NAVAL BATTLES BY OCEAN, SEA & RIVER

Pacific				1941-45		The Pacific War		The 35 most important battles, with orbats, accessible through a map- interface. Maps are large and slow loading.	Alternative List Of Pacific battles
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1865		The Battle of Papudo		A naval engagement fought between Spain and a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet on November 26, 1865.	55 miles north of Valparaiso, Chile, near the coastal commune of Papudo.
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1828		Punta Malpelo / Malpelo Point		Punta Malpelo, Tumbes, near the. Peruvian-Ecuador border (3° 40’S).	Peruvian Victory Over Two Colombian ships
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1879		Punta Chipana		Corvette action: Unión vs Pilcomayo
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1879		Pisagua
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1877		Pacocha		“Admiral Bickford was a gunnery officer in the corvette HMS Amethyst, and saw action against the Peruvian iron-clad ship Huascar in the Battle of Pacocha, on May 29 1877, off Chile”
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1879		Magallanes
Pacific		Andean Littoral		January 12^th 1838		Islay		Off Latin America
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1879		Iquique		Peruvian “Huascar” Beat Chilean “Esmerelda”
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1877		Iquique		The Peruvian Ironclad Huascar Fought Two British ships
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1914 November 1		Coronel		German cruisers under von Spee defeat British force, midway down the Chilean coast
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1880		Chancay		Sinking Of The Covadonga	Peruvian Victory Over Chile
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1839		Casma		Jean Blanchet, a privateer in Peruvian service, sailed from Callao and attacked three Chilean ships under Robert Simpson. Although part of his troops were on land, Simpson put up a fight and captured a Peruvian brig.	Blanchet was killed but his damaged ships escaped to Guayaquil where they took neutral flags.
Pacific		Andean Littoral		May 25th, 1880		Callao		Peruvian Victory Over Chile
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1824		Callao
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1820		Callao		Lord Cochrane
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1820 on		Battles of the Peruvian navy
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1880		Arica		Running the blockade; Spanish language site
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1903		Antofagasta
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1879		Antofagasta
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1879		Angamos		The Huáscar was captured by Chile during the War of the Pacific
Pacific		Andean Littoral		(February 7th, 1866),		Abtao		Near to Chiloe island.	Peruvian – Chilean Victory Over The Spanish royal fleet.
Pacific		Andean Littoral		1866		“2 De Mayo”		Off Peru
Pacific		Bering Sea		1943 March 26		Aleutians Komandorski Islands		US cruiser force turns back a Japanese fleet	Alternative site
Pacific		Bismarck Sea		2-5 Mar 1943		Bismarck Sea		Us/Australian V. Japanese
Pacific		Coral Sea		1942 May 8		Coral Sea		The Allies Defended Australia And Port Moresby In New Guinea From Japanese seaborne thrusts.
Pacific		Coral Sea		May 4-8, 1942		Coral Sea		Us V. Japanese
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		10 Aug 1904		Yellow Sea		Russian V. Japanese
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		1904		Yellow Sea		Japan defeats Russia
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		1894 September 17		Yalu River		Japan defeats Chinese off Korea
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		4-12 Feb 1895		Weihaiwei		Chinese V. Japanese
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		1419		Tsushima Strait		Chinese/Korean V. Japanese
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		1905 May 27-28		Tsushima website		The Russian Baltic fleet sails round the world to the Far Eastern theatre, its commanders riven with dissension, its crew with mutiny, and its ships covered with coal and monkeys, but is defeated by Tojo in the straits between Korea and Japan	This was one of the most masterly and decisive naval battles of all time
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		1941-45		The Imperial Japanese Navy
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		1893-94		Rio de Janeiro (Guanabara Bay)		Mutineers supported a rebel army with ops around Rio. Their turret ship Javary was sunk in a duel with shore batteries.	Later, off the Southern coast of Brazil, the battleship Aquidaban was torpedoed by the torpedo gunboat Sampaio.
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		1885 February 13		Raid on Shipu		French attack Chinese ships
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		10 Dec 1941		Prince Of Wales And Repulse		British V. Japanese
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		1904-5		Port Arthur		Japanese bottle up the Russian fleet in this crowded harbour, bombarding the ships and attacking with torpedo boats
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		1869 May 4-10		Hakodate
Pacific		Fareastern waters		1964		Gulf of Tonkin		An alleged attack by North Vietnamese vessels on US ships, probably manufactured to justify US intervention.
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		1893		French Gunboat Diplomacy in Siam
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		1884 August 23		Foochow		Small French squadron annihilates Chinese force at Foochow (Fuzhou)
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		1894 July 25		Feng-tao		Japan defeats China
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		1281		Dazaifu		Chinese/Korean V. Japanese
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		1185 April 25		Dan-no-ura		In the inland sea, off present-day Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Pacific		Fareastern Waters		8 Feb 1904		Che-Mul-Pho		Japanese V. Russian
Pacific		Oceania		1941 December 7		Pearl Harbor		The valuable ships of the US Pacific fleet [the aircraft carriers] were at sea when a surprise Japanese air strike went in simultaneously with them declaring war.	– some say out of foreknowledge, and that the antiquated ships were left in harbour to provide a ready made massacre that would inflame public opinion!
Pacific		Oceania		1942 June 4-5		Midway		US fleet sinks four Japanese carriers in western Pacific Ocean
Pacific		Oceania		1847-1899		European intervention in Samoa
Pacific		Philippine Sea		1944 June 19		Philippine Sea		US shoots down hundreds of Japanese aircraft in "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot"
Pacific	Solomons Sea		1942 November 30		Tassafaronga
Pacific		Solomons Sea		1942 – 3		Solomon Islands campaign August 1942 – February 1943		Battles of Guadalcanal – Savo I. – Eastern Solomons – Cape Esperance – Santa Cruz Is. – Naval Guadalcanal – Tassafaronga – Rennell I. – Blackett Strait – Operation Cartwheel – New Georgia – Kula Gulf – Kolombangara – Vella Gulf – Horaniu – Vella Lavella – Naval Vella Lavella – Treasury Is. – Choiseul – Empress Augusta Bay – Cape St. George – Green Is. – Bougainville
Pacific		Solomons Sea		1942 August 8		Savo Island		Japanese destroy a US cruiser force
Pacific		Solomons Sea		1942 October 26		Santa Cruz Islands		near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw	website
Pacific		Solomons Sea		January 29		Rennell Island		USS Chicago lost
Pacific		Solomons Sea		7 August 1942 - 6 March 1943		Guadalcanal		Very detailed site on this series of battles
Pacific		Solomons Sea		July 6th, 1943		First and Second battles of Kula Gulf		Us V. Japanese
Pacific		Solomons Sea		1943 November 2		Empress Augusta Bay
Pacific		Solomons Sea		1942 August 24		Eastern Solomons		Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho sunk
Pacific		Solomons Sea		Nov 24th, 1943		Cape St George		Japanese V. Us
Pacific		Solomons Sea		1942		Cape Esperance		Off Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
Pacific		Sulu Sea		1898 May 1		Manila Bay		US Navy attacks the Spanish fleet at anchor
Pacific		Sulu Sea		1600 December 14		Manila		Netherlands vs Spain
Pacific		Sulu Sea		1944 October 23-26		Leyte Gulf		The Japanese fleet was crushed in gigantic actions in the Sibuyan Sea, the Surigao Straits, off Samar, and off Cape Engano
Mediterranean		Aegean		1823 September 27		Lemnos		Greece vs Turkey west of Lemnos
Mediterranean				1620 May 11				Venice defeats Spanish under Ribera
Mediterranean		Adriatic		1914-18		World War I		Austria-Hungary had a navy consisting of four dreadnoughts, six 20 knot battleships, seven 2nd class battleships, four cruisers, four old cruisers (two armoured and two torpedo rams) with numerous destroyers and torpedo boats and eighteen submarines.
