanish galleons under Hoces At Guetaría
31 Aug—3 Sep Battle of Cabañas Spanish treasure fleet Dutch under Jol
1 Sep Battle of Vado French Spanish Galley fight near Genoa
Battle of Goa Portuguese Dutch East India Company 1638—1639; series of engagements resulting in a failed attempt to capture Goa by the Dutch
1639 18 Feb Action of 18 February Dutch under Tromp Dunkirk fleet under Miguel de Horna
16-17 Sep Fight in the Channel Running fight between Dutch under Tromp and Spanish under de Oquendo Spanish seek shelter at The Downs
30 Sep Action of 30 September Dutch Portuguese Near Goa
31 Oct Battle of the Downs Dutch under Tromp Spanish under de Oquendo In the English Channel
End of Dec Spanish under Horna Stronger French force
1640 12-17 Jan Action of 12–17 January Dutch fleet under Loos Spanish/Portuguese fleet under de Mascarenhas
15 June Action of 15 June Dunkirkers Dutch In the Shetland Isles
31 July Battle of Cádiz French under Brézé Spanish under Gomez de Sandoval
1641 17-18 May Spanish French Near Pensacola
4-6 July Second Battle of Tarragona French under de Sourdis Spanish
20-21 Aug Third Battle of Tarragona Spanish French
1-2 Sep? Spanish under Pietersen French and Portuguese
4 Nov Battle of Cape St. Vincent Spanish Dutch under Gijssels At Cape St. Vincent
1642 29 June—3 July Battle of Barcelona French under Brézé Spanish under Ciudad Real
Oct Portuguese Spanish
1643 7 July Battle of the Gianh River Nguyễn navy Dutch East India Company
Aug French Spanish
3 Sep Battle of Cartagena
1644 16 May Action of 16 May Danes Dutch ships hired to support Sweden During the Danish–Swedish War
25 May 33 hired Dutch ships Narrow victory during the Danish–Swedish War
1 July Battle of Colberger Heide Danish and Swedish fight an inconclusive battle During the Danish–Swedish War
7 July Action of 7 July Danes Swedes Small battle during the Danish–Swedish War
10 Aug Action of 10 August Dutch under Thijsen brushes past Danish under King Christian IV In Køge Bay during the Danish–Swedish War
28 Sep Action of 28 September Maltese galleys Turkish sailing ships Near Rhodes; the Maltese's subsequent stay in Venetian-held Crete provoked the outbreak of war
13 Oct Battle of Femern Swedish/Dutch Danish Decisive victory during the Danish–Swedish War

Later 17th century

Year Date Battle Loc. Winners Losers Notes
1645 9 Sep Battle of Tamandare Bay Dutch under Lichthart Portuguese under Paiva At Tamandaré
Scottish Algerian Barbary pirates Attempted attack on Edinburgh
28 or 29 Sep Action of September 1645 Ottomans Combined Christian fleet Christians try and fail to retake Chania during the Cretan War
1 Oct Action of 1 October Combined Christian fleets Turks Christians successfully capture Chania during the Cretan War
c. 1646? French under du Mé Spanish
1646 15 March—4 Oct Battles of La Naval de Manila Two Spanish galleons with Spanish and Filipino crew Dutch invasion fleet Five separate actions over several months
26 May Action of 26 May Venetians Turks Failed attempt to break Venetian blockade of the Dardanelles during the Cretan War
14-16 June Battle of Orbetello Spanish French invasion fleet commanded by Brézé
14 Aug Battle of Chania Inconclusive fight between Christians and the Ottoman fleet At Chania Bay during the Cretan War
1647 27 Jan Action of 27 January Venetians under Morosini 45 Ottoman galleys under Koca Musa Pasha After suffering significant casualties, the Turks are driven off by the arrival of the remaining Venetian fleet during the Cretan War. Morosini and Koca Musa Pasha are both killed during the battle.
10 June Battle of Puerto de Cavite Spanish Dutch Near Manila
25 Aug Inconclusive skirmish between Christians and Turks During the Cretan War
9 Sep
Oct Establishment of the Neapolitan Republic Spanish French At Ischia, Pozzuoli, and Salerno; French are forced out of southern Italy
1649 6 May Minor battle between Venetians and Turks During the Cretan War
12 May Battle of Focchies Venetians Large Turkish fleet
15 July Action of 15 July Venetians vs Turks
18 July
1650 26 July Minor battle between Parliamentarians and Royalists/Portuguese Near Lisbon
20 Oct Parliamentarians French French frigate is captured
23 Nov Action of 23 November Spanish Minor naval battle
1651 8-10 July Action of 10 July Venetians under Mocenigo Turks During the Cretan War
1652 29 May Battle of Dover Clash between English under Blake and Dutch under Tromp Off Dover; initiated the First Anglo-Dutch War
26 Aug Battle of Plymouth de Ruyter's 36 men-of-war Ayscue's 45 men-of-war During the First Anglo-Dutch War
7 Sep Battle of Elba Dutch under van Galen English under Badiley
8 Oct Battle of the Kentish Knock English under Blake Dutch under de With
10 Dec Battle of Dungeness Dutch under Tromp English under Blake
1653 28 Feb—2 March Battle of Portland English under Blake Dutch under Tromp Dutch lose nine men-of-war and about 25 merchantmen during the First Anglo-Dutch War
13 March Battle of Leghorn Dutch under Johan van Galen English under Badiley and Appleton During the First Anglo-Dutch War
12-13 June Battle of the Gabbard English Dutch
8-10 Aug Battle of Scheveningen Dutch under Tromp English blockading fleet under Albemarle Both sides retreat in a First Anglo-Dutch War battle; Tromp is killed
1654 23 March Action of 23 March Skirmish between Dutch and Portuguese Near Colombo
April Maltese privateers Turks Near Rhodes during the Cretan War
2 May Action of 2 May Dutch Portuguese Near Colombo
16 May First Battle of the Dardanelles Turks under Murat Venetians under Delfino Dardanelles during the Cretan War
21 June Venetians Turks Turks retreat after skirmish west of Milos during the Cretan War
1655 Bombardment of Algiers English Algerines
14 April 14 Action of 14 April English under Blake Barbary ships At Porto Farina
21 June Second Battle of the Dardanelles Venetians under Mocenigo Turks under Mustafa Dardanelles during the Cretan War
French under Vendôme Spanish Near Barcelona
1656 22 June Battle of Kotlin Russia Sweden
26-27 June Third Battle of the Dardanelles Venetians and Maltese under Marcello Turks under Chinam Pasha Dardanelles during the Cretan War
July Battle of Nöteborg Swedish Russians
1657 20 April Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife English under Blake Spanish
3 May Action of 3 May Venetians under Mocenigo Algerines During the Cretan War
18 May Action of 18 May Turks and Algerines At Suazich during the Cretan War
17-19 July Fourth Battle of the Dardanelles Venetians, Maltese and Papal forces under Mocenigo Turks In Dardanelles during the Cretan War
12-13 Sep Battle of Møn Danes and Swedes fight inconclusively Near Møn
Sep—12 Nov Siege of Lemnos Ottomans Venetians
1658 19 May Venetians under Contarini Turks Between Imbros and the Dardanelles during the Cretan War
8 Nov Battle of the Sound Danish-allied Dutch Swedish Large battle near Copenhagen; Danish ships watch but are unable to participate
1659 Mid-March Capture of Kalamata Venetians Ottomans Venetians conquer parts of Kalamata
30 March Minor battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes
30 April Battle of Fehrmarn Inconclusive battle between Swedish and Dutch/Danes Small running battle
Battle of Rödsund /
15 July Battle of Ebeltoft Swedish Dutch/Danes
26 or 27 Aug Action of August 1659 Venetians under Contarini vs Turks During the Cretan War
14 Nov Battle of Nyborg Dutch/Danes under de Ruyter Swedes Nyborg is liberated from the Swedish
1660 26 May—12 June Venetians vs Turks Minor skirmish during the Cretan War
1661 End of March Venetians Turks
18 May
27 Aug Action of 27 August Venetians and Maltese Near Milos during the Cretan War
Bombardment of Algiers
1662 29 Sep Action of 29 September Venetians Turkish "Alexandria Caravan" Between Kos and Kalymnos during the Cretan War
1664 29 Dec Action of 29 December English squadron under Allin Dutch merchant fleet During the Second Anglo-Dutch War
1665 March Action of March 1665 French under Beaufort Algerines Near La Goulette during the Cretan War
13 June Battle of Lowestoft English under York Dutch under Van Wassenaer Decisive victory during the Second Anglo-Dutch War
2 Aug Battle of Vågen Dutch merchant fleet English English fail to capture richly laden Dutch merchant fleet in the bay of Bergen during the Second Anglo-Dutch War
24 Aug Battle of Cherchell French under Beaufort Algerines At Cherchell during the Cretan War
27 Nov Battle of Port Delphino French under d'Escrainville Turks During the Cretan War
1666 20 May Undecided encounter between an English and a combined Dutch/French squadron At the isle of Nevis during the Second Anglo-Dutch War
11-14 June Four Days Battle Dutch under de Ruyter English under Albemarle and Rupert During the Second Anglo-Dutch War
4-5 Aug St James's Day Battle English under Albemarle and Rupert Dutch under de Ruyter
1667 25-26 Feb Action of 25 February Venetians under Molin Turks and Tunisians North of Crete during the Cretan War
Feb Invasion of Surinam Dutch under Crijnssen English under Byam Suriname captured from the English
5-9 June Battle of the James River Virginia tobacco fleet James River during the Second Anglo-Dutch War
9-14 June Raid on the Medway Dutch English Dutch raid Medway river near London. The English flagship, HMS Royal Charles, is captured and the English sue for peace during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
30 June—7 July Battle of Martinique English under Harman French During the Second Anglo-Dutch War
1668 8-9 March Action of 8 March Venetians Turks Near Pelagia during the Cretan War
2 May Action of 2 May French During the Cretan War
About Sep Action of 1668 Barbary "Turks" Venetians South of Crete during the Cretan War
1669 June Action of June 1669 Privateers "Alexandria Caravan" escort Near Rhodes during the Cretan War
18-19 Dec Battle of Cádiz English Mary Rose Algerines 7 pirates
28-29 Dec Action of 28-29 December
1670 17 Aug Action of 17 August English/Dutch ships
1671 March Battle of Saraighat Ahom Kingdom Mughals Ahoms retake Guwahati
May Privateers Turkish galleys Near Egina
1672 12 March Action of 12 March English under Holmes Dutch merchant fleet During the Third Anglo-Dutch War
7 June Battle of Solebay Inconclusive battle between Dutch under de Ruyter and English/French under York
1673 7 June First Battle of Schooneveld Dutch England/France
14 June Second Battle of Schooneveld
21 Aug Battle of Texel During the Third Anglo-Dutch War
1 Sep Battle of Masulipatnam Dutch East India Company English East India Company
1674 14 March Battle of Ronas Voe English Navy Dutch East India Company Van Rotterdam captured during the Third Anglo-Dutch War
1675 11 Feb Battle of the Lipari Islands French under Vivonne Spanish under de la Cueva Near Lipari Islands
July English Tripolitans Possible engagement
1676 8 Jan Battle of Stromboli Inconclusive fight between French under Duquesne vs Dutch and Spanish under de Ruyter
24 Jan Attack on Shipping in Tripoli English Tripolitans
22 April Battle of Agosta French under Duquesne and Dutch/Spanish under de Ruyter fight to a draw De Ruyter is mortally wounded
2 June Battle of Palermo French under Vivonne Dutch/Spanish under de la Cerda and den Haen
3-4 June Battle of Bornholm / Dutch/Danish under Iuel Swedes under Creutz Between Bornholm and Rügen in the Baltic Sea
11 June Battle of Öland South of Öland in the Baltic Sea
1677 3 March First Battle of Tobago Dutch under Binckes French under d'Estrées
31 May—1 June Battle of Møn / Danes Swedes Between Femern and Warnemunde, Baltic Sea
1/11 July Battle of Køge Bay Danes and Dutch
11 Dec Second Battle of Tobago French under d'Estrées Dutch under Binckes
1678 March Second Battle of Ushant Undecided action between a Dutch squadron under Evertsen and a French squadron under Château-Renault Isle of Ouessant
1679 Action of 3 May Danes vs Swedes
Action of 26 June Series of skirmishes culminating in a Danish victory over Sweden
Action of 28 June
Action of 2 July
Action of 20 July
1681 23 July Bombardment of Chios French Tripolitans
30 Sep Action of 30 September Spanish Brandenburgers Near Cape St. Vincent
1682 July—Aug Bombardment of Algiers Algerines French
1683 June—July Bombardment of Algiers Inconclusive French naval operation against Algiers
10-16 July Battle of Penghu Qing dynasty Kingdom of Tungning Tungning capitulates to the Qing
1685 Bombardment of Tripoli French under d'Estrées Tripolitans Large parts of Tripoli are destroyed; Tripolitania capitulates to France
1686 12 July Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Tripolitan escort Between Naxos and Nicaria
4 Oct Venetians vs Turks Near Mitylene
c. 1687/88? Turks and Algerines under Mezzomorto Venetians
1688 15 June Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Algerian escort East of Naxos
June—July Bombardment of Algiers Algerines French
1689 11 May Battle of Bantry Bay French English
French vs English Near Casquets
1690 26 March Action of 26 March Turks and Algerines under Mezzomorto Venetians under Valier
10 July Battle of Beachy Head French Anglo-Dutch
8 Sep Battle of Mytilene Venetians fight the combined fleet of Turkey, Algiers, Tripoli and Tunis Near Mytilene
French vs English and Dutch Near Madras
1691 22 Sep Naval battle off St. John French English
1692 27 May—3 June Battle of Barfleur and La Hougue English/Dutch French Decisive English win in the War of the Grand Alliance
French Spanish Near Cape Finisterre
Tripolitans
1693 27 June Battle of Lagos Bay French under Tourville French capture 50 out of 140 merchantmen
1694 23 March Battle of Daman Portuguese Omani
29 June Battle of Texel French under Bart Dutch under de Vries and others
1695 9 and 19 Feb Battle of the Oinousses Islands Turkish Venetians under Zeno
16 April Action of 16 April French English
18 April Action of 18 April Dano-Swedish
10 Aug Action of 10 August English Swedish
18 Sep Battle of Zeytinburnu Turks under Mezzomorto Venetians under Contarini
Dec Anglo–Swedish skirmish English Swedish
1696 17 June Battle of Dogger Bank French Dutch
French vs English In Newfoundland
27 May Second Azov campaign Russians Ottomans
Summer Battle of Mamora Portugal Morocco
Near San Domingo
14 July Action of 14 July 1696 French under D'Iberville English
14-15 Aug Siege of Pemaquid French and Abenaki
22 Aug Battle of Andros Venetians under Contarini vs Turks and their allies under Mezzomorto Near Andros
1697 6 July Action of 6 July Venetians under Contarini vs Turks Near Lemnos
1 Sep Action of 1 September Between Andros and Euboea
5 Sep Battle of Hudson's Bay French English
20 Sep Action of 20 September Venetians under Contarini vs Turks South of Euobea
1698 Battle of Samothrace Inconclusive: Venetians vs Turks, Tripolitans and Tunisians Near Samothrace

