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This is a chronological list of naval fleet battles:
Also see:
Single-ship actions and other major naval events
Category:Naval battles
If a battles name isn't known it's just referred to as "Action of (date)".

Ancient

Middle Ages

  • 456 - Romans under Flavius Ricimer defeat Vandals near Corsica
  • 468 Cape Bon - Vandals defeat East and West Romans
  • 551 - East Roman Byzantines under Artabanes defeat Ostrogoths
  • 552 - East Roman Byzantines under Narses defeat Ostrogoths
  • 655 "Battle of the Masts" - Arabs defeat Byzantine Greeks under Constans II
  • 677 Syllaeum
  • 678 - Greeks defeat Arabs (first use of "Greek fire")
  • 697? - Greeks under John defeat Arabs
  • 698 Carthage - Arabs defeat Greeks under John at Carthage
  • 717 September 3 - Byzantines under Leo III defeats Arabs
  • 718 Spring - Byzantines under Leo III defeats Arabs
  • 727 - Byzantine central fleet destroys provincial Aegean fleet
  • 747 Ceramea - Byzantines destroy large Arab fleet
  • 813 - Byzantines defeat Arabs
  • 821 - Byzantine central fleet defeats provincial fleets in civil war
  • 841 - Arabs defeat Venetian squadron near Taranto
  • 868 - Byzantines under Niketas Oryphas destroy 2 Arab fleets near Thrace and in Gulf of Corinth
  • 880 Night Battle of Cephalonia - Byzantines under Nasaris destroy Arab fleet
  • 880 First Milazzo - Byzantines under Nasaris destroy Arab fleet
  • 885 - Frisians defeat Vikings
  • 888 Second Milazzo - Arabs defeat Byzantines
  • 908 Battle in the Aegean Sea - Byzantines under Himerios defeat Arabs
  • 912 Chios - Syrian-Cilician fleet defeats Byzantine squadron under Himerios
  • 941 - Byzantine fleet destroys Kievan fleet under Igor near Bosphorus Strait
  • 956 - Tunisian fleet destroyed by Christians near Mazara
  • 958 - Tunis vs Christians in Messina Strait
  • 964 - Arab fleet destroys Greek fleet under Patriarch Niketas near Calabria
  • 998 - Victory for Venetians
  • 1000 September 9 Swold - Swedes and Danes defeat Norwegians
  • 1004 - Venetians under Pietro Orseolo II defeat Arabs at Messina
  • 1005 - Pisans defeat Arabs at Messina
  • 1043 - Byzantines defeat Russian squadron in the Bosphorus
  • 1062 Nissa - Norwegians under Harald Hardrada defeat Danes in Kattegat
  • 1081 Durazzo - Venetian-Byzantine fleet defeats Normans near Durazzo, Albania
  • 1084 - Normans defeat Venetians in a series of battles near Albania

12th Century

13th Century

  • 1213 May 30 and 31 Damme - English under William Longsword, sink most of fleet of France's King Philip II in the harbor of Damme
  • 1217 August 24 South Foreland (Dover) - The "Fight off Sandwich". Fleet of English Hubert and Burgh defeat French fleet of Eustace the Monk off Dover
  • 1241 - Pisans under Ansald di Mari defeat Genovese
  • 1263 - Venetians under Gilberto Dandolo defeat Genovese in the Bay of Nauplia
  • 1264 - Genovese defeat Venetians
  • 1266 Trapani - Venetians defeat Genovese
  • before 1279 - Conrad Lancia defeats Muslim fleet near Tunisia (details)
  • 1282 October 11 - Peter de Queralt defeats Angevin fleet near Reggio di Calabria (details)
  • 1282 October 14 - Peter de Queralt defeats Angevin fleet near Nicotera (details)
  • 1283 July 8 Malta - Roger of Lauria defeats Angevins in Grand Harbour, Malta
  • 1284 June 5 - Roger of Lauria vs Charles of Salerno in the Gulf of Naples (details)
  • 1284 Meloria
  • 1285 September 4 (probably) - Roger of Lauria defeats Philip of France near Barcelona (details)
  • 1287 June 23 The Counts - Sicily vs Angevins
  • 1294 - Genovese defeat Venetians
  • 1296 Curzota - Genoa defeats Venetian fleet including Marco Polo
  • 1298 Curzola Island - Venetians under Andrea Dandolo defeat Genovese
  • 1299 July 4 Cape Orlando - Sicily vs Angevins
  • 1300 June 14 Ponza - Roger of Lauria defeats Sicilians under d'Oria