Mediterranean		Adriatic		800 – 1797		Venetian battles
Mediterranean		Adriatic		1870-1914		The Austro-Italian Naval Race		France had her North African colonies, while Italy was keen to acquire some. Austria-Hungary had her long Mediterranean - Ionian Sea Sea coastline for which to cater.
Mediterranean		Adriatic				The Austro-Hungarian Navy		The prime source of information on the "K.u.k. Kriegsmarine" and the Danube flotilla that fired the first shots of World War I. Currently emphasizes the First World War.
Mediterranean		Adriatic		47 .bc		Tauris		Tauris = Scedro, a little island between Hvar and Korula	Caesar's general Vatinius in Brundisi defeated the Octavian fleet, sinking its flagship.
Mediterranean		Adriatic		433 BC		Sybota		Believed To Be Off The Coast Of Epirus	0433
Mediterranean		Adriatic		1917		Raid on the Otranto Barrage			Map Of Otranto Strait
Mediterranean		Adriatic		Oct 1379		Pulj		Genoese V. Venetian
Mediterranean		Adriatic		1617 November		Osuna’s victory		Suspecting Venetian anti-Spanish activities, the Duke of Osuna, Viceroy of Naples & Sicily, narrowly defeated a Venetian fleet in the Adriatic
Mediterranean		Adriatic		551		Off Senigallia		Roman V. Goths off the Umbrian port of the same name
Mediterranean		Adriatic		1866 July 20		Off Lissa / Vis		Austrians under Admiral von Tegetthoff rams and drives off superior Italian fleet under Persano, in what is said to be the world’s first ironclad battle
Mediterranean		Adriatic		1811 March 13		Lissa / Vis		British frigate fleet defeats superior French/Venetian fleet
Mediterranean		Adriatic		1296 or 1299		Curzola / Korčula		Genoa defeats Venetian fleet and captures Marco Polo, who writes his memoirs while a prisoner.
Mediterranean		Adriatic?		1797 March 26				Austrian vessels, supported by Venetian battleship, fight off French attack
Mediterranean		Aegean		677		Syllaeum website		the Arab fleet was destroyed by Greek fire, a new Byzantine weapon that had been used for the first time only a few years before.	As the Arabs retreated they were caught in a storm that sank nearly all of their ships
Mediterranean		Aegean		June 14 and 15		Suda Bay		Greece defeats Turkey And Egypt Near Suda Bay On The North Coast Of Crete
Mediterranean		Aegean		January, 411 BC		Simi / Syme		With about twenty ships the Athenian Charminus battled with the Spartan left wing, the only portion visible to him in the storm that was blowing. He sank three ships before the rest of the Spartan fleet arrived and surrounded him. Charminus retreated to Halicarnassus after losing six ships.	The fleets met during a storm, with poor visibility, and after many of the Spartan ships had become separated from the main fleet.
Mediterranean		Aegean		1770 July 5-7		Second Chesma / Chesme		Off western Turkey, Russian fleet defeats and burns Turkish fleet
Mediterranean		Aegean		1824 September 9		Second Budrun (Bodrun?)		Off SW Anatolia
Mediterranean		Aegean		5 Jul 1769		Scio / Chesme		The Empress Christina’s Russian fleet had broken through the Dardanelles. Admiral Greig, with four line and two frigates, attacked the Turkish fleet in their Anatolian harbour, with fireships. The British officers of the Russian fleet held pistols to the heads of the petrified steersmen to keep them to their duty.	After the fleet was destroyed, the town was bombarded; ere nine o’clock at night there was scarcely a vestige of the town or fortress, or of the fleet that had existed at mid-day.
Mediterranean		Aegean		1826 July 27		Samos		Greeks Vs Turkey Near Samos
Mediterranean		Aegean		480 .bc		Salamis		Greeks beat the Persians with a “periplus” outflanking manouevre, employing Aeginan ships issuing from their home port and from behind a headland. The Persians finally called off their invasion of Greece.	This classic sea battle took place in The Saronic Gulf Near Athens, off the island of Aegina.
Mediterranean		Aegean		April		Rhodes		4 Maltese defeat 13 Turks near Rhodes
Mediterranean		Aegean		190BC		Panormus / Panionion		Seleucids issue from their base at Ephesus, and defeat Rhodians, who are allied to Egypt & trying to resist a Macedonian – Seleucid alliance.	east of Samos
Mediterranean		Aegean		407 .bc		Notium / Notion		Peloponnesian War: Spartans Bt. Athenians NE Of Samos, the Athenian base.	0407
Mediterranean		Aegean		1698 September 20		Near Samothrace / Samotrakia		Venice vs Turkey, Tripoli and Tunis
Mediterranean		Aegean		1688 June 15		Naxos		Venice again attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Algerian escort east of Naxos, .	In The Cyclades
Mediterranean		Aegean		1686 July 12		Naxos		Venice Attacks "Alexandria Caravan" With Its Turkish And Tripolitan Escort Between Naxos And Nicaria	In The Cyclades
Mediterranean		Aegean		376 BC		Naxos		In The Cyclades	0376
Mediterranean		Aegean				Nauplia / Navplia		On the Bay of Argos
Mediterranean		Aegean		190BC		Myonnesus		Romans defeat Seleucids	north of Samos
Mediterranean		Aegean		1690 September 8		Mitylene		Venice Fights The Combined Fleet Of Turkey, Algiers, Tripoli And Tunis Near Mitylene
Mediterranean		Aegean		1826 September 10 and 11		Mitylene		Greeks vs Turkey near Mitylene
Mediterranean		Aegean		1686 October 4		Mitylene		Venice vs Turkey near Mitylene, on or near Lesbos.
Mediterranean		Aegean		1717 June 12, 13 and 16		Mediterranean		Venice vs Turkey in northern Mediterranean
Mediterranean		Aegean		1913		Lemnos		The Greeks Drove The Turk Fleet Back Into The Dardanelles, Winning Control Of The Aegean. Swiftly Followed By The First Ever Naval Air Mission – The Bombing Of The Turk fleet at Nagara.	The Final Naval Battle Of The First Balkan War
Mediterranean		Aegean		1912 October		Lemnos		During The Balkan And Italo-Turkish Wars
Mediterranean		Aegean		1943		Landing On Simi		Dodecanese
Mediterranean	Aegean		334BC		Lade Island		Alt site
Mediterranean		Aegean		494bc		Lade		The Persian (Phoenician) fleet met the Greeks off the island of Lade opposite Miletus. The Ionian Greeks and others held back, and the rest were easily beaten, causing the surrender of besieged Miletus.	Site of the battle
Mediterranean		Aegean		1717 July 19		Gulf of Laconia,		Venice And Its Allies Vs Turkey, Between Capes Matapan (Tanaro) And Malea on S coast of Peloponnese
Mediterranean		Aegean		1649 May 12		Focchies		Near Izmir (Smyrna) a Venetian fleet of 19 ships, under Giacomo Riva, defeated a Turkish fleet of 11 ships, 10 galleasses (mahons) and 72 galleys.	During The Cretan Wars
Mediterranean		Aegean		1824 September		First Budrun (Bodrun?)		Greeks Vs Turkey And Egypt, Off SW Anatolia
Mediterranean	Aegean		376BC		Delos		In The Cyclades
Mediterranean		Aegean		1662 September 29		Defeat of the “Alexandria Caravan"		Venice defeats Turkish "Alexandria Caravan" between Kos and Kalymnos in the Dodecanese
Mediterranean		Aegean		1667 February 25 and 26		Crete		Venice defeats Turkey near Crete
Mediterranean		Aegean		258 BC		Cos		In the Dodecanese islands	0258
Mediterranean		Aegean		191BC		Corycus [Cissus]		Romans defeat Seleucids, who are allied to Macedon.	between Chios and Samos
Mediterranean		Aegean		394 .bc		Cnidus		Spartan V. Persian, Off The Peninsula Of The Same Name Between Rhodes And Marmaris.	0394
Mediterranean		Aegean		201BC		Chios		Rhodes and Pergamum together defeat Macedon	northeast of Chios
Mediterranean		Aegean		1822 June 18-19		Chios		Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
Mediterranean		Aegean		201 BC		Chios		Philip V of Macedon defeated by the Egyptians, Rhodians, and Pergamese in the Dodecanese	0201
Mediterranean		Aegean		1825 June 28 and 29		Cerigo		Greeks vs Turkey And Egypt South Of Cerigo, The Island Between Cape Malea And Crete
Mediterranean		Aegean		1646 August 14		Canea, Crete		Inconclusive fight between Christians and Turks near Canea, Crete
Mediterranean		Aegean		1645 October 1		Canea, Crete		Christians vs Turks near Canea, Crete
Mediterranean		Aegean		1645 September 28 or 29		Canea		Christians vs Turks between Suda and Canea, Crete