18th century

Early 18th century

Year War Date Battle Loc. Winners Losers Notes
1701 17 Aug Maltese raid on La Goulette
1702 Great Northern War 26 June Sweden vs Russia Small-ship action on Lake Ladoga
War of the Spanish Succession 30 Aug—4 Sep Action of August 1702 Draw: English under Benbow vs French under du Casse
Great Northern War 7 Sep Sweden vs Russia Small-ship action on Lake Ladoga
War of the Spanish Succession 23 Oct Battle of Vigo Bay Anglo-Dutch French and Spanish Spanish treasure fleet is destroyed
1703 War of the Spanish Succession 22 May Battle of Cap de la Roque French under Coëtlogon Anglo-Dutch merchant fleet under Vlacq
Great Northern War 7 Aug Battle of Lake Peipus Sweden vs Russia Small-ship action on Lake Peipus
1704 May 17 Battle of Lake Peipus
War of the Spanish Succession 7 Aug Battle of Orford Ness English under Whetstone Swedish under Psilander
24 Aug Battle of Málaga Inconclusive: English and Dutch under Rooke vs French
1705 21 March Battle of Cabrita Point English, Portuguese and Dutch under Leake Spanish and French under Desjean
Great Northern War 26 June Battle of Kotlin Island Sweden vs Russia Swedish ships attack Russian base of Kotlin
20 Aug Battle of Hogland Sweden under Anckarstjerna Russia
1706 War of the Spanish Succession 6 Nov Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Bourbon Spanish English under Jennings Unsuccessful attempt to seize Santa Cruz de Tenerife
1707 2 May Action of 2 May French under Forbin English
21 Oct Battle at The Lizard 2 French squadrons under Forbin and Duguay-Trouin British convoy and escort under Edwards
1708 8 June Wager's Action British under Wager French-Spanish under du Casse and Fernández de Santillán AKA Battle of Barú
1709 2 March Action of 2 March British vs French
25 June Action of 25 June Maltese Tripolitans Near Santa Maria di Leuca
1710 18 April Algerines
Great Northern War 4 Oct Battle of Køge Bay Inconclusive: Denmark under Gyldenløve vs Sweden under Wachtmeister In Køge Bay
War of the Spanish Succession 9 Nov Battle of Syracuse Inconclusive: French under Cassard vs British French came to break up a British blockade but arrived after they left
1711 11 Aug Capture of the galleon San Joaquin British under Littleton Spanish under Villanueva
12-22 Sep Battle of Rio de Janeiro French under Duguay-Trouin Portuguese
1712 Great Northern War 11 April Battle of Fladstrand Inconclusive: Danes under Knoff vs Swedes under Sjöblad
4 Aug Inconclusive: Russia vs Sweden Very minor engagement
28 Sep Inconclusive: Denmark vs Sweden
1713 12 April Maltese Algerines
Great Northern War 22 July Battle of Hogland Inconclusive: Sweden under Raab vs Russia under Cruys Minor engagement
Action of 1713 Portuguese Indians Near Chaul
1714 Great Northern War 6 Aug Battle of Gangut Russians under Apraksin Swedish
1715 24 April Battle of Fehmarn Danes under Gabel Swedish under Wachtmeister
8 Aug Battle of Rügen Inconclusive: Swedish vs Danish
1716 Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War 8 July Action of 8 July Inconclusive: Venetians under Corner vs Turks under Canım Hoca East of Corfu
Great Northern War 8 July Battle of Dynekilen Danes under Tordenskjold Swedish under Strömstierna
1717 13-14 May Battle of Gothenburg Swedish under Strömstierna Danish under Tordenskjold
Austro-Turkish War 16 April Battle of Slankamen Ottomans Austrians
Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War 12-16 June Battle of Imbros Venetians under Flangini vs Turks In northern Aegean
19 July Battle of Matapan Catholic coalition of Venice, Portugal, Malta and the Papal States Turks In Gulf of Laconia
Great Northern War 19 July Battle of Strömstad Swedish under Giertta Danish under Tordenskjold Attack on Strömstad is defeated
1718 Action of 1718 Portuguese Indians Near Karwar
20-22 July Action of 20 July Venetians vs Turks
War of the Quadruple Alliance 11 Aug Battle of Cape Passaro British under Byng Spanish under de Gaztañeta Near Sicily
Great Northern War 17 or 21 Sep Swedes under King Carl XII Danes under Paulssen
Golden Age of Piracy 26-27 Sep Battle of Cape Fear River British under Rhett Pirates under Bonnet
1719 Jacobite rising of 1719 10 May Capture of Eilean Donan Castle British Government Jacobites
Great Northern War 4 June Battle of Ösel Island Russians under Senyavin Swedes under Wrangel
13 July Assault on Strömstad Danes under Rosenpalm Swedish under Örnfelt
War of the Quadruple Alliance 20 Dec Battle of Cape St. Vincent Spanish under Torres English under Cavendish
1720 24 Feb—1 March Raid on Nassau British under Rogers Spanish under Cornejo
Great Northern War 7 Aug Battle of Grengam Both sides claim victory: Russian galleys under Galitzine vs Swedish sailing ships under Sjöblad
Golden Age of Piracy c. Oct Capture of John Rackham British Pirates Rackham surrenders and he and his crew are captured
1722 10 Feb Battle of Cape Lopez
American Indian wars July Battle of Winnepang British colonizers Mi'kmaq
1723 Golden Age of Piracy 10 June Capture of the sloop Ranger British Pirates
1726 Anglo-Spanish War 1726—1728 Blockade of Porto Bello Spanish under de Gaztañeta British under Hosier, St. Lo and Hopson Spanish treasure fleet evades British blockade; Hosier, St. Lo and Hopson are killed in action
1727 11 March Action of 11 March British under Forbes Spanish
1738 20-29 June Russians vs Turks
9-10 Aug Turks Russians
1738 War of the Austrian Succession 20 Nov Battle of Porto Bello British under Vernon Spanish under de la Vega
1739 8 April Action of 8 April British under Mayne Spanish under Gera
1741 7-8 Jan British vs French In West Indies
12 Feb Minor battle in the Gibraltar Strait
March—May Battle of Cartagena de Indias Spanish Large British expeditionary force During the War of Jenkins' Ear
10 Aug Battle of Colachel Raja of Travancore Dutch naval force
1742 31 May Action of 31 May Russians Swedish Swedes retreat after battle in Gulf of Finland
14 June Action of 14 June British Spanish
1743 Russo-Swedish War 20 May Battle of Korpoström Russians Swedish
1744 War of the Austrian Succession 22 Feb Battle of Toulon Draw: Franco-Spanish under Navarro vs British under Mathews
8 May Action of 8 May French British
1745 Jacobite rising of 1745 2 May Skirmish of Loch nan Uamh British Navy Jacobites
War of the Austrian Succession 18-20 May Capture of Vigilant British French
26 June Naval battle off Tatamagouche
1746 25 June Battle at Negapatam Inconclusive: French under La Bourdonnais vs British under Peyton
6 July Action of 6 July
1747 14 May First Battle of Cape Finisterre British under Anson French under de la Jonquière
25 July First Battle of the Glorioso Spanish under de la Cerda English under Crookshanks
15 Aug Second Battle of the Glorioso Inconclusive: Spanish under de la Cerda and British under Byng
7 Oct Third Battle of the Glorioso English under Walker Spanish under de la Cerda
25 Oct Second Battle of Cape Finisterre British under Hawke French under de l'Etenduère
1748 31 Jan Action of 31 January British under Harland French
18 March Action of 18 March British under Cotes Spanish
22 March Battle of Saint-Louis-du-Sud British under Knowles French under Chastenoye
12 Oct Battle of Havana Spanish under Reggio Last major action in the War of Jenkins' Ear

Later 18th century

Year War Date Battle Loc. Winners Losers Notes
1751 Spanish-Barbary Wars 28 Nov Action of 28 November Spanish under Stuart Algerines
1752 Portuguese colonial campaigns 11 Dec Battle of Calicut Portuguese Marathas
1755 Spanish-Barbary Wars 16 April Action of 16 April Spanish Algerines
Seven Years' War 8 June Action of 8 June 1755 British under Boscawen French under Hocquart
1756 20 May Battle of Minorca French under La Galissonnière British under Byng
1757 23 March Battle of Chandannagar British under Clive and Watson French Indies Company
21 Oct Battle of Cap-Français Inconclusive: French under Kersaint vs British under Forrest At Saint-Domingue
1758 French under du Chaffault vs British under Boscawen Minor battle near Ushant
French under du Revest vs British under Saunders Minor battle near Gibraltar Strait
28 Feb Battle of Cartagena British under Osborn French under Duquesne
29 April Action of 29 April British under Denis French under Rohan In the Bay of Biscay
Battle of Cuddalore British under Pocock French under d'Aché
Spanish-Barbary Wars 9-10 June Battle of Cape Palos Spanish Algerines
Seven Years' War 3 Aug Battle of Negapatam British under Pocock French under d'Aché
1759 3-5 July Le Havre raid British under Rodney French under Charles, Prince of Soubise
19 Aug Battle of Lagos British under Boscawen French under La Clue-Sabran
10 Sep Battle of Frisches Haff Swedish Prussians Near Szczecin
Battle of Pondicherry Inconclusive: British fight French but are too damaged to pursue
20 Nov Battle of Quiberon Bay British under Hawke French under Brienne Near St Nazaire
1760 17 Feb Battle of Bishops Court British under Elliot French under Thurot Thurot is killed in action
French and Indian War 16 May Battle of Pointe-aux-Trembles British under Swanton French under Vauquelin
Seven Years' War 3-8 July Battle of Restigouche British under Byron French relief force
17-19 Oct Battle of the Windward Passage / British under Holmes French
1761 17 July Action of 17 July British
13-14 Aug Battle of Cape Finisterre
1762 Anglo-Spanish War 31 May Action of 31 May British under Sawyer and Pownoll Spanish
6 June—13 Aug Siege of Havana British British siege Spanish-held Havana, gaining control until the Treaty of Paris
30 Oct Action of 30 October British under Parker
Oct Siege of Colónia do Sacramento Spanish under Cevallos Portuguese
1763 Jan Second Siege of Colónia do Sacramento
1765 Franco–Moroccan conflicts 25-28 June Larache expedition Moroccans under Mohammed III French under du Chaffault French fail to take Larache
1770 Russo-Turkish war 27-28 May Battle of Nauplia Turks Russians
4 June Action of 4 June Russians vs Turks Minor battle south of Athens
10 June Capture of Port Egmont Inconclusive: Spanish vs British Start of the Falklands Crisis of 1770
Russo-Turkish war 5–7 July Battle of Chesma Russians Turkish Turkish ships are burned off western Turkey
1772 6-8 Nov Battle of Patras West of Patrai
1773 4 July Action of 4 July Inconclusive: Russians under van Kinsbergen vs Turks
3 Sep Action of 3 September
1774 1 July and 20 July First Battle of Kerch Strait Russians under Tchitchagov and Seniavin Turks
1775 American Revolutionary War 11-12 June Battle of Machias Americans under O'Brien British
27 Aug Raid on Saint John
1776 3-4 March Raid of Nassau Americans under Hopkins and Nicholas British under Browne
6 April Battle of Block Island British Americans under Hopkins
29 June Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet Americans under Barry British under Hudson and Graeme
22 Sep—22 Nov Raid on Canso Americans under Jones British
11 Oct Battle of Valcour Island British under Carleton Americans under Arnold
1777 28 March Battle off Yarmouth British Americans
8-9 July Capture of USS Hancock
26 Sep—16 Nov Siege of Fort Mifflin British under Howe Americans under Hazelwood Americans defend Philadelphia on the Delaware River
1778 7 March Battle off Barbados British under Biddle Americans
19 April Frederica Naval Action Americans British under Elbert
24 April North Channel Naval Duel Americans under Jones British
Battle off Liverpool British French
17 June Action of 17 June Inconclusive: British and French both claim victory
27 July First Battle of Ushant Inconclusive: British under Keppel with 30 ships vs French under d'Orvilliers with 28 ships
11 Sep Action of 11 September French British
20 Oct Action of 20 October Inconclusive: British vs French under Ligondès
15 Dec Battle of St. Lucia British under Barrington French under d'Estaing
1779 31 Jan Action of 31 January British under Pownoll French
13 May Action of 13 May British under Wallace
6 July Battle of Grenada French under d'Estaing British under Byron
24 July Penobscot Expedition British under Collier Americans under Lovell and Saltonstall
10 Sep Battle of Lake Pontchartrain American-Spanish under Pickles British
11 Sep Action of 11 Sep French British under Mackenzie
14 Sep Action of 14 September British under Montagu Spanish
23 Sep Battle of Flamborough Head Outcome disputed: Americans under Jones and British under Pearson British save convoy of 41 merchant ships; Jones captures Serapis and Countess of Scarborough but loses Bonhomme Richard
6 Oct Action of 6 October French British under Farmer
11 Nov Action of 11 November British under Graeme Spanish
20 Nov Action of 20 November British
12 Dec Action of 12 December British under Inglis
18 Dec Battle of Martinique British under Parker French under Lamotte Near Fort Royal
21-22 Dec Battle of Guadeloupe British under Rowley French
1780 8 Jan Action of 8 January British under Rodney Spanish
16 Jan Battle of Cape St. Vincent Spanish under Lángara
24 Feb Action of 24 February British under Manners French under du Chilleau
28-29 Feb Battle of Ibiza Inconclusive: British vs Sweden British retreat
17 April Battle of Martinique French under de Guichen British under Rodney
7 June Action of 7 June Indecisive: British under Hawker vs French under Latouche
15 June Action of 15 June British under Pownoll French
9 Aug Action of 9 August Spanish-French under Córdova British under Moutray 55 British convoy ships are captured
10 Aug Action of 10 August British under Williams French under Rumain
13 Aug Action of 13 August British under MacBride French under Clonard
30 Sep Action of 30 September British under Montagu French
Spanish-French under Córdova British 29 British convoy ships are captured
1781 4 Jan Action of 4 January British under Goodall and Mulgrave French under Tanouarn and Grimouard
4 Feb Action of 4 February British under Moreton Dutch under Krul
25 Feb Action of 25 February British under Mann Spanish
16 March Battle of Cape Henry Inconclusive: French under Destouches vs British under Arbuthnot
16 April Battle of Porto Praya Inconclusive: French under Suffren vs British under Johnstone
29-30 April Battle of Fort Royal French under de Grasse British under Hood
1 May Action of 1 May British under Collier Spanish under Winthuysen
21 May Battle of Blomindon British Americans
30 May Action of 30 May British under Williams and Pakenham Dutch under Oorthuys and Melvill
21 July Naval battle off Cape Breton French under La Pérouse and Latouche British convoy
Battle of Saldanha Bay British under Johnstone Dutch
16 Aug Battle of Dogger Bank Inconclusive: Dutch under Zoutman vs British under Parker
2 Sep Action of 2 September British under Douglas French
5 Sep Battle of the Chesapeake French under de Grasse British under Graves
6 Sep Capture of HMS Savage Americans British under Stirling
12 Dec Second Battle of Ushant British under Kempenfelt French under de Guichen
1782 15 Jan Action of 15 January British Spanish
25 Jan Battle of St. Kitts British under Hood French under de Grasse
17 Feb Battle of Sadras Inconclusive: French under Suffren vs British under Hughes
16 March Action of 16 March British under Pole Spanish
8 April Battle of Delaware Bay Americans under Barney British under Mason and Rogers
9 and 12 April Battle of the Saintes British under Rodney French under de Grasse In the West Indies
12 April Battle of Providien Inconclusive: French under Suffren vs British under Hughes
16 April Battle of Porto Praya Inconclusive: French under Suffren vs British under Johnstone
19 April Battle of the Mona Passage British under Hood French under Framond
20-21 April Battle of Ushant British under Barrington, Jervis and Maitland French
28-29 May Battle off Halifax British Americans under Ropes
6 July Battle of Negapatam Inconclusive: French under Suffren vs British under Hughes
29 July Action of 29 July Inconclusive: French under Vaudreuil and British under Salter
12 Aug Action of 12 August Inconclusive: British under Mitchell vs French under Pierrevert
25 Aug—3 Sep Battle of Trincomalee Inconclusive: Hughes' fleet damages Suffren's but withdraws
4 Sep Action of 4 September British under Trollope French
5 Sep Action of 5 September Inconclusive: French under Latouche and British
10 Sep Action of 10 September Inconclusive: French under Nuguy and the East India Company
15 Sep Action of 15 September British under Elphinstone French under Latouche
18 Oct Action of 18 October Inconclusive: British vs French under Grimouard
20 Oct Battle of Cape Spartel Franco-Spanish fleet under Córdova fights British fleet under Howe Howe resupplies Gibraltar
30 Nov Battle of Kedges Strait British Americans
6 Dec Action of 6 December French under de Borda
12 Dec Action of 12 December British under Luttrell Americans and French under Baudin
20-21 Dec Battle of the Delaware Capes British under Frederick Americans
1783 2 Jan Action of 2 January Inconclusive: British under Graves vs French under Kergariou-Locmaria
22 Jan Action of 22 January British under Russell French under Kergariou-Locmaria
15 Feb Action of 15 February British under Linzee French
17 Feb Action of 17 February / British
11 April Action of 11 April British under Graves French under Villaret de Joyeuse
20 June Battle of Cuddalore French under Suffren British under Hughes British fail to seize Cuddalore
Spanish-Algerian war 4-8 Aug Bombardment of Algiers Algerines under Mohammed V Spanish under Barceló
1784 12 July Bombardment of Algiers Spanish-Neapolitan-Maltese-Portuguese under Barceló and Mazarredo
1787 Russo-Turkish War 30 Aug Russians vs Turks
27-30 Sep
15 Oct Russians Turks
1788 17 June—9 July Siege of Ochakov Russians under Nassau-Siegen and Jones Turkish under Hüseyin Pasha and Hasan Pasha Land and sea forces clash
14 July Battle of Fidonisi Russians under Voinovich Ottomans under Hasan Pasha
Russo-Swedish War 17 July Battle of Hogland Inconclusive: Swedes under Charles XIII vs Russians under Greig Strategic victory for Russia
Russo-Turkish War 25 July Battle of Ochakov Russians under Potemkin Turkish under Hüseyin Pasha and Hasan Pasha
1789 26 May Action of 26 May Portuguese Algerines
Russo-Turkish War 2-4 June Action of 2 June Russians Turks At Sinope
Russo-Swedish War 26 July Battle of Öland Indecisive: Swedish under Charles XIII vs Russians under Chichagov
24-25 Aug Battle of Svensksund Russians under Nassau-Siegen Swedes under Ehrensvärd
18 Sep Russians Swedes Small battle in Barösund near Ingå
30 Sep Battle of Elgsö Swedes under Armfelt Russians under Treneven
1790 13 May Battle of Reval Russians under Chichagov Swedes under Charles XIII Disastrous Swedish attack on Russian battlefleet
15 May Battle of Fredrikshamn Swedes under Gustav III Russians
Russo-Turkish War 17-18 May Battle of Andros Ottomans and Algerians Russians under Katsonis
Russo-Swedish War 3-4 June Action off Kronstadt Indecisive: Russia vs Sweden Russian strategic victory
2-3 July Battle of Björkösund Swedish Russians under Nassau-Siegen
3 July Battle of Vyborg Bay Inconclusive: Swedish under Gustav III and Charles XIII and galley vs Russian blockade under under Chichagov Swedish break through the blockade but suffer heavy losses.
9-10 July Battle of Svensksund Swedish under Gustav III and Cronstedt Russians under Nassau-Siegen The largest naval battle in the Baltic Sea of all times; extremely heavy losses by Russians
Russo-Turkish War 19 July Battle of Kerch Strait Russians under Ushakov Turks Slight victory
8-9 Sep Battle of Tendra
31 Oct Battle of the Sulina Russians At the Sulina mouth
17-18 Nov Battle of Tulcea At Tulcea
29 Nov—7 Dec Siege of Izmail Russians under Suvorov Turks under Mehmed Pasha At Izmail
1791 9 July Battle of Măcin Russians under Repnin Turkish rowing vessels under Yusuf Pasha
11 Aug Battle of Cape Kaliakra Russians under Ushakov Turks Largely inconclusive battle but slight Russian victory
Spanish-Moroccan War 24 Aug Bombardment of Tangier Morocco Spain
Third Anglo-Mysore War 18 Nov Battle of Tellicherry British under Strachan French
1793 French Revolutionary Wars 18 June Action of 18 June British under Pellew
31 July Action of 31 July Inconclusive: British vs French under Bompart
29 Aug—19 Dec Siege of Toulon French Republicans under Napoleon French Royalists
5 Oct Raid on Genoa British under Gell French
20 Oct Action of 20 October British under Saumarez
22 Oct Action of 22 October Inconclusive: British under Nelson vs French under Perrée
24 Oct Action of 24 October French British
1794 2 Jan—9 Feb Sunda Strait campaign Inconclusive: French under Reanud attack British convoy
7-20 Feb Siege of San Fiorenzo Anglo-Corsican French
4 April—22 May Siege of Bastia
23 April Action of 23 April British under Warren
5 May Action of 5 May British
7 May Action of 7 May British under Boyles French under Linois
29 May Frigate action of 29 May British under Laforey French
1 June The Glorious First of June British under Howe French under Villaret de Joyeuse In North Atlantic; French grain convoy makes it through to Brest
8 June French vs British
Action of 8 June French under Martin Sardinians
17 June Battle of Mykonos British under Paget French
17 June—10 Aug Siege of Calvi Anglo-Corsican under Hood, Nelson and Stuart French under Casabianca
23 Aug British French Near Brest
21 Oct Action of 21 October British under Pellew French under Thévenard
22 Oct Battle of Île Ronde Inconclusive: French under Renaud vs British
6 Nov Action of 6 November French under Nielly British under Bligh French capture HMS Alexander
24 Dec 1794—3 Feb 1795 Croisière du Grand Hiver British under Smith French under Villaret de Joyeuse
1795 23 Jan Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder French Dutch under de Winter
14 Feb Battle of the Gulf of Roses Spanish under Lángara French
8 March Action of 8 March British French under Lejoille
13-14 March Battle of Genoa Anglo-Neapolitans under Hotham French under Martin
10-11 April Action of 10 April British under Colpoys French
8-18 June Biscay campaign of June 1795 British under Cornwallis French under Vence Near Belle Île
16-17 June Cornwallis's Retreat French under Villaret de Joyeuse
23 June Battle of Groix British under Hood Off Groix
24 June Action of 24 June British under Towry French under Perrée
13 July Battle of the Hyères Islands Anglo-Neapolitans under Hotham and Nelson French under Martin
22 Aug Action of 22 August British under Alms Batavians
7 Oct Battle of the Levant Convoy French under Richery British
1796 12 May Action of 12 May British under Halsted Batavians
31 May Action of 31 May British under Nelson French
4-22 June Atlantic raid of June 1796 British under Williams French
9 Sep Action of 9 September Inconclusive: British vs French under Sercey
13 Oct Action of 13 October British under Bowen Spanish
19 Dec Action of 19 December Inconclusive: British under Nelson and Spanish under Stuart
1797 13-14 Jan Action of 13 January British under Pellew and Reynolds French under Lacrosse
25 Jan Action of 25 January Spanish British under Lord Garlies
28 Jan Bali Strait incident British French under Sercey
14 Feb Battle of Cape St. Vincent / British under Jervis Spanish under Córdoba Near Gibraltar
21 Feb Invasion of Trinidad British under Abercromby Spanish under Chacón British occupy Trinidad
26 March Action of 26 March Austrians and Venetians French
15-21 April Battle of Jean-Rabel British Part of the Haitian Revolution
26 April Action of 26 April British under Martin Spanish
16 May Action of 16 May Danish under Bille Tripolitans under Yusuf Karamanli Near Tripoli
June Assault on Cádiz Spanish under Mazzarredo and Gravina British under Nelson and Jervis
22-25 July Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spanish under Gutiérrez British under Nelson
11 Oct Battle of Camperdown British under Duncan Dutch under de Winter
1798 Jan Raid on Manila Mixed: British victory in Manila; Spanish victory in Zamboanga
21 April Battle of the Raz de Sein British under Hood French under Lhéritier
30 May Action of 30 May British under Laforey French
27 June Action of 27 June British under Foote
29-30 June Action of 30 June British under Stirling
7 July Capture of La Croyable Americans under Decatur Americans capture the French schooner La Croyable
15 July Action of 15 July British under Dixon Spanish
1-3 Aug Battle of the Nile British under Nelson Moored French fleet under Brueys
18 Aug Action of 18 August French under Lejoille British under Thompson
12 Oct Action of 12 October British under Warren French invasion force under Bompart
24 Oct Action of 24 October British under King Batavians
28 Oct British vs French Minor battle
14 Dec Action of 14 December French British
1799 19 Jan Action of 19 January Spanish under Mourelle
27 Jan Macau Incident Inconclusive: British under Hargood vs French/Spanish under de Álva Both sides reported the other refused battle
6 Feb Action of 6 February British under Bowen Spanish
9 Feb Action of 9 February British under Ball French
USS Constellation vs L'Insurgente Americans under Truxton
28 Feb Action of 28 February British under Cooke French under Beaulieu
18 June Action of 18 June British under Lord Keith French under Perrée
Napoleonic wars 7 July Action of 7 July Spanish British under Maitland
Barbary–Portuguese conflicts 15 Aug Action of 15 August Algerines Portuguese
French Revolutionary Wars 3, 4, 5, 10 Sep British vs Spanish Minor light skirmishes
16 Oct Action of 16 October British under Pierrepont Spanish
25 Oct Cutting out of the Hermione British under Hamilton British recapture their ship HMS Hermione
11 Dec Battle of Port Louis British French under l'Hermite

