List of naval battles

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

Lists of battles

• Before 301
• 301–1300
• 1301–1600
• 1601–1800
• 1801–1900
• 1901–2000
• 2001–current
• Naval
• Sieges

• See also

Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June, a painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg depicting the Glorious First of June, a naval battle between the British and the French. This battle occurred in 1794, during the height of the Age of Sail.

Ancient

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

Middle Ages

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

16th century

Year	Battle	Loc.	Winners	Losers	Notes
1508	Battle of Chaul		Alliance of Mamluk, Gujrat and Calicut	Portuguese
1509	Battle of Diu		Portugal's Indian viceroy	Combined Egyptian-Gujarat Sultanate fleet	3 Feb, off Gujarat, India; Portuguese gains control of spice trade
1510			Maltese under Prégent de Bidoux	Venetians
1512?			Genoese under Andrea Doria	Moors	At Algiers
1512	Battle of St. Mathieu		English	French	10 Aug, off Brest; Regent and Marie la Cordelière sunk
1521	Battle of Tunmen		Ming Chinese	Portuguese
1522	Battle of Xicaowan
1526			Swedes and Lübeckers	Pirates
1529			Ottoman Turks under Barbarossa	Spanish
1535			Swedes/Danes/Prussians	9 Lübeck ships	Early 1535—20 June
				10 Lübeck ships	June(?), at Fyen
1538	Battle of Preveza		Ottoman Turks under Barbarossa	Spanish-Venetian-Papal fleet	28 Sep
1541	Raid on Ōmishima		Tsuruhime	Ōuchi Yoshitaka
1542	Ningbo Massacre		Ming China	Portugal
1545	Battle of the Solent		English	French	18-19 July, French attack English off Portsmouth; Mary Rose sinks
					15 Aug, off Portsmouth
1549		/			Early Aug(?), near Channel Islands
1552	Battle of Ponza		Ottoman Turks under Sinan Pasha	Genoese under Andrea Doria	Off western Italy
1555			Inconclusive melée between French privateers and a Dutch merchant fleet		11 Aug, off Calais
1558			Portuguese	English and French
	Battle of Gravelines		English under Count Egmont	French under Marshal de Thermes	13 July, off Gravelines
1560	Battle of Djerba		Turks	Christians	11 May, near Djerba
1563	Action of 30 May		Swedes	Danes	Northern Seven Years' War is declared
	Action of 11 September		Inconclusive battle between Danes/Lübeckers and Swedes		Part of the Northern Seven Years' War
1564	Action of 30 May		Danes/Lübeckers under Trolle	Swedes under Bagge
	Action of 12 July		Danish	Swedish	During the Northern Seven Years' War, Swedish captain blows up his ship to prevent it being captured, killing all but two navymen
	Action of 12 August		Swedes under Klas Horn	Danes under Herluf Trolle	Southeast of Öland during the Northern Seven Years' War
1565	Action of 4 June		Indecisive battle between Danes/Lübeckers and Swedes		Near Buchow during the Northern Seven Years' War
	Action of 7 July		Swedes	Danes/Lübeckers	Between Bornholm and Rügen during the Northern Seven Years' War
	Battle of Fukuda Bay		Portuguese	Matsura clan	18 Oct
1566	Action of 26 July		Swedes	Danes/Lübeckers	Between Öland and Gotland during the Northern Seven Years' War
1568				Polish	Several Polish corsairs are captured and reminder are driven off during the Northern Seven Years' War; outcome unconfirmed
	Encounter in San Juan de Ulúa		Spanish under Martin Enriquez	English under Hawkins	23 Sep, at San Juan de Ulúa[5]
1570			English under Burrough and Hodsdon	Danes	In the Baltic Sea
	Battle of Gozo		Turkish under Uluch Ali	Maltese under Saint-Clement	15 July, near Gozo
1571	Siege of Famagusta		Venetians under Marco Querini	Turks	Jan, near Famagusta
	Battle of Lepanto		Christian coalition	Ottoman Turks	7 Oct, large galley fight off western Greece
1572			Venetians under Colonna vs Turks under Kilitch Ali		7 and 10 Aug, between Cervi and Cerigo and near Cape Matapan
			Several skirmishes between Spanish/Venetians and Turks		Sep/Oct
1573	Battle of Flushing		Sea Beggars	Spanish under Sancho d'Avila	17 April
	Battle of Borsele				22 April
	Battle of Haarlemmermeer		Spanish under Bossu	Sea Beggars	26 May
	Battle on the Zuiderzee		Sea Beggars under Cornelis Dirkszoon	Spanish under Bossu	11 Oct
1574	Battle of Reimerswaal		Sea Beggars under Willem Boisot	Spanish under Luis de Resquesens	29 Jan
	Battle of lillo			Spanish fleet	30 May
			Swedes	Lübeckers	June; 3 Lübeckers and 15 merchantmen are captured
1576	First Battle of Kizugawaguchi		Mōri Terumoto	Oda Nobunaga	Blockade efforts in Siege of Ishiyama Honganji, just off Osaka
1578	Second Battle of Kizugawaguchi		Oda Nobunaga	Mōri Terumoto
1582	Battle of Terceira		Spanish under Alvaro de Bazán	French, Portuguese, Dutch and English under Filippo Strozzi	26 July, in the Azores; AKA Battle of Ponta Delgada
	Battle of Vila Franca				27 July; Alvaro de Bazán wins a second battle at the Azores in as many days.
1583?			Maltese under Avogadro vs Turks
1583			Venetians	Maltese under Avogadro	3 Aug; between Cerigotto and Cape Spada
1585			Maltese	Turkish	April; Turkish ship captured
	Japanese landing in Vietnam		Nguyen Lord navy	Shirahama Kenki pirates
1586	Battle of Pantelleria		English under Edward Wilkinson	Spanish and Maltese under Pedro de Gamboa y Leyva	At Pantellaria
1588	Spanish Armada			Spain and Portugal	Series of conflicts in July/Aug, off southern England
	Battle of Gravelines		English		Aug
	Spanish Armada in Ireland		Irish		Sep
1589	Defeat of the English Armada	/	Spanish	English	April
1591			English vs Spanish under Diego de la Ribera		About 13 June
	Battle of Flores		Spanish	English	Near the Azores
1592	Battle of Okpo		Korean navy under Yi Sun-sin	Japanese navy under Todo Takatora	7 May
	Battle of Sacheon			Japanese	29 May; Koreans use the Turtle Ship
	Battle of Hansan Island				14 Aug, in the bay of Hansan Island
	Battle of Busan				1 Nov; Koreans could not occupy Japanese-controlled Busan
1594	Action of San Mateo Bay		Spanish	English	Richard Hawkins is taken as prisoner
1595	Action of 1595		Bizertans	Maltese	About late June
1596	Drake's Assault on Panama		Spanish	English	End of English raiding/invasion expeditions of the Spanish Main led by Drake and Hawkins (died 1595); Drake is killed
1597	Battle of Chilchonryang		Japanese Navy and Japanese army	Korean Navy under Wŏn Kyun	28 Aug
	Battle of Myeongnyang		13 Korean ships under Yi Sun-sin	330 Japanese ships	26 Oct
			Bizertans vs Genoese and Romans
	Islands Voyage		Spanish	English	Near the Azores
1598	Battle of Noryang		Chinese under Chen Lin and Koreans under Yi Sun-sin	Japanese	16 Dec; 100 Japanese ships are damaged but another 150 successfully retreat
1600	Action of 14 December		Dutch vs Spanish		14 Dec, at Manila