14th century

  • 1304 August 18 (2 days) Zierikzee
  • 1340 June 24 Sluys - Edward III of England beats Franco-Genoese fleet of Philip VI of France off the coast of Flanders and gains control of the English Channel
  • 1342 Guernsey
  • 1350 August 29 (Old Style) L'Espagnols-sur-Mer - Edward III and the Black Prince defeat 40 Spanish ships
  • 1352 Bosphorus - Genovese vs Venetians, Byzantines and Aragonese
  • 1353 August - Venetians and Aragonese defeat Genovese near Sardinia
  • 1354 Modon - Genovese under Paganino Doria defeat Venetians under Nicolo Pisani in the Ionian Sea
  • 1354 Sapienza - Genoans destroy Venetian fleet
  • 1372 June 22 and 23 La Rochelle - Spain defeats England near La Rochelle
  • 1379 May 7 Pola - Genovese under Luciano Doria defeat Venetians under Vittore Pisani near Pula
  • 1380 Chioggia - Venetians under Andrea Contarini defeat Genovese

15th century

16th century

  • 1509 February 3 Diu - Portugal's Indian viceroy defeats a combined Turkish/Egyptian fleet off Gujarat, India, and controls spice trade
  • 1526 - Swedes and Lübeckers defeat pirate fleet
  • 1529 - Ottoman Turks under Khair-ad-Din (Barbarossa) defeat Spanish
  • 1535 early June - 20 Swedes/Danes/Prussians defeat 9 Lübeck ships
  • 1535 June? - Swedes/Danes/Prussians defeat 10 Lübeck ships at Fyen
  • 1538 September 28 Preveza - Ottoman Turk fleet under Khair-ad-Din (Barbarossa) defeats Spanish-Venetian fleet
  • 1545 July 19 - Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth
  • 1545 August 15 - English fight French off Portsmouth
  • 1552 - Ottoman Turks under Sinan Pasha defeat Genoese under Andrea Doria off western Italy
  • 1555 August 11 - A bloody and inconclusive melee between French privateers and a Dutch merchant fleet off Calais
  • 1558 - Portuguese fight English and French off Guinea
  • 1558 July 13 - English under Count Egmont defeat French under Marshal de Thermes off Gravelines

Northern Seven Years War (1563-70)

  • 1563 May 30 - Swedes capture 3 Danes (details)
  • 1563 September 11 - Inconclusive Denmark vs Sweden (details)
  • 1564 May 30 and 31 - Swedes vs Danes and Lubeckers (details)
  • 1564 July 12 - Danes defeat Swedes (details)
  • 1564 August 12 and 13 - Danes vs Swedes SE of Oland (details)
  • 1565 June 4 - Danes and Lubeckers defeat Sweden (details)
  • 1565 July 7 - Swedes defeat Danes and Lubeckers (details)
  • 1566 July 26 - Swedes defeat Danes/Lubeckers (details)

Later 16th century

  • 1568 - Spanish defeat English at San Juan de Ulloa
  • 1571 October 7 Lepanto - Christian coalition decisively defeats Ottoman Turks in a large galley fight off western Greece
  • 1573 October 11 - Dutch "Sea Beggars" defeat Spanish in the Zuider Zee
  • 1574 January 27 - "Sea Beggars" under Adrian van Bergen vs Spanish under Romero
  • 1574 January 29 - "Sea Beggars" defeat Spanish (?)
  • 1574 June - Swedes capture 3 Lubeckers plus 15 merchantmen
  • 1576 (August) and 1578 Kizugawaguchi - Blockade efforts in Siege of Ishiyama Honganji, just off Osaka, Japan
  • 1580s? Terceira - Spanish defeat English and French
  • 1588 July - Defeat of the Spanish Armada off southern England
  • 1592 May 29 Sacheon - Koreans defeat Japanese
  • 1592 July 8 Hansan - Korean navy defeats Japanese fleet in the bay of Hansan island, sinking 59 out of 73 with ironclad turtle ships
  • 1592 November 1 Busan - Koreans defeat Japanese
  • 1595 about late June - Maltese vs Bizertans (details)
  • 1597 October Myeongnyang - Koreans vs Japanese
  • 1597 - Bizertans vs Genoese and Romans
  • 1598 November 19 Noryang Point - Koreans vs Japanese
  • 1600 December 14 - Dutch vs Spanish at Manila