19th century

Early 19th century

Year War Date Battle Loc. Winners Losers Notes
1800 French Revolutionary Wars 1 Jan Action of 1 January Americans French under Rigaud
1-2 Feb USS Constellation vs La Vegeance Inconclusive: Americans under Truxton vs French under Pitot
31 March Action of 31 March British under Dixon French under Decrès
5-7 April Action of 7 April British under Duckworth Spanish
11 May Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor Americans under Talbot and Hull French-Spanish
7 July Raid on Dunkirk British under Inman French
22 July—25 Sep Invasion of Curaçao Batavian-American-British victory
4 Aug Action of 4 August British under Meriton French under Landolphe
12 Oct USS Boston vs Berceau Americans under Little French under Senez
25 Oct USS Enterprise vs Flambeau Americans under Shaw French
Napoleonic Wars 10 Dec Action of 10 December Spanish British
1801 French Revolutionary Wars 19 Feb Action of 19 February British under Barlow French
Napoleonic Wars 3 March Battle of West Kay Danish under Jessen British under Perkins
French Revolutionary Wars 2 April First Battle of Copenhagen British under Nelson Danish under Fischer British destroy moored Danish ships to prevent France taking them over
6 May Action of 6 May British under Cochrane Spanish
24 June Action of 24 June French under Ganteaume British under Hallowell
6 July First Battle of Algeciras French-Spanish under Linois British under Saumarez
12-13 July Second Battle of Algeciras Anglo-Portuguese under Saumarez French-Spanish under Linois
First Barbary War 1 Aug Action of 1 August Americans under Sterett Tripolitanians
French Revolutionary Wars 4 and 15-16 Aug Raids on Boulogne French under Latouche Tréville British under Nelson Failed attemps to destroy French vessels at Boulogne
19 Aug Battle of Mahé British under Adam French
1802 First Barbary War 16 May First Battle of Tripoli Harbor Inconclusive: Swedish and Americans under Cederström vs Tripolitanians
Barbary–Portuguese conflicts 27 May Action of 27 May Algerines under Raïs Hamidou Portuguese
First Barbary War 17 June Action of 17 June Tripolitanians Americans
1803 Napoleonic Wars 23-24 and 27 May Action of 23 May 4 ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force
31 May—1 June Americans on Adams vs Tripolitan gunboats
First Barbary War 2 June Action of 2 June Tripolitanians Americans under Porter
22 June Action of 22 June Americans under Rodgers Tripolitanians
Haitian Revolution 28 June Action of 28 June Inconclusive: French under Willaumez vs British under Bayntun
First Barbary War 31 Oct Action of 31 October Tripolitanians Americans under Porter and Bainbridge
Napoleonic Wars 18 June—6 Dec Blockade of Saint-Domingue British under Duckworth French under Rochambeau Near Santo Domingo
1804 15 Feb Battle of Pulo Aura British under Dance French under Linois
First Barbary War 7 July Action of 7 July Tripolitanians Americans under Caldwell
Napoleonic Wars 11 July Action of 11 July British French
3 Aug—10 Sep Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor Tripolitanians Americans and Sicilians under Preble and Decatur
15 Sep Battle of Vizagapatam French under Linois vs British under Lind
5 Oct Action of 5 October British under Moore Spanish under Bustamente
25 Nov Action of 25 November British under Strachan Spanish
7 Dec Action of 7 December British under Lawford and Hamond
1805 c. Feb Action of 1805 French squadron raids British
French Revolutionary Wars 31 May—2 June Battle of Diamond Rock French and Spanish under Cosmao British under Maurice
Napoleonic Wars 4 July Action of 4 July 2 Russian ships French gunboat force
5 July Action of 15 July French British
18 July Battle of Blanc-Nez and Gris-Nez Dutch and French under Ver Huell Superior British squadron under Lord Keith
22 July Battle of Cape Finisterre British under Calder French under Villeneuve
6 Aug Action of 6 August Inconclusive: French under Linois vs British under Bissell French retreat
French Revolutionary Wars 10 Aug Action of 10 August British under Baker French
Napoleonic Wars 21 Oct Battle of Trafalgar British under Nelson Franco-Spanish fleet under Villeneuve Nelson gains control of the oceans for Britain for the rest of the war but is killed
4 Nov Battle of Cape Ortegal British under Strachan French under Pelley British capture 4 French battleship survivors from Trafalgar
1806 French Revolutionary Wars 8-18 Jan Battle of Blaauwberg British under Baird Batavians and French under Janssens British occupy Dutch Cape Colony
Napoleonic Wars 6 Feb Battle of San Domingo / British under Duckworth French under Leissègues Off Santo Domingo
French Revolutionary Wars 13 March Action of 13 March British under Warren French under Linois
Napoleonic Wars 21 April Action of 21 April Inconclusive: French under Bourayne vs British
4 July Action of 4 July Russians French In Narenta Channel
9 July Action of 9 July British under Plampin French under Perroud
26 July Action of 26 July British Dutch under Aalbers
23 Aug Action of 23 August British under Lydiard and Brisbane Spanish
25 Sep Action of 25 September British battleships under Hood French frigate force under Soleil
18 Oct Action of 18 October British under Rainier Dutch
27 Nov Raid on Batavia British under Pellew
1807 19 Feb Dardanelles operation British under Duckworth Turkish under Selim III In Dardanelles
22 May Battle of the Dardanelles Russians under Seniavin Turkish under Seydi Ali Pasha Near Cape Janizary
Anglo-Spanish War 2 June Action of 2 June Spanish British
Napoleonic Wars 1-2 July Battle of Athos Russians under Seniavin Turkish under Seydi Ali Pasha In northern Aegean
15 Aug—7 Sep Second Battle of Copenhagen British under Gambier and Cathcart Danish under Peymann
18 Sep Raid of Kristiansand British attack Christiansholm Fortress
1 Oct Capture of the Jeune Richard British French
1808 22 March Battle of Zealand Point British under Parker Danish under Jessen
4 April Action of 4 April British under Maxwell Spanish
28 April Battle of Furuholm Swedish Danish under Fisker
16 May Battle of Alvøen British under Bettesworth vs Danish
9 June Battle of Saltholm Danish British
Spanish French (Atlas) Atlas is captured
9-14 June Capture of the Rosily Squadron French under Rosily
10 Nov Action of 10 November British under Seymour French under Pinsum
1809 22 Jan Action of 22 January British under Pechell French under Lahalle
10 Feb Action of 10 February British under Pigot French under Rousseau
24 Feb Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne British under Stopford French under Jurien
27 Feb Action of 27 February French under Dubourdieu British
6 April Action of 6 April British under Seymour French under Dupotet
11-24 April Battle of the Basque Roads British under Gambier French under Allemand
14-17 April Action of 14–17 April British under Cochrane French under Troude Near Puerto Rico; French battleship captured
23 May Baltic campaign Inconclusive: British (Melpomène) vs Danish Danes withdraw; Melpomène damaged
31 May Action of 31 May French under Féretier East India Company
14-18 June and 6 July Actions of 14–18 June and 6 July British under Mounsey France
25-27 June British and Sicilians vs French Near Gulf of Pozzuoli
25 Oct Battle of Maguelone / British under Collingwood French under Baudin
18 Nov Action of 18 November French under Hamelin British East Indiamen
13 Dec Action of 13 December French under Roquebert British under Shortland French capture Junon; Shortland killed in battle
1810 3 May Action of 3 May British under Brenton French under Cosa
3 July Action of 3 July French under Duperré British East Indiamen under Meriton In Mozambique Channel
23 July Battle of Silda British under Byron Danish
26 Aug Battle of Grand Port French under Duperré British under Pym At Grand Port
31 Aug Engagement off Toulon British vs French Near Toulon
13 Sep Action of 13 September French under Bouvet British under Corbet
18 Sep Action of 18 September British under Gordon and Rowley French under Hamelin
15 Nov Action of 15 November British under Malcolm French
1811 Argentine War of Independence 2 March Battle of San Nicolás Spanish Argentines under Azopardo
Napoleonic Wars 13 March Battle of Lissa British under Hoste Larger Franco-Venetian squadron under Dubordieu Off Lissa in the Adriatic Sea
24-25 March Action of 24 March British under Macnamara French
March Battle of Khakeekera Bahrainis/Kuwaitis under Al Khalifa and Al-Sabah Saudis under al-Jalhami and Ibn Ufaysan
Pre-War of 1812 16 May Little Belt affair Americans under Rodgers British under Bingham
Napoleonic Wars 20 May Battle of Tamatave British under Schomberg French under Roquebert
22 May Action of 22 May Algerines under Hamidou ben Ali Tunisians
Maritime fur trade 15-16 June Battle of Woody Point Nuu-chah-nulth Pacific Fur Company under Thorn Tonquin is destroyed
Napoleonic Wars 31 July Action of 31 July British under Maunsell French
29 Nov Action of 29 November British under Maxwell French under Montfort
1812 3 Feb Action of 3 February British under Yeo Haitians
22 Feb Battle of Pirano British under Talbot French under Barré British capture Rivoli
French Revolutionary Wars 9-29 March Allemand's escape from Lorient French under Allemand British under Gore
Napoleonic Wars 22 May Action of 22 May British under Hotham French under Féretier
12 July Battle of Lyngør British Danish under Holm
War of 1812 19 July First Battle of Sacket's Harbor Americans British under Woolsey
13 Aug USS Essex vs HMS Alert Americans under Porter British Alert became the first American capture of the war
19 Aug USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere Americans under Hull British under Dacres
18 Oct Capture of HMS Frolic Inconclusive: Americans under Jones vs British
25 Oct USS United States vs HMS Macedonian Americans under Decatur British under Carden
10 Nov Battle of Kingston Harbour Inconclusive: Americans under Chauncey vs British
11 Dec Battle of La Guaira Americans under Wooster British
1813 Napoleonic Wars 7 Feb Action of 7 February Inconclusive: British under Irby vs Bouvet
War of 1812 24 Feb Sinking of HMS Peacock Americans under Lawrence British
3 April Battle of Rappahannock River British Americans under Stafford
Mexican War of Independence 16 April Battle of Salvatierra
War of 1812 28 May Action off James Island Americans under Downes British
28-29 May Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor Americans under Brown British under Prevost
1 June Battle of Boston Harbor British under Broke Americans under Lawrence
14 July Action off Charles Island Americans under Porter British
5 Aug Capture of HMS Dominica Americans
5 Sep Capture of HMS Boxer Americans under Burrows British under Blyth
10 Sep Battle of Lake Erie Americans under Perry British under Barclay Americans gain control of the lake for the rest of the war
Napoleonic Wars 5 Nov Action of 5 November Inconclusive: British under Pellew vs French under Cosmao Near Toulon
War of 1812 12 Nov Canoe Fight Americans under Dale Creeks
1814 Argentine War of Independence 10-15 March Battle of Martín García Argentines under Brown Spanish under Romarate
Napoleonic Wars 26-27 March Battle of Jobourg British under Seymour and Palmer French under Philibert and du Petit-Thouars
War of 1812 28 March Battle of Valparaíso British under Hillyar Americans under Porter
28 April Capture of HMS Epervier Americans under Warrington British
6 May Battle of Fort Oswego British under Yeo Americans under Mitchell
Argentine War of Independence 14-17 May Battle of Buceo Argentines under Brown Spanish Off Montevideo
War of 1812 28 June Sinking of HMS Reindeer Americans under Blakely British
1 Sep Sinking of HMS Avon British under Arbuthnot
3 Sep Battle of Hampden British under Barrie and Sherbrooke Americans under Morris
6-11 Sep Battle of Plattsburgh Americans under Macdonough British under George Downie
26-27 Sep Battle of Fayal Americans under Reid British
14 Dec Battle of Lake Borgne British under Jones Americans
1815 15 Jan Capture of USS President British under Hayes Americans under Decatur
20 Feb Capture of HMS Cyane and HMS Levant Americans under Stewart British under Falcon and Douglas
23 March Capture of HMS Penguin Americans under Biddle British
Second Barbary War 17 June Battle off Cape Gata Americans under Decatur Algerines under Raïs Hamidou
19 June Battle of Cape Palos Algerines Final battle of the war
War of 1812 30 June Capture of East India Company ship Nautilus Americans under Warrington East India Company
1816 27 Aug Bombardment of Algiers Anglo-Dutch under Pellew Algerines under Agha
1817 Venezuelan War of Independence 8 July Battle of Pagallos Venezuelan Patriots Spanish
1820 Peruvian War of Independence 5-6 Nov Capture of the frigate Esmeralda Chileans under Cochrane
1821 Greek War of Independence 4 March Greeks vs Turks North-west of Zakynthos
5-8 June Greeks Turks
10-13 Aug Skirmish
1 Oct
1822 4 March
31 May
18 June Burning of the Ottoman flagship off Chios Greek under Kanaris Ottomans under Ali Pasha Ali Pasha killed when Greeks blow up his flagship
20-25 Sep Battle of Nauplia Greeks under Miaoulis Ottomans under Mehmet Pasha
Piracy in the Caribbean 9 Nov Action of 9 November Inconclusive: Americans under Allen vs Pirates
1823 Brazilian War of Independence 7-9 Jan Battle of Itaparica Brazilians Portuguese
4 May Battle of 4 May Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese
2-6 July
Venezuelan War of Independence 24 July Battle of Lake Maracaibo Colombians under Padilla Spanish Royalists
Greek War of Independence 27 Sep Greeks vs Turks West of Lemnos
Brazilian War of Independence 21 Oct Battle of Montevideo Brazilians Portuguese
Greek War of Independence 23 Oct Greeks vs Turks Near Pondikonisi
1824 5-17 Aug Battle of Samos Greeks under Sachtouris Ottomans under Hüsrev Pasha
11-26 Aug Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Tunisians
1 Sep First Battle of Budrum Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians
9 Sep Battle of Gerontas Greeks under Miaoulis and Papanikolis Ottomans under Mehmed Pasha
22 Sep Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
29 Sep
12-13 Nov Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
1825 Piracy in the Caribbean 5 March Capture of the sloop Anne Danes, Spanish and Americans vs Pirates under Corfresí
Greek War of Independence 15 April 1825—10 April 1826 Third siege of Missolonghi Egyptians and Ottomans under Ibrahim Pasha Greeks
Greek War of Independence 19 April Battle of Kremmydi Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha
8 May Battle of Sphacteria Greeks under Tsamados
20 May Battle of Maniaki Greeks under Papaflessas
1 June Battle of Andros Greeks under Sachtouris Ottomans under Hüsrev Pasha Between Euboea and Andros
14-15 June Greeks Turks and Egyptians Near Suda Bay
28-29 June Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians South of Cerigo
3 Aug Greeks Turks Near Missolonghi
Sardinian-Tripolitanian war of 1825 26-27 Sep Battle of Tripoli Sardinians under Sivori Tripolitanians under Karamanli
Greek War of Independence 14 Nov Greeks under Miaoulis vs Turks/Egyptians/Algerines/Tripolitans Near Navarino
25 Nov—7 Dec Greeks vs Turks Near Missolonghi
1826 22 and 28 Jan
Cisplatine War 9 Feb Battle of Punta Colares Brazil vs Argentines under Brown
Cisplatine War 11 June Battle of Los Pozos 11 Argentine vessels under Brown 31 Brazilian vessels Near Buenos Aires
Greek War of Independence 27-28 July Greeks vs Turks Near Samos
Cisplatine War 29-30 July Battle of Quilmes Brazilians under Norton Argentines under Brown
Greek War of Independence 10-11 Sep Greeks vs Turks Near Mitylene
6-7 Oct In Aegean Sea
1827 Cisplatine War 9 Feb Battle of Juncal 15 Argentines ships under Brown 17 Brazilians under Pereira
24 Feb Argentines under Brown vs Brazilians Near Quilmes
7-8 April Battle of Monte Santiago Brazilians under Norton Argentines under Brown South of Buenos Aires
Greek War of Independence 30 Sep Battle of Itea Greeks under Hastings Turks In Salona Bay
16 Oct Battle of Doro Passage Americans Greek pirates
20 Oct Battle of Navarino British, French and Russian under Codrington, de Rigny and van Heiden Turkish, Egyptians and Tunisians
1828 31 Jan Action at Grambusa British and French Greek pirates At Grambusa
Spanish colonial campaigns 10-11 Feb Battle of Mariel Spanish under Pérez Mexicans
Greek War of Independence 9 June Russians Turks Near Brăila; part of the Russo-Turkish War
Tripolitanian-Neapolitan War 23-29 Aug Bombardment of Tripoli Tripolitanians under Karamanli Sicilians
Gran Colombia–Peru War 31 Aug Battle of Punta Malpelo Peruvians Colombians
22-24 Nov Battle of Cruces Peruvians under Guisse Colombians under Wright
1829 Liberal Wars 11 Aug Battle of Praia da Vitória Portuguese liberals under Terceira Miguelists
1830 Suppression of the African slave trade 7 Sep Capture of the Veloz Passagera British Slave trader
Belgian Revolution 27 Oct Bombardment of Antwerp Dutch under Chassé Belgians
1831 Liberal Wars 11 July Battle of the Tagus French under Roussin Portuguese Miguelists
1832 Suppression of the African slave trade Capture of the brig Brillante British Slave trader Slave trader murders 600 enslaved Africans onboard the Brillante before being captured by the British
1833 Liberal Wars 5 July Battle of Cape St. Vincent Portuguese under Napier Portuguese Miguelites