Mediterranean		Aegean		1807 July 1		Athos (Lemnos)		Russian Fleet Under Admiral Alexei Seniavin Defeats Turks Near Mouth Of Dardanelles
Mediterranean		Aegean		1770 June 4		Athens		Russia vs Turkey South of Athens
Mediterranean		Aegean		480bc		Artemisium		A 2 day Greek V. Persian battle off Euboea	0480
Mediterranean		Aegean		406 bc		Arginusae islands		Peloponnesian V. Athenians	Between Lesbos And Anatolia
Mediterranean		Aegean		1825 June 1		Andros		Greece defeats Turkey between Euboea and Andros
Mediterranean		Aegean		1671 May		Aegina		Privateers Beat Off A Force Of Turkish Galleys Near Aegina, The Island In The Saronic Gulf
Mediterranean		Aegean		July 8 and 10				Venetians under Mocenigo defeat Turks
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		1973		Yom Kippur War		Red Sea & off the Levant	The world’s first missile boat battles
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		1824 November 12 and 13		Spinalonga		Greeks vs Turkey and Egypt near Spinalonga
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		190 BC		Side		Rhodians defeat Seleucids	Side (port in Pamphylia)
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		1827 September 29		Salona Bay		Greeks vs Turkey in Salona Bay
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		1823 October 23		Pondikonisi		Greeks vs Turkey near Pondikonisi
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		1668 February 8 and 9		Pelagia		Venice defeats Turkey near Pelagia
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		352 .bc		Pagasaean Gulf		Phocian V. Macedonian	0352
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		1798 August 1–3		Nile Delta - Aboukir Bay / “battle of the Nile”		Bonaparte landed in Egypt to interrupt British Imperial communications with India. Nelson unsuccessfully sought Napoleon on the open sea, but did learn that the French warships were at anchor in Aboukir Bay at the mouth of the Nile.	With night falling and facing a superior fleet, the famous British Admiral Nelson instigated one of the greatest naval battles of all time.
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		c. 1190BC		Nile		The Egyptians surprised the 'Sea Peoples' in the Nile delta, with furled sails – their ships may have lacked oars. The Pharoah’s troops grappled the invaders’ ships, immobilizing them; soldiers boarded whilst archers on ship and shore contributed to the victory.	A long article here, well illustrated from ancient inscriptions and murals.
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		September 22		Nikaria		Greeks vs Egypt near Nikaria
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		190 .bc		Myonnesus		Roman V. Antiochus	0190
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		1661 August 27		Milos		Venice and Malta defeat Turkey near Milos
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		190 BC		Eurymedon River (II)		Roman Forces Under Lucius Aemilius Regillus Defeat A Seleucid Fleet Commanded By Hannibal, On The South Coast Of Anatolia
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		465 BC		Eurymedon River		Off the coast of Pamphylia, the Athenian admiral Cimon defeated the Persians in a double battle. During the day, he defeated the Persian navy at the estuary of the the Eurymedon, and during the night, he unexpectedly attacked the camp of his enemies.	At the Persian court, the news of the defeat created great unrest, and king Xerxes was murdered.
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		191 .bc		Cyssus		Roman V. Antiochus	0191
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		450s BC		Cypriot Salamis		Salamis Bay at eastern end of Cyprus	0450
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		306 BC		Cypriot Salamis		In Salamis Bay at eastern end of Cyprus, Demetrius I Poliorcetes defeats the fleet of Menelaeus brother of Ptolemy I of Egypt	0306
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		307 .bc		Cypriot Salamis		Macedonian V. Egyptian	0307
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		411 .bc		Cynoessema		Peloponnesian V. Athenian	0411
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		458 .bc		Cryphalea		Athenian V. Peloponnesian	0458
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		1668 (late) -		Crete		Barbary "Turks" defeat Venice south of Crete
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		1882 July 11		Bombardment of Alexandria
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		1840		Acre		Bombardment of Acre
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		655		“Battle Of The Masts”		200 Arab ships defeat 500 Byzantines by chaining themselves together, thus converting affairs into a land battle on the sea.	Between Rhodes And Cyprus
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		1697 July 6, September 1, September 20				Contarini (Venice) vs Turkey in a series of battles
Mediterranean		Eastern Mediterranean		1659 August 26 or 27				Contarini (Venice) vs Kapudan Pasha (Turkey)
Mediterranean		Gulf Of Lyon		13 Mar 1795		Genoa		British V. French
Mediterranean		Gulf Of Lyons		1795 July 13^th		Hyères Islands		Hood (British) With 14 Battleships Defeats Villaret-Joyeuse (French) With 12 East Of Toulon
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		1499 August		Zonchio
Mediterranean		Ionian sea		1821 March 4		Zakinthos		Greeks vs Turkey north-west of Zakinthos (Zante)
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		1772 November 6-8		west of Patrai / Patras		Russia defeats Turkey
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		1804 August 3, 7, 23/24 and 28 and September 2		Tripoli		5 raids on Tripoli
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		1797 May 16		Tripoli		Danish vessels get the better of Tripolitanian corsairs near Tripoli, Libya
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea				the Inousses islands		Below Methoni are the islands known as the Inousses; many naval battles and shipwrecks here.
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		1940 November 1		Taranto		British fleet attacks Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		1625 June 26		Syracuse, Sicily		6 Bizertans defeat 5 Maltese galleys near Syracuse, Sicily
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		March 22		Second Syrte		Libyan coast?	Italians press the issue against a Malta convoy.
Mediterranean	Ionian Sea		429BC		Rhium / Chalcis		In The Gulf Of Patras
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		425 BC		Pylos			0425
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		1940 July 9		Punta Stilo		British Fleet Attacks Italian Fleet Off Calabria	photosite
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		1538 September 28		Preveza website		At The Entrance To The Ambracian Gulf; alternative website	Ottoman fleet under Barbarossa defeats Spanish-Venetian fleet
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		October 28th 1772		Patras		Displaying great ingenuity, Catherine the Great’s Russian fleet penetrated to the Ionian and defeated a Turkish fleet
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		1825 November 15		near Navarin / Navarino		Greeks vs Turkey (and allies?) near Navarin / Navarino, off the west coast of the Morea
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		Oct. 20, 1827		Navarino		Egyptian/Turkish fleet destroyed by allied British/French/Russian fleet in famous clash off west coast of Morea.
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		429 .bc		Naupactus		Athenian V. Peloponnesian	0429
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		1825 August 3, November 25, 26, 29, 30 and December 6 and 7		Missolonghi		. vs Turkey (and allies?) near Missolonghi
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		1500		Methoni / Modon / Modone/ Methonie		Modon / Modone/ Methoni Was A Large Venetian Settlement On Cape Akritas, The Westernmost Of The Three Peloponnesian peninsulas.