Early 17th century

  • 1602 October 3 - Dutch under Jacob van Duivenvoorde defeat Spanish under Frederik Spinola
  • 1603 May 26 - Dutch under Joos de Moor beat back Spanish under Frederik Spinola
  • 1604 October - Tuscans defeat Tunisians (details)
  • 1605 Dutch fleet under Willem Haultain attacks and partly destroys a Spanish fleet of transport ships near Dover
  • 1606 August - Indecisive action between a Dutch and a Portuguese fleet near Malacca
  • 1606 September 21 - Dutch under Cornelis Matelief destroy Portugese ships of Malacca
  • 1607 April 25 Gibraltar - Dutch under Jacob van Heemskerk destroy a Spanish fleet
  • 1608 October 20 - Beauregard defeats Turkish trade fleet (details)
  • 1609 about April - French under Beaulieu vs Tunisians (details)
  • 1609 - Turks under Khalil defeat French under Fressinet near Cyprus (details)
  • 1609 - Venetians defeat Turks near Paxos (details)
  • 1609 June 29 - Spanish-French raid on the Goletta, Tunisia (details)
  • 1610 August 21 - Tuscans vs Turks (details)
  • 1610 October 10 - Tuscans vs Turks (details)
  • 1611 August (end)? - Minor action between Danes and Swedes in Kalmar Sound
  • 1612 May 23 or 25 - Sicilian-Neapolitan galley fleet defeats Tunisians at the Goletta (details)
  • 1612 October 29-31 - English defeat Portuguese near Surat, India (details)
  • 1613 August 29 - Sicilians defeat Turkish trade fleet (details)
  • 1615 January 20-? (Old Style) - English defeat Portuguese in mainly minor skirmishes
  • 1615 - Dutch under Spielbergen defeat Spanish under de Pulgar near Valdivia, Peru
  • 1616 January - Spanish vs ? (details)
  • 1616 about March? - Spanish under Ribera defeat Tunisians at the Goletta (details)
  • 1616 April 29 - Tuscans defeat Turks near Euboea (details)
  • 1616 July 14-16 - Spanish defeat Turks in the first regular action between galleys and sailing ships (details)
  • 1616 July - Spanish versus Dutch (details)
  • 1617 November 19 and 20 - Inconclusive battle between Spanish and Venetians (details)
  • 1618 June 24 - Venice hires Dutch ships and fights Spanish (details)
  • 1618 July 2 and 3 - Dutch under Lambert and Spanish under Vidazabal defeat Algerines
  • 1619 January 18 and 19 - Maltese vs Algerians near Malta (details)
  • 1619 May 31 - Dutch defeat French at the mouth of the Vilaine River
  • 1619 - English defeat Portuguese
  • 1620 May 11 - Venetians under Nani defeat Spanish under Ribera (details)
  • 1620 June 26 - Tuscans defeat Bizertans (details)
  • 1620 - English defeat Portuguese
  • 1622 October - French vs ? near La Rochelle (details)
  • 1622 Dutch ships escorting a convoy repel a Spanish squadron near Gibraltar
  • 1624 October (start) - Tuscan/Papal/Neapolitan force defeats Algerians near Sardinia (details)
  • 1625 January - French Rochellais rebels defeat and capture French fleet at Blavet
  • 1625 February 1 and 3 - English and Dutch defeat Portuguese (details)
  • 1625 June 26 - Bizertans defeat Maltese near Syracuse, Sicily (details)
  • 1625 September 15 - French defeat Dutch near Rochelle
  • 1626? - French with hired English and Dutch ships defeat rebels
  • 1626 late - Danes defeat Dunkerque privateers (details)
  • 1627 November 28 Oliwa - Poles defeat Swedes
  • 1628 June 21 - English defeat Venetians/French at Scanderoon (details)
  • 1628 September 29 - French defeat English near La Rochelle
  • 1629 August 20 - Dutch under Piet Heyn defeats Dunkerque privateers near Flanders
  • 1629 September 16 - Swedes defeat Holy Roman Empire near Wismar (details)
  • 1630 September 4-8 - Danes force a retreat of Hanseatic ships in Elbe River (details)
  • 1631 September 12-13 The Slaak - Dutch Zeeland fleet under Marinus Hollare defeats Spanish invasion fleet
  • 1634 about early May - Maltese galleys defeat Turkish vessels at Zante
  • 1634 July 19 - Maltese galleys under Valdina defeat Tripolitans
  • 1634 - Maltese under Villages defeat Turks
  • 1634 - Maltese privateers defeat Turkish galleys
  • 1638 June - Maltese galleys defeat Tripolitan sailing ships near Calabria
  • 1638 about July 19 - French defeat Spanish in galley fight near Genoa
  • 1638 July 22 - French under de Sourdis destroys Spanish galleons under Lopez de Hoces at Guetaria
  • 1638 August 7 - Venetians under Capello defeats Algerians at Corfu
  • 1639 February 19 - Dutch under Maerten Tromp defeat a Dunkirk fleet
  • 1639 September 17-19 - Running fight between Dutch under Tromp and Spanish under D'Oquendo who seeks shelter at the Downs
  • 1639 October 31 The Downs - Dutch under Tromp defeat Spanish under D'Oquendo in the English Channel
  • 1640 January 12-17 - Dutch fleet under Willem Loos defeats Spanish\Portugese fleet of the coast of Brazil
  • 1640 July? - French under Maillé Brézé defeat Spanish under Don Gomez de Sandoval
  • 1641 - French under de Sourdis defeat Spanish
  • 1641 - French vs Spanish
  • 1642 end of June, 2 day battle - French under Maillé Brézé defeat Spanish under Ciudad Real near Barcelona
  • 1643 August - French defeat Spanish
  • 1644 May 16 - Danes defeat Dutch ships which have been hired to support Sweden (details)
  • 1644 May 25 - Danes get slightly the better of 33 hired Dutch ships
  • 1644 July 1 Colberger Heide (Colberg Heath) - Danish and Swedish fleets fight an inconclusive battle off NE Germany
  • 1644 July 7 - Danes defeat Swedes in small battle (details)
  • 1644 August 10 - Dutch fleet under Thijsen brushes past Danish fleet under King Christian IV in Kjoge Bay, Denmark (details)
  • 1644 September 28 - Maltese galleys defeat Turkish sailing ships near Rhodes (details)
  • 1644 October 13 - Combined Swedish/Dutch fleet badly defeats Danish fleet near Femern, Germany (details)
  • 1645 September - Dutch fleet under Jan Lichthart destroys a Portugese fleet at Tamandaré Brazil