Mid 19th century

Year War Date Battle Loc. Winners Losers Notes
1836 Texas Revolution 3 April Action of April 3 Texans Mexicans
1837 Post-Texas Revolution 17 April Action of April 17 Mexicans Texans
26 Aug Battle of Galveston Harbor
1838 War of the Confederation 24 Nov Battle of Callao Peruvians vs Confederates
Pastry War 27 Nov—5 Dec Battle of Veracruz French under Baudin Mexicans under Santa Anna and Arista Veracruz briefly taken by French
1839 War of the Confederation 4 Jan Battle of Casma Chileans under Simpson Peruvians
10 July Laplace affair French under Laplace Hawai'i under Kamehameha III Kamehameha III agrees to decree the Edict of Toleration
First Opium War 4 Sep Battle of Kowloon Stalemate between British under Elliot and Chinese under Lai
3 Nov Battle of Chuenpi British under Elliot Chinese under Lin
1840 10 Oct Battle of Chinhai British under Gough Chinese
1841 23-26 Feb Battle of the Bogue British under Bremer Chinese under Guan
27 Feb Battle of First Bar British under Herbert Chinese
29 Sep—1 Oct Capture of Chusan British under Gough and Parker Chinese under Ge
1842 First Opium War 16 June Battle of Woosung Chinese under Chen
Argentinians under Brown Uruguayans
1843 Texas-Mexican Wars 30 April—16 May Naval Battle of Campeche Draw: Texans under Moore vs Mexicans under Marín
1844 Dominican War of Independence 15 April Battle of Tortuguero Dominicans under Cambiaso Haitians
Franco-Moroccan War 6 Aug Bombardment of Tangier French under d'Orléans Moroccans
15-17 Aug Bombardment of Mogador
1845 Uruguayan Civil War 20 Nov Battle of Obligado British and French under Tréhouart and Inglefield Argentines under Mansilla British and French force passage of Paraná River as part of the larger Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata
1847 15 April Bombardment of Tourane French Vietnamese under Nguyễn
1849 March Rio Nuñez incident French and Belgians Guineans and British
First Schleswig War 3 May Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark Near Kiel
11 May Near Bulk, Kiel
4 June Battle of Heligoland Stalemate: Germans vs Danish
5 April Battle of Eckernförde Schleswig-Holstein Denmark Near Kiel
Piracy in Asia 20-22 Oct Battle of Tonkin River British, Chinese and Vietnamese under Hay Pirates under Shap-ng-tsai
1851 Franco–Moroccan conflicts 26-27 Sep Bombardment of Salé Mixed: French military victory under Henri and Moroccan political victory under Abd al-Rahman
Platine War 17 Dec Battle of the Tonelero Pass Inconclusive: Brazilians under Grenfell vs Argentines under Mansilla Both parties reached their intended destination
1853 Piracy in Asia 10 May Battle of Nam Quan Inconclusive: Anglo-Chinese vs Chinese Pirates
Crimean War 30 Nov Battle of Sinop Russians under Nakhimov Turkish under Osman Pasha
1854 22 April 1854 bombardment of Odessa British and French under Dundas Russians under Osten-Sacken
7 June Skirmish of Halkokari Russians and Finnish British under Plumridge
13 July Bombardment of Greytown Americans under Hollins British and Nicaraguans Monroe Doctrine is enforced
Crimean War 3-16 Aug Battle of Bomarsund British and French under Napier Russians
30 Aug-5 Sep Siege of Petropavlovsk Russians under Putyatin British and French under Despointes and Price
Oct Siege of Sevastopol Allied (British, French and Turkish) Russians and Greeks
1855 25 May—2 Nov Sea of Azov naval campaign British and French Russians
Piracy in Asia 4 Aug Battle of Ty-ho Bay British and Americans Chinese Pirates
Crimean War 9-11 Aug Bombardment of Sveaborg Inconclusive: British and French under Dundas and Pénaud vs Russians
Piracy in Asia 19 Aug Battle of the Leotung British Chinese Pirates
Crimean War 17 Oct Battle of Kinburn British and French under Bruat and Lyons Russian coastal defenses
1856 7 Aug Battle of Tres Forcas Moroccans Prussians under Prince Adalbert
26 Sep Bombardment of Tourane Inconclusive: French vs Vietnamese
Second Opium War 23 Oct—5 Nov Battle of Canton British under Seymour Chinese under Ye
6 Nov Capture of the French Folly Fort
12-13 Nov Battle of the Bogue
16-24 Nov Battle of the Barrier Forts Americans under Armstrong and Foote
1857 Second Opium War 25-27 May Battle of Escape Creek British under Elliot Chinese
26 June Ningpo massacre Chinese pirates Portuguese
1858 Cochinchina campaign 1 Sep 1858—22 March 1860 Siege of Tourane Vietnamese under Nguyễ French and Spanish under de Genouilly and Page
1859 Cochinchina campaign 18 Feb 1859—25 Feb 1861 Siege of Saigon French and Spanish under de Genouilly Vietnamese
1860 Reform War 6 March Battle of Antón Lizardo Americans and Mexican liberals Spanish and Mexican conservatives
1861 Cochinchina Campaign 12 April Capture of Mỹ Tho French and Spanish under Page Vietnamese
American Civil War 12-13 April Battle of Fort Sumter Confederates under Beauregard Union under Anderson First battle of the war
7 May Battle of Gloucester Point Inconclusive: Union under Selfridge and Confederacy-aligned Virginians under Taliaferro
18-19 May Battle of Sewell's Point Confederates under Gwynn Union under Eagle
29 May—1 June Battle of Aquia Creek Inconclusive: Union under Ward and Confederates under Ruggles First use of naval mines by Confederacy
5 June Battle of Pig Point Confederates Union
27 June Battle of Mathias Point Confederates under Ruggles Union under Ward
28 July Sinking of the Petrel Union Confederates Last naval battle involving a privateer ship
28-29 Aug Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries Union under Stringham Confederates under Barron
5 Oct Battle of Cockle Creek Union under Murray Confederates
12 Oct Battle of the Head of Passes Confederates under Hollins Union under Pope First deployment of an ironclad warship into battle
3-7 Nov Battle of Port Royal Union under Du Pont and Sherman Confederates under Drayton First major clash between Union and Confederate fleets
8 Nov Trent Affair Union under Wilkes Confederates under Mason and Slidell Union intercepts Confederate ships on a diplomatic mission to Britain but Lincoln releases the envoys to avoid war with the British
Cochinchina Campaign 16 Dec Capture of Biên Hòa French and Spanish Vietnamese
1862 American Civil War 3 Jan Battle of Cockpit Point Inconclusive: Union under Wyman vs Confederates
11 Jan Battle of Lucas Bend Inconclusive: Union under Foote and Grant vs Confederates First deployment of Union ironclads
6 Feb Battle of Fort Henry Union under Foote and Grant Confederates under Tilghman
10 Feb Battle of Elizabeth City Union under Rowan Confederates under Lynch
28 Feb—8 April Battle of Island Number Ten Union under Foote and Pope Confederates under McCown and Mackall First Confederate defeat on the Mississippi River
8-9 March Battle of Hampton Roads Inconclusive: Union under Marston and Worden vs Confederates under Buchanan and Jones First battle between ironclad warships
14 March Batle of New Bern Union under Burnside Confederates under Branch
Cochinchina campaign 22 March Capture of Vĩnh Long French and Spanish under Bonard Vietnamese
American Civil War 8-28 April Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip Americans under Farragut Confederates under Duncan Union captures New Orleans
10-11 April Siege of Fort Pulaski Union under Du Pont Confederates under Tattnall After a 112-day siege on Tybee Island, the Union captures the Confederate-held Fort Pulaski
10 May Battle of Plum Point Bend Confederates Union under Davis
15 May Drewry's Bluff Confederates under Farrand Union under Rodgers
6 June First Battle of Memphis Union under Davis and Ellet Confederates under Montgomery Destruction of Confederate river fleet by Union gunboats
17 June Battle of St. Charles Union under Fitch and Kilty Confederates under Fry
30 June—1 July Battle of Tampa Confederates under Pearson Union
12-18 Aug Battle of Corpus Christi Mixed: Union tactical victory and Confederate strategic victory under Hobby
24-25 Sep First Battle of Sabine Pass Union under Crocker Confederates under Irvine
3 Oct Battle of Crumpler's Bluff Confederates Union
4 Oct Battle of Galveston Harbor Union under Renshaw Confederates under Cook
1863 1 Jan Battle of Galveston Confederates under Smith Union under Renshaw
9-11 Jan Battle of Fort Hindman Union under Porter Confederates Largest surrender of Confederate troops West of the Mississippi
Second French intervention in Mexico 10-12 Jan First Battle of Acapulco French Mexican Republicans and Americans
American Civil War 11 Jan Action off Galveston Light Confederates under Semmes Union under Blake
27 Jan—3 March Battle of Fort McAllister Confederates Union under Du Pont
11 March Yazoo Pass expedition Union
7 April First Battle of Charleston Harbor Confederates under Beauregard Union under Du Pont Union fails to capture Charleston
29 April Battle of Grand Gulf Confederates under Bowen Union under Porter
17 June Battle of Wassaw Sound Union under Rodgers Confederates under Web
27 June Battle of Portland Harbor Union Confederates under Read
10-11 July First Battle of Fort Wagner Confederates under Beauregard Union under Dahlgren
Bakumatsu 16 July Battle of Shimonoseki Straits Americans under McDougal Japanese under Mōri
American Civil War 18 July Second Battle of Fort Wagner Confederates under Beauregard Union under Dahlgren
18 July—7 Sep Second Battle of Charleston Harbor Inconclusive: Confederates under Beauregard and Union under Dahlgren
Bakumatsu 15-17 Aug Bombardment of Kagoshima Japanese under Shimazu British under Kuper
American Civil War 7-8 Sep Second Battle of Fort Sumter Confederates under Beauregard Union under Gillmore
8 Sep Second Battle of Sabine Pass Confederates under Smith Union under Crocker Most one-sided Confederate victory of the war
5 Oct Attack on USS New Ironsides Confederates under Rowan Union under Glassell CSS David becomes first torpedo boat to make a successful attack on an enemy warship
16-18 Oct Battle of Fort Brooke Union under Semmes Confederates under Westcott
1864 17 Feb Sinking of USS Housatonic Confederates under Dixon Union under Pickering Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to sink a warship in combat
Second French intervention in Mexico 27 Feb Battle of San Juan Bautista Mexican Republicans French and Mexicans
Second Schleswig War Feb Battle of Eckernfjorde Prussia Danes
17 March Jasmund Danes under van Dockum Prussians under von Jachmann
American Civil War 17-20 April Battle of Plymouth Confederates under Hoke Union under Wessells
5 May Battle of Albemarle Sound Inconclusive: Union under Smith vs Confederates under Cooke
Second Schleswig War 9 May Battle of Helgoland Danes under Suenson Prussians and Austrians under von Tegetthoff In the North Sea
Second French intervention in Mexico 3 June Second Battle of Acapulco French Mexican Republicans and Americans
American Civil War 19 June Battle of Cherbourg Union under Winslow Confederates under Semmes USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama
Second Schleswig War 12-20 July Capture of the North Frisian Islands Austrians and Prussians under von Wüllerstorf-Urbair Danes under Hammer
American Civil War 2-23 Aug Battle of Mobile Bay Union under Farragut Confederates under Buchanan Largest Union naval victory of the war
7 Oct Bahia incident Union under Collins Confederates and Brazilians USS Wachusett captures CSS Florida in Brazilian waters, sparking an international incident
29-31 Oct Capture of Plymouth Union under Cushing Confederates
Paraguayan War 12 Nov Capture of the steamer Marquês de Olinda Paraguayans under López Brazilians
American Civil War 9 Dec Rainbow Bluff Expedition Confederates Union
1865 13-15 Jan Second Battle of Fort Fisher Union under Porter Confederates Largest amphibious assault of the war
23-25 Jan Battle of Trent's Reach Union Final naval action of the war
Paraguayan War 11 June Battle of Riachuelo Brazilians under Barroso Paraguayans under Meza In Paraná River
11 Aug Battle of Paso de Mercedes Paraguayans under Bruguez
12 Aug Battle of Paso de Cuevas Brazilians and Argentines under Barroso
Second French intervention in Mexico 11 Sep Third Battle of Acapulco French and Mexicans Mexican Republicans
Chincha Islands War 17 Nov Action of 17 November Chileans Spanish
26 Nov Battle of Papudo Chileans under Rebolledo
Paraguayan War Battle of Corrientes Triple Alliance Paraguayans
1866 Chincha Islands War 7 Feb Battle of Abtao Inconclusive: Spain vs Peru/Chile
6 March Capture of the Paquete de Maule Spanish under Topete Chileans
31 March Bombardment of Valparaíso Spanish under Méndez
Paraguayan War 16 April Battle of Paso de Patria Triple Alliance under Lisboa Paraguayans
Chincha Islands War 2 May Battle of Callao Inconclusive: Spanish under Méndez vs Peruvians under Prado
Third Italian War of Independence 25 June—26 July Battle of Lake Garda Austrians Italians
20 July Battle of Lissa Austrians under von Tegetthoff Superior Italian fleet under Persano
Pre-Korean Expedition 9 Aug—2 Sep General Sherman incident Koreans Americans
Chincha Islands War 22 Aug Action of 22 August Spanish Chileans

