Chronology of naval battles

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This is a chronological list of naval fleet battles, major other naval events and significant single-ship actions.

Contents

1 Ancient

2 Middle Ages

3 14th century

4 15th century

5 16th century

6 Early 17th century

7 Cretan Wars (1645-69)

8 Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-73)

9 Later 17th Century:

10 18th century

11 Russo-Turkish War (1787-92)

12 Russo-Swedish War (1788-90)

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

14 War of 1812

15 Greek War of Independence

16 Later 19th century

17 Early 20th century

18 World War I (1914-18)

19 World War II (1939-45)

20 After 1945

Ancient

Middle Ages

14th century

15th century

  • 1416 - English defeat French near Harfleur
  • 1417 - English defeat French and Genoans
  • 1453 April 20 - Turks and Genoans fight near Istanbul
  • 1499 August Zonchio (First Lepanto?)
  • 1500 Modon (Second Lepanto)

16th century

  • 1509 February 3 Diu - Portugal's India viceroy destroys Muslim fleet off Western India, controls spice trade
  • 1535 - 20 Swedish/Danish/Prussian ships defeat 9 Lubeck ships
  • 1535 - Sweden/Denmark/Prussia defeats 10 Lubeck ships
  • 1538 September 28 Preveza - Ottoman fleet under Barbarossa defeats Spanish-Venetian fleet
  • 1545 July 19 - Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth
  • 1545 August 15 - English and French fight off Portsmouth.
  • 1558 - Portuguese fight British and French off Guinea
  • 1558 July 13 - English under Count Egmont defeat French under Marshal de Thermes off Gravelines
  • 1563 May 23? - Swedish defeat Danish
  • 1563 September 10 - Inconslusive Denmark vs Sweden
  • 1564 May 30 and 31 - Sweden vs Denmark and Lubeck
  • 1564 July 12 - Denmark defeats Sweden
  • 1564 August 12 and 13 - Denmark vs Sweden SE of Oland
  • 1565 June 4 - Denmark and Lubeck defeat Sweden
  • 1565 July 7 - 49 Swedish ships defeat 22 Danish and 14 Lubeck ships
  • 1566 July 26 - Swedish defeat Danish/Lubeckers
  • 1571 October 7 Lepanto - Christian coalition decisively defeats Turkey in a large galley fight off western Greece
  • 1574 June - 19 Swedish ships capture 3 Lubeckers plus 15 merchantmen
  • 1500s? Terceira - Spain defeats Britain and France
  • 1588 July - defeat of the Spanish Armada off southern England
  • 1600 December 14 - Manila Netherlands vs Spain

Early 17th century

  • 1607 April - Gibraltar
  • 1610 August 21 - Tuscany vs Turkey
  • 1610 October 10 - Tuscany vs Turkey
  • 1611 August (end)? - Minor action between Danes and Swedes in Kalmar Sound
  • 1612 October 29-31 - British defeat Portuguese near Surat, India
  • 1615 January 20-? (Old Style) - British defeat Portuguese in mainly minor skirmishes
  • 1616 July 14-16 - First regular action between galleys and sailing ships
  • 1616 July - Spain versus Netherlands
  • 1617 November 19 and 20 - Inconclusive battle between Spain and Venice
  • 1620 May 11 - Venice defeats Spanish under Ribera
  • 1622 October - France vs ? near La Rochelle
  • 1625 February 1 and 3 - British/Netherlands defeats Portugal
  • 1625 June 26 - 6 Bizertans defeat 5 Maltese galleys near Syracuse, Sicily
  • 1626 late - 8 Danes defeat 12 Dunkerque privateers
  • 1627 November 28 Oliwa - Poland defeats Sweden
  • 1629 September 16 - Sweden defeats Holy Roman Empire near Wismar
  • 1630 September 4-8 - Denmark forces a retreat of Hanseatic ships in Elbe River
  • 1639 October 31 The Downs: Dutch under Tromp defeat Spanish under Oquendo in the English Channel
  • 1644 May 16 - 9 Danes defeat 26 Dutch ships which have been hired to support Sweden
  • 1644 May 25 - 13 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 - Denmark defeats Sweden in small battle
  • 1644 August 10 - Dutch fleet under Thijsen brushes past Danish fleet under King Christian IV in Kjoge Bay, Denmark
  • 1644 October 13 - Combined Swedish/Dutch fleet badly defeats Danish fleet near Femern, Germany