Cretan Wars (1645-69)

  • 1645 September 28 or 29 - Christians vs Turks between Suda and Canea, Crete
  • 1645 October 1 - Christians vs Turks near Canea, Crete
  • 1646 May 26 - Venice defeats Turkey at the Dardanelles mouth (details)
  • 1646 August 14 - Inconclusive fight between Christians and Turks near Canea, Crete
  • 1647 August 25 - Inconclusive skirmish between Christians and Turks
  • 1647 September 9 - Inconclusive skirmish between Christians and Turks
  • 1649 May 6 - Minor battle between Venetians and Turks
  • 1649 May 12 Focchies - Venetians defeat large Turkish fleet near western Turkey
  • 1649 July 15 - Venetians vs Turks near Candia, Crete (details)
  • 1649 July 18 - Venetians defeat Turks near Candia (details)
  • 1651 July 8 and 10 - Venetians under Mocenigo defeat Turks (details)
  • 1654 April - 4 Maltese defeat 13 Turks near Rhodes
  • 1654 May 16 - Turks under Murad defeat Venetians under Giuseppe Delfino in Dardanelles (details)
  • 1654 June 21 - Turks retreat after skirmish with Venetians near Milos
  • 1655 June 21 - Venetians defeat Turks in Dardanelles (details)
  • 1656 May 3 and 18 - Venetians under Mocenigo defeat Algerines (details)
  • 1656 June 26 and 27 - Venetians and Maltese defeat Turks in Dardanelles (details)
  • 1657 May 3 - Venetians defeat Algerines (details)
  • 1657 May 18 - Venetians defeat Turks and Algerines (details)
  • 1657 July 17 - Venetians, Maltese and Papal forces defeat Turks in Dardanelles (details)
  • 1659 August 26 or 27 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks (details)
  • 1660 between May 26 and June 12 - Slight skirmish between Venetians and Turks
  • 1661 March (end) - Venetians defeat Turks in minor skirmish
  • 1661 May 18 - Venetians defeat Turks in minor skirmish
  • 1661 August 27 - Venetians and Maltese defeat Turks near Milos, Greece (details)
  • 1662 September 29 - Venetians defeat Turkish "Alexandria Caravan" between Kos and Kalymnos, Greece (details)
  • 1665 March - French defeat Algerines (details)
  • 1667 February 25 and 26 - Venetians defeat Turks near Crete (details)
  • 1668 February 8 and 9 - Venetians defeats Turks near Pelagia, Greece (details)
  • 1668 May 2 - French defeat Turks (details)
  • 1668 September 13-December - Barbary "Turks" defeat Venetians south of Crete (details)
  • 1669 June - Privateers defeat "Alexandria Caravan" escort near Rhodes (details)

Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-74)