17th century

Early 17th century

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

Later 17th century

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

18th century

Early 18th century

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

Later 18th century

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

19th century

Early 19th century

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

Mid 19th century

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

Late 19th century

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

20th century

Early 20th century

Year	War	Date	Battle	Loc.	Winners	Losers	Notes
1900	Boxer Rebellion	16-17 June	Battle of the Taku Forts		Eight-Nation Alliance	Chinese	Chinese coastal forts are bombarded and captured
1902	Markomannia incident	6 Sep	Battle between Panther and Crete-à-Pierrot		German Navy (Panther)	Haitian rebels (Crête-à-Pierrot)	Crête-à-Pierrot is sunk
1904	Russo-Japanese War	9 Feb	Battle of Chemulpo Bay		Japanese under Uryū	Russians under Rudnev (Varyag)	Varyag is scuttled
			Battle of Port Arthur		Inconclusive: Japenese under Tōgō vs Russians under Starck
		15 June	Hitachi Maru Incident		Russians under Bezobrazov	Japanese
		10 Aug	Battle of the Yellow Sea		Japanese under Tōgō	Russians under Vitgeft
		14 Aug	Battle of the Japanese Sea		Japanese under Kamimura	Russians under Jessen
		20 Aug	Battle of Korsakov		Japanese under Sentō	Russians under Schultz
		4-5 Oct	Dogger Bank incident		Inconclusive: Russians mistakenly fire on British trawlers and each other, thinking they are Japanese torpedo-boats
1905		27-28 May	Battle of Tsushima		Japanese under Tōgō	Russians under Rozhestvensky
1906	Dutch colonial campaigns	Sep—Oct	Dutch intervention in Bali		Dutch under van Tonnigen	Balinese under I Gusti Ngurah Made Agung	Dutch take control of southern Bali
1910		22 Nov	Revolt of the Lash		Afro-Brazilian and mixed-race sailors under Felisberto	Brazilian Navy
1911	Italo-Turkish War	29-30 Sep	Battle of Preveza		Italians under di Ruffia	Ottomans
1912		7 Jan	Battle of Kunfuda Bay		Italians under Paladini
		24 Feb	Battle of Beirut		Italians under Revel
	First Balkan War	18-21 Oct	Capture of Lemnos		Greeks under Kountouriotis		Greeks occupy Lemnos
		21 Nov	Battle of Kaliakra		Bulgarians under Dobrev	Ottomans under Orbay
		16 Dec	Battle of Elli		Greeks under Kountouriotis	Ottomans
1913		18 Jan	Naval Battle of Lemnos
	Second Balkan War	14-15 July	Romanian landings in Bulgaria		Romanians under Sebastian	Bulgarians	Results in the Treaty of Bucharest
1914	Mexican Revolution	4 March	First Battle of Topolobampo		Huertistas	Constitutionalists	Constitutionalists forced to retreat
		13 March	Second Battle of Topolobampo		Draw: Huertistas vs Constitutionalists
		31 March	Third Battle of Topolobampo		Huertistas	Constitutionalists	Constitutionalist gunboat is sunk
		21 April	Battle of Veracruz		Americans under Fletcher	Mexicans	United States occupies Veracruz
		16 June	Fourth Battle of Topolobampo		Huertistas	Constitutionalists	Constitutionalists raised their sunken gunboat only to have it sunk again
	World War I	28 July 1914—1 Nov 1918	U-boat campaign		Allies	Germans
		4-10 Aug	Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau		Germans under Souchon (Goeben and Breslau)	French and British under Milne, Troubridge and Lapeyrère	Bloodless engagement; British fail to intercept Germans and they escape to Constantinople
		16 Aug	Battle of Antivari		French and British under Lapeyrère	Austrians under Pachner	French and British force sinks Austrian cruiser in the Adriatic
		24 Aug—28 Sep	Naval operations of the Kamerun campaign		British and French under Dobell	Germans
		26 Aug	Sinking of SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse		British (Highflyer)	Germans (Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse)	Highflyer intercepts and sinks Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
		27 Aug—7 Nov	Siege of Tsingtao		British and Japanese	Germans and Austrians	Japanese recapture Tsingtao
		28 Aug	Battle of Heligoland Bight		British under Tyrwhitt and Keyes	Germans under Maass and Hipper	British Grand Fleet ambushes and sinks German ships on patrol off Germany's coast; led Germany to pursue a fleet in being strategy for most of the rest of the war
		9 Sep—21 Oct	Allied occupation of German New Guinea		Australians and Japanese under Holmes and Patey	Germans
		14 Sep	Sinking of SMS Cap Trafalgar		British (Carmania)	Germans (Cap Trafalgar disguised as Carmania)
		20 Sep	Battle of Zanzibar		Germans under Looff (Königsberg)	British (Pegasus)
		22 Sep	Action of 22 September		Germans under Weddigen (U-9)	British
			Bombardment of Madras		Germans under Müller (Emden)	Indians	Germans destroy Indian oil refinery in Madras and sinks one merchant ship
			Bombardment of Papeete		Germans under Spee (Scharnhorst and Gneisenau)	French under Destremau (Zélée)
		17 Oct	Battle off Texel		British under Fox	Germans
		28 Oct	Battle of Penang		Germans under Müller (Emden)	Russians, French and British (Zhemchug)
		29 Oct	Black Sea raid		Ottomans under Souchon	Russians
		Oct 1914—11 July 1915	Battle of Rufiji Delta		British under Drury-Lowe (Mersey and Severn)	Germans under Looff (Königsberg)	German cruiser is blockaded for months before being sunk
		1 Nov	Battle of Coronel		Germans under von Spee	British under Cradock
		3 Nov	Raid on Yarmouth		Inconclusive: British under Beatty (D5) vs Germans under Hipper (Yorck)		Germans bombard Great Yarmouth but are intercepted
		9 Nov	Battle of Cocos		Australians under Glossop (Sydney)	Germans under Müller (Emden)
		18 Nov	Battle of Cape Sarych		Russians under Eberhardt	Ottomans under Souchon
		8 Dec	Battle of the Falkland Islands		British under Sturdee	Germans under von Spee
		16 Dec	Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby		Germans under Hipper and Ingenohl	British under Warrender and Beatty	Little damage is done in battle; neither side losses ships
		25 Dec	Raid on Cuxhaven		British	Germans	German U-boats pursue attacking British airships, but fail to stop them
1915		24 Jan	Battle of Dogger Bank		British under Beatty	Germans under Hipper (Blücher)	In the North Sea
		19 Feb	Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign		Turkish	British and French	Mainly carried out by the Royal Navy with substantial support from the French and minor contributions from Russia and Australia
		14 March	Battle of Más a Tierra		British under Luce	Germans under Lüdecke (Dresden)	Dresden is scuttled
		1 May	Battle off Noordhinder Bank		British	Germans
			Attack on SS Gulflight		Germans (U-30) vs Americans (Gulflight)		U-30 torpedoes the then-neutral American Gulflight; fails to sink her but causes an international incident
		7 May	Sinking of the RMS Luistania		Germans (U-20)	British (Lusitania)	Germans kill 1193 civilians when torpedoing an ocean liner; the international opinion turns against Germany
		10 May	Action of 10 May		Inconclusive: Russians under Eberhardt vs Ottomans under Ackermann		Near the Bosporus
		23-24 May	Bombardment of Ancona		Austro-Hungarians	Italian	Italian destroyer damaged
			Action off Vieste				Austro-Hungarians launch a successful raid against Vieste despite being intercepted by Italians
		24 May	Raid on Porto Buso		Italians (Zeffiro)	Austro-Hungarians	Italians raid and capture Austro-Hungarian naval base
		2 July	Russian raid on Gotland		British and Russians under Bakhirev	Germans	Russians intercept and sink mine-laying Albatross off the Åland Islands; Roon and Prince Adalbert are damaged
		8 June	Action of 8 June		Austro-Hungarians	Italians
		8-20 Aug	Battle of the Gulf of Riga		Russians and British under Kanin	Germans under Hipper	Germans prevented from breaking into the Gulf of Riga
		19 Aug	First Baralong incident		British under Herbert (Baralong)	Germans (U-27)	U-27 is sunk
		24 Aug	Second Baralong incident		British (Baralong)	Germans (U-41)	U-41 is sunk
		10 Dec	Battle of Kirpen Island		Russians	Ottomans	Two Ottoman gunboats sunk
		26 Dec 1915—July 1916	Battle of Lake Tanganyika		British and Belgians under Spicer-Simson (Mimi and Toutou)	Germans	Battle for control of Lake Tanganyika
		28-29 Dec	First Battle of Durazzo		Allies	Austro-Hungarians
1916		8 Jan	Action of 8 January		Russians under Eberhardt	Ottomans under Souchon	Brief exchange of fire in the Black Sea
		16 Jan	Action of 16 January		Germans (Möwe)	British	Off Madeira
		10 Feb	Second Battle of Dogger Bank		Germans	British (Arabis)	Arabis is sunk
		29 Feb	Action of 29 February		British under Wardle	Germans (Greif)	German commerce raider is sunk in the North Sea; British lose one armed merchant cruiser
		24-25 April	Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft		Inconclusive: British under Tyrwhitt, Jellicoe and Beatty vs Germans under Boedicker vs Scheer		German battlecruiser squadron shells British ports, intercepted by small British fleet, minimal losses for both sides
		31 May—1 June	Battle of Jutland		Inconclusive: British under Jellicoe and Beatty vs Germans under Scheer and Hipper		Two-day battle between the main British and German fleets; largest and only such engagement of World War I
		19 Aug	Action of 19 August				Minor skirmish
		27 Aug	Raid on Ruse		Romanians	Austrians
		6 Sep	Action of 6 September		Bulgarians (Podvodnik No. 18)	Russians (Bystry and Gromki)	In the Black Sea
		26–27 Oct	Battle of Dover Strait		Germans under Michelsen	British	Germans launch raid into the Dover Strait to disrupt shipping
		5 Nov	Action of 5 November		British under Laurence	Germans
1917		10 March	Action of 10 March		Germans under Schlodien (Möwe)	New Zealand under Smith
		16 March	Action of 16 March		British under Martin-Leake (Achilles)	Germans (Leopard)	Leopard sunk
		17 March	Action of 17 March		Germans	British	German raid on British shipping in the Strait of Dover, Ramsgate and Margate
		7 April	Scuttling of SMS Cormoran		Americans under Smith	Germans under Zuckschwerdt (Cormoran)	Cormoran's crew scuttles the ship before it can be captured
		20-21 April	Battle of Dover Strait		British under Mountevans	Germans	Destroyer battle
		4 May	Action of 4 May		Inconclusive: British and Australians under Dumaresq (Sydney) vs Germans (LZ92)		Neither side suffers casualties
		15 May	Battle of the Strait of Otranto		Inconclusive: Austro-Hungarians under Horthy vs Allies under Acton		Successful attempt to break blockade of the strait
		15 Aug	Action of 15 August		Germans	British under Crisp
		12-20 Oct	Operation Albion		Germans under Schmidt	Russian under Bakhirev and Altvater	Germans occupy West Estonian archipelago
		15 Oct	Action of 15 October		Americans (Cassin)	Germans (U-61)
		16 Oct—3 Nov	Battle of Moon Sound		Germans under Schmidt	Russians under Bakhirev	In the Baltic Sea
	17 Oct	Action off Lerwick		Germans (Brummer and Bremse)	British	Off the Shetland Islands
	17 Nov	Second Battle of Heligoland Bight		Inconclusive: British under Napier and Pakenham vs Germans under Reuter		Clash during mining operation
		Action of 17 November		Americans under Berrien and Carpender	Germans (U-58)
	11-12 Dec	Action of 11–12 December		Germans under Scheer and Heinrich	British under Cavendish and Molteno
1918	Yangtze Patrol	17 Jan	USS Monocacy incident		Americans	Chinese
	World War I	20 Jan	Battle of Imbros		British and Greeks	Ottomans and Germans under Paschwitz
		14-15 Feb	Action of 14/15 February		Germans under Schröder and Heinecke [de]	British under Keyes and Berry
	Russian Civil War	15 Feb—Sep	Invasion of Åland		Åland	German, Swedish and Russians/Finnish	Foreign forces pushed out of Åland
	World War I	23 April	Zeebrugge Raid		Germans under Schröder	British under Jellicoe, Keyes and Bacon	Failed attempt to scuttle ships in Zeebrugge channel to prevent Germans from reaching open water
		23–24 April	First Ostend Raid		Germans	British under Lynes and Godsal	Failed attempt to scuttle ships in Ostend channel to prevent Germans from reaching open water
		8 May	Action of 8 May		British (Wallflower)	Germans (U-32)	U-32 is sunk by depth charges
		9 May	Second Ostend Raid		Germans	British under Keyes	Failed attempt to scuttle ships in Ostend channel to prevent Germans from reaching open water
		21 May	Action of 21 May		Americans (Christabel)	Germans (UC-56)	UC-56 was initially reported to be sunk but was later discovered to have just been damaged
		2 June	Sinking of SS Carolina		Germans (U-151)	Americans (Carolina)	American passenger liner is sunk
		10 June	Sinking of the SMS Szent István		Italians	Austor-Hungarians (Szent István)	Italian MAS-15 torpedoes sink Szent István
		18 June	Action of 18 June		Germans (U-151)	British (Dwinsk)	Germans torpedo Dwinsk; U-151 is later engaged by Americans (Von Stuben), but escapes
		19 July	Tondern raid		British (Furious)	Germans	British air raid on German airfield in Todern
		21 July	Attack on Orleans		Germans (U-156)	Americans	Off Massachusetts
	Russian Civil War	16 Aug	Battle of Lake Baikal		Czechoslovaks under Gadja	Russians	On Lake Baikal
	World War I	25 Aug	Action of 25 August		Brazilians	Germans	Brazilian fleet sailing from Freetown to Dakar is attacked by German U-boats, but suffer no losses. They successfully sink one U-boat in their counterattack.[6]
		2 Oct	Second Battle of Durazzo		Allies	Austro-Hungarians	Durazzo is decimated
		14 Oct	Action of 14 October		Portuguese (Augusto de Castilho)	Germans under de la Perière (U-139)	Portuguese ship is sunk but civilian steamer is successfully defended
		31 Oct—1 Nov	Raid on Pula		Italians under Revel	Austro-Hungarians (Viribus Unitis)	Italians sink Viribus Unitis without knowing it had been transferred to the State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs the day prior
	Russian Civil War	28 Nov 1918—4 Nov 1919	British Baltic Campaign		British, White Russia, Estonians and Latvians	Bolsheviks	Estonia and Latvia gain independence
1919		21 May	Battle of Alexandrovsky Fort		British and White Russia under Norris
		18 Aug	Raid on Kronstadt		British under Dobson and Donald
1920		3 May	Action of 3 May		Russians (Krasnaya Zarya)	French (Le Scarpe)	Le Scarpe is captured
		18 May	Anzali Operation		Bolshevik Russians and Persian Jangalis under Raskolnikov	British and White Russians under Bateman-Champain	Ten White Russian auxiliary cruisers captured; Persian Socialist Soviet Republic established
	Yangtze Patrol	20-21 July	Alice Dollar incident		Americans	Chinese rebels
	Russian Civil War	15 Sep	Battle of Obytichnyi Spit		Inconclusive: White vs Red Russians		Both sides claim victory
1921		9 Jan	Action of 9 January		French	Bolshevik Russians
	Turkish War of Independence	8 Feb	Action of 8 February		Turks (Alemdar)	French (C-27)	C-27 is damaged and retreats
1922	Irish Civil War	29 March	Capture of the Upnor		Irish Republican Army (Warrior)	British (Upnor)	Upnor, which is carrying weapons, is captured[7]
1932	Chaco War	22 Dec	Battle of Bahía Negra		Inconclusive: Paraguayans (Tacuary) vs Bolivians
1933	Colombia-Peru War	14-15 Feb	Battle of Tarapacá		Colombians	Peruvians	Colombians bombard Peruvian river defenses