Late 19th century

Year War Date Battle Loc. Winners Losers Notes
1868 | Boshin War 28 Jan Battle of Awa Tokugawa shogunate under Enomoto Satsumas
Paraguayan War 13 Feb Passage of Curupayty Brazilians under Carvalho Paraguayans under López
2 March Assault on the battleships Cabral and Lima Barros Brazilians Paraguayans
9 July Assault on the battleships Barroso and Rio Grande Brazilians under Mota
1869 Boshin War 4-10 May Naval Battle of Hakodate Japanese Republic of Ezo under Arai
6 May Battle of Miyako Bay
1870 Piracy in North America 17 June Battle of Boca Teacapan Americans under Brownson Mexican pirates under Vega y Daza
Franco-Prussian War 17 July Action off Zealand Inconclusive: North Germans (SMS Grille) vs French blockade Neither side inflicts damage to the other
22 Aug Battle of Putziger Wiek North Germans (SMS Nymphe) vs French Little damage is inflicted on French anchored in Danzig Bay
9 Nov Battle of Havana Inconclusive: Germans under von Knorr (SMS Meteor) vs French under Franquet (French aviso Bouvet)
25 Dec 1870—7 Jan 1871 Augusta raids North Germans (SMS Augusta) French merchant ships Start of German commerce raiding operations in the Atlantic; three ships are captured and sunk
1873 Cantonal Rebellion 11 Oct Battle of Portmán Spanish Canton of Cartagena Cantonal ships fail to break the Spanish blockade at Cartagena
1877 Russo-Turkish War 25-26 May Action off Măcin Romanias/Russians Ottomans
Peruvian Coup attempt 29 May Battle of Pacocha Inconclusive: British under Horsey on HMS Shah, HMS Amethyst vs Peruvian rebels under Astete on Huascar Notable for seeing the first combat use of the self-propelled torpedo
1879 War of the Pacific 12 April Battle of Chipana Inconclusive: Chileans under Latorre vs Peruvians under García
18 April Bombardment of Pisagua Inconclusive: Peruvians vs Chileans under Rebolledo Chile's attempted amphibious landing on Peruvian land fails but causes high civilian casualties
21 May Naval Battle of Iquique Peruvians under Grau (Huáscar) Chileans under Prat (Esmeralda)
Battle of Punta Gruesa Chileans under Condell (Covadonga) Peruvians under More (Independencia)
26 May First Battle of Antofagasta Peruvians under Grau (Huáscar) Chileans under Arteaga (Covadonga)
10 July Second Battle of Iquique Inconclusive: Peruvians under Grau (Huáscar) vs Chileans under Latorre (Almirante Cochrane and Magallanes)
23 July Capture of the steamer Rímac Peruvians under Grau and García Chileans
28 Aug Second Battle of Antofagasta Peruvians under Grau (Huáscar) Chileans under Latorre and Sánchez (Abtao and Magallanes)
8 Oct Naval Battle of Angamos Chileans under Riveros and Latorre Peruvians under Grau Chilean ships capture Peruvian ironclad Huáscar.
18 Nov Capture of the corvette Pilcomayo Chileans under Portal, Ferreyros and Villavicencio (Blanco Encalada) Peruvians under Riveros and Castillo (Pilcomayo)
1880 War of the Pacific 27 Feb Naval Battle of Arica Peruvians under Sánchez (Manco Cápac) Chileans under Thomson and Condell (Huáscar and Magallanes)
17 March Rupture of the Blockade of Arica Peruvians under Villavicencio Chileans under Latorre
1884 Sino-French War 23 Aug Battle of Foochow French under Courbet Chinese under Zhang At Fuzhou
1885 14 Feb Battle of Shipu Chinese
1 March Battle of Zhenhai Chinese under Ouyang, Xue, Liu and Wu French under Courbet
1891 Chilean Civil War 23 April Battle of Caldera Bay Chilean Balmacedists Chilean Congressionalists
1892 Homestead Strike 6 July Battle on July 6 Pennsylvania unionized steelworkers Pinkertons Pinkertons surrender
1893 Franco-Siamese conflict 13 July Paknam incident French Siamese under Richelieu
Argentine Revolution of 1893 27 Sep Battle of El Espinillo Argentine government (Espora and Independencia) Argentine rebels (Los Andes) Los Andes is damaged and forced to retreat, later surrenders
Hawaiian rebellions 14 Dec 1893—11 Jan 1894 Black Week Americans under Willis and Irwin Hawai'i under Dole
Brazilian Naval Revolt 16 Dec Battle of Guanabara Bay Brazilian Federalists (Aquidabã) Loyalist Army coastal defenses Near Rio de Janeiro
1894 Brazilian Naval Revolt 9-21 Jan Rio de Janeiro Affair Americans under Benham and Brownson Brazilian Federalists under Gama Americans break the blockade of Rio de Janeiro
Brazilian Naval Revolt 16 April Battle of Santa Cantarina Brazilian Loyalists Brazilian Federalists (Aquidabã) Aquidabã is sunk but later returned to service
First Sino-Japanese War 25 July Battle of Pungdo Imperial Japanese Navy Imperial Chinese Navy
17 Sep Battle of Yalu River
1895 20 Jan—12 Feb Battle of Weihaiwei End of the First Sino-Japanese War
1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War 27 Aug Action of 27 August British Zanzibar (HHS Glasgow) Anglo-Zanzibar War itself lasted 38 minutes, making it the shortest military conflict in history
1898 Spanish–American War 25 April Action of 25 April Spanish Americans under Rodgers
1 May Battle of Manila Bay Americans under Dewey Spanish under Montojo
8 May First Battle of Cárdenas Americans under Bernadou Spanish
11 May Second Battle of Cárdenas Spanish Americans under Bernadou
Battle of Cienfuegos Americans under McCalla
12 May Bombardment of San Juan Indecisive: Spanish under Macías vs Americans under Sampson
6-10 June Battle of Guantánamo Bay Americans and Cubans under McCalla Spanish
13 June Action of 13 June 1898 Spanish under Carranza Americans and Cubans under Brownson
22 June Second Battle of San Juan Americans under Sigsbe Spanish
28 June Third Battle of San Juan Americans vs Spanish
30 June First Battle of Manzanillo Spanish Americans under Young
Battle of Tayacoba
1 July Second Battle of Manzanillo Americans under Marix
Battle of the Aguadores Americans and Cubans under Duffield
3 July Battle of Santiago de Cuba Americans under Sampson and Schley Spanish under Cervera Complete destruction of the Spanish fleet in the Caribbean
18 July Third Battle of Manzanillo Americans Spanish
21 July Battle of Nipe Bay
14 Aug Action of Caibarién Inconclusive: Americans Mangrove vs Spanish Fight ends after receiving word that the war ended on 13 Aug
1899 Thousand Days' War 24 Oct Battle of Magdalena River Colombian Conservatives Colombian Liberals
Piracy in Australia Oct Mutiny on the Ethel Crew of Ethel Captain Redell and Ethel crew loyal to him

20th century

Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901)

Markomannia incident (1902)

Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)

Mexican Revolution (1910–1920)

Italo-Turkish War (1911–1912)

  • 1911 September 29–30 Preveza – Italians defeat Ottomans
  • 1912 January 7 Kunfuda Bay – Italians defeat Ottomans
  • 1912 February 24 Beirut – Italians defeat Ottomans

First Balkan War (1912–1913)

  • 1912 November 21 Kaliakra – Bulgarians defeat Ottoman fleet
  • 1912 December 3 Elli – Greeks defeat Ottoman fleet
  • 1913 January 18 Lemnos – Greeks defeat Ottoman fleet

Second Balkan War (1913)

  • 1913 July 14–15 Romanian landings in Bulgaria – Romanians carry out successful landings in Bulgaria, leading to Bulgaria having to sue for peace two weeks later

World War I (1914–1918)

Year Date Battle Description
1914–1918 U-boat campaign Actions throughout the war by the German U-boat Arm against Allied shipping
1914 4–10 August Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau Bloodless engagement – British fleet pursuits German battlecruiser SMS Goeben and light cruiser SMS Breslau, fails to intercept them and they escape to Constantinople.
16 August Battle of Antivari French and British force sinks Austrian cruiser in the Adriatic
26 August Battle of Río de Oro British cruiser HMS Highflyer intercepts and sinks German merchant raider, SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
27 August – 7 November Siege of Tsingtao British and Japanese fleet destroy German and Austro-Hungarian colonial fleet and coastal defenses around Tsingtao, then launch amphibious assault, eventually capturing the city.
28 August Battle of Heligoland Bight British Grand Fleet ambushes and sinks German ships on patrol off Germany's coast; led Germany to pursue a fleet in being strategy for most of the rest of the war
14 September Sinking of SMS Cap Trafalgar British merchant raider, HMS Carmania encounters and sinks German merchant raider SMS Cap Trafalgar, which in turn was disguised as Carmania.
20 September Battle of Zanzibar German cruiser SMS Königsberg sinks British cruiser HMS Pegasus
22 September Action of 22 September 1914 German U-boat SM U-9 ambushes and sinks three British armored cruisers
22 September Bombardment of Madras German cruiser SMS Emden destroys Indian oil refinery in Madras and sinks one merchant ship
22 September Bombardment of Papeete German armored cruisers SMS Scharnhorst and SMS Gneisenau destroy French coastal defenses in French Polynesia and sink the French gunboat Zélée and a freighter
1 October – 11 July 1915 Battle of Rufiji Delta German cruiser SMS Königsberg is blockaded in the Rufiji River delta by a British fleet, holds out for months before being sunk by monitors HMS Mersey and Severn
17 October Battle off Texel British fleet repels attack by four German torpedo boats, sinking all four.
28 October Battle of Penang SMS Emden sinks Russian cruiser Zhemchug and French destroyer in Penang harbour
29 October Black Sea raid Ottoman war minister Enver Pasha instigates the Ottoman entry into the war with raids on Russian ports
1 November Battle of Coronel German cruisers under von Spee defeat a British cruiser force off the coast of Chile; German victory
3 November Raid on Yarmouth German battlecruiser squadron attempts to bombard British city of Yarmouth, intercepted by British destroyers. German cruiser SMS Yorck and British submarine HMS D5 are sunk by mines, and are the only losses of the action
9 November Battle of Cocos HMAS Sydney intercepts and forces the beaching of SMS Emden; Australian victory
18 November Battle of Cape Sarych Two Ottoman warships clash with five Russian pre-dreadnoughts
8 December Battle of the Falkland Islands British battlecruiser force virtually wipes out von Spee's squadron.
16 December Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby German battlecruiser squadron successfully bombards several British ports, British fleet intercepts, but little damage is done in battle, neither side losses ships
25 December Raid on Cuxhaven British airships launch air raid on German port of Cuxhaven, causing major damage. German U-boats pursuit the fleeing airships, but fail to stop them
1915 24 January Battle of Dogger Bank Blucher sunk by British battlecruisers in the North Sea.
19 February Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign Mainly carried out by the Royal Navy with substantial support from the French and minor contributions from Russia and Australia against Ottoman Empire and ended with Turkish victory
15 March Battle of Más a Tierra British cruisers pursuit, corner, and sink German cruiser SMS Dresden
1 May Battle off Noordhinder Bank Two German torpedo boats sunk by British destroyers
1 May Attack on SS Gulflight German submarine SM U-30 torpedoes the then-neutral American oil tanker SS Gulflight, but fails to sink her. Causes an international incident.
7 May Sinking of the RMS Luistania German submarine SM U-20 torpedoes and sinks the British ocean liner, RMS Lusitania killing 1193 civilians, turns international opinion against Germany
10 May Action of 10 May 1915 Russian and Ottoman ships clash near the Bosporus
23–24 May Bombardment of Ancona Austro-Hungarian fleet bombards Italian port of Ancona and damages an Italian destroyer
23–24 May Action off Vieste Austro-Hungarian squadron launches raid against Italian port of Vieste, intercepted by Italian cruisers and destroyers. Austro-Hungarians succeed in sinking an Italian destroyer.
24 May Raid on Porto Buso Italian destroyer Zeffiro raids and captures Austro-Hungarian naval base.
2 July Russian raid on Gotland Russian cruiser squadron intercepts German cruiser force laying mines off the Åland Islands. German mine-laying cruiser Albatross sunk and cruisers Roon and Prince Adalbert damaged.
8-20 August Battle of the Gulf of Riga Russian fleet successfully prevents German fleet from breaking into the Gulf of Riga
19 August First Baralong incident British Q-ship, HMS Baralong intercepts and sinks German U-boat SM U-27
24 August Second Baralong incident British Q-ship, HMS Baralong intercepts and sinks German U-boat SM U-41
10 December Battle of Kirpen Island Two Ottoman gunboats sunk by Russian destroyers
26 December-July 1916 Battle of Lake Tanganyika British, Belgians, and Germans battle for control of Lake Tanganyika
28-29 December First Battle of Durazzo Allied fleet defeats Austro-Hungarian fleet off Albania
1916 8 January Action of 8 January 1916 Russian and Ottoman ships encounter each other in the black sea, have a brief exchange of fire then withdraw
16 January Action of 16 January 1916 German merchant raider SMS Möwe sinks British cargo ship off Maedeira
10 February Second Battle of Dogger Bank German torpedo boat flotilla sorties and engages a British sloop flotilla, sinking HMS Arabis
29 February Action of 29 February 1916 The Royal Navy dispatches ships to destroy a German commerce raider in the North sea, successfully sinking it with the loss of one armed merchant cruiser.
24 April Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft German battlecruiser squadron shells British ports, intercepted by small British fleet, minimal losses for both sides
31 May – 1 June Battle of Jutland Inconclusive two-day battle between the main British and German fleets, largest and only such engagement of World War I.
19 August Action of 19 August 1916 Attempted reengagement of main British and German fleets, results in only minor skirmish
27 August Raid on Ruse Romanian torpedo boats attack an Austrian flotilla in Bulgaria
6 September Action of 6 September 1916 Bulgarian submarine Podvodnik No. 18 engages Russian destroyers Bystry & Gromki in the Black Sea, driving them off.
26–27 October Battle of Dover Strait (1916) German torpedo boats launch a raid into the Dover straight to disrupt shipping
1917 10 March Action of 10 March 1917 German merchant raider SMS Möwe sinks two New Zealand cargo ships
16 March Action of 16 March 1917 British cruiser HMS Achilles sinks German merchant raider SMS Leopard
7 April Scuttling of SMS Cormoran United States Navy blocks the German merchant raider SMS Cormoran at port, but her crew scuttles the ship before it can be captured
21 April Battle of Dover Strait (1917) Destroyer battle.
4 May Action of 4 May 1917 Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney engages the German airship [[Zeppelin LZ92|LZ92, neither side suffers casualties
15 May Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) Austro-Hungarian fleet attacks Allied fleet in attempt to break blockade
12–20 October Operation Albion German fleet engages and defeats Russian fleet, successfully lands and occupies West Estonian archipelago
15 October Action of 15 October 1917 American destroyer, USS Cassin engages and damages German U-boat SM U-61
17 October Battle of Moon Sound German and Russian forces clash in the Baltic Sea.
17 October Action off Lerwick German cruisers SMS Brummer and SMS Bremse attack a British convoy off the Shetland Islands, sinking most of it.
17 November Second Battle of Heligoland Bight Clash between British and German squadrons during mining operation
17 November Action of 17 November 1917 Two American destroyers sink German submarine SM U-58
1918 20 January Battle of Imbros Ottomans and British fight off Imbros in the Aegean.
23 April Zeebrugge Raid Royal Navy attempts to scuttle ships in Zeebrugge channel to prevent Germans from reaching open water, operation fails
23–24 April First Ostend Raid Royal Navy attempts to scuttle ships in Ostend channel to prevent Germans from reaching open water, operation fails
8 May Action of 8 May 1918 German submarine SM U-32 is sunk by depth charges from HMS Wallflower
9 May Second Ostend Raid Royal Navy attempts to scuttle ships in Ostend channel to prevent Germans from reaching open water, operation fails
21 May Action of 21 May 1918 American patrol ship USS Christabel engages and sinks the German submarine SM UC-56
2 June Sinking of SS Carolina German submarine SM U-151 sinks American passenger liner SS Carolina
10 June Sinking of the SMS Szent István Italian torpedo boat MAS-15 torpedoes and sinks Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István
18 June Action of 18 June 1918 German submarine SM U-151 torpedoes and damages the British cargo ship SS Dwinsk, submarine is later engaged by American transport USS Von Stuben, but escapes
19 July Tondern raid British aircraft carrier, HMS Furious launches air raid on German airfield in Todern
21 July Attack on Orleans German submarine SM U-156 attacks a group of barges off Massachusetts
25 August Action of 25 August 1918 Brazilian fleet sailing from Freetown to Dakar is attacked by German U-boats, but suffer no losses. Brazilians successfully counterattack, sinking one U-boat.[5]
2 October Second Battle of Durazzo Allied fleet attacks Austro-Hungarian fleet and coastal defenses in Durazzo, Albania, decimating the city
14 October Action of 14 October 1918 Portuguese patrol ship NRP Augusto de Castilho is sunk by the German submarine SM U-139 while defending a merchant ship
31 October – 1 November Raid on Pula Italian frogmen sink the Austro-Hungarian battleship, SMS Viribus Unitis, without knowing it had just been transferred to the State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs the day prior