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 12 Focchies 19 Venetians defeat large Turkish fleet near Western Turkey
  • 1651 July 8 and 10 - Venetians under Mocenigo defeat Turks
  • 1654 April - 4 Maltese defeat 13 Turks near Rhodes
  • 1654 May 16 - Turks under Murad defeat Venetians under Giuseppe Delfino in Dardanelles
  • 1655 June 21 - Venetians defeat Turks in Dardanelles (details)
  • 1656 June 26 and 27 - Venetians and Maltese defeat Turks in Dardanelles (details)
  • 1657 July 17 - Venetians, Maltese and Papal forces defeat Turks in Dardanelles (details)
  • 1659 August 26 or 27 - Contarini (Venice) vs Kapudan Pasha (Turkey)
  • 1661 August 27 - Venice and Malta defeat Turkey near Milos, Greece
  • 1662 September 29 - Venice defeats Turkish "Alexandria Caravan" between Kos and Kalymnos, Greece
  • 1665 March - France defeats Algeria
  • 1667 February 25 and 26 - Venice defeats Turkey near Crete
  • 1668 February 8 and 9 - Venice defeats Turkey near Pelagia, Greece
  • 1668 (late) - Barbary "Turks" defeat Venice south of Crete

Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-73)

Later 17th Century:

  • 1657 September 12 and 13 - Denmark vs Sweden fight inconclusively near Moen, Denmark
  • 1658 October 29 - 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 Netherlands and Denmark against Sweden
  • 1659 April 30 - Small running battle between Netherlands and Denmark against Sweden
  • 1659 July 23 - Sweden defeats Dutch-Danish ships
  • 1670 August - British/Dutch ships defeat an Algerine force near Gibraltar
  • 1671 May - Privateers beat off a force of Turkish galleys near Egina, Greece
  • 1676 January
  • 1676 January Alicuri - France vs Netherlands and Spain
  • 1676 Palermo French vs Netherlands and Spain
  • 1676 May 25 and 26 - Dutch/Danish fleet defeats Swedish fleet between Bornholm and Rugen in the Baltic Sea
  • 1676 June 1 Öland - Dutch/Danish fleet defeats Swedish fleet south of Oland in the Baltic Sea
  • 1677 February? Tobago French vs Netherlands
  • 1677 May 31 and June 1 - Denmark defeats Sweden between Femern and Warnemunde, Baltic Sea (details)
  • 1677 July 1 and 2 Kjoge Bay - Denmark and Netherlands defeat Swedish fleet
  • 1678 Gibraltar Straits French defeat Netherlands
  • 1679 May 3 - Denmark vs Sweden
  • 1679 June 26, June 28 - July 2, July 20 - Series of skirmishes culminating in a Danish victory over Sweden
  • 1681 September 30 Spain defeats Brandenburg near Cape St Vincent
  • 1682 - French attack on Algiers
  • 1686 July 12 - Venice attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Tripolitan escort between Naxos and Nicaria
  • 1686 October 4 - Venice vs Turkey near Mitylene, Greece
  • 1688 June 15 - Venice attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Algerian escort east of Naxos, Greece
  • 1689 Bantry Bay
  • 1689 - near Casquets
  • 1690 July 10 Beachy Head (Beveziers)
  • 1690 - France vs Britain and Netherlands near Madras
  • 1690 September 8 - Venice fights the combined fleet of Turkey, Algiers, Tripoli and Tunis near Mitylene, Greece
  • 1692 May 27 - June 3 Barfleur and La Hougue - Decisive defeat of France in the War of the Grand Alliance
  • 1695 February 9 - Turkish fleet defeats Venetians under Zeno
  • 1695 February 19 - Turkish fleet fights Zeno again
  • 1695 September 15 and 18 - Contarini (Venice) vs Mezzo Morto (Turkey)
  • 1696 August 22 - Contarini vs Mezzo Morto (details)
  • 1697 Britain vs France
  • 1697 July 6, September 1, September 20 - Contarini (Venice) vs Turkey in a series of battles in the Aegean Sea
  • 1698 September 20 - Venice vs Turkey, Tripoli and Tunis near Samothrace, Greece (details)