Mid-20th century

Year	War	Date	Battle	Loc.	Winners	Losers	Notes
1936	Spanish Civil War	5 Aug	Convoy de la Victoria		Spanish Nationalists	Spanish Republicans (Alcalá Galiano)	Republicans fail to stop Nationalist convoy
		8 Aug	Action of 8 August		Spanish Nationalists (Almirante Cervera)	British (Blue Shadow)	Blue Shadow is sunk
		16 Aug—12 Sep	Battle of Majorca		Spanish Nationalists	Spanish Republicans	Republican amphibious assault fails
		19 Sep—Oct	Spanish Guinea uprising				Republican prison ship is sunk
		29 Sep	Battle of Cape Espartel			Spanish Republicans (Almirante Ferrándiz)	Almirante Ferrándiz is sunk
		14 Dec	Action of 14 December		Spanish Nationalists (Canarias)	Soviets (Komsomol)	Komsomol is sunk off Oran
1937		10 Jan	Action of 10 January		Spanish Nationalists (Velasco)	Soviets (Smidovich)	Smidovich is captured
		5 March	Battle of Cape Machichaco		Spanish Nationalists (Canarias)	Spanish Republicans and Basques
		28 March	Action of 28 March		Spanish Nationalists (Uad Kert)	Greeks (Gardelaki)	Gardelaki is captured
		2 April	Action of 2 April		Spanish Nationalists (Baleares)	Greeks (Poli)	Poli is sunk
		4 April	Action of 4 April		Spanish Nationalists (Huelva)	Panamanians (Janu)	Janu is captured
		5 April	Action of 5 April		Spanish Nationalists (Maria Teresa)	Greeks (Nagos)	Nagos is captured
		6 April	Action of 6 April		Spanish Nationalists (Galerna)	Panamanians (Andra)	Andra is sunk
		16 April	Action of 16 April		Spanish Nationalists (Almirante Cervera)	Panamanians (Hordena)	Hordena is captured
		24 May	Attack on the Barletta		Spanish Republicans	Italians (Barletta)	Barletta is bombed; six Italian sailors are killed
			Attack on the Albatros			Germans (Albatros)	No casualties
		29 May	Deutschland incident		Spanish Republicans and Soviets	Germans (Deutschland)	Thirty-one aboard the Deutschland are killed and 74 are injured
		31 May	Bombardment of Almería		Germans (Admiral Scheer)	Spanish Republicans	Retaliation for attack on Admiral Scheer
		7 July	Action of 7 July		Spanish Nationalists (Almirante Cervera)	French (Liberte)	Liberte is captured
		14 July	Action of 14 July		Spanish Nationalists (Almirante Cervera and Galerna)	British (Molton and Royal Oak)	Molton seized off Santander
	Second Sino-Japanese War	7 Aug—25 Sep	Battle of Shanghai		Japanese	Chinese	In the Yangtze River; Japanese capture Shanghai[8]
	Spanish Civil War	15 Aug	Action of 15 August		Spanish Nationalists (Freccia)	Panamanians (George W. McKnight)	George W. McKnight is disabled
		31 Aug	Action of 31 August		Spanish Nationalists (Turbine)	Soviets (Timiryazev)	Timiryazev is sunk
		1 Sep	Action of 1 September		Spanish Nationalists (Diaspro)	British (Woodford)	Woodford is sunk
		3 Sep	Action of 3 September		Spanish Nationalists (Luigi Settembrini)	Soviets (Blagoev)	Blagoev is sunk
		7 Sep	Battle of Cape Cherchell		Spanish Nationalists (Baleares)	Spanish Republicans under Buiza
		12 Dec	Action of 12 December		Spanish Nationalists (Lazaro)	French (Sydney)	Sydney is captured
			USS Panay incident		Japanese under Murata and Okumiya	Americans (Panay)	Panay sunk
		21 Dec	Action of 21 September		Spanish Nationalists (Mallorca)	French (Francois)	Francois is captured
1938		21 Jan	Sinking of the Endymion		Spanish Nationalists (General Sanjurjo)	British (Endymion)	Endymion is sunk
			Capture of the Pomaron		Spanish Nationalists (Vincente Puchol)	Estonians (Pomaron)	Pomaron captured
		22 Jan	Action of 22 January		Spanish Nationalists (Mallorca)	Estonians (Juss)	Juss is captured
		5-6 March	Battle of Cape Palos		Spanish Republicans under González	Spanish Nationalists (Baleares)
		19 March	Action of 19 March		Spanish Nationalists	Soviets (Lensovet)	Lensovet is captured
		30 March	Sinking of the Lena		Spanish Nationalists (General Mola)	Greeks (Lena)
			Capture of the Alix		Spanish Nationalists (Huevla)	Norwegians (Alix)	Alix is captured
		19 May	Action of 19 May		Spanish Nationalists (Canarias)	Greeks (Ellinico Vuono)	Ellinico Vuono is captured
		26 May	Capture of the Stepanov			Soviets (Skvortzov Stepanov)	Skvortzov Stepanov is captured
			Capture of the Jan		Spanish Nationalists (Iñasi)	Danish (Jan)	Jan is captured
		30 May	Action of 30 May		Spanish Nationalists	Panamanians (Wintonia)	Wintonia is captured
		31 May	Action of 31 May		Spanish Nationalists (Vicente Puchol)	Soviets (Potishev)	Potishev is captured
	Second Sino-Japanese War	11 June—28 Oct	Battle of Wuhan		Japanese	Chinese	Japanese capture Wuhan
	Spanish Civil War	21 July	Action of 21 July		Spanish Nationalists	Norwegians (Skulda)	Skulda is captured
		17 Oct	Action of 17 October		Spanish Nationalists (Vulcano)	Soviets (Katayama)	Katayama is captured
		23 Oct	Action of 23 October		Spanish Nationalists (Almirante Cervera)	Soviets (Tsyurupa)	Tsyurupa is captured
		2 Nov	Action of 2 November		Spanish Nationalists (Vulcano)	Soviets (Max Hoels)	Max Hoels is captured
		9 Nov	Action of 9 November		Spanish Nationalists	Greeks (Nicolau Eleni)	Nicolau Eleni is captured
		11 Nov	Capture of the Victoria		Spanish Nationalists (Mar Cantábrico)	Greeks (Victoria)	Victoria is captured
			Sinking of the Hanna		Spanish Nationalists (General Mola)	Dutch (Hanna)	Hanna is sunk
		19 Nov	Action of 19 November		Spanish Nationalists	Latvians (Everards)	Everards is captured
1939		15 Jan	Action of 15 January		Spanish Nationalists (Dato)	French (Aunis)	Aunis is captured
		28 Jan	Action of 28 January		Spanish Nationalists (Mar Negro)	British (Lake Lugano)	Lake Lugano is sunk
	Italian Invasion of Albania	7 April	Battle of Durrës		Italians under Sportiello	Albanians under Ulqinaku
	World War II	1 Sep	Battle of Danzig Bay		Germans	Polish
		1-3 Sep	Battle of Hel		Germans under Eberhardt	Polish under Steyer	All Polish ships are sunk or captured
		1-25 Sep	Worek Plan		Inconclusive: Polish under Mohuczy vs Germans under Albrecht
		3 Sep 1939—8 May 1945	Battle of the Atlantic		Allies	Germans and Italians
	Winter War	1 Dec	Battle of Russarö		Finnish	Soviets (Kirov, Stremitelny and Smetlivy)	Finnish coastal guns damage Soviet warships, forcing their retreat
	World War II	13 Dec	Battle of the River Plate		British and New Zealanders under Harwood	Germans under Langsdorff (Admiral Graf Spee)	Admiral Graf Spee is damaged and later scuttled
	Winter War	14 Dec	Battle of Utö		Finnish	Soviets	Finnish repel Soviets from attacking a lighthouse
		18 Dec	Battle of the Beryozovye Islands		Soviets (Marat and Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya) vs Finnish		Finnish coastal defenses at key forts
	World War II		Battle of the Heligoland Bight		Germans under Schumacher	British
1940		8 April	Action of 8 April 1940		Germans (Admiral Hipper)	British (Glowworm)	Glowworm is sunk
		9 April	Preceding Battle of Narvik		Germans	Norwegians (Norge and Eidsvold)	Norwegian coastal defense ships are sunk
			Battle of Drøbak Sound		Norwegians	Germans (Blücher)	Blücher is sunk near Oscarsborg Fortress
			Action off Lofoten		Germans under Lütjens (Scharnhorst and Gneisenau) vs British under Whitworth (Renown)		No ship is lost and only suffers minimal damage; first engagement between capital ships of the war
			Battle of Horten Harbour		Germans under Strelow and Wilcke (Emden)	Norwegians	Norwegian minesweepers attempt to defend the naval base in Horten but fail
			Battle of Kristiansand		Germans (Karlsruhe and Seattle)		Germans successfully take Odderøya Fortress
			Capture of Arendal		Germans (Greif)	Norwegians under Holthe (Jo)	Germans take Arendal in a bloodless engagement
		10 April	First Battle of Narvik		British	Germans	Two German destroyers and a flotilla of merchant ships are destroyed
			Sinking of the Rio de Janeiro		Polish (Orzel)	Germans (Rio de Janeiro)	Rio de Janeiro is sunk
		13 April	Second Battle of Narvik		British under Whitworth (Warspite)	Germans under Bey	All remaining German destroyers in Narvik are sunk
		26 May—4 June	Dunkirk evacuation		Allies	Germans	More than 338,000 Allied soldiers are evacuated
		8 June	Operation Juno		Germans under Marschall (Scharnhorst and Gneisenau)	British under D'Oyly-Hughes (Glorious)	Glorious and to destroyers are sunk
		10-25 June	Italian invasion of France	/	Italians	French	Italian occupied zone is created in southern France
		14-15 June	Convoy HX 47		Germans under Dönitz	British	Two British merchant ships are sunk
		21-22 June	Convoy HX 49				Three British merchant ships are sunk
		28 June	Battle of the Espero Convoy		British under Tovey (Orion) vs Italians under Baroni (Espero)
		3 July	Attack on Mers-el-Kebir		British under Somerville	French under Darlan	Controversial attack on neutral French fleets
		3-6 July	Convoy OA 178		Germans	British	British merchant ships are sunk or damaged in the English Channel
		9 July	Battle of Calabria		British and Australians vs Italians
		15 Aug	Sinking of the Elli		Italians (Delfino)	Greeks (Elli)	Elli is sunk
		19 July	Battle of Cape Spada		Allies under Collins (Sydney)	Italians under Casardi (Bartolomeo Colleoni)	Off Crete
		24-27 Aug	Convoy HX 65		Germans under Dönitz	Canadians	Eight ships sunk in North Atlantic; first Canadian action of the war
		3-5 Sep	Convoy FS 271			British	Five British merchant ships are sunk
		6-9 Sep	Convoy SC 2			Canadians and British	Three Allied merchant ships are sunk
		20-22 Sep	Convoy HX 72			British	Eleven British ships sunk in the North Atlantic
		23-25 Sep	Battle of Dakar		Vichy French	British, Free French and Australians	Vichy French fight off Allied landing at Dakar
		12 Oct	Battle of Cape Passero		British under McCarthy (Ajax and York)	Italians	Three Italian destroyers are sunk
		16-19 Oct	Convoy SC 7		Germans under Dönitz	British under Mackinnon	20 ships sunk in North Atlantic
		19-20 Oct	Convoy HX 79			British	Twelve ships sunk in North Atlantic
		20-21 Oct	Attack on Convoy BN 7		Allies under Rivett-Carnac	Italians under Borsini	One Italian destroyer is sunk
		4-11 Nov	Operation MB8		British under Cunningham and Lyster	Italians under Campioni
		5 Nov	Convoy HX 84		Germans under Krancke	British under Fegen	Five ships sunk in North Atlantic
		9 Nov	Battle of Gabon		Free Frenchunder d'Argenlieu (Savorgnan de Brazza)	Vichy French (Bougainville)	Bougainville is sunk
		11-12 Nov	Battle of Taranto		British under Cunningham and Lyster	Italins under Campioni	Air attack on Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
		12 Nov	Battle of the Strait of Otranto		British and Australians	Italians	Italian convey is destroyed