Russian Civil War (1917–1922)

Turkish War of Independence (1919–1922)

  • 1921

Irish Civil War (1922–1923)

  • 1922
    • 29 March – Capture of the Upnor – Irish Republican Army tugboat, Warrior captures the British cargo ship, SS Upnor, which was carrying weapons.[6]

Colombia-Peru War (1932–1933)

  • 1933
    • 14–15 February Battle of Tarapacá – Colombian river fleet bombards Peruvian river defenses, comes under fire by Peruvian seaplane fighters, but is repelled.

Chaco War (1932–1935)

Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)

  • 1936
    • 5 August Convoy de la Victoria – Republican destroyer Alcalá Galiano intercepts a Nationalist convoy but fails to stop it
    • 8 August – Action of 8 August 1936 – Nationalist cruiser Almirante Cervera sank British yacht Blue Shadow while shelling Republican positions.
    • 16 August-12 September Battle of Majorca – Republicans launch amphibious assault on Nationalist-held Majorca but fails
    • 19 September Spanish Guinea uprising – Nationalist merchant raider sinks a Republican prison ship
    • 29 September Battle of Cape Espartel – Nationalists cruisers sink Republican destroyer Almirante Ferrándiz.
    • 14 December – Action of 14 December 1936 – Soviet merchant ship Komsomol is sunk by Nationalist cruiser Canarias.
  • 1937
    • 10 January – Action of 10 January 1937 – Soviet merchant ship Smidovich is captured by Nationalist destroyer Velasco.
    • 5 March Battle of Cape Machichaco – Nationalist heavy cruiser Canarias defeats a Basque Auxiliary Navy squadron
    • 28 March – Action of 28 March 1937 – Greek merchant ship Gardelaki is captured by Nationalist patrol ship Uad Kert.
    • 2 April – Action of 2 April 1937 – Greek merchant ship Poli is sunk by Nationalist heavy cruiser Baleares.
    • 4 April – Action of 4 April 1937 – Panamanian merchant ship Janu is captured by Nationalist patrol ship Huelva.
    • 5 April – Action of 5 April 1937 – Greek merchant ship Nagos is captured by Nationalist patrol ship Maria Teresa.
    • 6 April – Action of 6 April 1937 – Panamanian merchant ship Andra is sunk by Nationalist armed trawler Galerna.
    • 16 April – Action of 16 April 1937 – Panamanian merchant ship Hordena is captured by Nationalist light cruiser Almirante Cervera.
    • 24 May Attack on the Barletta – Republican aircraft attack the Italian merchant raider Barletta, killing six Italian sailors
    • 26 May Attack on the Albatros – Republican aircraft attack the German destroyer Albatros with no casualties
    • 29 May Deutschland incident – Republican aircraft attack the German cruiser Deutschland, killing 31 and injuring 74 of her crew
    • 31 May Bombardment of Almería – Kriegsmarine squadron led by Admiral Scheer bombards the Republican port of Almería in retaliation for an attack on the cruiser Deutschland
    • 14 July – Nationalist cruiser Almirante Cervera, assisted by the naval trawler Galerna, seized the British cargo ship Molton off Santander, inside Spanish waters, despite the presence of the British battleship Royal Oak.
    • 7 July – Action of 7 July 1937 – French merchant ship Liberte is captured by Nationalist cruiser Almirante Cervera.
    • 15 August – Action of 15 August 1937 – Panamanian merchant ship Geo McKnight is disabled by the Italian destroyer Freccia.
    • 31 August – Action of 31 August 1937 – Soviet merchant ship Timiryazev is sunk by the Italian destroyer Turbine.
    • 1 September – Action of 1 September 1937 – British merchant ship Woodford is sunk by the Italian submarine Diaspro.
    • 3 September – Action of 3 September 1937 – Soviet merchant ship Blagoev is sunk by the Italian submarine Luigi Settembrini.
    • 7 September Battle of Cape Cherchell – Nationalist cruiser Baleares destroys a Republican convoy.
    • 12 December – Action of 12 December 1937 – French merchant ship Sydney is captured by Nationalist merchant raider Lazaro.
    • 21 December – Action of 21 December 1937 – French merchant ship Francois is captured by Nationalist merchant raider Mallorca.
  • 1938
    • 21 January – Sinking of the Endymion – British merchant ship Endymion is sunk by Nationalist submarine General Sanjurjo.
    • 21 January – Capture of the Pomaron – Estonian merchant ship Pomaron is captured by Nationalist merchant raider Vincente Puchol.
    • 22 January – Action of 22 January 1938 – Estonian merchant ship Juss is captured by Nationalist merchant raider Mallorca.
    • 5–6 March Battle of Cape Palos – Republican squadron sinks Nationalist cruiser Baleres.
    • 19 March – Action of 19 March 1938 – Soviet merchant ship Lensovet is captured by Nationalist patrol ships.
    • 30 March – Sinking of the Lena – Greek merchant ship Lena is sunk by Nationalist submarine General Mola.
    • 30 March – Capture of the Alix – Norwegian merchant ship Alix is captured by Nationalist patrol ship Huevla.
    • 19 May – Action of 19 May 1938 – Greek merchant ship Ellinico Vuono is captured by Nationalist cruiser Canarias.
    • 26 May – Capture of the Stepanov – Soviet merchant ship Skvortzov Stepanov is captured by Nationalist cruiser Canarias.
    • 26 May – Capture of the Jan – Danish merchant ship Jan is captured by Nationalist patrol ship Inasi.
    • 30 May – Action of 30 May 1938 – Panamanian merchant ship Wintonia is captured by a squadron of Nationalist cruisers.
    • 31 May – Action of 31 May 1938 – Soviet merchant ship Potishev is captured by Nationalist merchant raider Vincente Puchol.
    • 21 July – Action of 21 July 1938 – Norwegian merchant ship Skulda is captured by Nationalist patrol ships.
    • 17 October – Action of 17 October 1938 – Soviet merchant ship Katayama is captured by Nationalist minelayer Vulcano.
    • 23 October – Action of 23 October 1938 – Soviet merchant ship Tsyurupa is captured by Nationalist cruiser Almirante Cervera.
    • 2 November – Action of 2 November 1938 – Soviet merchant ship Max Hoels is captured by Nationalist minelayer Vulcano.
    • 9 November – Action of 9 November 1938 – Greek merchant ship Nicolau Eleni is captured by Nationalist patrol ships.
    • 11 November – Capture of the Victoria – Greek merchant ship Victoria is captured by Nationalist merchant raider Mar Cantabrico.
    • 11 November – Sinking of the Hanna – Dutch merchant ship Hanna is sunk by Nationalist submarine General Mola.
    • 19 November – Action of 19 November 1938 – Latvian merchant ship Everards is captured by Nationalist patrol ships.
  • 1939
    • 15 January – Action of 15 January 1939 – French merchant ship Aunis is captured by Nationalist gunboat Deto.
    • 28 January – Action of 28 January 1939 – British merchant ship Lake Lugano is sunk by Nationalist merchant raider Mar Negro.

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)

  • 1937
    • 7 August–25 September Battle of Shanghai – Japanese cruisers and carrier-based aircraft destroy the Republic of China fleet in the Yangtze River.[7]
  • 1938
    • 11 June-28 October Battle of Wuhan – Chinese gunboats see minor action against the Japanese fleet.

Ecuadorian-Peruvian War (1941)

Italian Invasion of Albania (1939)

Winter War (1939–1940)

  • 1939
    • 1 December Battle of Russarö – Soviet heavy cruiser Kirov and escorting destroyers exchange fire with Finnish coastal defenses. Finnish coastal guns damage Soviet warships, forcing their retreat.
    • 14 December Battle of Utö – Two Soviet destroyers attack a Finnish lighthouse. Finnish coastal defenses repel Soviet destroyers.
    • 18 December Battle of the Beryozovye Islands – Soviet battleships Marat and Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya exchange fire against Finnish coastal defenses at key forts.

World War II (1939–1945)