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		1571 October 7		Lepanto website		Christian coalition decisively defeats Turkey in the Gulf of Patras off Nafpaktos / Naupactus
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		December 17		First Syrte		Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		429 .bc		Corinth (1)		Athenian V. Peloponnesian	0429
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		1716 July 8		Corfu		Corner (Venice) fights an inconclusive battle against Jannum Koggia (Turkey) east of Corfu
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		1940 November 27		Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada)		Using the Malta base, British fight back an Italian convoy interception
Mediterranean		Ionian sea		31 Jul 1718		Cape Passaro / Passero, SE Extremity Of Sicily		British V. French off SE Sicily
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		1941 March 28		Cape Matapan		British defeat Italians 100 miles due west of Crete, sinking at least two battleships, and confine Italian capital ships to port for the rest of the war.	Alternative site
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		256 .bc		Cape Ecnomus, South Coast Of Sicily		The Roman Fleet, escorting troop transports, Broke Through The Carthaginian Centre, And Although Enveloped, Managed To Return To Envelope In Turn The Carthaginian fleet.	0256
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		435 .bc		Ambracian Gulf		Corinthian V. Corcyrean	0435
Mediterranean		Ionian Sea		31 BC September 2		Actium / Aktion		Outside the Ambracian Gulf Octavian and Agrippa decisively defeat Antony and Cleopatra, who nevertheless escape through the blockade	0031
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		1676		Palermo		French vs Netherlands and Spain
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		1610 August 21 & October 10^th		Off Tuscany?		Tuscany vs Turkey
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		260 .bc		Mylae, west of Messina		Roman V. Carthaginian	0260
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		36 bc		Mylae, west of Messina		Roman Civil War?	0036
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		25 Mar 1676		Messina		French V. Spanish
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		2 Oct 1284		Messina		Sicilian/Catalan V. French
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		260 BC		Lipara Islands		North Of Messina; Punic Wars?	0260
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		1653 March 13		Leghorn (Livorno)		Johan van Galen's ships defeat Badiley
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		800 – 1797		Genoese battles
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		1652 September 7		Elba		English v. Dutch off the Italian coast
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		249 .bc		Drepanum, West End Of Sicily		Roman V. Carthaginian	0249
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		474 .bc		Cumae / Cyme		Syrcusan V. Etrurian On The Campanian coast off the Greek town of Cumae.	Off the Greek colony of Cumae, on the Campanian coast
Mediterranean	Tyrrhenian		849 AD		Battle of Ostia		Ostia Is The Port Of Rome
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		30 May 1378		Antium / Anzio		Venetian V. Genoese
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		1810		Amanthea		On 25 July 1810 Captain Prescott of the British Royal Navy disrupted a large Neapolitan convoy close in shore off Amanthea in Calabria. The loss of this convoy and other ships later forced Murat to abandon his planned invasion of Sicily.	The British line overcame enemy gunboats and shore batteries with grapeshot. 28 transports were captured, and 31 destroyed.
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		1676 January		Alicuri / Stromboli		France vs Netherlands and Spain	Off Stromboli island north of the Messina Strait.
Mediterranean		Tyrrhenian		241 BC		Aegates Islands, West Of Sicily		Roman victory over the Carthaginians, ending the First Punic War	0241
Mediterranean		Western Mediterranean		1744 February 22		Toulon		draw between British and Franco-Spanish fleets south of Toulon
Mediterranean		Western Mediterranean		25 August 12, 20, 22 and 1499.		Second battle of Sapienza		Turkish navy defeated the Venetians over four days of battle: Antonio Grimani, the disgraced Venetian Admiral, was arrested on 29 September and exiled.
Mediterranean		Western Mediterranean		1354		Sapienza / Sapientza website		Genoese destroy Venetian fleet by the small island opposite the ports of Modon and Koron / Corone, in the Messinian Gulf off Cape Akritas, SW Peloponnese
Mediterranean		Western Mediterranean		3 Jul 1940		Oran		British V. Vichy French
Mediterranean		Western Mediterranean		20 May 1756		Minorca		British V. French
Mediterranean		Western Mediterranean		1940 July 3		Mers-el-Kebir		British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
Mediterranean		Western Mediterranean		1670 August		Gibraltar		Gibraltar British/Dutch ships defeat an Algerine force near Gibraltar
Mediterranean		Western Mediterranean		468		Cape Bona / Bon		Roman V. Vandal	The Cape East Of Carthage
Mediterranean		Western Mediterranean		1665 March		Barbary Coast		France defeats Algeria
Mediterranean		Western Mediterranean		1801 April 5		Algeciras		French defeat initial British assault, British counter-attack and defeat French-Spanish force.
Mediterranean		Western Medi-terranean		1704 August 13 (Old Style)		Malaga		British/Dutch narrowly defeats French near Malaga
Mediterranean		Western Medi-terranean		1678		Gibraltar Straits		French defeat Netherlands
Mediterranean		Western Medi-terranean		1607 April		Gibraltar
Mediterranean		Western Medi-terranean		1816 August 27		Algiers		Bombardment of Algiers
Mediterranean		Western Medi-terranean		1682		Algiers		French attack on Algiers
Inland waters		Lake warfare		1915-18		The British Naval African Expedition		“The African Queen" was inspired by this campaign. Lake Tanganyika, known as "the blue heart of Africa", occupied an important strategic position between the Belgian Congo and German Tanzania. There were parallel actions on Lakes Victoria and Nyasa.	Two 40ft launches were conveyed overland from England. They captured the tugboat Kingani and used it to sink the 1500 ton Von Wissman. The equally large Goetzen was sunk by aeroplanes in port.
Inland waters		Lake warfare		1813 May 28-29		Sacket's Harbor		US General Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir John Prevost
Inland waters		Lake warfare		1812 July 19		Sacket's Harbor		US turns back British naval attack
Inland waters		Lake warfare		152x		Lake Texcoco		Following his initial expulsion from the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan [Mexico City], the Conquistador Hernan Cortez improvised a fleet of gunboats on the lake then surrounding the city, which then supported the assault over the causeways which regained the city.
Inland waters		Lake warfare		1363		Lake Poyang		A waterborne siege by the Han against the Ming-held town of Nanchang, on China’s largest freshwater lake, in east central China	Involved the use of Lou Chuan (tower ships), essentially floating fortresses
Inland waters		Lake warfare		1814		Lake Champlain		Lake Champlain and Plattsburg (September 11) - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie
Inland waters		Lake warfare		10 Sep 1813		Erie, Lake		British V. Us
Inland waters		Lake warfare		A.D. 265		Action on the Tunting Lake		The early Chinese Emperor Vouti of Wei and Chow placed a large fleet of war junks on the Yangtse-Kiang river to attack the Kingdom of Ou across the huge Tunting Lake. After several reverses, Sunhow of Ou surrendered.	East Central China
Inland waters		River warfare		840 onwards		The Rus On The Dvina, Dneiper, Volga, etc.
Inland waters		River warfare		1880 -98		The Nile campaigns against the Mehdi		The Link Is To Winston Churchill’s famous account – he was present in 1898.
Inland waters		River warfare		1896 – 8		Riverboat ops on the Nile
Inland waters		River warfare		1865-1870		Riverboat ops during the Paraguayan War
Inland waters		River warfare		1630 September 4-8		River Elbe		Denmark forces a retreat of Hanseatic ships in Elbe River
Inland waters		River warfare		1870		River Aquidaban		(Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Brasil),
Inland waters		River warfare		11 Jun 1865		Riachuelo		Paraguayan V. Brazilian
Inland waters		River warfare		1861 - 1862		Operations On The Tennessee & Mississippi Rivers		Around Forts Henry & Donelson, & around Vicksburg
Inland waters		River warfare		197x		Operations on the Mekong River		These Extended Later Into Cambodia 1979 Onwards; The Vietnamese invasion was partly waterborne.
Inland waters		River warfare		July 12th, 1911		la Pedrera		In the Putumayo River, an Andean tributary of the Amazon, during frontier skirmishes.	The Peruvian gunboat "America" defeated the Colombians
Indian Ocean				1718		Karwar		Portuguese defeat Indians near Karwar
Indian Ocean				1405 to 1433		Chinese naval mastery in the Indian Ocean		Over fifty years before the first Portuguese caravels traversed the southern tip of Africa in 1488, fleets of hundreds of immense Chinese junks brought under the Chinese tributary system the vast periphery of the Indian Ocean, and may have sailed further.	A dramatic reversal of naval policy meant that, less than a century afterwards, it was a crime to go to sea from China in a multi-masted ship.