		27 Nov	Battle of Cape Spartivento		British under Somerville and Holland vs Italians under Campioni and Iachino
		30 Nov—27 Dec	Operation Nordseetour		Germans under Meisel (Admiral Hipper)	British	Two British ships are damaged and one is sunk in the North Atlantic
		1-3 Dec	Convoy HX 90		Germans and Italians under Dönitz	British and Canadians	Eleven ships sunk in North Atlantic
		6–8 Dec and 27 Dec	German attacks on Nauru		Germans under Eyssen	Australians, British and Norwegians	Germans destroy Allied merchant ships off Nauru
1941		10-11 Jan	Operation Excess		British and Australians	Italians and Germans	Royal Navy engages maritime strike Luftwaffe
		12 Jan—2 Feb	Convoy SC 19		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	Four Allied merchant ships are sunk
		17 Jan	Battle of Ko Chang		Vichy France	Thailand
		22 Jan—8 Feb	Convoy SC 20		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	Five Allied merchant ships are sunk
		22 Jan—22 March	Operation Berlin		Germans under Lütjens (Scharnhorst and Gneisenau)	British under Tovey	Twenty-two British merchant ships are sunk or captured
		30 Jan—18 Feb	Convoy HX 106		Germans under Lütjens and Dönitz (Scharnhorst and Gneisenau)	British	Two British merchant ships are sunk
		31 Jan	Attack on Convoy AN 14		Italians under Mimbelli	Allies under Packer	Allied merchant ship disabled
		8-11 Feb	Convoy HG 53		Germans	British	Nine ships sunk and one German Fw 200 Condor shot down
		25-28 Feb	Operation Abstention		Italians under Biancheri and Mimbelli	British under Cunningham	British are prevented from landing on Italian-occupied Kastelorizo
		27 Feb	Action of 27 February		New Zealanders (Leander)	Italians (Ramb I)	Ramb I is sunk
		2-8 March	Convoy OB 293		Allies	Germans under Dönitz	Three ships and two U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
		4 March	Operation Claymore		British and Norwegians	Germans	British raid a fish oil plant in occupied Norway, sinking several German merchant ships
		15-17 March	Convoy HX 112		Allies	Germans under Dönitz	U-boats attack Allied convoy; Allies suffer minimal losses and sink two U-boats
		26 March	Raid on Souda Bay		Italians under Faggioni	British (York) Norwegians (Pericles) under Portal	York and Pericles are sunk
		27-29 March	Battle of Cape Matapan		British under Cunningham	Italians under Iachino
		2-5 April	Convoy SC 26		Germans under Dönitz	British	Ten ships sunk and one U-boat destroyed in North Atlantic
		4 April	Action of 4 April		Germans under Kähler (Thor)	British (Voltair)	Voltair sunk
		6 April	Action of 6 April		British (Capetown) vs Italians (MAS-213)		Capetown is damaged
		16 April	Battle of the Tarigo Convoy		British under Mack (Mohawk)	Italians under Cristofaro (Duisburg, Lampo, Luca Tarigo and Baleno)	Duisburg, Lampo, Luca Tarigo, Baleno and Mohawk are sunk
		7-10 May	Convoy OB 318		British	Germans under Dönitz	Seven ships sunk and one U-boat captured in North Atlantic
		8 May	Action of 8 May		British (Cornwall)	Germans under Krüder (Pinguin)	Pinguin is sunk
		10-28 May	Convoy HX 126		Germans under Dönitz	British	Nine merchant ships sunk
		21 May—1 June	Battle of Crete		Germans and Italians	Allies	Royal Navy loses three cruisers and six destroyers to Axis air attacks; Axis occupies Crete and establishes Fortress Crete
		24 May	Battle of the Denmark Strait		Germans (Bismarck and Prinz Eugen)	British (Hood and Prince of Wales)	Hood is sunk
	24–27 May	Bismarck Chase		British and Polish under Tovey	Germans under Lütjens (Bismarck)	Bismarck is sunk
	9 June	Battle of the Litani River		Allies	Vichy French	Vichy French are chased away by Allied ships
	16 June—3 July	Convoy HX 133		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	Six Allied merchant ships sunk
	18 June—12 July	Convoy SL 78			Norwegians and British	Four German U-boats sink eight Allied merchant ships
	22 June—3 Aug	Gulf of Riga campaign		Germans under Schmunt	Soviets under Tributs	Series of light engagements between German and Soviet ships, results in German control of the Gulf of Riga
	22 June 1941—27 Dec 1942	Western Black Sea raids	/	Axis under Macellariu	Soviets under Oktyabrskiy	Series of raids conducted by the Soviets along Romanian and Bulgarian coasts fails to disrupt Axis shipping
	26 June	Raid on Constanța		Romanians and Germans		Soviets are successfully repelled by Romanian destroyers
		Action of 26 June		Romanians	Soviets	One Soviet gunboat captured and damaged
	9 July	Action of 9 July				Off Mangalia
	13-14 July	Operation München	/	Axis under Macellariu (Mihail Kogălniceanu)	Soviets under Oktyabrskiy
	13-28 July	Operation Substance		British under Somerville (Force H)	Italians	Italians attack British convoy while en route to Malta
	19 July—1 Aug	Convoy OG 69		Germans and Italians under Dönitz	British	Submarines inflict heavy casualties on British convoy
	Ecuadorian-Peruvian War	25 July	Battle of Guayaquil		Indecisive: Ecuadorians (Abdón Calderón) vs Peruvians (Almirante Villar)		Almirante Villar is damaged and forced to retreat
	World War II	26 July	Battle of Bengtskär		Finnish	Soviets	Finnish gunboats sink a Soviet patrol boat during an attempted invasion of Bengtskär
		10-15 Aug	Convoy HG 70		British	Germans and Italians under Dönitz	Minimal losses on both sides
		13-25 Aug	Convoy OG 71		Germans under Dönitz	British and Norwegians	Ten ships sunk in North Atlantic
		25 Aug	Battle of Khuzestan		British and Australians	Iranians (Babr and Palang)	Babr and Palang are sunk
		27 Aug	Capture of U-570		British and Canadians	Germans (U-570)	Allies capture U-570
		27-31 Aug	Soviet evacuation of Tallinn		Germans and Finnish	Soviets under Tributs
		9-11 Sep	Convoy SC 42		Germans under Dönitz	British and Canadians	Fourteen ships and two U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
		17 Sep—1 Oct	Convoy HG 73			British	Nine ships sunk in North Atlantic
		27 Sep	Operation Halberd		British under Somerville	Italians under Iachino
		27-28 Sep	Action in Tarrafal Bay		Inconclusive: British vs Germany under Dönitz
		14-18 Oct	Convoy SC 48		Germans under Dönitz	British and Canadians	Eleven ships sunk in North Atlantic
		22 Oct—5 Nov	Convoy HX 156		British and Americans	Germans under Dönitz
		30 Oct 1941—4 July 1942	Siege of Sevastopol		Axis	Soviets under Oktyabrskiy and Levchenko	Soviet Black Sea Fleet fails to defend Sevastopol from Axis
		6 Nov	Sinking of Uralets		Romanians (Delfinul)	Soviets (Uralets)	Uralets sunk
		8-9 Nov	Battle of the Duisburg Convoy		British under Agnew	Italians under Brivonesi	Italian convoy destroyed
		19 Nov	Sinking of HMAS Sydney		Inconclusive: Australians under Burnett (Sydney) vs Germans under Detmers (Kormoran)		Sydney and Kormoran destroy each other in a single ship action off Western Australia; Sydney is lost with all hands
		6 Dec	Action of 6 December		Bulgarians (Chernomorets and Belomorets)	Soviets (Shch-204)
		7 Dec	Pearl Harbor		Japanese under Yamamoto and Nagumo	Americans under Kimmel and Short	Started the Pacific War; Japanese launch surprise raid on American naval base, forcing United States to enter World War II
		8-23 Dec	Battle of Wake Island		Japanese	Americans	American coastal and air defenses at Wake Island hold off Japanese invasion for 15 days
		8-25 Dec	Battle of Hong Kong		Japanese under Niimi	Allies	Japanese occupy Hong Kong
		10 Dec	Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse		Japanese	British (Prince of Wales and Repulse)	Prince of Wales and Repulse are sunk by Japanese air attack in the South China Sea
		13 Dec	Battle of Cape Bon		British and Dutch	Italians under Toscano
		16 Dec 1941—March 1942	Battle of Borneo		Japanese	British and Dutch	Japanese occupy British and Dutch Borneo
		17 Dec	First Battle of Sirte		Indecisive: British under Cunningham vs Italians under Iachino
			Battle of Jibrieni		Romanians	Soviets	Soviets lose a submarine
		19 Dec	Raid on Alexandria		Italians under Borghese	British under Morgan	In Alexandria Harbor
		19-23 Dec	Convoy HG 76		British	Germans under Dönitz	Four ships sunk and five U-boats destroyed
1942		12 Jan	Action of 12 January		Japanese (Yamakaze)	Dutch (Prins van Oranje)	Minelayer Prins van Oranje is intercepted and sunk
		14 Jan	Operation Postmaster		British under March-Phillipps	Germans and Italians	Allies capture three Axis merchant ships in Santa Isabel
		23-25 Jan	Battle of Balikpapan		Japanese	Americans and Dutch	Several Japanese ships are sunk but the Allies fail to stop them from occupying Balikpapan
		26-27 Jan	Battle off Endau		Japanese under Hashimoto	Australians (Vampire)	Vampire is sunk
		30 Jan—3 Feb	Battle of Ambon		Japanese under Takagi and Itō (W-9)	Dutch and Australians (Heron)	Japanese invade Ambon Island; W-9 is sunk and Heron is damaged but survives. Dutch and Australian prisoners of war of massacred.
		30 Jan—15 Feb	Convoy SC 67		Allies	Germans under Dönitz
		1 Feb	Marshalls-Gilberts raids	/	Americans, Gilbertese and Elliceans under Halsey and Fletcher	Japanese under Inoue and Gotō	Japanese bases endure minor damage
		4 Feb	Battle of Makassar Strait		Japanese under Tsukahara	Americans and Dutch under Doorman
		11-13 Feb	Channel Dash		Germans under Ciliax	British under Ramsay	Major Kriegsmarine surface units escape from occupied France to Germany; British attempt to intercept with disastrous results
		13 Feb	Battle of Palembang		Japanese	British (Li Wo)	Li Wo sinks a Japanese transport, but is later sunk herself
		16 Feb	Attack on Aruba		Germans and Italians under Hartenstein	Dutch and Americans under Andrews	Several German U-boats sink several Allied oil tankers in coordinated attack
		16 Feb—23 March	Operation Neuland		Germans and Italians under Dönitz and Polacchini	Allies under Hoover	In the Caribbean Sea
		18-20 Feb	Battle of Badung Strait		Japanese	Americans, British and Dutch under Doorman	Allies lose a destroyer
		19 Feb	Bombing of Darwin		Japanese under Nagumo and Fuchida	Australians and Americans	Japanese attack Australia
		21-25 Feb	Convoy ON 67		Germans under Dönitz	Americans and Canadians	Eight ships sunk in North Atlantic
		27 Feb	Battle of the Java Sea		Japanese under Takagi	Allies under Doorman
			Sinking of the Langley		Japanese	Allies (Langley)	Langley is severely damaged and forced to be scuttled.
		28 Feb—1 March	Battle of Sunda Strait			Allies under Waller and Rooks (Houston, Perth and Evertsen)	Continuation of the Battle of the Java Sea; Houston and Perth are sunk