  • 1939–1945 Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945)
  • 1939
    • 1 September Danzig Bay – German Stuka dive bombers destroy much of the Polish Navy
    • 1–3 September Battle of Hel – Surviving Polish warships engage German invasion fleet. All Polish ships are sunk or captured.
    • 1–25 September Worek Plan – Polish submarines attempt to defend coast against German landings.
    • 13 December River Plate – British and New Zealand cruisers engage the German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee. Damaged, she is later scuttled.
  • 1940
  • 1941
    • 10–11 January Operation Excess – Royal Navy engages maritime strike Luftwaffe
    • 12 January-2 February Convoy SC 19 – German U-boats intercept Allied convoy, sink four merchant ships.
    • 17 January Ko Chang – Vichy France defeats Thailand
    • 22 January – 22 March Operation Berlin – Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sink and capture 22 British merchant ships.
    • 22 January-8 February Convoy SC 20 – German U-boats intercept Allied convoy, sink five merchant ships.
    • 30 January-18 February Convoy HX 106 – German U-boats attack British convoy, sinking two merchant ships.
    • 31 January Attack on Convoy AN 14 – Italian destroyers intercept an Allied convoy, disabling a merchant ship
    • 8–11 February Convoy HG 53 – 9 ships sunk and 1 German Fw 200 Condor shot down
    • 25–28 February Operation Abstention – British attempt to land on the Italian-occupied Greek island of Kastelorizo, but are repelled by Italian naval and air forces
    • 27 February Action of 27 February 1941 – New Zealand cruiser HMNZS Leander sinks Italian merchant raider Ramb I
    • 2–8 March Convoy OB 293 – 3 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
    • 4 March Operation Claymore – British destroyers and commandos raid a fish oil plant in occupied-Norway, sinking several German merchant ships
    • 15–17 March Convoy HX 112 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, Allies suffer minimal losses and sink two U-boats.
    • 26 March Raid on Souda Bay – Italian destroyers launch explosive motor boats which sink British cruiser HMS York and Norwegian tanker Pericles
    • 28 March Cape Matapan – British fleet defeats Italian fleet in night action
    • 2–5 April Convoy SC 26 – 10 ships sunk and 1 U-boat destroyed in North Atlantic
    • 4 April – Action of 4 April 1941 – German merchant raider Thor engages and sinks British merchant raider HMS Voltair off Cape Verde
    • 6 April – Action of 6 April 1941 – British cruiser HMS Capetown is torpedoed by Italian MAS boat MAS-213, damaging her.
    • 16 April – Battle of the Tarigo Convoy Duisburg. Lampo, Tarigo and Baleno are sunk, as well as HMS Mohawk
    • 7–10 May Convoy OB 318 – 7 ships sunk and 1 U-boat captured in North Atlantic
    • 8 May – Action of 8 May 1941 – British cruiser HMS Cornwall engages and sinks the German merchant raider Pinguin
    • 10–28 May Convoy HX 126 – Nine German U-boats attack British convoy and sink nine merchant ships.
    • 21 May – 1 June – Battle of Crete – Royal Navy loses three cruisers and 6 destroyers to Axis air attacks
    • 24 May – Battle of the Denmark Strait – Bismarck and Prinz Eugen sink HMS Hood
    • 24–27 May – Hunt for the German battleship Bismarck ends in her sinking
    • 9 June Battle of the Litani River – Two Vichy French destroyers engage Australian amphibious forces, chased away by Allied ships
    • 16 June-3 July Convoy HX 133 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, sinking six merchant ships.
    • 18 June-12 July Convoy SL 78 – Four German U-boats sink eight Allied merchant ships.
    • 22 June-3 August Gulf of Riga campaign – Series of light engagements between German and Soviet ships, results in German control of the Gulf of Riga
    • 22 June 1941 – 27 December 1942 Western Black Sea raids – Series of raids conducted by the Soviet Navy along Romanian and Bulgarian coasts, fails to disrupt Axis shipping
    • 26 June Raid on Constanța – Soviet Black Sea Fleet attempts raid on Romanian port, attack is successfully repelled by Romanian destroyers
    • 26 June Action of 26 June 1941 – Romanian torpedo boats engage Soviet gunboats, damaging and capture one
    • 9 July Action of 9 July 1941 – Three Romanian torpedo boats engage and sink a Soviet submarine
    • 13–14 July Operation München – Romanian monitor NMS Mihail Kogălniceanu engages two Soviet monitors and forces their retreat
    • 13–28 July Operation Substance – Force H is attacked by Italian torpedo boats, submarines, and aircraft en route to Malta
    • 19 July-1 August Convoy OG 69 – German and Italian submarines inflict heavy casualties on British convoy.
    • 26 July Battle of Bengtskär – Soviet Naval Infantry attempt to capture the island of Bengtskär, landings are repelled by Finnish gunboats who sink a Soviet patrol boat
    • 10–15 August Convoy HG 70 – British convoy defends itself from German and Italian submarines with minimal losses.
    • 13–25 August Convoy OG 71 – 10 ships sunk in North Atlantic
    • 25 August Battle of Khuzestan – British and Australian sloops engage and sink Iranian sloops IIS Babr and IIS Palang
    • 27 August – Capture of U-570 – British and Canadian destroyers capture German U-boat U-570
    • 27–31 August – Soviet evacuation of Tallinn
    • 9–11 September Convoy SC 42 – 14 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
    • 17 September – 1 October Convoy HG 73 – 9 ships sunk in North Atlantic
    • 27 September Operation Halberd – Royal Navy successfully defends convoy from Italian fleet and air attacks
    • 14–18 October Convoy SC 48 – 11 ships sunk in North Atlantic
    • 22 October-5 November Convoy HX 156 – Allied convoy successfully defends against U-boat attacks.
    • 30 October – 4 July 1941 Siege of Sevastopol – Soviet Black Sea Fleet attempts to defend Sevastopol from Axis small craft and aircraft, ultimately fails
    • 6 November – Crimean campaign – Romanian submarine NMS Delfinul sinks the Soviet cargo ship SS Uralets
    • 8–9 November Battle of the Duisburg Convoy – Royal Navy intercepts and destroys an Italian convoy
    • 19 November – HMAS Sydney and the German surface raider Kormoran destroy each other in a single ship action off Western Australia; Sydney is lost with all hands
    • 6 December Action of 6 December 1941 – Bulgarian submarine chasers, Chernomorets and Belomorets engage and sink the Soviet submarine Shch-204
    • 7 December Pearl Harbor, also starting the Pacific War – Japanese naval and air forces launch surprise raid on American naval base at Pearl Harbor, forces United States to enter World War II
    • 8–23 December Battle of Wake Island – American coastal and air defenses at Wake Island hold off Japanese invasion for 15 days, sinking several Japanese warships in the process
    • 8–25 December Battle of Hong Kong – British destroyers and gunboats are engaged by Japanese gunboats and aircraft
    • 10 December South China Sea – HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
    • 13 December Cape Bon – British and Dutch destroyers sink Italian cruisers
    • 17 December First Sirte – Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
    • 17 December Battle of Jibrieni – Soviets attack an Axis convoy, losing a submarine
    • 19 December Raid on Alexandria – Italian frogmen cripple several British warships in Alexandria Harbor
    • 19–23 December Convoy HG 76 – 4 ships sunk and 5 U-boats destroyed
    • 24–25 December Battle of Borneo – Dutch submarines engage several Japanese warships and transports during the opening days of the invasion
  • 1942
    • 12 January Action of 12 January 1942 – Dutch minelayer, HNLMS Prins van Oranje is intercepted and sunk by the Japanese destroyer Yamakaze.
    • 14 January Operation Postmaster – British commando unit aboard an armed trawler board and capture the three Axis merchant ships in the neutral Spanish Guinea port of Santa Isabel.
    • 23–25 January Battle of Balikpapan – American and Dutch destroyers and submarines intercept and sink several Japanese transports
    • 26–27 January Battle off Endau – Australian destroyer, HMAS Vampire is sunk by a Japanese fleet.
    • 30 January-3 February Battle of Ambon – Japanese fleet lands invasion force on Ambon Island. Japanese minesweeper, W-9 strikes a Dutch mine and is sunk, with two more Japanese minesweepers damaged. USS Heron is severely damaged by Japanese aircraft, but survives.
    • 30 January-15 February Convoy SC 67 – Allied convoy defends itself against U-boat attacks.
    • 1 February Marshalls-Gilberts raids – American carriers launch airstrikes against Japanese bases
    • 4 February Battle of Makassar Strait – Japanese aircraft launch attack on an American-Dutch fleet
    • 11–13 Channel Dash – Major Kriegsmarine surface units escape from occupied-France to Germany, British attempt to intercept with disastrous results
    • 13 February Battle of Palembang – British gunboat HMS Li Wo intercepts a Japanese convoy and engages it alone, she sinks a transport, but is later sunk by overwhelming fire from escort ships
    • 16 February Attack on Aruba – Several German U-boats sink several Allied oil tankers in coordinated attack
    • 16 February – 23 March Operation Neuland – German & Italian submarines carry out unrestricted submarine warfare in the Caribbean Sea.
    • 18–20 February Battle of Badung Strait – Allied fleet engages Japanese fleet, losing a destroyer
    • 19 February Bombing of Darwin – Japanese carrier task force attacks Australia
    • 21–25 February Convoy ON 67 – 8 ships sunk in North Atlantic
    • 25–28 February Operation Abstention – British attempt to land on Kastelorizo, but an Italian destroyer flotilla intercepts the landing fleet. British forced to retreat.
    • 27 February Java Sea – Japanese invasion convoy escorts destroy ABDA fleet
    • 27 February Sinking of the Langley – Japanese aircraft attack Allied convoy centered around USS Langley, she is severely damaged and forced to be scuttled.
    • 28 February – 1 March Battle of Sunda Strait – Continuation of the Battle of the Java Sea, Japanese force sinks USS Houston and HMAS Perth
    • 1 March Second Battle of the Java Sea – Continuation of the Battle of the Java Sea, Japanese force sinks HMS Exeter, HMS Encounter, and USS Pope
    • 1 March Battle of the Bali Strait – Continuation of the Battle of the Java Sea, four surviving American destroyers skirmish with the Japanese, but escape to Australia
    • 3 March Scuttling of USS Perch – American submarine USS Perch is engaged by Japanese destroyers, suffers damaged and it scuttled, crew is later captured.
    • 4 March Last Stand of HMAS Yarra – Australian sloop HMAS Yarra escorts a small convoy, but is intercepted by Japanese cruisers, engages them alone and is sunk.
    • 6–13 March Operation Sportpalast – German battleship Tirpitz leads a fleet to intercept an Arctic convoy, but fails to locate it, British counter with aircraft, but also fail in finding the German fleet
    • 22 March Second Sirte – Italian fleet obstacles a British convoy to Malta, hit escorts, but failed to sink the cargo ships. Delay of the convoy led to the loss of four freighters by air attack
    • 27 March Action of 27 March 1942 – German submarine U-123 sinks American Q-ship, USS Atik.
    • 28 March – St Nazaire Raid – British destroyer, HMS Campbelltown crashes into Normandie dry dock, rending it useless for the rest of the war.
    • 28–29 March Convoy PQ 13 – British cruiser HMS Trinidad and destroyers defend convoy against attacking German destroyers.
    • 31 March – 1 April Battle of Christmas Island – Japan invades and occupies Christmas Island, Japanese cruiser Naka is severely damaged by American submarine, USS Seawolf
    • 31 March – 10 April Indian Ocean Raid – Japanese task force attacks Ceylon
    • 14 April Convoy OG 82 – 1 U-boat sunk
    • 19 April Bombardment of Curaçao – German U-boat U-130 attempts to shell Dutch oil refinery on Curaçao. U-130 is engaged by Dutch shore batteries, but escapes.
    • 3–4 May Invasion of Tulagi – USS Yorktown and her battlegroup engage the Japanese invasion fleet, sinking several small warships, but fail to prevent the capture of Tulagi.
    • 5 May-6 November Battle of Madagascar – Allied forces invade Vichy-controlled Madagascar. Allied fleet engages Vichy French and Japanese warships, before securing the island.
    • 6–21 May Convoy ON 92 – German U-boats inflict heavy casualties upon Allied convoy.
    • 8 May Coral Sea – Japanese invasion convoy turned back by US carrier aircraft. First carrier battle in history.
  • 1942–44 German U-Boats campaign in Gulf of St. Lawrence
    • 22-27 May Action of 22 May 1942 – Italian submarine Barbarigo sinks the Brazilian merchant ship, SS Comandante Lyra , causing Brazilian Navy B-25's to give chase for five days, but eludes destruction.
    • 31 May-8 June Attack on Sydney Harbour – Japanese submarines raid Sydney Harbour, and sink HMAS Kuttabul
    • 3–4 June Battle of Dutch Harbor – Japanese carrier-based aircraft attack US Navy base in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. SS Northwestern is sunk in the attack.
    • 4–5 June Midway – invasion convoy retreats after US sinks four Japanese carriers and one Japanese heavy cruiser
    • 6 June Action of 6 June 1942 – German merchant raider Stier sinks American Liberty Ship, SS Stanvac Calcutta.
    • 8 June Shelling of Newcastle – Japanese submarine I-21 shells the Australian port of Newcastle, but do no damage. Australian coastal artillery engages, but I-21 escapes.
    • 12–15 June Operation Vigorous – 6 ships sunk from convoy to Malta. The rest of the convoy is driven back
    • 14–15 June Operation Harpoon – 6 ships sunk from convoy to Malta when the convoy is intercepted by an Italian cruiser squadron
    • 14–17 June Convoy HG 84 – German wolfpack attacks British convoy, sinking five merchant ships.
    • 2–4 July Convoy PQ 17 – 24 ships sunk from Arctic convoy to Soviet Union
    • 5 July Action of 5 July 1942 – American submarine USS Growler sinks Japanese destroyer Arare
    • 5-8 July Convoy QS-15 – German submarine U-132 attacks an Allied convoy sinking three merchant ships.
    • 8–10 July Battle of Someri – Finnish and German gunboats engage and sink Soviet gunboats in the Gulf of Finland
    • 17–31 July Convoy ON 113 – Wolfpack intercepts Allied convoy, sinking five merchant ships.
    • 24 July-8 August Convoy ON 115 – Wolfpack intercepts Allied convoy, sinks three merchant ships and loses one U-boat.
    • 3 August Attack on the Dureenbee – Japanese submarine I-175 attacks and damages the Australian fishing trawler Dureenbee
    • 3 August Action of 3 August 1942 – British submarine HMS Saracen sinks German submarine U-335 off the Faroe Islands.
    • 5–10 August Convoy SC 94 – 11 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
    • 8 August Savo Island – Japanese sink 4 cruisers escorting Guadalcanal invasion convoy
    • 11–15 August Operation Pedestal – 13 ships sunk from convoy to Malta
    • 16–30 August Operation Wunderland – German fleet successfully raids Soviet shipping in the Kara Sea, sinking several ships.
    • 22–25 August Convoy ON 122 – German U-boats inflict casualties on Allied convoy, demonstrated importance of radar.
    • 24 August Eastern Solomons – Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo sunk while attacking Guadalcanal
    • 27-28 August Convoys SG-6/LN-6 – Two German submarines sink two Allied merchant ships.
    • 2–21 September Operation Orator – Allies defend Convoy PQ 18 from German attacks. Convoy losses 13 merchant ships, as to Germany's loss of four U-boats, majority of convoy makes it to Arkhangelsk.
    • 4 September – 2 November Battle of Bell Island – Two German submarines sink four Canadian ore ships off Newfoundland with heavy casualties.
    • 6-10 September Convoy QS-33 – Two German submarines sink four Allied merchant ships and one Canadian armed yacht.
    • 10–14 September Convoy ON 127 – 7 ships sunk in North Atlantic
    • 12–16 September Convoy TAG 5 – 2 ships sunk in Caribbean Sea
    • 12-16 September Convoy SQ-36 – Two German submarines sink three Allied merchant ships.
    • 12-24 September Laconia Incident – German U-boat U-156 torpedoes and sinks British transport RMS Laconia. Axis submarines and warships attempt to rescue survivors before being attacked by American aircraft, and forced to call off rescue efforts.
    • 12–28 September Convoy SC 100 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, sinking five merchant ships.
    • 13–14 September Operation Agreement – British forces attempt to land in Tobruk, German and Italian torpedo boats and coastal defenses repel invasion, sinking several British warships.
    • 13–26 September Convoy QP 14 – German U-boats sink five allied ships of the convoy, while Allies sink one U-boat and damage five.
    • 27 September Action of 27 September 1942 – German merchant raider Stier engages American Liberty ship SS Stephen Hopkins. Both ships sink each other in the engagement.
    • 1 October Battle of Cape Burnas – Romanian gunboats engage and sink Soviet submarine after it sank a German transport.
    • 12 October Cape Esperance US cruisers intercept Japanese cruiser force approaching Guadalcanal
    • 12–16 October Convoy SC 104 – 8 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
    • 22 October Battle of Sukho Island – Germany attempts amphibious invasion of Sukho Island, but are repelled by Soviet gunboats, which sink several German transports.
    • 26 October Santa Cruz Islands – USS Hornet sunk in aircraft carrier battle near Guadalcanal
    • 26–29 October Convoy HX 212 – 6 ships sunk in North Atlantic
    • 27–31 October Convoy SL 125 – 11 ships sunk decoying U-boats away from Operation Torch
    • 1–4 November Convoy SC 107 – 15 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in North Atlantic
    • 2–8 November Convoy TAG 18 – 6 ships sunk in Caribbean Sea
    • 6–11 November Convoy TAG 19 – 2 ships sunk in Caribbean Sea
    • 8 November Casablanca – French fleet in harbour an shore batteries attempt to defend Moroccan neutrality but are defeated by a US Navy fleet
    • 11 November Attack on the Ondina – Dutch oil tanker MV Ondina and Indian corvette, HMIS Bengal defend themselves against two Japanese merchant raiders, sinking one of them.
    • 12–15 November Guadalcanal – decisive US victory, last offensive Japanese operation attempted in the Guadalcanal campaign, 11 transports and 2 battleships sunk. heavy losses on both sides in 2 night surface actions.
    • 15–18 November Convoy ON 144 – German U-boats inflict high casualties upon an Allied convoy.
    • 30 November Tassafaronga US cruisers intercept Japanese destroyers resupplying Guadalcanal, but suffer heavy losses from torpedo attack
    • 2 December Battle of Skerki Bank – Allied fleet intercepts Italian convoy and sinks all four transport ships and most of their escorting destroyers.
  • December 1942-June 1943 Operation Lilliput – Royal Australian Navy provides escort to New Guinea convoys, defends them from Japanese air attacks
    • 11–31 December Convoy ON 153 – German U-boats intercept Allied convoy, sink three merchant ships.
    • 26–30 December Convoy ON 154 – 14 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in North Atlantic
    • 30 December 1942 – 3 January 1943 Convoy JW 51B – British cruisers and destroyers defend convoy against attacking German cruiser-destroyer force.
    • 31 December Barents Sea – British escorts fight off German surface attack on convoy JW 51B
  • 1943
    • 3–12 January Convoy TM 1 – 7 ships sunk in North Atlantic
    • 14 January-18 February Operation Ke – Japan withdraws from the Solomon Islands, Allied and Japanese fleets conduct final engagements of the Guadalcanal Campaign.
    • 19-20 January Battle off Zuwarah – British destroyers sink Italian minesweeping force
    • 23 January – 3 February Convoy SG-19 – German submarine U-223 sinks American troopship, SS Dorchester with a loss of 674 out of 904 of her crew. Greatest American loss of life from a single ship in a convoy.
    • 28 January Shelling of Port Gregory – Japanese submarine I-165 shells Australian port of Port Gregory, there are no casualties.
    • 29 January Rennell Island – USS Chicago lost
    • 4–7 February Convoy SC 118 – 8 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in North Atlantic
    • 21–25 February Convoy ON 166 – 11 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
    • 2–4 March Bismarck Sea – aircraft sink 12 ships from a Japanese troop convoy to New Guinea
    • 6 March Battle of Blackett Strait – an American task force intercepts 2 Japanese destroyers and sinks them both.
    • 6–9 March Convoy SC 121 – 7 ships sunk in North Atlantic
    • 10–11 March Convoy HX 228 – 5 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
    • 16–19 March Convoys HX 229/SC 122 – 22 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in largest North Atlantic U-boat wolfpack attack
    • 25 March-10 April Convoy HX 231 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, sink six merchant ships.
    • 26 March Komandorski Islands – US cruiser force intercepts a Japanese Aleutian Islands convoy
    • 28 March Convoy RS 3 – German U-boats destroy Convoy RS 3.
    • 1–16 April Operation I-Go – Japanese launch ariel counteroffensive against Allies in the Solomon Islands, sinking a small number of ships.
    • 16 April Battle of the Cigno Convoy – Italian destroyers defend transport against attacking pair of British destroyers
    • 30 April-1 May Convoy TS 37 – U-515 attacks a convoy alone and sinks seven Allied merchant ships.
    • 3–4 May Battle of the Campobasso Convoy – British destroyers sink Italian transport and destroyer
    • 9–13 May Convoy HX 237 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, sinking three merchant ships. Allies counter and sink three U-boats.
    • 11–13 May Convoy SC 129 – British defend against large U-boat attack, sinking three U-boats and minimal losses to convoy.
    • 14 May Attack on AHS Centaur – Japanese submarine I-177 sinks Australian hospital ship AHS Centaur with a heavy loss of life.
    • 15 May Sinking of U-176 – Cuban submarine chasers sink U-176 in the Caribbean.
    • 18–20 May Convoy SC 130 – 3 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
    • 29 April – 6 May Convoy ONS 5 – 12 ships and 6 U-boats sunk in last major North Atlantic U-boat wolfpack attack
    • 15–20 June Convoy GP55 – Japanese submarine I-174 intercepts Allied convoy and sinks American transport and damages an LST.
    • 6 July Kula Gulf
    • 8–12 July Convoy Faith – German aircraft attack Allied convoy, sinking two Allied troopships with heavy casualties.
    • 10-12 July Battle of Gela - Allied Fleet engages Italian coastal batteries during the Allied Invasion of Sicily.
    • 12–13 July Battle of Kolombangara – Japan defeats a US and New Zealand fleet
    • 17–18 July Operation Scylla – Italian cruiser Scipione Africano repels attack by British torpedo boats, sinking one.
  • 31 July Action of 31 July 1943 – German submarine U-199 is attacked and sunk by US & Brazilian naval aircraft off Rio de Janeiro.
  • August 1943-October 1944 Kara Sea U-boat campaign – German U-boats attempt to disrupt Soviet shipping in the Kara Sea, scoring several kills
    • 6–7 August Battle of Vella Gulf – American destroyers intercept the "Tokyo Express" and sink 3 Japanese destroyers.
    • 17–18 August Battle off Horaniu – American destroyers intercept Japanese convoy evacuation the Solomon Islands
    • 29 August Battle of Isefjord – Danish coastal defense ship, HDMS Niels Juel is sunk by German warships and aircraft while attempting to flee to Sweden.
    • 8 September Operation Zitronella – German task force led by Tirpitz and Scharnhorst destroy Norwegian coastal defenses in Svalbard
    • 8 September-22 November Dodecanese campaign – German forces invade and occupy the Italian Dodecanese Islands, Allied and Italian fleets take heavy losses.
    • 9 September Action off Bastia – Italian destroyers and coastal defenses engage a small German auxiliary fleet, sinking all of them.
    • 9 September Battle of the Straits of Bonifacio – Main Italian fleet attempts to sail to Sardinia following Armistice. German aircraft intercept Italian fleet. Italian battleship Roma is sunk by German aircraft with a Fritz X radio-controlled bomb.
    • 19–23 September Convoys ONS 18/ON 202 – German U-boats simultaneously attack two convoys, but Allies defend them with minimal losses.
    • 28 September-12 October Convoy SC 143 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, Allied fleet successfully defends it, sinking three U-boats.
    • 6 October – Naval Battle of Vella Lavella
    • 15–18 October Convoys ONS 20/ON 206 – Allied convoys defend themselves against large U-boat attack, with only a single ship lost.
    • 22–23 October Battle of Sept-Îles – German light force defeats similar British force
    • 26–29 October Convoy ON 207 – 3 U-boats sunk by a combination of air and naval support in the North Atlantic
    • 27–31 October Convoy SL 138/MKS 28 – 1 ship and 1 U-boat destroyed in North Atlantic
    • 2 November Empress Augusta Bay
    • 6 November Action off Cape Bougaroun – German aircraft attack Allied convoy off Algeria, sinking several ships.
    • 13 November Action of 13 November 1943 – British submarine HMS Taurus sinks Japanese submarine I-34
    • 18–21 November Convoy SL 139/MKS 30 – 1 ship and 3 U-boats sunk
    • 24 November-5 December Convoy SL 140/MKS 31 – Allied convoy defends against attacking U-boats, sinking six of them.
    • 26 November Battle of Cape St. George – American destroyers intercept the "Tokyo Express" and sink 3 Japanese destroyers.
    • 13 December Action off Silba – Three British torpedo boats attack the grounded Croatian cruiser Zniam and permanently disabling her and sinking a tug.
    • 20–30 December Convoy JW 55B – German battleship Scharnhorst and escorts sortie to locate Allied convoy. Preludes Battle of the North Cape.
    • 26 December North Cape – convoy JW 55B escorts sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
    • 28 December Operation Stonewall – Allied ships and aircraft sink three German destroyers in the Bay of Biscay
  • 1944
    • 11 January Action of 11 January 1944 – British submarine HMS Tally-Ho sinks Japanese light cruiser Kuma off Penang
    • 12-27 January Convoy JW 56A – German U-boats sink and damage half of the convoy.
    • 14 February Action of 14 February 1944 – British submarine HMS Tally-Ho sinks German submarine UIT-23 off Penang
    • 17 February Operation Hailstone – Allied fleet attacks former Japanese naval stronghold at Truk Lagoon in the central Pacific, Japanese defenders lose many aircraft and merchant ships
    • 29 February Battle of Ist – Free French destroyers intercept German convoy and sink a corvette and freighter
    • 1–16 March Second Indian Ocean Raid – Japanese heavy cruiser Tone sinks British freighter Behar. The crew of Behar are later executed aboard Tone.
    • 29 March Action of 29 March 1944 – Colombian destroyer ARC Caldas defends convoy against German submarine U-154, and damages her.
    • 19 April – Action of 19 April 1944 – Norwegian submarine HNoMS Ula attacks sinks the German submarine U-974.
    • 22 April-31 May Convoy UGS-40 – German aircraft attack Allied convoy in Mediterranean, but fail to score a single hit. Allies suffer no losses, while Germany loses 19 aircraft.
    • 26 April Action of 26 April 1944 – British light cruiser HMS Black Prince and escorting destroyers intercept a flotilla of German destroyers, sinking one of them.
    • 28 April Battle of Lyme Bay – German E-boat's raid Lyme Bay and sink two American tank landing ships.
    • 6 May Action of 6 May 1944 – German submarine U-66 is sunk by aircraft from USS Block Island (CVE-21) and rammed by USS Buckley (DE-51)
    • 13 May Action of 13 May 1944 – Japanese submarine RO-501 is sunk by American destroyer escorts off the Azores.
    • 4 June Capture of U-505 – German submarine U-505 is captured by USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) and her destroyer escorts off Cape Verde.
    • 6 June Invasion of Normandy – Allied fleets launch the largest amphibious invasion ever conducted in Occupied-France. Allied warships do battle against German coastal defenses and torpedo boats, losing several warships in the invasion.
    • 6 June Capture of U-744 – British and Canadian warships capture and later scuttle the German submarine U-744
    • 9 June Battle of Ushant – Allied 10th destroyer flotilla (UK/Canadian/Polish ships) engage and defeat remnants of the German 8th destroyer flotilla off Brittany
    • 19 June Philippine Sea – US invasion of Saipan initiates the largest aircraft carrier battle in history including "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot"
    • 19–20 June Battle of Nerva Island – Soviet gunboats and torpedo boats repel attack by two German destroyer escorts, T-30 and T-31. T-31 is sunk.
    • 24 June Action off Murter Island – Two British torpedo boats engage German and Croatian torpedo boats off Murter Island. Croatian torpedo boat T7 is damaged and beached.
    • 17 July Action of 17 July 1944 – British submarine HMS Telemachus sinks Japanese submarine I-166 off Penang
    • 17 July Operation Mascot – Royal Navy launches carrier assault against German battleship Tirpitz, but fails.
    • 17 July-3 August Convoy HX 300 – Largest convoy of the war, despite German U-boat attacks, Allies successfully defend merchant ships with no losses.
    • 15 August Battle of Port Cros – American destroyer USS Somers (DD-381) sinks a German aviso and corvette
    • 15 August-14 September Operation Dragoon – Combined Allied fleet launches amphibious assault in Southern France. Allied warships exchange fire against German coastal artillery.
    • 18–19 August Convoy Hi-71 – American submarines sink Japanese convoy and escort carrier Taiyo
    • 7 September Shin'yo Maru Incident – American submarine USS Paddle attacks Japanese convoy and sinks cargo ship Shin'yo Maru killing several American POW's
    • 23–26 October Leyte Gulf – US invasion of the Philippines produces a decisive battle with the Japanese fleet including four main actions – the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano. First use of Kamikaze tactics by the Japanese.
    • 6 October Action of 6 October 1944 – Dutch submarine HNLMS Zwaardvisch sinks German submarine U-168 in the Java Sea
    • 12–16 October Formosa Air Battle – American carrier-based aircraft and Japanese naval aircraft do battle over Formosa
    • 23 October Battle of Maun Island – Yugoslav Partisan Navy gunboats engage two German submarine chasers in a minor skirmish. Yugoslav Partisans retreat after taking damage.
    • 1 November Battle of Pag Island – Two British destroyers ambush and sink a German destroyer and two corvettes
    • 9 November-21 December Battle of Ormoc Bay – American destroyers attack sink several Japanese destroyers and merchant ships
    • 10 November Action of 10 November 1944 – American submarine USS Flounder sinks German submarine U-537 in the Java Sea
    • 15–18 November Convoy Hi-81 – American submarines intercept Japanese convoy and sink escort carriers Shinyo and Akitsu Maru
    • 24 December Convoy WEP 3 – Belgian troopship SS Leopoldville is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-486 with a loss of 819 lives.
  • 1945
    • 10–20 January South China Sea raid – American fleet successfully disrupts Japanese shipping in the South China Sea
    • 14 March Sinking of U-174 – South African frigate HMSAS Natal sinks U-174 on her maiden voyage.
    • 18 March Battle of the Ligurian Sea – Two British destroyers sink two German destroyer escorts
    • 19 March First Bombing of Kure – American carrier-based aircraft damage Japanese warships at anchor in Kure
    • 1 April – 25 May Battle of Okinawa – The Japanese lose their last significant naval force, including the battleship Yamato. Large scale systematic Kamikaze operations conducted by Japanese air forces.
    • 6 April-22 June Operation Kikusui – Japanese Kamikaze campaign against Allied warships begins
    • 12 April Capture of U-1024 – Two British frigates capture German submarine U-1024 in the Irish Sea
    • 12 April-7 May Operation Teardrop – Allied anti-submarine warfare campaign along the North American East coast.
    • 16 April Action of 16 April 1945 – Italian Social Republic MT explosive boat hits the French destroyer Trombe off Liguria, Italy. She survives, but is damaged beyond repair.
    • 23 April Action of 23 April 1945 – German submarine U-183 is sunk by American submarine USS Besugo in the Java Sea
    • 5–6 May Battle of Point Judith – American destroyers sink German submarine U-853 in the Long Island Sound.
    • 7-8 May Actions of 7-8 May 1945 – Three German U-boats attack and sink three Allied ships. U-320 is sunk in the action, becoming the last U-boat to sunk. Final German naval action of the war.
    • 15–16 May Battle of the Malacca Strait – British 26th Destroyer Flotilla ambush and sink the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro.
    • 8 June Action of 8 June 1945 – Two British submarines intercept and sink Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara.
    • 18 July Attack on Yokosuka – Allied naval aircraft bomb and damage Japanese warships in Yokosuka
    • 22–23 July Battle of Sagami Bay – American destroyers intercept Japanese convoy fleeing Tokyo Bay, last surface battle of the war.
    • 24 July Action of 24 July 1945 – American destroyer escort USS Underhill is sunk by Japanese kaiten (suicide-torpedoes)
    • 24–28 July Second Bombing of Kure – Allied naval aircraft sink all remaining Japanese capital ships in Kure
    • July–August Allied naval bombardments of Japan – Allied warships bombard strategic sites on the Japanese coast