Indian Ocean				1713		Cheul		Portuguese defeat Indians near Cheul
Indian Ocean		Arabian Sea		1612 October 29-31		Suvali / Swally		British Defeat Portuguese 10 Miles North Of Surat, India (Swally port no longer exists)
Indian Ocean		Arabian Sea		1509 February 3		Diu Website		Diu is an island lying NW of Mumbai off the south coast of Gujarat's Kathiawar peninsula, separated from the mainland by a tidal creek and now one of India’s foremost tourist destinations.	Portugal's India viceroy destroys Muslim fleet off Western India, controls spice trade
Indian Ocean		Arabian Sea?		1971 December 9				Pakistani submarine Hangor sinks Indian frigate Kukri (first submarine sinking since World War II)
Indian Ocean		Bay Of Bengal		26 Aug - 3 Sep 1782		Trincomalee (4)		British V. French
Indian Ocean		Bay Of Bengal		12 Apr 1782		Trincomalee (3)		British V. French
Indian Ocean		Bay of Bengal		Sep 1767		Trincomalee (2)		British/Indian V. Mysore/Hyderabad
Indian Ocean		Bay of Bengal		10 Aug 1759		Trincomalee (1)		British V. French
Indian Ocean		Bay Of Bengal		1782 September 3		Trincomalee		Hughes fleet damages Suffrens but withdraws
Indian Ocean		Bay Of Bengal		1782 February 17		Sadras		First indecisive fight between Suffren (French) and Hughes (British) off SE India
Indian Ocean		Bay Of Bengal		29 April 1758		Sadras		The French had a naval base at Pondicherry on the Coromandel coast of SE India, and the British had one at nearby Cuddalore, south of Madras fronting on to the Bay of Bengal.	The British rear failed to give good support and later three captains were court-martialled. The French line gave way but Pocock's ships were unable to catch the fleeing enemy.
Indian Ocean		Bay Of Bengal		1782 April 12		Providien		Second indecisive fight between Suffren and Hughes off SE India
Indian Ocean		Bay Of Bengal		20 Jun 1783		Pondicherry (4)		British V. French
Indian Ocean		Bay Of Bengal		4 Oct 1782		Negapatam (4)		British V. French
Indian Ocean		Bay of Bengal		3 Aug 1758		Negapatam (2)		British V. French	Inconclusive action between a British squadron commanded by Vice-Admiral George Pocock and a French squadron commanded by Admiral Comte D' Ache.
Indian Ocean		Bay Of Bengal		1782 July 6		Negapatam		Third indecisive fight between Suffren and Hughes off SE India
Indian Ocean		Bay Of Bengal		1690		Madras/Chennai		France vs Britain and Netherlands near Madras
Indian Ocean		Bay Of Bengal		1783 June 20		Cuddalore		Suffren drives Hughes off shore of Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes
Indian Ocean		Bay Of Bengal		1749 April 29				Pocock (British) defeats d'Ache (French)
Indian Ocean		Bay of Bengal?		25 Jul 1746		Negapatam (1)		British V. French
Indian Ocean		Java Sea		Feb 27th, 1942		Java Sea		Us/Dutch/British/Australian V. Japanese	Japanese destroy ABDA fleet
Indian Ocean		Malacca Strait		Boxing Day		Malacca Strait		The Straits are cleared of Pirates by the Indian Ocean Tsunami
Indian Ocean	Red Sea		200x		Yemen
Cape of Good Hope				17 Aug 1796		Saldanha Bay		Rear Admiral Friedrich Kekule was sent to occupy the Dutch colonies at the Cape of Good Hope and in India. In August 1796 while returning from India he captured a whole Dutch squadron here.
Cape Horn						Latin American naval bibliography
Black Sea				1790 September 8 and 9		Tendra		Russia vs Turkey
Black Sea				11 Aug 1791		Kara Burur		Russian V. Turks
Black Sea				Nov 18th, 1914		Cape Sarych		Russian V. German/Turkish
Black Sea		Anatolian Coast		1853 October 30		Sinope		Russian battleships defeat Turkish frigates at Sinope, Turkey
Black Sea		Anatolian Coast		1789 June 2-4		Sinope		Russia vs Turkey at Sinope
Black Sea		Bosporus		April 20th 1453		Constantinople		Turks and Genoese fight near Istanbul
Black Sea		Bosporus		74 .bc		Chalcedon		Roman V. Pontic fleets at the mouth of the Bosporus	0074
Black Sea	Dardanelles		1915		The attempt to force the Dardanelles		Preceded the even more costly and unsuccessful attempt at a landing on the Gallipoli peninsula to the north
Black Sea		Dardanelles		1470-1554		Piri Reis Admiral of Turkey		Reis grew up on the Gallipoli peninsula and fought in many of the Ottoman campaigns in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. He was also a skilled cartographer, with a famous world map named after him.
Black Sea		Dardanelles		1912		Dardanelles		During The Balkan And Italo-Turkish Wars
Black Sea		Dardanelles		1807 February 19		Dardanelles		British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles
Black Sea		Dardanelles		1807 May		Dardanelles		British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles
Black Sea		Dardanelles		1657 July 17		Dardanelles		Venetians, Maltese and Papal forces defeat Turks in Dardanelles
Black Sea		Dardanelles		1656 June 26 and 27		Dardanelles		Venetians and Maltese defeat Turks in Dardanelles
Black Sea		Dardanelles		June 21 1655		Dardanelles		Venetians defeat Turks
Black Sea		Dardanelles		1654 May 16		Dardanelles		Turks under Murad defeat Venetians under Giuseppe Delfino in Dardanelles
Black Sea		Dardanelles		May 26 1646		Dardanelles		Venice defeats Turkey at the Dardanelles mouth
Black Sea		Dardanelles		405 BC		Aegospotami		The Spartan Admiral Lysander surprises and destroys most of the Athenian fleet beached on the south side of the straits.	0405
Black Sea		Dneiper Estuary		1788 July 14/25		Ochakov		Russia defeats Turkey in Black Sea near Fidonisi
Black Sea		Kerch Strait		1790 July 19		Kerch Strait		Russia vs Turkey
Black Sea		Western Black Sea		1791 August 11		Cape Kaliakra		Russia gets slightly the better of Turkey in a largely inconclusive battle off Bulgaria
Black Sea		Yenikale Gulf		14 Jul 1790		Yenikale Gulf		Russian V. Turks
Baltic				1629 September 16		Wismar		Sweden defeats Holy Roman Empire near Wismar
Baltic				1613		Wisby		Swedish V. Danish
Baltic				1000 September 9		Svold / Svolder / Swold Alternative site		Swold was an island probably on the North German coast, near Rügen. The place cannot now be identified, as the Baltic coast is much changed since, partly by the gradual silting up of the sea, and partly by the storms of the 14th century.	Erik Hakonson, in his iron-sheathed longship at the head of a Dano-Swedish fleet, ambushed and rammed Olaf of Norway who was returning from the Baltic. Olaf went down with his ship.
Baltic				November 28		Oliwa		Poland defeats Sweden
Baltic				1064		Nisaa		Danes V. Norwegian
Baltic						Naval history of the Baltic
Baltic						Naval history of Sweden and Denmark
Baltic				1705 June 26		Kotlin		Swedish ships attack Russian base of Kotlin
Baltic				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.	Gulf Of Finland
Baltic				11 Jun 1676		Entholm		Danish V. Swedish
Baltic						Danish Naval History		Danish language site!!