		1 March	Second Battle of the Java Sea		Japanese under Takagi and Takahashi	British and Americans under Gordon (Exeter, Encounter and Pope)	Continuation of the Battle of the Java Sea; Exeter, Encounter and Pope are sunk
			Battle of the Bali Strait		Japanese vs Americans		Continuation of the Battle of the Java Sea; four surviving American destroyers skirmish with the Japanese, but escape to Australia
		3 March	Scuttling of USS Perch		Japanese	Americans (Perch)	Perch is damaged and scuttled; crew is later captured
		4 March	Last Stand of HMAS Yarra			Australians (Yarra)	While escorting a small convoy, Yarra is intercepted by Japanese and sunk
		6-13 March	Operation Sportpalast		Germans under Ciliax (Tirpitz) vs British under Tovey		Germans and British fail to locate each other, neutralizing threat of altercation
		22 March	Second Battle of Sirte		British under Vian	Italians under Iachino	Italians fail to sink British cargo ships; delay of the convoy led to the loss of four freighters by air attack
		27 March	Action of 27 March		Germans under Hardegen (U-123)	Americans (Atik)	Atik is sunk
		28 March	St Nazaire Raid		British under Ryder and Beattie (Campbelltown)	Germans under Mecke, Schulz and Sohler	British crash into Normandie dry dock, rending it useless for the rest of the war
		28-29 March	Convoy PQ 13		Germans	British and Soviets (Trinidad)	Trinidad is damaged
		31 March—1 April	Battle of Christmas Island		Japanese under Nishimura (Naka)	Allies (Seawolf)	Naka is damaged; Japan invades and occupies Christmas Island
		31 March—10 April	Indian Ocean Raid		Japanese under Nagumo and Fuchida	Allies under Somerville	Japanese attack Ceylon
		14 April	Convoy OG 82		Allies	Germans under Dönitz	One U-boat sunk
		19 April	Bombardment of Curaçao		Dutch	Germans under Kals (U-130)	Germans attempt to shell Dutch oil refinery on Curaçao; U-130is engaged by Dutch shore batteries, but escapes
		3-4 May	Invasion of Tulagi		Japanese under Yamamoto, Inoue, Gotō and Shima	Allies under Fletcher (Yorktown)	Allies sink several small warships but fail to prevent the capture of Tulagi
		5 May—6 Nov	Battle of Madagascar		Allies under Sturges and Syfret	Vichy French	Allies engage Vichy French and Japanese warships before securing the island for Free French
		6-21 May	Convoy ON 92		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	Allied convoy sustains heavy casualties
		8 May	Battle of the Coral Sea	/	Mixed results: Tactical victory for Japanese (Sōhō and Shōkaku); strategic victory for Allies (Lexington and Yorktown)		Japanese invasion convoy turned back by US carrier aircraft; first carrier battle in history.
		22-27 May	Action of 22 May		Italians (Barbarigo)	Brazilians (Comandante Lyra)	Comandante Lyra is sunk, causing Brazilian Navy B-25s to give chase for five days, but eludes destruction
		31 May—8 June	Attack on Sydney Harbour		Japanese under Sasaki vs Allies under Muirhead-Gould (Kuttabul)		Kuttabul is sunk
	May 1942—Nov 1944	Battle of the St. Lawrence		Allies under Nelles and Murray	Germans under Dönitz	German U-Boats campaign in Gulf of St. Lawrence
	4–5 June	Battle of Midway		Americans under Nimitz, Fletcher and Spruance	Japanese under Yamamoto, Kondō, Nagumo and Yamaguchi	Americas sink four Japanese carriers and one heavy cruiser
	6 June	Action of 6 June		Germans (Stier)	Americans (Stanvac Calcutta)	Stanvac Calcutta is sunk
	8 June	Shelling of Newcastle		Japanese (I-21) vs Australians		Japanese shell Newcastle, but do no damage; I-21 escapes
	12-15 June	Operation Vigorous		Axis under Iachino	Allies under Vian	Six ships sunk from convoy to Malta
	14-15 June	Operation Harpoon		Axis under da Zara	Allies under Curteis and Hardy
	14-17 June	Convoy HG 84		Inconclusive: Germans under Dönitz vs British under Hudson and Walker		Five British merchant ships are sunk
	2-4 July	Convoy PQ 17		Germans under Raeder, Dönitz and Stumpff	Allies under Tovey, Pound, Hamilton, Broome and Dowding	24 ships sunk from Arctic convoy to Soviet Union
	5 July	Action of 5 July		Americans (Growler)	Japanese (Arare)	Arare is sunk
	5-8 July	Convoy QS-15		Germans (U-132)	Allies	Three merchant ships are sunk
	8-10 July	Battle of Someri		Finnish and Germans	Soviets under Levechenko	Soviet gunboats engaged and sunk
	17-31 July	Convoy ON 113		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	Five Allied merchant ships are sunk
	24 July—8 Aug	Convoy ON 115				Three Allied merchant ships and one German U-boat are sunk
	3 Aug	Attack on the Dureenbee		Japanese (I-175)	Allies (Dureenbee)	Dureenbee is damaged beyond repair
		Action of 3 August		British (Saracen)	German (U-335)	U-335 is sunk
	5-10 Aug	Convoy SC 94		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	Eleven ships and two U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
	8 Aug	Battle of Savo Island		Japanese under Mikawa	Allies under Turner and Crutchley	Japanese sink four cruisers escorting Guadalcanal invasion convoy
	11–15 Aug	Operation Pedestal		Axis under da Zara and Kesselring vs Allies under Syfret and Burrough		Thirteen ships sunk from convoy to Malta
	16–30 Aug	Operation Wunderland		Germans under Schmundt and Meendsen-Bohlken	Soviets under Golovko, Kacharava and Baluntsev	Germans successfully raid Soviet shipping in the Kara Sea, sinking several ships
	22–25 Aug	Convoy ON 122		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	German U-boats inflict casualties on Allied convoy, demonstrated importance of radar
	24 Aug	Battle of the Eastern Solomons		Americans under Fletcher and Kinkaid	Japanese under Kondō, Nagumo, Abe, Hara and Mikawa (Ryujo)	Ryujo sunk while attacking Guadalcanal
	27-28 Aug	Convoys SG-6/LN-6		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	Two German submarines sink two Allied merchant ships.
	2–21 Sep	Operation Orator		Allies under Hopps	Germans under Carls	Allies defend Convoy PQ 18 from German attacks, losing 13 merchant ships to Germany's loss of four U-boats; majority of convoy makes it to Arkhangelsk
	4 Sep—2 Nov	Battle of Bell Island		Indecisive: Germans vs Canadians		Two German submarines sink four Canadian ore ships off Newfoundland with heavy casualties
	6-10 Sep	Convoy QS-33		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	Two German submarines sink four Allied merchant ships and one Canadian armed yacht
	10-14 Sep	Convoy ON 127				Seven ships sunk in North Atlantic
	12-16 Sep	Convoy SQ-36				Two German submarines sink three Allied merchant ships
Convoy TAG 5			Germans under Dönitz and Krech	Two ships sunk in Caribbean Sea
12-24 Sep	Laconia Incident		Allies under Sharp and Richardson (Laconia)	Germans under Hartenstein and Würdemann (U-156)	Laconia sunk by U-156; Axis submarines and warships attempt to rescue survivors before being attacked by American aircraft, and forced to call off rescue efforts. This resulted in the issuance of the Laconia Order, which forbade the Kriegsmarine from rescuing Allied survivors.
12–28 Sep	Convoy SC 100		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	Five Allied merchant ships are sunk
13-14 Sep	Operation Agreement		Germans under Lombardi		Five Allied ships sunk; one German U-boat sunk and five damaged off Tobruk
13–26 Sep	Convoy QP 14		Germans under Dönitz	British under Dowding	Germans sink five Allied ships; Allies sink one U-boat and damage five
27 Sep	Action of 27 September		Inconclusive: Germans (Stier) vs Americans (Stephen Hopkins)		Both ships sink each other
1 Oct	Battle of Cape Burnas		Axis	Soviets	Romanian gunboats engage and sink Soviet submarine after it sank a German transport
12 Oct	Battle of Cape Esperance		Americans under Scott	Japanese under Gotō and Jōjima	Americans intercept Japanese approaching Guadalcanal
12-16 Oct	Convoy SC 104		Germans under Dönitz	British	Eight ships and two U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
22 Oct	Battle of Sukho Island		Soviets	Axis	Germany attempts amphibious invasion of Sukho, but are repelled
26 Oct	Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands		Japanese under Kondō, Nagumo, Abe, Kakuta	Americans under Halsey, Kinkaid, Murray and Mason (Hornet)	Hornet is sunk in aircraft carrier battle
26-29 Oct	Convoy HX 212		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	Six ships sunk in North Atlantic
27-31 Oct	Convoy SL 125		Germans	British	Eleven ships sunk decoying U-boats away from Operation Torch
1-4 Nov	Convoy SC 107		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	Fifteen ships and one U-boat sunk in North Atlantic
2-8 Nov	Convoy TAG 18		Germans under Dönitz, Lassen and Witt		Six Allied ships sunk in Caribbean Sea
6-11 Nov	Convoy TAG 19		Germans under Dönitz and Staats		Two ships sunk in Caribbean Sea
8 Nov	Naval Battle of Casablanca		Americans under Hewitt	Vichy France and Germany under Michelier and Kals	French fleet in harbour and shore batteries fail to defend Moroccan neutrality
11 Nov	Attack on the Ondina		Japanese (Hōkoku Maru and Aikoku Maru)	Dutch and Indians (Ondina and Bengal)	Allied oil tanker and its escort defend themselves against two Japanese merchant raiders, sinking one of them
12-15 Nov	Naval Battle of Guadalcanal		Americans under Halsey, Callaghan, Scott and Lee	Japanese under Yamamoto, Abe, Kondō, Tanaka, Kakuta and Mikawa	Last offensive Japanese attempted in the Guadalcanal campaign; eleven transports and two battleships sunk and both sides incur heavy losses
15–18 Nov	Convoy ON 144		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	German U-boats inflict high casualties upon an Allied convoy
30 Nov	Battle of Tassafaronga		Japanese under Tanaka, Sato and Nakahara	Americans under Wright, Tisdale, Cole and Abercrombie	Americans intercept Japanese destroyers resupplying Guadalcanal, but suffer heavy losses from torpedo attack
2 Dec	Battle of Skerki Bank		British under Harcourt	Axis under Cocchia	Allied fleet intercepts Italian convoy and sinks all four transport ships and most of their escorting destroyers
11–31 Dec	Convoy ON 153		Germans under Dönitz	British	Three Allied merchant ships sunk
18 Dec 1942—June 1943	Operation Lilliput		Allies	Japanese	Australians provides escort to New Guinea convoys, defends them from Japanese air attacks
26–30 Dec	Convoy ON 154		Germans under Dönitz	Allies under Egerton and Windeyer	Fourteen ships and one U-boat sunk in North Atlantic