Later 20th century

21st century

  • 2000
    • 12 October USS Cole bombing – US destroyer, USS Cole is attacked by suicide small fiberglass boat while docked in Yemen´s Aden harbour. Seventeen U.S. Navy sailors were killed and thirty-seven injured.
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
    • 20–24 March – Battle of Al Faw (2003) Joint British-American-Australian-Polish fleet conducts amphibious operation on the Al-Faw Peninsula in Iraq. Forces capture Iraqi ports and oil platforms.
  • 2004
    • 24 April – Attack on USS Firebolt – US patrol ship, USS Firebolt is attacked by suicide dhows while defending Iraqi oil platforms. in the Persian Gulf. Suicide attack destroys Firebolt's RHIB and kills three of her crew. Two more suicide dhows are sunk by the Australian frigate HMAS Stuart.
  • 2006
    • 11 May – Battle of Point Pedro (2006) The Sri Lanka Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and around 50 Tigers dead.
    • 14 July – Attack on INS Hanit – Israeli corvette INS Hanit is struck by a land-launched C-802 anti-ship missile off the coast of Beirut and is damaged.
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
    • 10 November Battle of Daecheong A South Korean patrol damages a North Korean gunboat forcing it to withdraw.
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2014
    • 23 March – Capture of the Cherkasy – Ukrainian minesweeper Cherkasy is boarded and captured by Russian forces after attempting to flee Crimea.
  • 2016
    • 1 October – Attack on HSV-2 Swift – United Arab Emirates Navy ship Swift is attacked by a C-802 anti-ship missile launched by Houthie rebels off Yemen and is severely damaged.
  • 2017
    • 30 January – Attack on HMS Al Madinah – Royal Saudi Navy frigate HMS Al Madinah is struck by a remote controlled suicide boat by Houthie Rebels off Yemen and is severely damaged.
    • 16 March – Somali pirates hijack an oil tanker[17]
  • 2018
  • 2020
    • 17 May – British flagged tanker Stolt Apol is attacked by two pirate skiffs 75 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden and disables one skiff before escaping.[19]
  • 2022
  • 2023
    • 29 May – Sinking of the Yuri Olefirenko – Ukrainian tank landing ship, UNS Yuri Olefirenko is sunk by Russian anti-ship missiles while docked in Odesa. Ukraine has not confirmed nor denied the loss.[21]
    • 11 June – Attack on the Priazovye – Ukrainian sea drones attack the Russian Vishnya-class intelligence ship, RFS Priazovye, but attack is repelled.
    • 4 August – Attack on the Olenegorsky Gornyak – Ukrainian sea drones attack and damage the Russian tank landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak off Novorossiysk.
    • 13 September – First Missile Attack on Sevastopol – Ukrainian cruise missiles strike Sevastopol shipyards, damaging the Russian tank landing ship RFS Minsk and submarine RFS Rostov-na-Donu.
    • 14 September – Attack on the Sergey Kotov – Russian Bykov-class patrol ship, RFS Sergey Kotov is attacked and severely damaged by Ukrainian sea drones.[22]
    • 16 September – Attack on the Samum – Russian Bora-class corvette, RFS Samum, is attacked and damaged by Ukrainian sea drones.[23]
    • 7 October – Action off Gaza – Israeli Navy intercepts and sinks Hamas attack boats attempting to infiltrate Israel.[24]
    • 13 October – Attack on the Pavel Derzhavin – Russian Bykov-class patrol ship, RFS Pavel Derzhavin is attacked and damaged by Ukrainian sea drones.[25]
    • 4 November – Sinking of the Askold – Ukrainian cruise missiles sink Russian corvette, RFS Askold while docked in Kerch.
    • 26 December – Sinking of the Novocherkassk – Ukrainian cruise missiles sink the Russian tank landing ship, RFS Novocherkassk while docked in Feodosia.
    • 30-31 December – Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou commercial vessel Maersk Hangzhou attacked by Houthis.
    • 31 December – Sinking of a Stenka-class patrol ship. – Russian Coast Guard Stenka-class patrol ship sunk by Ukrainian sea drones off Sevastopol.
  • 2024
    • 1 February – Sinking of the Ivanovets – Russian Tarantul-class corvette, RFS Ivanovets, is sunk by Ukrainian sea drones off Crimea.[26]
    • 14 February – Sinking of the Caesar Kunikov – Russian tank landing ship, RFS Tsezar Kunikov is sunk by Ukrainian sea drones off Crimea.[27]
    • 28 February – Raids on the Tendra Spit – Ukrainian special forces conducted raids on russian positions on the island of Tendra, but operation was unsuccessful.[28]
    • 5 March – Sinking of the Sergey Kotov – Russian Bykov-class patrol ship, RFS Sergey Kotov is attacked and sunk by Ukrainian sea drones in the Kerch Strait.[29]
    • 21 April – Attack on the Kommuna – Russian submarine rescue ship RFS Kommuna is struck by a Ukrainian anti-ship missile in Sevastopol, but causes little damage. Crimea.
    • 15 July – In the Red Sea, the Panamaninan flagged tanker Bentley-I is unsuccessfully attacked by a Houthi sea drone before engaging in a gun battle with two Houthi manned fast attack craft, which are driven off.[30]
    • 2 August – Sinking of the Rostov-na-Donu – Ukrainian drone and missile strikes on Sevastopol sink the Russian Kilo-class submarine, RFS Rostov-na-Donu, which was being repaired.
    • 21 August – In Red Sea, the Greek flagged tanker Sounion was attacked and exchanged gunfire with two Houthi manned fast attack craft. The Sounion was then hit by three projectiles and set afire before being abandoned by its crew.[31]
    • 10 December – Attack on Latakia – Israeli Navy attacks and sinks 15 Syrian warships at anchor to prevent them from falling into terrorist hands.

See also

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