Later 17th Century

  • 1646? - French under du Mé defeat Spanish
  • 1647 - French under Richelieu defeat Austrians (?) under Don Juan de Austria
  • 1652 July? - French under Vendôme defeat Spanish
  • 1655 April 14 - English under Robert Blake destroy Tunisian ships at Porto Farina, northern Tunisia (details)
  • 1655 - French under Vendôme defeat Spanish near Barcelona
  • 1657 April Santa Cruz - English under Blake defeat Spanish (link)
  • 1657 September 12 and 13 - Danes and Swedes fight inconclusively near Moen, Denmark (details)
  • 1658 October 29 Battle of the Sound - Dutch get the better of a Swedish fleet in a large battle near Copenhagen, in support of Denmark. Danish ships watch but are unable to participate
  • 1659 March 30 - Minor battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes
  • 1659 April 30 - Small running battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes (details)
  • 1659 - Dutch/Danes under De Ruyter defeat Swedes
  • 1670 August - English/Dutch ships defeat Algerine force near Gibraltar
  • 1671 May - Privateers beat off a force of Turkish galleys near Egina, Greece
  • 1675 February 11 - French under Comte de Vivonne defeat Spanish under de la Cueva near Lipari Islands, Italy
  • 1675 July (possible engagement) - English defeat Tripolitans
  • 1676 January 8 Stromboli - Inconclusive fight between French under Duquesne vs Dutch and Spanish under De Ruyter (this is actually the battle of Alicuri)
  • 1676 January - English defeat Tripolitans
  • 1676 April 22 Agosta French fleet under Duquesne and Dutch\Spanish fleet under de Ruyter fight to a draw DeRuyter is mortally wounded
  • 1676 May 25 and 26/June 3 and 4 - Dutch/Danish fleet under Niels Iuel defeat Swedes under Baron Creutz between Bornholm and Rugen in the Baltic Sea
  • 1676 June 1/11 Öland - Dutch/Danish fleet defeats Swedish fleet south of Öland in the Baltic Sea
  • 1676 June 2 Palermo - French under Comte de Vivonne defeat Dutch/Spanish under De la Cerda and Den Haen
  • 1677 March 3 Tobago - French under d'Estrées are repelled by Dutch under Jacob Binkes
  • 1677 May 31 and June 1/11 - Danes defeat Swedes between Femern and Warnemunde, Baltic Sea (details)
  • 1677 - French under Château-Renault defeat Dutch under Evertsen near Ouessant
  • 1677 July 1/11 and 2 Kjöge Bay - Danes and Dutch defeat Swedish fleet
  • 1677 December Tobago - French under d'Estrées defeat Dutch under Jacob Binkes
  • 1678 - French under Château-Renault defeat Dutch under Evertsen in the Gibraltar Strait (details)
  • 1678 - Undecided action of the isle of Ouessant between a Dutch squadron under Evertsen and a French squadron under Château-Renault
  • 1679 May 3 - Danes vs Swedes
  • 1679 June 26, June 28, July 2 and July 20 - Series of skirmishes culminating in a Danish victory over Sweden
  • 1681 July 23 - French defeats Tripolitans
  • 1681 September 30 - Spanish defeat Brandenburgers near Cape St Vincent (details)
  • 1682 - French attack on Algiers
  • 1686 July 12 - Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Tripolitan escort between Naxos and Nicaria
  • 1686 October 4 - Venetians vs Turks near Mitylene, Greece
  • c. 1687 - Turks and Algerines, under Mezzo Morto, defeat Venetians
  • 1688 June 15 - Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Algerian escort east of Naxos, Greece
  • 1689 May 1/11 Bantry Bay - French defeat English off SW Ireland
  • 1689 - French vs English near Casquets
  • 1690 March 26 - Turks and Algerines under Mezzo Morto defeat Venetians under Valier (details)
  • 1690 July 10 Beachy Head (Beveziers) - French defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet
  • 1690 - French vs English and Dutch near Madras
  • 1690 September 8 - Venetians fight the combined fleet of Turkey, Algiers, Tripoli and Tunis near Mitylene, Greece (details)
  • 1692 May 27-June 3 Barfleur and La Hougue - Decisive defeat of French by English and Dutch in the War of the Grand Alliance
  • 1692 - French defeat Spanish near Cape Finisterre
  • 1692 - French defeat Tripolitans near Malta
  • 1693 June Lagos Bay - French under Tourville capture 50 out of 140 merchantmen
  • 1694 June 29 - French under Jean Bart defeat Dutch under Hidde de Vries and others (details)
  • 1695 February 9 and 19 - Turkish fleet defeats and then fights Venetians under Zeno (details)
  • 1695 April 16 - French defeat English (details)
  • 1695 September 15 and 18 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks under Mezzo Morto
  • 1696 (mid) - Russians vs Turks near Ochakov, Black Sea
  • 1696 - French defeat Dutch (details)
  • 1696 - French and English fight in Newfoundland
  • 1696 - Fight near San Domingo
  • 1696 August 22 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks and their allies under Mezzo Morto near Andros (details)
  • 1697 - English vs French
  • 1697 July 6, September 1 and September 20 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks in a series of battles in the Aegean Sea (details)
  • 1698 September 20 - Venetians vs Turks, Tripolitans and Tunisians near Samothrace, Greece (details)

Great Northern War (1700-21)