30 Dec 1942—3 Jan 1943	Convoy JW 51B		British under Tovey, Sherbrooke and Burnett	Germans under Dönitz, Kummetz and Stumpff
31 Dec	Battle of the Barents Sea		British under Sherbrooke and Burnett (Convoy JW 51B)	Germans under Kummetz
1943	3-12 Jan	Convoy TM 1		Germans	British	Seven ships sunk in North Atlantic
	14 Jan—18 Feb	Operation Ke		Japanese under Yamamoto and Imamura	Allies under Halsey and Patch	Japan withdraws from the Solomon Islands; Allied and Japanese fleets conduct final engagements of the Guadalcanal campaign
	19-20 Jan	Battle off Zuwarah		British	Italians under Di Bartolo	British sink Italian minesweepers
	23 Jan—3 Feb	Convoy SG-19		Germans (U-223)	Americans (Dorchester)	Dorchester is sunk with a loss of 674 out of 904 of her crew, the greatest American loss of life from a single ship in a convoy
	28 Jan	Shelling of Port Gregory		Inconclusive: Japanese (I-165) vs Australians		Inconsequential attack on Port Gregory; there are no casualties
	29 Jan	Battle of Rennell Island		Japanese	Americans under Halsey (Chicago)	Chicago is lost
	4-7 Feb	Convoy SC 118		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	Eight ships and one U-boat sunk in North Atlantic
	21-25 Feb	Convoy ON 166				Eleven ships and two U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
	2-4 March	Battle of the Bismarck Sea		Allies under Whitehead and Hewitt	Japanese under Mikawa and Kimura	Twelve Japanese ships are sunk en route to New Guinea
	6 March	Battle of Blackett Strait		Americans under Merrill	Japanese	Americans intercept and sink two Japanese destroyers
	6-10 March	Convoy SC 121		Germans under Dönitz	Allies under Birnie and Heineman	Seven ships sunk in North Atlantic
	10-11 March	Convoy HX 228		Inconclusive: Germans under Dönitz vs Allies		Five ships and two U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
	16-19 March	Convoys HX 229/SC 122		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	22 ships and one U-boat sunk in largest North Atlantic U-boat wolfpack attack
	25 March-10 April	Convoy HX 231		Inconclusive: Germans under Dönitz vs Allies		Eleven German U-boats sink six Allied merchant ships of 86 in a wolfpack attack; two U-boats are sunk and convoy reaches its destination
	26 March	Battle of the Komandorski Islands		Americans under McMorris	Japanese under Hosogaya	Americans intercept Japanese Aleutian Islands convoy
	28 March	Convoy RS 3		Germans under Dönitz	Allies	Germans destroy Convoy RS 3
	1–16 April	Operation I-Go	/	Inconclusive: Japanese under Yamamoto and Kusaka vs Allies under Halsey and MacArthur		Japanese launch aerial counteroffensive against Allies in the Solomon Islands, sinking a small number of ships
	16 April	Battle of the Cigno Convoy		Italians	British	Italians fight off British attack
	29 April—6 May	Convoy ONS 5		British	Germans under Dönitz	Twelve ships and six U-boats sunk in last major North Atlantic U-boat wolfpack attack
	30 April—1 May	Convoy TS 37		Germans under Dönitz and Henke (U-515)	Allies under Pegram and Gill	Seven Allied merchant ships
	3-4 May	Battle of the Campobasso Convoy		British under Holland-Martin	Italians under Marotta	British destroyers sink Italian transport and destroyer
	9-13 May	Convoy HX 237		Inconclusive: Germans under Dönitz vs Allies		Three Allied merchant ships and three German U-boats are sunk
	11-13 May	Convoy SC 129		British	Germans under Dönitz	Three U-boats sunk
	14 May	Attack on AHS Centaur		Japanese (I-177)	Australians (Centaur)	Japanese submarine sink Australian hospital ship with a heavy loss of life
	15 May	Sinking of U-176		Cubans	Germans (U-176)	U-176 is sunk off Cuba
	18-20 May	Convoy SC 130		Allies	Germans under Dönitz	Three U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
	15-20 June	Convoy GP55		Japanese (I-174)	Allies (Portmar and LST-469)	One Allied transport ship and one Allied LST are damaged
	6 July	Battle of Kula Gulf		Inconclusive: Japanese under Akiyama and Americans under Ainsworth and Hayler
	8-12 July	Convoy Faith		Germans	Allies	German aircraft attack Allied convoy, sinking two Allied troopships with heavy casualties
	10-12 July	Battle of Gela		Allies	Axis	Allies engage Italian coastal batteries during the Allied Invasion of Sicily
	12-13 July	Battle of Kolombangara		Japanese under Isaki	Americans/New Zealanders under Ainsworth
	17-18 July	Operation Scylla		Italians (Scipione Africano)	British	Italians repel attack by British torpedo boats, sinking one
	31 July	Action of 31 July		Americans and Brazilians	Germans (U-199)	U-199 is sunk off Rio de Janeiro
	1 Aug 1943—4 Oct 1944	Kara Sea U-boat campaign		Germans vs Soviets		German U-boats attempt to disrupt Soviet shipping in the Kara Sea
	6-7 Aug	Battle of Vella Gulf		Americans under Moosbrugger	Japanese under Sugiura	American destroyers intercept the "Tokyo Express" and sink 3 Japanese destroyers
	17-18 Aug	Battle off Horaniu		Japanese under Ijuin	Americans under Ryan	Japanese convoy evacuation succeeds
	29 Aug	Battle of Isefjord		Germans	Danish (Niels Juel)	Niels Juel' is sunk while attempting to flee to Sweden
	8 Sep	Operation Zitronella		Germans under Hüffmeier (Tirpitz and Scharnhorst)	Free Norway under Bredsdorff	Germans destroy Norwegian coastal defenses in Svalbard
	8 Sep-22 Nov	Dodecanese campaign		Germans	Italians and British under Campioni	Germans invade and occupy the Italian Dodecanese islands; Allied and Italian fleets take heavy losses
	9 Sep	Action off Bastia		Italians under di Cossato	Germans	All ships in the German auxiliary fleet were sunk
		Battle of the Straits of Bonifacio	/	Germans	Italians (Roma)	Main Italian fleet attempts to sail to Sardinia following Armistice; Roma is sunk by German aircraft with a Fritz X radio-controlled bomb
	19-23 Sep	Convoys ONS 18/ON 202		Allies	Germans under Dönitz	German U-boats simultaneously attack two convoys but are defeated
	28 Sep-12 Oct	Convoy SC 143				Allies sink three U-boats after Germans attack the convoy
	6 Oct	Naval Battle of Vella Lavella		Japanese under Ijuin	Americans under Walker
	15-18 Oct	Convoys ONS 20/ON 206		Allies	Germans under Dönitz	Only one Allied ship is lost during a large U-boat attack
	22-23 Oct	Battle of Sept-Îles		Germans under Kohlauf	British
	26-29 Oct	Convoy ON 207		Allies	Germans under Dönitz	Three U-boats sunk by a combination of air and naval support in the North Atlantic
	27-31 Oct	Convoy SL 138/MKS 28		British		One ship and one U-boat destroyed in North Atlantic
	2 Nov	Battle of Empress Augusta Bay		Americans under Merrill and Burke	Japanese unter Omori and Ijuin
	6 Nov	Action off Cape Bougaroun		Germans	Allies	Several Allied ships are sunk by Germans
	13 Nov	Action of 13 November		British under Wingfield (Taurus)	Japanese (I-34)	I-34 is sunk
	18-21 Nov	Convoy SL 139/MKS 30		Allies	Germans under Dönitz	One ship and three U-boats sunk
	24 Nov—5 Dec	Convoy SL 140/MKS 31				Allie sink six U-boats
	26 Nov	Battle of Cape St. George		Americans under Burke	Japanese under Kagawa	American destroyers intercept the "Tokyo Express" and sink three Japanese destroyers
	13 Dec	Action off Silba		British	Croatians (Zniam)	Three British torpedo boats attack and permanently disable Zniam
	20-30 Dec	Convoy JW 55B		Germans (Scharnhorst) vs Allies		Prelude to the Battle of the North Cape
	26 Dec	Battle of North Cape		Allies under Fraser	Germans under Bey
	26-27 Dec	Operation Stonewall		Allies under Leatham	Axis under Dönitz	Allied ships and aircraft sink three German destroyers in the Bay of Biscay
1944	11 Jan	Action of 11 January		British under Bennington (Tally-Ho)	Japanese (Kuma and Urunami)	Tally-Ho sinks Kuma off Penang
	12-27 Jan	Convoy JW 56A		Inconclusive: Germans vs Allies		German U-boats sink three ships and damage one escort but 12 ships arrived at their destination, making the journey a success
	14 Feb	Action of 14 February		British under Bennington (Tally-Ho)	Germans (UIT-23)	Tally-Ho sinks UIT-23 off Penang
	17 Feb	Operation Hailstone		Americans under Mitscher	Japanese under Kobayashi	Allied fleet attacks former Japanese naval stronghold at Truk Lagoon; Japanese defenders lose many aircraft and merchant ships
	29 Feb	Battle of Ist		Free French	Germans	Free French destroyers intercept German convoy and sink a corvette and freighter
	1-16 March	Second Indian Ocean Raid		Inconclusive: Japanese under Sakonju (Tone) vs British under Somerville (Behar)		Behar is sunk; the crew is later executed aboard Tone
	29 March	Action of 29 March		Colombians (Caldas)	Germans (U-154)	U-154 attacks a convoy but Caldas damages her
	19 April	Action of 19 April		Norwegians (Ula)	Germans (U-974)	U-974 sunk
	22 April—31 May	Convoy UGS-40		Allies	Germans	German aircraft attack convoy in Mediterranean, but fail to score a single hit; Allies suffer no losses, while Germany loses 19 aircraft
	26 April	Action of 26 April		Allies (Black Prince, Ashanti, Athabaskan, Haida and Huron)	Germans (T24, T27 and T29)	T29 is sunk
	28 April	Battle of Lyme Bay		Germans under Klug	British and Americans	German E-boats raid Lyme Bay and sink two LSTs
	6 May	Action of 6 May		Americans (Block Island and Buckley)	Germans (U-66)	U-66 is sunk by aircraft from USS Block Island (CVE-21) and rammed by USS Buckley (DE-51)
	13 May	Action of 13 May		Americans	Japanese (Ro-501)	Ro-501 is sunk off the Azores
	4 June	Capture of U-505		Allies (Guadalcanal)	Germans (U-505)	U-505 is captured
	6 June	Invasion of Normandy		Allies under Ramsay	Axis	Allied fleets launch the largest amphibious invasion ever conducted in occupied France. Allied warships battle German coastal defenses and torpedo boats, losing several warships in the invasion.
		Capture of U-744		British and Canadians	Germans (U-744)	U-744 is captured and later scuttled
	9 June	Battle of Ushant		Allies (10th destroyer flotilla)	Germans under von Bechtolsheim (8th destroyer flotilla)
	19 June	Battle of the Philippine Sea	/	Americans under Spruance and Mitscher	Japanese under Ozawa, Kurita, Takagi and Kakuta	US invasion of Saipan initiates the largest aircraft carrier battle in history; this battle included the air conflict nicknamed The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot
	19-20 June	Battle of Nerva Island		Soviets	Germans (T30 and T31)	Soviets repel German attack; T31 is sunk
	24 June	Action off Murter Island		British	Axis (T7)	T7 is damaged and beached off Murter Island
	17 July	Action of 17 July		British under King (Telemachus)	Japanese (I-166)	I-166 is sunk off Penang