18th century

  • 1704 August 13 (Old Style) - British/Dutch narrowly defeats French near Malaga
  • 1705 June 26 - Swedish ships attack Russian base of Kotlin
  • 1709 March 2 - Britain vs France
  • 1713 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Cheul
  • 1716 July 8 - Corner (Venice) fights an inconclusive battle against Jannum Koggia (Turkey) east of Corfu
  • 1717 June 12, 13 and 16 - Venice vs Turkey in northern Aegean
  • 1717 July 19 - Venice and its allies vs Turkey in Gulf of Laconia, Greece
  • 1718 - Portuguese defeat Indians near Karwar
  • 1718 July 20-22 - Venice vs Turkey
  • 1719 May 24 Osel Island - Russian battleships fight Swedish ships
  • 1744 February 22 Toulon - draw between British and Franco-Spanish fleets south of Toulon
  • 1749 April 29 - Pocock (British) defeats d'Ache (French)
  • 1749 August 3 - Pocock defeats d'Ache
  • 1749 September 10 - British fight French and are too damaged to pursue
  • 1759 November 20 Quiberon Bay - British defeat French near St Nazaire
  • 1770 May 27 and 28 - Russia vs Turkey near southern Greece
  • 1770 June 4 - minor Russia vs Turkey South of Athens
  • 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
  • 1773 September 3 - Russia vs Turkey
  • 1773 September? - Russia vs Turkey
  • 1774 June 20 - Russia vs Turkey
  • 1774 July 9/19 - Russia vs Turkey
  • 1776 October 11 Valcour Island - Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton
  • 1778 July 27 First Ushant - Keppel (British) with 30 battleships fights an inconclusive action against d'Orvilliers (French) with 28
  • 1780 January 16 Cape St Vincent (Moonlight Battle) - Rodney (British) defeats de Langara (Spanish)
  • 1781 September 5 Chesapeake Bay - De Grasse (French) drives off British
  • 1781 April 16 La Praya - Suffren (French) vs British, near Cape Verde Islands
  • 1781 December 12 Second Ushant - British capture French merchant ships
  • 1782 February 17 Sadras - First indecisive fight between Suffren (French) and Hughes (British) off SE India
  • 1782 April 12 Providien - Second indecisive fight between Suffren and Hughes off SE India
  • 1782 April 12 The Saintes - Rodney (British) with 36 battleships defeats De Grasse (French) with 34 in the West Indies
  • 1782 July 6 Negapatam - Third indecisive fight between Suffren and Hughes off SE India
  • 1782 September 3 Trincomalee - Hughes fleet damages Suffrens but withdraws
  • 1783 June 20 Cuddalore - Suffren drives Hughes off shore of Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes

Russo-Turkish War (1787-92)

  • 1788 June 17 and 18 - Russia vs Turkey
  • 1788 June 28 and 29 - Russia vs Turkey
  • 1788 July 14/25 Ochakov - Russia defeats Turkey in Black Sea near Fidonisi
  • 1789 June 2-4 - Russia vs Turkey at Sinope
  • 1790 July 19 Kertch Strait - Russia vs Turkey
  • 1790 September 8 and 9 Tendra - Russia vs Turkey
  • 1791 August 11 Cape Kaliakra - Russia gets slightly the better of Turkey in a largely inconclusive battle near Bulgaria

Russo-Swedish War (1788-90)

  • 1788 July 17 Hogland - Bloody engagement between Swedish and Russian fleets. Both sides lose a ship, but Swedes withdraw.
  • 1789 May 21 Cutter Mercury under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Roman Crown captures Swedish 40-gun frigate Venus which, according to tradition, joins Russian navy under the same name.
  • 1789 October 11 First Rochensalm - Clash of Swedish and Russian galley fleets results in Russian victory. Swedish admiral Erensferd looses 5 rowing frigates, as well as some smaller craft and is forced to retreat
  • 1790 May 2 Revel - Swedish fleet of 22 battleships and 4 frigates under command of Admiral Duke Carl of Sondermanland attacks Russian fleet under admiral Chitchagov (9 battleships, 5 frigates) anchored off Revel. Attack proves unsuccessful, Swedes lose two ships of the line and withdraw.
  • 1790 May 4 Fredrikshamn - Swedish galley fleet (140 galleys, 4 transports) attacks Russian galley detachement of capt. Sjlissov (60 galleys, 3 large rowing frigates). Attack is a success, Russians withdraw after a fight, losing at least 20 galleys and all 3 frigates.
  • 1790 June 22 Vyborg Bay - Swedish fleet blockaded in the bay of Vyborg attempts a breakout. Swedes lose 7 ships of the line and three frigates, as well as smaller ships (4 ships and 2 frigates are taken by Russians), but succeed with the breakout and save the remainder of the fleet
  • 1790 June 28 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
  • 1794 June 1 The Glorious First of June (Third Ushant) - British fleet defeats French fleet in North Atlantic but French grain convoy makes it through to Brest
  • 1795 June 20 - Hood (British) with 14 battleships defeats Villaret-Joyeuse (French) with 12 (?)
  • 1797 February 14 Cape St Vincent - 15 British battleships under Jervis defeat 27 Spanish off Cape St Vincent near Gibraltar
  • 1797 March 26 - Austrian vessels, supported by Venetian battleship, fight off small French attack
  • 1797 May 16 - Danish vessels get the better of Tripolitans near Tripoli, Libya
  • 1797 October 11 Camperdown (Kamperduin) - British fleet under Admiral Duncan defeats a Dutch fleet
  • 1798 August 1–3 The Nile (Aboukir Bay) - Nelson (British) defeats a moored French fleet under Brueys in Egypt
  • 1801 April 5 Copenhagen - Nelson destroys moored Danish ships off Kobenhavn to prevent France taking them over
  • 1801 July 6-12 Algeciras - French defeat initial British assault, British counter-attack and defeat French-Spanish force.
  • 1803 May 24?, 25? and 27 - 4 ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force
  • 1803 - Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
  • 1804 August 3, 7, 23/24 and 28 and September 2 - 5 raids on Tripoli
  • 1805 July 4 - 2 Russian ships defeat French gunboat force
  • 1805 July 22 - Calder (British) defeats Villeneuve (French) in minor action near Cape Finisterre
  • 1805 October 21 Trafalgar - Nelson defeats combined French/Spanish fleet off south western Spain, losing his life but gaining control of the oceans for Britain for the rest of the war
  • 1807 February 6 - Duckworth defeats Leissegues (French) near Santo Domingo (details)
  • 1807 February 19 - British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles
  • 1807 May - British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles
  • 1807 July 1 Athos (Lemnos) - Russian fleet under Admiral Alexei Seniavin defeats Turks in northern Aegean
  • 1807 September 2-7 Copenhagen - British land and sea forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture the Danish fleet
  • 1811 March 13 Lissa - British frigate fleet under Hoste defeats superior French/Venetian fleet under Dubordieu off Lissa (Vis) in the Adriatic Sea
  • 1811 November 29 - Britain captures French frigate (details)
  • 1812 February 22 - Britain captures French battleship Rivoli (details)