  • 1702 June 26 - Small-ship action between Sweden and Russia on Lake Ladoga
  • 1702 September 7 - Small-ship action between Sweden and Russia on Lake Ladoga
  • 1703 August 7 - Small-ship action between Sweden and Russia on Lake Peipus
  • 1704 May 17 - Small-ship action between Sweden and Russia on Lake Peipus
  • 1705 June 26 - Swedish ships attack Russian base of Kotlin
  • 1710 October 4 - Denmark under Gyldenløve defeats Sweden under Wachtmeister in Kjöge Bay (details)
  • 1712 April 11 - Danes under Knoff vs Swedes under Sjöblad (details)
  • 1712 July 31 and August 17 - Danes under Sehested fight and then defeat Swedes under Henck near Rugen (details)
  • 1712 August 4 - Very minor engagement between Russia and Sweden
  • 1712 September 28 - Very minor engagement between Denmark and Sweden
  • 1713 July 22 - Minor engagement between Sweden and Russia (details)
  • 1714 August 6 - Russian galleys under Apraksin defeat Swedish force (details)
  • 1715 April 24 - Danes under Gabel defeat Swedes under Wachtmeister (details)
  • 1716 July 8 Dynekilen - Danes under Tordenskjold defeat Swedes
  • 1717 May 14 or 15 - Danish attack on Göteborg is defeated
  • 1717 July 19 - Danish attack on Strömstad is defeated
  • 1718 September 17 or 21 - Swedes under King Carl XII defeat Danes under Paulssen
  • 1719 June 4 Osel Island - Russians defeat Swedes under Wrangel
  • 1719 July 13 - Danes under Rosenpalm defeat Swedes at Strömstad
  • 1720 August 7 Grengam - Russian galley fleet under Golitsyn defeats Swedish sailing ships under Sjöblad.

18th century

  • 1702 October 23 Vigo Bay - Anglo-Dutch fleet defeat French and Spanish and destroy Spanish treasure fleet
  • 1703 May 22 Bay of Biscay - French squadron attacks a large Anglo-Dutch merchant fleet (details)
  • 1704 August 24 - English/Dutch narrowly defeat French near Malaga (details)
  • 1707 October 21? - 2 French squadrons under Forbin defeat British convoy and escort under Richard Edwards (details)
  • 1709 March 2 - British vs French (details)
  • 1713 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Cheul (details)
  • 1716 July 8 - Venetians under Corner fight an inconclusive battle against Turks under Jannum Koggia east of Corfu (details)
  • 1717 June 12, 13 and 16 - Venetians vs Turks in northern Aegean (details)
  • 1717 July 19 - Venetians and their allies vs Turks in Gulf of Laconia, Greece (details)
  • 1718 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Karwar (details)
  • 1718 Cape Passaro - British defeat Spanish
  • 1718 July 20-22 - Venetians vs Turks (details)
  • 1741 August 10 Colachel - Raja of Travancore in India defeats Dutch naval force at Colachel
  • 1742 May 31 - Swedes retreat after battle with Russians in Gulf of Finland (details)
  • 1744 February 22 Toulon (Cape Sicié) - Draw between British and Franco-Spanish fleets south of Toulon
  • 1747 May 14 1st Cape Finisterre - British under Anson defeat French under de Jonquières
  • 1747 October 25 2nd Cape Finisterre - British under Hawke defeat French under de l'Etenduère
  • 1758 April 29 Cuddalore - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
  • 1758 August 3 Negapatam - British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
  • 1759 August 19 Lagos - British under Boscawen defeats French under de la Clue
  • 1759 September 10 - Light Swedish force defeats similar Prussian force near Szczecin
  • 1759 September 10 Pondicherry - British fight French but are too damaged to pursue
  • 1759 November 20 Quiberon Bay - British defeat French near St Nazaire
  • 1781 August 15 Dogger Bank - Draw between a Dutch and a British squadron.

Russo-Turkish War (1768-74)

  • 1770 May 27 and 28 - Russia vs Turkey near southern Greece (details)
  • 1770 June 4 - minor Russia vs Turkey South of Athens (details)
  • 1770 July 5-7 Chesma - Russian fleet defeats and burns Turkish fleet off western Turkey
  • 1772 November 6-8 - Russia defeats Turkey west of Patrai, Greece (details)
  • 1773 July 4 - Russia vs Turkey (details)
  • 1773 September 3 - Russia vs Turkey (details)
  • 1773 September? - Russia vs Turkey (details)
  • 1774 June 20 and July 9/19 - Russia vs Turkey (details)

American Revolutionary War (1776-83)