Baltic				1849 May 11		Bulk		Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Bulk	Danish language site
Baltic						Battles in Danish waters			Alternative site
Baltic				1644 May 16				9 Danes defeat 26 Dutch ships which have been hired to support Swedes
Baltic				1565 July 7				49 Swedish ships defeat 22 Danish and 14 Lubeck ships
Baltic				1535				20 Swedish/Danish/Prussian ships defeat 9 Lubeck ships
Baltic		Gulf Of Finland		1790 June 22		Vyborg / Vyborgsund		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	Gulf Of Finland
Baltic		Gulf Of Finland		3 Jul 1790		Vyborg / Vyborgsund		Swedish V. Russian	Gulf Of Finland
Baltic		Gulf Of Finland		1800-1917		The Tsarist Navy
Baltic		Gulf Of Finland		1790 June 28		Svensksund / Rochensalm		Decisive victory of the Swedish galley fleet, but too late to affect the war.	Midway down the Gulf Of Finland, on the north coast.
Baltic		Gulf Of Finland		9 Jul 1790		Svensksund / Rochensalm		Swedish V. Russian	Gulf Of Finland
Baltic		Gulf Of Finland		1790 May 2		Revel / Reval / Tallinn		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.	Gulf Of Finland
Baltic		Gulf Of Finland		1719 May 24		Osel Island		Russian battleships fight Swedish ships
Baltic		Gulf Of Finland		1921		Operations against the Kronstadt mutineers		The loyal units of the Red Army attacked the island fortress by land as well as water, since the Gulf of Finland was partially frozen over.
Baltic		Gulf Of Finland		Apr 1789		Hoegland		Russian V. Swedish
Baltic		Gulf Of Finland		1788 July 17		Hoegland		This Russo – Swedish Affair Is Remarkable Not Only For The Obstinate Fighting On Either Side, But For Being Fought In A Storm, And In A Narrow Sea Full Of Shoals, Currents, And Other Perils. The Russians Had The Scottish Admiral Greig.	In Gulf Of Finland. Bloody engagement between Swedish and Russian fleets. Both sides lose a ship, but Swedes withdraw.
Baltic		Gulf Of Finland		0600 – present		History of the Russian Navy		excellent site which goes right back into previous centuries in some considerable detail.
Baltic		Gulf Of Finland		Sep 1721		Grangram		Russian V. Swedish
Baltic		Gulf Of Finland		1919		British raid on Kronstadt		An Island naval base In The Gulf Of Finland, About 50 Miles From Petersburg
Baltic		Kattegat		1362		Helsingborg		Danish V. German
Baltic		Öland		1676 June 1		Öland		Dutch/Danish fleet defeats Swedish fleet south of Oland
Baltic		Öland		1564 August 12 and 13		Öland		Denmark vs Sweden SE of Oeland in the Baltic
Baltic		Öland		1611 August		Kalmar Sound		Minor action between Danes and Swedes in Kalmar Sound
Baltic		Öland		Jun 1676		Bornholm		Dutch/Danish V. Swedish
Baltic		Öresund		1807 September 2-7		Copenhagen		British land and sea forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture the Danish fleet
Baltic		Öresund		2 Apr 1801		Copenhagen		Nelson destroys moored Danish ships off Koebenhavn to prevent France taking them over	Nelson Turns A Blind Eye To Parker, and wins a hard – fought victory. Willemoes is the Danish hero.
Baltic		Öresund		1658 October 29		Copenhagen		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
Baltic		Ruegen		1676 May 25 and 26		Ruegen		Dutch/Danish fleet defeats Swedish fleet between Bornholm and Rugen in the Baltic Sea
Baltic		Ruegen		Jun 1677		Rostock		Danish V. Swedish
Baltic		Ruegen		1864 March 17		Jasmund		Prussia vs Denmark, off east coast of Ruegen island
Baltic		Ruegen		25 May 1676		Jasmund		Swedish V. Danish
Baltic		The Belts		1657 September 12 and 13		Moen, Denmark		Denmark vs Sweden fight inconclusively near Moen, Denmark
Baltic		The Belts		30 Jun 1677		Køge Bugt / Koege Bugt / Kjoge Bay		Swedish V. Danish
Baltic		The Belts		July 1 and 2		Køge Bugt / Koege Bugt / Kjoge Bay		Denmark and Netherlands defeat Swedish fleet
Baltic		The Belts		1644 August 10		Køge Bugt / Koege Bugt / Kjoge Bay		Dutch fleet under Thijsen brushes past Danish fleet under King Christian IV in Kjoge Bay, on the west coast of the island of Zealand.	Danish language site
Baltic		The Belts		1849 May 3		Kiel		Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Kiel
Baltic		The Belts		May 31 and June 1		Femern (Fehmern)		Denmark defeats Sweden between Femern and Warnemunde
Baltic		The Belts		1644, October 13		Fehmern / Femern, Germany		Combined Swedish/Dutch fleet badly defeats Danish fleet off off Fehmern island
Baltic		The Belts		1849		Eckernfjorde / Eckernförde		Danish ships seek to bombard Eckernförde in support of the advancing Danish army, but get the worst of the artillery exchanges.
Baltic		The Belts		1644 July 1		Colberger Heide (Colberg Heath)		Danish and Swedish fleets fight an inconclusive battle off NE Germany
Atlantic				1644 May 25				13 Danes get slightly the better of 33 hired Dutch ships
Atlantic		Biscay		12 Oct 1702		Vigo Bay		English/Dutch V. French/Spanish
Atlantic		Biscay		June 1, 1794		Third Ushant / “The Glorious First Of June”		The battle, between Howe and Villaret de Joyeuse, took place about 430 miles west of Brittany, and resulted from British attempts to intercept an American grain convoy being escorted into Brest harbour.
Atlantic		Biscay		20 Nov 1759		Quiberon Bay		French V. British
Atlantic		Biscay		1759 November 20		Quiberon Bay		British defeat French near St Nazaire
Atlantic		Biscay		56 .bc		Morbihan Gulf		Roman V. Veneti	0056
Atlantic		Biscay		1622 October		La Rochelle		France vs ? near La Rochelle
Atlantic		Biscay		1372		La Rochelle		Spain defeats England near La Rochelle
Atlantic		Biscay		4 Jun 1778		Carenage Bay		British V. French
Atlantic		Biscay		22 Jul 1805		Cape Finisterre		British V. French/Spanish
Atlantic		Biscay		1805 July 22		Cape Finisterre		Calder (British) defeats Villeneuve (French) in minor action near Cape Finisterre
Atlantic		Biscay		14 May 1747		Cape Finisterre		On May 14th, 1747, off Finisterre on the Atlantic coast of Spain, a British fleet of 16 warships under Anson came upon an escorted French convoy.	The battle lasted five hours but the whole convoy escaped
Atlantic		Biscay		56 .bc		Brittany		Roman V. Veneti	0056
Atlantic		Biscay		10 Aug 1512		Brest		English V. French
Atlantic		Biscay		23 Jun 1795		Belle Isle		British V. French
Atlantic		Biscay		7 Jun 1761		Belle Isle		The Green Howards and the Marines carried out one of the most successful ever amphibious operations against this island off Quiberon Bay.	The British Marines acquired the title "Royal" Marines after this action.
Atlantic		Biscay		20 Nov 1759		Belle Isle		British V. French
Atlantic		Biscay		1781 December 12		“Second Ushant” (Ushant / Ouessant / Wissant)		British capture French merchant ships
Atlantic		Biscay		July 27 1778		“First Ushant” (Ushant / Ouessant / Wissant)		Keppel (British) with 30 battleships fights an inconclusive action against d'Orvilliers (French) with 28
Atlantic		Caribbean		29 August 1916		Tsunami sinks the USS Memphis		Off Dominica
Atlantic		Caribbean		1677 February?		Tobago		French vs Netherlands
Atlantic		Caribbean		1782 April 12		The Saints / Les Saintes		Rodney (British) with 36 battleships defeats De Grasse (French) with 34 in the West Indies	Nr small islands South Of Guadeloupe
Atlantic		Caribbean				The Columbus Navigation Homepage		Landfall of Christopher Columbus. Not exactly a conflict, apart from that with the Carib Indians, but well, what the hell..