		Operation Mascot		Germans under Junge (Tirpitz)	British under Moore	Royal Navy launches carrier assault against Tirpitz, but fails
	17 July—3 Aug	Convoy HX 300				Largest convoy of the war, despite German U-boat attacks, Allies successfully defend merchant ships with no losses.
	15 Aug	Battle of Port Cros		Allies (Somers)	Germans (UJ6081 and SG21)	UJ6081 and SG21 sunk
	15 Aug—14 Sep	Operation Dragoon		Allies under Hewitt	Germans	Combined Allied fleet launches amphibious assault resulting in Germany's withdrawal from most of Southern France
	18-19 Aug	Convoy Hi-71		Americans under Donaho	Japanese (Taiyō)	Americans attack Japanese convoy and sink nine ships and damage another three
	7 Sep	Shin'yo Maru Incident		Americans (Paddle)	Japanese (Shin'yo Maru)	Americans sink Shin'yo Maru, killing 688 Allied POWs
	6 Oct	Action of 6 October		Dutch (Zwaardvisch)	Germans (U-168)	U-168 is sunk in the Java Sea
	12-16 Oct	Formosa Air Battle		Americans under Halsey and Mitscher	Japanese under Kusaka and Fukudome	American carrier-based aircraft and Japanese naval aircraft battle over Formosa
	23 Oct	Battle of Maun Island		Germans	Yugoslavs	Yugoslav Partisan Navy engages two German submarine chasers in a minor skirmish; Yugoslavs retreat after taking damage
	23-26 Oct	Battle of Leyte Gulf		Allies under Halsey, Kinkaid, Sprague, Oldendorf and Collins	Japanese under Kurita, Nishimura, Shima, Ozawa and Seki	US invasion of the Philippines produces a decisive battle with the Japanese fleet including four main actions – the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano. First use of Kamikaze tactics by the Japanese.
	1 Nov	Battle of Pag Island		British under Giles	Germans	Allies sink a destroyer and two corvettes
	9 Nov—21 Dec	Battle of Ormoc Bay		Americans under MacArthur	Japanese under Yamashita	American destroyers attack sink several Japanese destroyers and merchant ships
	10 Nov	Action of 10 November		Americans (Flounder)	Germans (U-537)	U-537 is sunk in the Java Sea
	15-18 Nov	Convoy Hi-81		Americans under Underwood and Fluckey	Japanese (Shin'yō and Akitsu Maru)	Shinyo and Akitsu Maru are sunk
	24 Dec	Convoy WEP 3		Allies (Léopoldville)	Germans (U-486)	Léopoldville is torpedoed and sunk with a loss of 819 lives
1945	10–20 Jan	South China Sea raid		Americans under Halsey and McCain	Japanese under Terauchi	Japanese shipping is disrupted in the South China Sea
	27/28 Jan	Action of 28 January		Inconclusive: British under Dalrymple-Hamilton vs Germans
	9 Feb	Sinking of U-864		British under Launders	Germans under Wolfram (U-864)
	14 March	Sinking of U-174		South Africans (Natal)	Germans (U-174)	U-174 is sunk; no survivors
	18 March	Battle of the Ligurian Sea		British under Hetherington (Lookout and Meteor)	Germans	British sink two German destroyer escorts
	19 March	First Bombing of Kure		Americans	Japanese	American carrier-based aircraft damage Japanese warships at anchor in Kure
	1 April—25 May	Battle of Okinawa		Allies under Spruance, Turner, Rawlings and Mitscher	Japanese under Toyoda and Ōru (Yamato)	The Japanese lose their last significant naval force; large scale systematic kamikaze operations conducted by Japanese air forces
	6 April-22 June	Operation Kikusui		Allies under Mitscher	Japanese under Ugaki	Kamikaze campaign against Allied warships begins
	12 April	Capture of U-1024		British (Loch Glendhu and Loch More)	Germans (U-1024)	Two British frigates capture German submarine U-1024 in the Irish Sea
	12 April—7 May	Operation Teardrop		Allies under Ingram	Germans under Godt	Anti-submarine warfare campaign along the North American east coast
	16 April	Action of 16 April		Italians	French (Trombe)	Trombe is destroyed beyond repair off Liguria
	23 April	Action of 23 April		Americans (Besugo)	Germans (U-183)	U-183 is sunk in the Java Sea
	5-6 May	Battle of Point Judith		Americans	Germans (U-853)	U-853 is sunk in the Long Island Sound
	7-8 May	Actions of 7-8 May 1945		Allies	Germans (U-320)	U-320 sunk, becoming the last U-boat to sunk; Nazi Germany surrenders just hours later
	15-16 May	Battle of the Malacca Strait		British under Power	Japanese under Fukudome (Haguro)	Haguro is sunk
	8 June	Action of 8 June		British under Hezlet (Trenchant and Stygian)	Japanese (Ashigara and Kamikaze)	Ashigara is sunk
	18 July	Attack on Yokosuka		Allies under Halsey, McCain and Rawlings	Japanese	Allied naval aircraft bomb and damage Japanese warships in Yokosuka
	22–23 July	Battle of Sagami Bay		Americans		American destroyers intercept Japanese convoy fleeing Tokyo Bay; last surface battle of the war.
	24 July	Action of 24 July		Japanese (I-53)	Americans (Underhill)	Underhill is sunk by Japanese kaiten (suicide-torpedoes)
	24–28 July	Second Bombing of Kure		British and Americans under Halsey	Japanese	Allied naval aircraft sink all remaining Japanese capital ships in Kure
	July—Aug	Allied naval bombardments of Japan		Allies		Allied warships bombard strategic sites on the Japanese coast
1946		18-25 Feb	Royal Indian Navy mutiny	///	Colonial British government	Indians	Indians fail to achieve independence from Britain peacefully
	Indonesian National Revolution	5 April	Battle of Bali Strait		Indonesians	Dutch	First amphibious battle of the revolution
	Cold War	15 May—13 Nov	Corfu Channel incident		British vs Albanians		British naval vessels are attacked by Albanian artillery fortifications, causing the Corfu Channel case and severing diplomatic relations until 1991
1947	Paraguayan Civil War	27 April	Action of 27 April		Paraguayan loyalists	Paraguayan rebels (Humaitá and Paraguay)	Humaitá is disabled by loyalist aircraft and both ships are later recaptured by loyalist warships
1948	First Arab–Israeli War	21 June	Altalena Affair		Israeli Defense Forces	Irgun (Altalena)	Altalena is shelled to prevent it from delivering its cargo of weapons
		19 Oct	Naval battle near Majdal		Israelis vs Egyptians
		22 Oct	Sinking of the Emir Farouk		Israelis	Egyptians	Emir Farouk is sunk off Gaza
1949	Chinese Civil War	20 April—30 July	Amethyst Incident		Chinese	British (Amethyst, Consort, London, Black Swan and Concord)	British warships come under fire by Communist Chinese coastal artillery, forcing more Royal Navy ships to come to their rescue and resulting in Britain withdrawing from the Yangtze River and mainland China
		25 Oct	Battle of Guningtou		Taiwanese	Chinese
1950	Korean War	25-26 June	Battle of Korea Strait		South Koreans (PC-823)	North Koreans	North Korean steamer is sunk
		2 July	Battle of Chumonchin Chan		United Nations		US and British cruisers intercept Korean People's Navy convoy
		10 Sep	Battle of Haeju				South Korean patrol ship sinks a North Korean minelayer
		10-19 Sep	Battle of Incheon		South Korea and United Nations		UN Command amphibious invasion; start of the UN offensive into North Korea and the withdrawal of South Koreans from North Korea
1951		16 Feb 1951—27 July 1953	Blockade of Wonsan		United Nations	North Koreans and Chinese	Longest naval blockade in modern history at 861 days
		12 June	USS Walke incident		North Koreans	Americans (Walke)	Walke is damaged by two North Korean submarines
		29 June	Manhattan Rebellion		Government of Phibun	Rebels from the Royal Thai Navy (Sri Ayudhya)	Sri Ayudhya is sunk by coastal guns and air strikes during a failed coup
	Korean War	17-18 July	Battle of the Buzz Saw		Americans (O'Brien, Blue, Alfred A. Cunningham and Frank E. Evans)	North Koreans
		28-30 Sep	Battle of the Han River		Australians (Murchison)	Chinese	Australians attack Chinese coastal batteries
1953	Chinese Civil War	16-18 July	Dongshan Island Campaign		Chinese Communists under Hu	Chinese Nationalists under Ye and You	Taiwanese fleet and amphibious forces fail to retake Dongshan Island from China
1954		15 May			Chinese vs Taiwanese		Two Chinese gunboats engage a Taiwanese fleet, damaging a destroyer escort[9]
		16 May			Chinese vs Taiwanese (Tai Ho)		Tai Ho is damaged, forcing her to retreat
	First Taiwan Strait Crisis	14 Nov	Sinking of ROCS Tai Ping		Chinese Communists	Chinese Nationalists (Tai Ping)	Tai Ping is sunk off the Dachen Islands
1955	Revolución Libertadora	19 Sep	Bombardment of Mar del Plata		Argentine rebels (9 de Julio) vs Argentine loyalists		Rebels launch a naval attack on Mar del Plata's army garrison
1956	Suez Crisis	30 Oct	Battle off Haifa		Israelis and French	Egyptians (Ibrahim el-Awal)	Ibrahim el-Awal is captured
		31 Oct	Sinking of the Domiat		British (Newfoundland and Diana)	Egyptians (Domiat)	Domiat sunk in the northern Red Sea
1958	Second Taiwan Strait Crisis	24 Aug	First Battle of Jinmen Island		Chinese	Taiwanese	Chinese attack a convoy off Jinmen Island, sinking a transport and damaging a landing ship
		24 Sep	Battle of Dongding Island		Taiwanese	Chinese	Taiwanese prevent Chinese from landing on Dongding Island; one Taiwanese landing ship is sunk, while another is damaged
		2 Sep	Second Battle of Jinmen Island		Chinese vs Taiwanese convoy		Off Jinmen Island; Chinese lose two torpedo boats and damage a submarine chaser
	Guatemala–Mexico relations	30 Dec 1958—15 Sep 1959	Mexico–Guatemala conflict		Ceasefire between Guatemalans and Mexicans		Guatemalan Air Force attacks Mexican civilian fishing boats in Guatemalan territory
1961	Lobster War	Feb 1961—10 Dec 1964	Lobster War		Brazilians vs French		France and Brazil argue over whether lobsters swim or crawl, which would dictate whether France was fishing in Brazilian waters; resulted in the Law of the Sea Treaty
	Cold War	28 March—8 June	Vlora incident		Albanians	Soviets	Albania seizes control of Pasha Liman Base, capturing many Soviet warships and destroying one
		17-20 April	Bay of Pigs Invasion		Cubans	Americans and Cuban exiles	Failed attempt to invade Castro's Cuba
	Post-Algerian War	19-23 July	Bizerte crisis		French	Tunisians	Failed attempt to blockade a French naval base in Bizerte
	Annexation of Goa	18 Dec	Naval battle at Mormugao harbour		Indians (Betwa and Beas)	Portuguese (Afonso de Albuquerque)	Afonso de Albuquerque is sunk
			Naval Action at Daman		Portuguese (Antares) vs Indians		Portuguese evade Indian air strikes
			Naval Action at Diu		Indians (Delhi)	Portuguese (Vega)	Vega sunk
1962	West New Guinea dispute	15 Jan	Battle of Arafura Sea		Dutch	Indonesians under Sudarso	Dutch repel Indonesian attack
		2-6 June	El Porteñazo		Venezuelan government	Venezuelan military rebels	Rebellion Venezuelan warships exchange fire on loyalist positions