War of 1812

Greek War of Independence

  • 1821 March 4 - Greece vs Turkey 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 - Greece vs Turkey west of Lemnos
  • 1823 October 23 - Greece vs Turkey near Pondikonisi
  • 1824 August 12, 13, 16, 17 and c.24 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Africans
  • 1824 September 1 First Budrun - Greece vs Turkey and Egypt
  • 1824 September 9 Second Budrun
  • 1824 September 22 - Greece vs Egypt near Nikaria
  • 1824 September 29
  • 1824 November 12 and 13 - Greece vs Turkey and Egypt near Spinalonga
  • 1825 June 1 - Greece defeats Turkey between Euboea and Andros
  • 1825 June 14 and 15 - Greece defeats Turkey and Egypt near Suda Bay
  • 1825 June 28 and 29 - Greece vs Turkey and Egypt south of Cerigo
  • 1825 August 3 - Greece defeats Turkey near Missolonghi
  • 1825 November 15 - Greece vs Turkey (and allies?) near Navarin
  • 1825 November 25, 26, 29, 30 and December 6 and 7 - Greece vs Turkey (and allies?) near Missolonghi
  • 1826 January 26 and 28 - Greece vs Turkey
  • 1826 July 27 - Greece vs Turkey near Samos
  • 1826 September 10 and 11 - Greece vs Turkey near Mitylene
  • 1826 October 7 (6?) - Greece vs Turkey in Aegean Sea (?)
  • 1827 September 29 - Greece vs Turkey 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

Later 19th century

  • 1833 July 5 Cape St Vincent - British fleet under Sir Charles Napier defeats fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel
  • 1840 - Bombardment of Acre
  • 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
  • 1853 November 5 - Russian steam frigate Vladimir defeats and captures Turkish steam frigate Pervas-Bahri
  • 1862 March 8 and 9 Hampton Roads - First battle between ironclad warships
  • 1864 February Eckernfjorde - Danish ships defeated by Prussia
  • 1864 March 17 Jasmund - Prussia vs Denmark
  • 1864 May 9 Helgoland - Prussian/Austrian fleet defeats Danish fleet in North Sea
  • 1864 June 19 Cherbourg - USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama off Cherbourg
  • 1864-66: Spain in various battles
  • 1866 July 20 Lissa - Austrians under Admiral von Tegetthoff rams and drives off superior Italian fleet under Persano
  • 1869 May 4-10 Hakodate
  • 1879–1883 the War of the Pacific
  • 1882 July 11 - Bombardment of Alexandria
  • 1884 August 23 Foochow - Small French squadron annihilates Chinese force at Foochow (Fuzhou)
  • 1885 February 13 Raid on Shipu - French attack Chinese ships
  • 1893-94 Brazilian Civil War - External site (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/8088/BrazilCivilWar93.html)
  • 1894 July 25 Feng-tao - Japan defeats China
  • 1894 September 17 Yalu River - Japan defeats Chinese off Korea
  • 1898 May 1 Manila Bay
  • 1898 July 3 Santiago de Cuba

Early 20th century

  • 1904 Yellow Sea - Japan defeats Russia
  • 1904 February 9 Varyag sinks
  • 1905 May 27-28 Tsushima - Japan easily defeats Russian fleet between Korea and Japan
  • 1912 Dardanelles
  • 1912 October Lemnos

World War I (1914-18)

World War II (1939-45)

in the Sibuyan Sea -

Surigao Straits -

off Samar -

off Cape Engano -

After 1945

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