  • 1776 October 11 Valcour Island - Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton
  • 1778 July 27 1st Ushant - Keppel (British) with 30 ships of the line fights an inconclusive action against D'Orvilliers (French) with 28
  • 1780 January 16 Cape St Vincent - Rodney (British) defeats de Langara (Spanish)
  • 1781 September 5 Chesapeake Bay - De Grasse (French) drives off Graves (British)
  • 1781 April 16 La Praya - Suffren (French) vs British, near Cape Verde Islands
  • 1781 December 12 2nd Ushant - Kempenfelt (British) captures part of a French convoy from De Guichen
  • 1782 January 25 St Kitts - Hood defeats De Grasse
  • 1782 February 17 Sadras - First indecisive fight between Suffren (French) and Hughes (British) off India
  • 1782 April 9 and 12 The Saintes - Rodney (British) decisively defeats De Grasse (French) in the West Indies
  • 1782 April 12 Providien - Second indecisive fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
  • 1782 July 6 Negapatam - Third indecisive fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
  • 1782 September 3 Trincomalee - Hughes fleet damages Suffren's but withdraws
  • 1783 June 20 Cuddalore - Suffren prevents Hughes seizing Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes

Russo-Turkish War (1787-92)

See also this page

  • 1788 June 17, 18, 28 and 29 and July 9 - Russian and Turkish land and sea forces clash near Ochakov (details)
  • 1788 July 14/25 Ochakov - Russia defeats Turkey near Fidonisi
  • 1789 June 2-4 - Russians defeat Turks at Sinope (details)
  • 1790 July 19 Kerch Strait - Russia vs Turkey
  • 1790 September 8 and 9 Tendra - Russia vs Turkey
  • 1790 November 29 - Russians defeat Turks at Ismail (details)
  • 1791 July 9 Machin - Russians defeat Turkish rowing vessels (details)
  • 1791 August 11 Cape Kaliakra - Russia gets slightly the better of Turkey in a largely inconclusive battle near Bulgaria

Russo-Swedish War (1788-90)

See also this page

  • 1788 July 17 Hogland - Bloody engagement between Swedish and Russian fleets. Both sides lose a ship, but Swedes withdraw.
  • 1789 June 14 and 15 - Russians force Swedes to retreat
  • 1789 July 2 - Russians force Swedes to retreat
  • 1789 July 26 Öland - Swedes get slightly the better of a Russian fleet
  • 1789 August 15 - Russians defeat Swedes
  • 1789 August 23 and 24 - Russians defeat Swedes
  • 1789 September 7 - Russians defeat Swedes in small battle near Nyslott
  • 1789 October 11 1st Rochensalm - Clash of Swedish and Russian galley fleets results in Swedes retreating
  • 1790 May 4 Fredrikshamn - Swedish galley fleet defeats Russian galley fleet
  • 1790 May 13 Revel - Clash of Swedish and Russian main fleets results in Swedes retreating
  • 1790 May 15 - Russians vs Swedes
  • 1790 June 3 and 4 - Action off Styrsudden
  • 1790 June 22 Vyborg Bay - Swedes lose several ships during a breakout from Vyborg
  • 1790 July 9 Second Rochensalm - Decisive victory of the Swedish galley fleet

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793-1802, 1803-15)

  • 1793 November 18 - Short, inconclusive British-French battle (details)
  • 1794 January 22 and 25 - French attack British convoy (details)
  • 1794 June 1 The Glorious First of June - British fleet defeats French fleet in North Atlantic but French grain convoy makes it through to Brest
  • 1795 June 20 - Hood (British) defeats Villaret-Joyeuse (French) off Groix
  • 1797 February 14 Cape St Vincent - British under Jervis defeat Spanish near Gibraltar
  • 1797 March 26 - Austrian vessels, supported by Venetian battleship, fight off small French attack (details)
  • 1797 May 16 - Danish vessels get the better of Tripolitans near Tripoli, Libya (details)
  • 1797 October 11 Camperdown (Kamperduin) - British fleet under Admiral Duncan defeats Dutch
  • 1798 August 1-3 The Nile (Aboukir Bay) - British under Nelson defeat a moored French fleet under Brueys in Egypt
  • 1799 August 4 - French attack British convoy (details)
  • 1801 April 5 Copenhagen - British under Nelson destroy moored Danish ships off København to prevent France taking them over
  • 1801 July 6-12 Algeciras - French defeat initial British assault, British counter-attack and defeat Franco-Spanish force.
  • 1803 May 24?, 25? and 27 - 4 ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force (details)
  • 1803 - Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
  • 1804 February 15 - French attack British convoy (details)
  • 1804 August 3, 7, 23/24 and 28 and September 2 - 5 raids on Tripoli (details)
  • 1805 about February - French squadron raids British (details)
  • 1805 July 4? - French capture British East Indiaman (details)
  • 1805 July 4 - 2 Russian ships defeat French gunboat force (details)
  • 1805 July 22 Cape Finisterre - Inconclusive action between British Admiral Calder and French Admiral Villeneuve
  • 1805 August 6 - French attack British convoy (details)
  • 1805 October 21 Trafalgar - Nelson defeats combined Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve, losing his life but gaining control of the oceans for Britain for the rest of the war
  • 1805 November 4 - British capture 4 French battleship survivors from Trafalgar
  • 1806 February 6 Santo Domingo - Duckworth defeats Leissegues (French) off Santo Domingo
  • 1806 July 26 - British defeat Dutch (details)
  • 1806 September 25 - British battleships defeat French frigate force (details)
  • 1807 February 19 - British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles (details)
  • 1807 May - British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles (details)
  • 1807 May 22 - Russians defeat Turks near Cape Janizary
  • 1807 July 1 Athos (Lemnos) - Russian fleet under Admiral Alexei Seniavin defeats Turks in northern Aegean
  • 1807 August 23 - Danes defeat British
  • 1807 August 31 - Danes defeat British
  • 1807 September 2-7 Copenhagen - British forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture the Danish fleet
  • 1809 June 31 - French attack British convoy (details)
  • 1809 October 26 and 31 Cette and ?
  • 1810 July 3 - French frigate force defeats British East Indiamen in Mozambique Channel (details)
  • 1811 March 13 Lissa - British frigates under Hoste defeat larger Franco-Venetian squadron under Dubordieu off Lissa (Vis) in the Adriatic
  • 1811 November 29 - Britain captures French frigate (details)
  • 1812 February 22 - Britain captures French battleship Rivoli (details)
  • 1812 July 12 Lyngør - British sink last Danish frigate
  • 1813 November 5 - Skirmish between British and French near Toulon (details)