Atlantic		Caribbean		1807 February 6		Santo Domingo		Duckworth defeats Leissegues (French) near Santo Domingo
Atlantic		Caribbean		1803		Santo Domingo		Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
Atlantic		Caribbean		1898 July 3		Santiago de Cuba		Spanish – American War
Atlantic		Caribbean		10 May 1667		Saint Kitts		English V. Dutch/French
Atlantic		Caribbean		Apr-May 1687		Puna		Buccaneer V. Spanish
Atlantic		Caribbean		1762		Havana		British V. Spanish
Atlantic		Caribbean		12 Oct 1748		Havana		British V. Spanish
Atlantic		Caribbean		12 Apr 1782		Dominica		British V. French
Atlantic		Caribbean		9 Mar - 9 Apr 1741		Cartagena		In 1741 it withstood a three-month British siege.	3 Month Siege By The British
Atlantic		Caribbean		1544 -1741		British attacks on Cartagena		Cartagena , NW Colombia, a port on the Bay of Cartagena. Cartagena was founded in 1533 and became the treasure city of the Spanish Main, where riches from the New World awaited transshipment to Spain. The harbor was guarded by 29 stone forts and the city by a high wall of coral.	Cartagena suffered sackings and invasions in 1544, 1560, and in 1586 (by Sir Francis Drake), and 1741.
Atlantic		Caribbean		166x		Battle of Bloody Bay		Bloody Bay is the last beach accessible on the northern Caribbean coast of Tobago.	An English fleet defeated a combined Dutch and French fleet.
Atlantic		Chesapeake Bay		1862 March 8 and 9		Hampton Roads		First battle between ironclad warships
Atlantic		Chesapeake Bay		16 Mar 1781		Cape Henry		British V. French
Atlantic		Chesapeake Bay		1781 September 5		Battle of the Capes		De Grasse (French) drives off British
Atlantic		English Channel		1545 August 15		The Solent		English and French fight off Portsmouth
Atlantic		English Channel		21-29 Jul 1588		The Armada		defeat of the Spanish Armada off southern England; the remainder are wrecked on the Irish coast due to the unknown tides of the Gulf Stream.
Atlantic		English Channel		1750 - 1840		Ships of the old Royal Navy		An anecdotal history of the vessels’ voyages, actions and people to about 1840 - the last eighty or ninety years of the sailing warship.
Atlantic		English Channel		15 Aug 1416		Seine Mouth		English V. French
Atlantic		English Channel		18-20 Feb 1653		Portland Bill		English V. Dutch	Actually Fought Closer To Cap La Hogue
Atlantic		English Channel		February 28-March 2 1653		Portland (3 Days Battle)		Tromp, outnumbered, loses a dozen men-of-war and 50 merchantmen to Blake	Actually Fought Closer To Cap La Hogue
Atlantic		English Channel		1652 August 26		Plymouth		De Ruyter's 36 men-of-war hold off Ayscue's 45 men-of-war, driving them away.
Atlantic		English Channel		1350 August 29 (Old Style)		L'Espagnols-Sur-Mer (Winchelsea)		Edward III and the Black Prince defeat 40 Spanish ships
Atlantic		English Channel		1347		Le Crotoys		English V. French	Pas De Calais
Atlantic		English Channel		1550		Jersey		English V. French
Atlantic		English Channel		1416		Harfleur		English defeat French near Harfleur
Atlantic		English Channel		1558 July 13		Gravelines		English under Count Egmont defeat French under Marshal de Thermes off Gravelines
Atlantic		English Channel		1616 July 14-16		Fight of the Sea Beggars		Spain versus Netherlands; first regular action between galleys and sailing ships
Atlantic		English Channel		1626 late		Dunkerque / Dunkirk		8 Danes defeat 12 Dunkerque privateers
Atlantic		English Channel		1-4 Jun 1666		Dover Strait		English V. Dutch
Atlantic		English Channel		1864 June 19		Cherbourg		USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama off Cherbourg
Atlantic		English Channel		1689		Casquets		Near Alderney
Atlantic		English Channel		19/20 May 1692		Cape La Hogue / Barfleur		English/Dutch V. French, around the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy	Decisive defeat of France in the War of the Grand Alliance
Atlantic		English Channel		1690 July 10		Beachy Head (Beveziers)		English & Dutch V French
Atlantic		English Channel		1417				English defeat French and Genoese
Atlantic		European waters				The NAVIS naval archaelogy project		European Union initiative
Atlantic		Gulf Of Finland		1789 October 11		Svensksund / 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
Atlantic		Mediterranean Approaches		1581		Terceira / Salga		Spain defeats Britain and France	Azores
Atlantic		Mediterranean Approaches		31 Aug 1591		Flores		English V. Spanish	Azores
Atlantic		Mediterranean Approaches		1805 October 21		Cape 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
Atlantic		Mediterranean Approaches		1780 January 16		Cape St Vincent (“The Moonlight Battle”)		Rodney (British) defeats de Langara (Spanish)
Atlantic		Mediterranean Approaches		1833 July 5		Cape St Vincent		British fleet under Sir Charles Napier defeats fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel
Atlantic		Mediterranean Approaches		1797 February 14		Cape St Vincent		15 British battleships under Jervis defeat 27 Spanish off Cape St Vincent near Gibraltar
Atlantic		North Atlantic		1914-18		WW1 at sea
Atlantic		North Atlantic		1776 October 11		Valcour Island		Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton
Atlantic		North Atlantic		1914-45		The U-boat wars
Atlantic		North Atlantic		1939-45		The U-boat war
Atlantic		North Atlantic		1861 - 1865		The navies in the US Civil War 1861 - 1865
Atlantic		North Atlantic		29 May 1813		Shannon - Chesapeake		British V. Us
Atlantic		North Atlantic		14 Jul 1779		Penobscot Bay		British V. American Rebels
Atlantic		North Atlantic		1943 December 26		North Cape		British ships sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
Atlantic		North Atlantic		1813 September 3		New England Coast		USS Enterprise captures HMS Boxer off New England Coast
Atlantic		North Atlantic		1488 to 1827		Naval history of Great Britain		Benyon’s is a massive site incorporating an index of 4,800+ names and ships.  Vol I 1793-1796  Vol II 1797-1800 - Including the French Expeditions to Ireland, and the Mutiny at Spithead and the Nore.  Vol III 1800-1805 - Inc. Copenhagen 	Vol IV 1805-1808  Vol V 1808-1811  Vol VI 1811-1827 - Inc. Battles of Algiers (1816), and Burma naval campaign 1824
Atlantic	North atlantic				Naval battles in British waters
Atlantic		North Atlantic		0851-present		Naval battles around the British Isles
Atlantic		North Atlantic		1861-1865		Ironclads and blockade runners of the American Civil War		Gunboat battles on the Mississipi River, Hampton Roads and elsewhere. Numerous links here to American Civil War and general naval sources.