War of 1812

Greek War of Independence

  • 1821 March 4 - Greeks vs Turks north-west of Zakinthos
  • 1821-22 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks
  • 1822 June 18-19 Chios - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
  • 1823 September 27 - Greeks vs Turks west of Lemnos
  • 1823 October 23 - Greeks vs Turks near Pondikonisi
  • 1824 August 12, 13, 16, 17 and c.24 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Africans
  • 1824 September 1 First Budrun - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt
  • 1824 September 9 Second Budrun
  • 1824 September 22 - Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
  • 1824 September 29
  • 1824 November 12 and 13 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
  • 1825 June 1 - Greeks defeats Turks between Euboea and Andros
  • 1825 June 14 and 15 - Greeks defeats Turks and Egypt near Suda Bay
  • 1825 June 28 and 29 - Greeks vs Turks and Egypt south of Cerigo
  • 1825 August 3 - Greeks defeats Turks near Missolonghi
  • 1825 November 15 - Greeks vs Turks (and allies?) near Navarin
  • 1825 November 25, 26, 29, 30 and December 6 and 7 - Greeks vs Turks (and allies?) near Missolonghi
  • 1826 January 26 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks
  • 1826 July 27 - Greeks vs Turks near Samos
  • 1826 September 10 and 11 - Greeks vs Turks near Mitylene
  • 1826 October 7 (6?) - Greeks vs Turks in Aegean Sea (?)
  • 1827 September 29 - Greeks vs Turks in Salona Bay
  • 1827 October 20 Navarino - British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, Rigny, and Geiden, destroy Turkish/Egyptian/Tunisian fleet of Tahir Pasha off south-west Greece
  • 1829 June 9 - Russian gunboat force defeats Turks near Braila

Later 19th century

  • 1833 July 5 Cape St Vincent - Portuguese fleet under British officer Sir Charles Napier defeats and captures fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel
  • 1845 November 20 Obligado - British/French ships force passage of Parana River
  • 1849 May 3 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Kiel
  • 1849 May 11 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Bulk
  • 1853 October 30 Sinop - Russian battleships defeat Turkish frigates at Sinope, Turkey
  • 1854 - British-French attack on Petropavlovsk (details)
  • 1862 March 8 and 9 Hampton Roads - First battle between ironclad warships
  • 1864 February Eckernfjorde - Danish ships defeated by Prussia
  • 1864 March 17 Jasmund - Prussians vs Danes
  • 1864 May 9 Helgoland - Danish fleet defeats Prussian-Austrian fleet in the North Sea
  • 1866 February 7 Abtao - Spain vs Peru
  • 1866 July 20 Lissa - Austrians under Admiral von Tegetthoff rams and drives off superior Italian fleet under Persano
  • 1869 May 4-10 Hakodate
  • 1877 May 6 Pacocha
  • 1879–1883 the War of the Pacific, including the battles of Iquique (21 May 1879) and Angamos (8 October 1879)
  • 1884 August 23 Foochow - Small French squadron annihilates Chinese force at Foochow (Fuzou)
  • 1885 February 13 Raid on Shipu - French attack Chinese ships
  • 1893-94 Brazilian Civil War - External site
  • 1894 July 25 Feng-tao - Japanese defeat Chinese
  • 1894 September 17 Yalu River - Japanese defeat Chinese off Korea
  • 1898 May 1 Manila Bay
  • 1898 July 3 Santiago de Cuba

Early 20th century

World War I (1914-18)

Between the World Wars (1919-1939)

World War II (1939-45)

After 1945

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