Atlantic		North Atlantic		194x		Hunt for the battleship Bismarck
Atlantic		North Atlantic		186x		Hampton Roads		Monitor vs Merrimac; one of the first encounters of ironclad monitors
Atlantic		North Atlantic				German naval history
Atlantic		North Atlantic		28 Feb 1776		Charleston		British V. American Rebels
Atlantic		North Atlantic		1681 September 30		Cape St Vincent		15 Spanish ships defeated 6 ships from Brandenburg
Atlantic		North Atlantic		1789-1900		British Royal Navy		“This site covers all aspects of the British Royal Navy 1789-1900, including Royal Marines & 19th Century Colonial Navies. Links including the Victorian Royal Navy, Naval Brigades, uniforms, Nile River gunboats in the Sudan, Colonial Campaigns (including India, China, Zululand, New Zealand, Egypt, Sudan, Anglo- Boer War, etc).	Well over 250 illustrations, under Photos, of Ships, battles, Guns & other weapons, RN & Royal Marine uniforms, etc”
Atlantic		North Atlantic		June 1		Boston Harbor		HMS Shannon captures USS Chesapeake (Lawrence). Lawrence says: "Don't give up the ship"
Atlantic		North Atlantic		1689		Bantry Bay
Atlantic		North Sea		11 Oct 1573		Zuider Zee		Spanish V. Dutch Rebels
Atlantic		North Sea		Jun 1302		Ziezicksee		French/Genoese V. Flemish
Atlantic		North Sea		1639 October 31		The Downs		Dutch under Tromp defeat Spanish under Oquendo in the English Channel, as the neutral English fleet looks on.	Off The East Kentish coast
Atlantic		North Sea		1673 August 21		Texel (Kijkduin)		At The Entrance To The Zuider Zee
Atlantic		North Sea		20 Aug 1673		Texel		English/French V. Dutch
Atlantic		North Sea		30-31 Jul 1653		Texel		English V. Dutch
Atlantic		North Sea		1666 August 4-5		St James's Day (North Foreland)
Atlantic		North Sea		14 Aug 1665		Southwold Bay		English V. Dutch
Atlantic		North Sea		1217 August 24		South Foreland		Fleet of English Hubert and Burgh defeat French fleet of Eustace the Monk off Dover
Atlantic		North Sea		28 May 1672		Sole Bay		Sole Bay is on the east coast of Suffolk, England, off the town of Southwold (of which Sole is a corruption). In the Third Dutch War Sole Bay was the main fleet anchorage. The points of Easton Ness and Dunwich were then a mile or more further out to sea than they are today and formed a bay and safe haven.	The Opening Battle Of The Third Anglo – Dutch war. See also battles of Schooneveld – Texel – Maastricht – Seneffe – Utrecht – Groningen
Atlantic		North Sea		24 Jun 1340		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
Atlantic		North Sea		194x		Sinking of the Tirpitz		In a Norwegian fjord
Atlantic		North Sea		7 Jun 1667		Sheerness		Dutch V. English
Atlantic		North Sea		1673 June 14		Schooneveld Bank		Nr a sandbank off the the Flemish coast
Atlantic		North Sea		1673 June 7		Schooneveld Bank		Nr a sandbank off the the Flemish coast
Atlantic		North Sea		1653 August 8-10		Scheveningen (Ter Heide, Texel)		At The Entrance To The Zuider Zee
Atlantic		North Sea		31 Jul 1653		Scheveningen		English V. Dutch
Atlantic		North Sea		29 Jan 1574		Rommerswael		Dutch V. Spanish
Atlantic		North Sea		1667 May		Raid on the Medway		Dutch raid Medway River near London, and burn several ships
Atlantic		North Sea		1653 June 12-13		North Foreland II (Gabbard Shoal)		English V. Dutch
Atlantic		North Sea		25 Jul 1666		North Foreland		English V. Dutch
Atlantic		North Sea		2-3 Jun 1653		North Foreland		English V. Dutch
Atlantic		North Sea		1665 June 13		Lowestoft
Atlantic		North Sea		October 8		Kentish Knock website		The Kentish Knock is one of several sandbars off the mouth of the River Thames, in England (there are the Galloper Shoal, the Kentish Knock, the Gabbard, and the Goodwin Sands)	Blake Decisively Defeated De Wit; The Dutch went home and built 60 bigger ships with which to continue the war.
Atlantic		North Sea		1916 May 31-June 1		Jutland		The German High Seas Fleet, trying to break the naval blockade of Germany, sallies into the North Sea, inflicts more casualties on the British Grand Fleet than it suffers itself, but is nevertheless driven back into port.
Atlantic		North Sea		1917 November 17		Helgoland / Heligoland
Atlantic		North Sea		August 28 1914		Helgoland / Heligoland
Atlantic		North Sea		1864 May 9		Helgoland / Heligoland		Prussian/Austrian fleet defeats Danish fleet in North Sea
Atlantic		North Sea		1-4 Jul 1668		Goodwin Sands		English V. Dutch
Atlantic		North Sea		1652 May 29		Goodwin Sands		Off Dover, British under Blake fire on Tromp's fleet without declaring war and initiate the First Anglo-Dutch War
Atlantic		North Sea		1666 June 11-14		Four Days' battle		Various actions fought off both English and Flemish coasts
Atlantic		North Sea		23 Sep 1779		Flamborough Head		British V. American Rebels
Atlantic		North Sea		1940 May 10 and 13		First and Second Battles of Narvik
Atlantic		North Sea		1652 December 10		Dungeness		Tromp defeats Blake
Atlantic		North Sea		29-30 Nov 1652		Dungeness		British V. Dutch
Atlantic		North Sea		1216-17		Dover (1)		English V. French
Atlantic		North Sea		28 Sep 1652		Dover		British V. Dutch
Atlantic		North Sea		5 Aug 1781		Dogger Bank (1)		British V. Dutch
Atlantic		North Sea		1915 January 24		Dogger Bank		Blucher sunk by British battlecruisers in North Sea
Atlantic		North Sea		30 Mar 1213		Damme		The English raid Damme, the port for Bruges, and remove or incapacitate the entire French fleet of King Philip.
Atlantic		North Sea		1797 October 11		Camperdown (Kamperduin)		British fleet under Admiral Duncan defeats a Dutch fleet, south of the Zuider Zee inlet.
Atlantic		South Atlantic		20 Apr 1657		Santa Cruz De Tenerife		English V. Spanish
Atlantic		South Atlantic		13-17 Dec, 1939		River Plate		British V. German
Atlantic		South Atlantic		16 Apr 1781		Porto Praya Bay		British V. French	Cape Verde islands
Atlantic		South Atlantic		10 Nov 1845		Obligado		British/French V. Argentine
Atlantic		South Atlantic		1781 April 16		La Praya / Porto Praya, Cape Verde islands		Suffren (French) and Commodore Johnstone were en route to the Cape of Good Hope, the British to take it from the Dutch, the French aiming to help defend it and French possessions in the Indian Ocean. The British had anchored for water when the French squadron arrived and attacked them at anchor.	The french proved unready for action and had to withdraw. But they now beat Johnstone to the Cape and warned the Dutch
Atlantic		South Atlantic		1558		Guinea		Portuguese fight British and French off the coast
Atlantic		South Atlantic		1982		Falklands War		The Argentines effectively used Exocet air to ship missiles against the British fleet moored between the two main islands of the archipelago; 4 ships were sunk.	A British sub controversially sank the cruiser Belgrano, steaming away from the Falklands, with about 650 crew.
Atlantic		South Atlantic		1914 December 8		Falkland Islands		British cruiser force all but wipes out von Spees squadron
Atlantic		South Atlantic		1940 September 23		Dakar		British Fleet Supports A Landing At Vichy French Dakar In Senegal
Atlantic		South Atlantic		1893-4		Brazilian Civil War/Naval Mutiny
All				1421-1424		Zheng He’s junk galleon fleet		Ex- Royal Navy commander Gavin Menzies here makes the startling assertion that 100 junks circumnavigated the globe during these years and established coastal outposts in the Americas and elsewhere, accounting for the proliferation of accurately detailed world maps at an early date.	See also the site "Chinese seapower in the fifteenth century" which may corroborate some of Menzies' points.
All					website
All				18xx on		Warships on the web
All				18xx on		Warships of the World		a goodly number of subjects covered here, some suitably esoteric, eg. warships of the Spanish Civil War; but the site is mainly for technically-oriented naval aficionados
All				1900 to 1945		The Evolution Of Naval Technology		The linked site was closed for reconstruction as at 3/23/2006
All				1652 - 1860		Seapower 1652 - 1860		a chronology of sea battles in the age of fighting sail; a good many listed but not many detailed yet as at Jan 2004.
All				1350 BC onwards		Piracy on the high seas		History of one of the oldest professions	1350
All						Naval history links		Advertised as “the mother of all maritime link sites”!!
All						Naval artwork		The website is divided by navies and by individual ships; it has much data besides the graphics
All				494bc on		Chronological List Of Naval Fleet Battles		This is a chronological list of naval fleet battles, major other naval events and significant single-ship actions	0494
All				1939 – 45				Naval campaigns of WW2
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