Later 20th century

Year	War	Date	Battle	Loc.	Winners	Losers	Notes
1964	Vietnam War	2 Aug	Gulf of Tonkin Incident		Americans (Maddox and Ticonderoga) vs North Vietnamese		Lead to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the escalation of the Vietnam War; later found to be misrepresented by the U.S. government
	Cyprus problem	6 Aug	Battle of Tillyria		Turkish Cypriots	Greek Cypriots (Phaethon)	Cypriot patrol ships engage Turkish Cypriot militia before being sunk by Turkish fighter jets
	Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation	27 Aug—10 Sep	Sunda Straits Crisis		Inconclusive: British under Begg, Thorneycroft and Mountbatten vs Indonesians under Sukarno, Subandrio and Suwito		Peaceful resolution; no losses on either side
		13 Dec	Action of 13 December		Australians (Teal)	Indonesians
1965	Vietnam War	16 Feb	Vũng Rô Bay incident		South Vietnamese	North Vietnamese	North Vietnamese fail to secretly invade South Vietnam's water to support Viet Cong escalating the war
	Project National Glory	1 May	Battle of Dong-Yin		Taiwanese (Dong Jiang) vs Chinese		Taiwanese repel an attack by eight Chinese gunboats, sinking four of them and damaging two
		6 Aug	Battle of Dongshan		Chinese	Taiwanese (Jiang Men and Zhang Jiang)	Zhang Jiang and Jiang Men are sunk
		13-14 Nov	Battle of East Chongwu			Taiwanese (Lin Huai and Shan Hai)	Lin Huai is forced to run aground due to damage sustained in battle, while Shan Hai escapes
	Second Indo-Pakistani War	7-8 Sep	Operation Dwarka		Pakistanis vs Indians		First Pakistan Navy engagement of the war
1967	Six-Day War	8 June	USS Liberty incident		Israelis vs Americans under McGonagle (Liberty)		Israeli Navy pioneers anti-ship use of napalm to disable American spy ship[10]
	War of Attrition	11 July	Battle of Rumani Coast		Israelis (Eilat)	Egyptians	Two Egyptian torpedo boats sunk
	Nigerian Civil War	17-23 Oct	Operation Tiger Claw		Nigerians	Biafrans
	War of Attrition	21 Oct	Sinking of the Eliat		Egyptians	Israelis (Eilat)	Eilat sunk in the first combat use of P-15 Termit surface-to-surface missiles
1968	Korean DMZ Conflict	23 Jan	Pueblo incident		North Koreans under Kim	Americans under Bucher (Pueblo)	North Koreans capture Pueblo
	Vietnam War	1 March	Action of 1 March		Americans and South Vietnamese	North Vietnamese	Four North Vietnamese naval trawlers sunk
1970	War of Attrition	16 May	Sinking of the El Qaher		Israelis	Egyptians (El Qaher)	El Qaher is sunk off Berenice
1971	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971	4-5 Dec	Operation Trident		Indians under Rao and Yadav	Pakistanis under Lodhi
		8-9 Dec	Operation Python		Indians under Kuruvila	Pakistanis under Ahmed
		9 Dec	Sinking of Khukri		Pakistanis (Hangor)	Indians (Khukri)	Khukri is sunk
1972	Vietnam War	30 March—1 May	First Battle of Quảng Trị		North Vietnamese	South Vietnamese	Americans engage in tank and artillery duals at and below DMZ and in defense of Đông Hà Bridge
		19 April	Battle of Đồng Hới			Americans
		9 May	Operation Pocket Money		Americans under Cooper	North Vietnamese	Americans successfully blockade North Vietnamese at Hai Phong
		10 May	Operation Custom Tailor		Americans		Americans successfully mine the entrance of the harbour in Hai Phong
1973	Yom Kippur War	7 Oct	Battle of Latakia		Israelis under Barkai	Syrians
			Battle of Marsa Talamat		Israelis	Egyptians under Zikry	Egyptian patrol boat sunk
		8-9 Oct	Battle of Baltim			Egyptians
		11 Oct	Battle of Latakia		Syrians	Israelis under Barkai
1974	Vietnam War	19 Jan	Battle of the Paracel Islands		Chinese	Vietnamese	Chinese take full control of the Paracels Islands
	Turkish invasion of Cyprus	20-22 July	Battle of Pentemili beachhead		Turkish	Cypriots	Two Cypriot torpedo boats are sunk trying to intercept Turkish amphibious assault
1975	Vietnam War	April	East Sea Campaign		South Vietnamese under Chung	North Vietnamese and Viet Cong	Series of clashes that led to the North Vietnamese capture of the Spratly Islands
	Cambodian Civil War	12-15 May	Mayaguez Incident		Americans (Mayaguez, Harold E. Holt)	Khmer Rouge	Americans rescue Mayaguez and surviving crew after the cargo ship is seized
1977	Eritrean War of Independence	4 March	Sinking of the P-11		Eritrean People's Liberation Front	Ethiopians (P-11)	P-11 is sunk[11]
1978	Namibian War of Independence	Nov—Dec	Operation Lark		Robert Mugabe	South Africans	Failed attempt to assassinate Robert Mugabe
1980		10 May	Sinking of the HMBS Flamingo		Cubans	Bahamians (Flamingo)	Flamingo is sunk by two Cuban MIG-21s
	Iran–Iraq War	27-28 Nov	Operation Morvarid		Iranians under Afzali	Iraqis	Destruction of 80% of the Iraqi Navy
1981	The Troubles	6 Feb	Sinking of the coaster ship Nellie M		Irish Republicans	British	An IRA active service unit hijack a lifeboat at Moville and sink a small cargo ship with an explosive charge
1982		23 Feb	Sinking of the coaster ship St. Bedan
	Falklands War	3 April	Invasion of South Georgia		Argentines	British under Mills
		25 April	Operation Paraquet		British under Young and Sheridan	Argentines (Santa Fe)	Santa Fe is severely damaged, sunk and later scuttled
		2 May	Sinking of the ARA General Belgrano		British (Conqueror)	Argentines (General Belgrano)	General Belgrano is torpedoed and sunk
		3 May	Attack on the ARA Alferez Sobral		British	Argentine (Alferez Sobral)	Two British Westland Lynx HAS.Mk.2/3 helicopters attack Alferez Sobral
		4 May	Sinking of HMS Sheffield		Argentines	British (Sheffield)	Fighter jets sink Sheffield with an Exocet missile
		21-25 May	Battle of San Carlos		British under Woodward, Clapp and Thompson (Coventry, Ardent and Antelope)	Argentines under Menendez and Crespo	Coventry, Ardent and Antelope are sunk during a British landing on the shores of San Carlos Water; British successfully establish a beachhead
		23 May	Battle of Seal Cove		Argentines	British	Minor naval clash; Argentine coaster evades capture by two British ships by running aground
		25 May	Sinking of SS Atlantic Conveyor			British (Atlantic Conveyor)	Atlantic Conveyor is sunk by two Argentine Exocet missiles fired from fighter jets
		8 June	Bluff Cove air attacks		Argentines under Crespo, Menendez and Lombardo	British under Moore, Clapp, Thompson and Wilson (Sir Galahad and Sir Tristam)	Argentine aerial bombs destroy Sir Galahad and Sir Tristam; Sir Galad is scuttled on 21 June and Sir Tristam, though seriously damaged, later returns to service
		11-12 June	Battle of Two Sisters		British (Glamorgan)	Argentines	Glamorgan is struck and damaged by an Exocet missile fired from an Argentine land-base launcher
	1982 Lebanon War	16 June	Sinking of Transit		Israelis	Lebanese	Transit is sunk off Tripoli, Lebanon;[12] of the 56 refugees en route to Larnaca, Cyprus, 25 are killed[13]
	Iran–Iraq War	11 Sep	Sinking of Milanian and Kahnamoie		Iraqis	Iranians (Milanian and Kahnamoie)	Milanian and Kahnmoie are sunk by Exocet missiles[14]
1983			Sinking of the Raffaello			Iranians (Raffaello)	Raffaello is partially sunk by an Exocet missile while in port in Bushehr
1984	South African Border War	15 July—7 Aug	Operation Nobilis		South Africans	Angolans	South African Navy destroys three Angolan missile boats in Luanda
1985	Arab–Israeli conflict	7-10 Oct	Achille Lauro hijacking		Mixed result: Palestine Liberation Front vs ? (Achille Lauro)		Members of the PLF hijack an Italian ship en route to Ashdod; causes the Crisis of Sigonella
1986	Cold War	24 March	Action in the Gulf of Sidra		Americans	Libyans
1987	Iran–Iraq War	17 May	USS Stark incident		Iraqis	Americans (Stark)	Stark is severely damaged by missiles from Iraqi fighter jets
		24 July	Bridgeton incident		Iranians	Americans and Kuwaitians (Bridgeton)	American-escorted Kuwaitian convoy is attacked and Bridgeton is mined
		21 Sep	Operation Prime Chance		Americans	Iranians (Iran Ajr)	Iran Ajr is attacked and later scuttled
		16 Oct	Attack on the MV Sea Isle City		Iranians	Kuwaitians (Sea Isle City)	Sea Isle City is severely damaged; 18 of her crew are wounded and her captain is blinded
		19 Oct	Operation Nimble Archer		Americans	Iranians	US fleet destroys two Iranian oil platforms in retaliation for attacking the Kuwaiti tanker Sea Isle City
1988	Third Indochina War	14 March	Johnson South Reef Skirmish		Chinese	Vietnamese	Three Vietnamese transports are sunk; Chinese establish control over Johnson South Reef
	Iran–Iraq War	18 April	Operation Praying Mantis		Americans under Less	Iranians under Malekzadegan	In the largest US naval engagement since World War II, the U.S. Navy retaliates for the mining of the USS Samuel B. Roberts during a patrol mission
1990	Eritrean War of Independence	Feb	Dahlak Islands Campaign		Eritreans	Ethiopians (F-1616)	F-1616 is damaged beyond repair and later scuttled[15]
	Gulf War	2 Aug	Iraqi invasion of Kuwait		Iraqis	Kuwaitians	Most of the Kuwait Naval Force is destroyed by Iraqi air and naval forces, with surviving ships escaping to Bahrain
	The Troubles	6 Sep	RFA Fort Victoria bombing		Irish Republicans	British (Fort Victoria)	Fort Victoria bombed and heavily damaged while at dock at Harland & Wolff shipyard
1991	Gulf War	18-19 Jan	Battle of Ad-Dawrah		Coalition (Nicholas and Istiqal)	Iraqis	Coalition captures Iraqi oil platforms
		24-29 Jan	Battle of Qurah and Umm al Maradim		Coalition (Leftwich and Curts)		Four Iraqi warships sunk
		29 Jan—2 Feb	Battle of Bubiyan		Coalition		Bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed
	Eritrean War of Independence	25 May	Battle of Assab		Eritreans	Ethiopians	Seven Ethiopian warships are sunk in port and the remaining warships flee before the city falls; this is the last combat action of the Ethiopian Navy before its dissolution due to Ethiopia becoming landlocked
	Croatian War of Independence	8 Nov	Action of Kopački Rit		Yugoslavs (RML-308) vs Croatians		RML-308 is ambushed by Croatians off Kopacki Rit while chasing the Czechoslovakian towboat Šariš, suspected of smuggling weapons into Croatia. Both ships are severely damaged and stranded, and two Yugoslav servicemen are killed.
		14-16 Nov	Battle of the Dalmatian Channels		Croatians under Letica	Yugoslavs	Yugoslavs lose three ships
1992	Operation Holy Stone	11 Feb	Submarine incident off Kildin Island		Inconclusive: Americans (Baton Rouge) vs Russians (Kostroma)		Baton Rouge and Kostroma collide
1993		20 March	Submarine incident off Kola Peninsula		Inconclusive: Americans (Grayling) vs Russians (Novomoskovsk)		Grayling and Novomoskovsk collide; American surveillance on Russian naval bases is restricted
		26 March—2 April	1993 Cherbourg incident		French vs British		Fishing rights dispute
1994	Sri Lankan civil war	20 Sep	Sinking of the Sagarawardena		Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam	Sri Lankans (Sagarawardena)	LTTE suicide boats attack and sink Sagarawardena
1995		19 April	Bombing of SLNS Sooraya and SLNS Ranasuru			Sri Lankans (Sooraya and Ranasuru)	LTTE frogmen place explosives on Sooraya and Ranasuru, sinking them both with heavy casualties
	Conflicts in the Horn of Africa	15-17 Dec	Hanish Islands conflict		Eritreans	Yemenis	Eritreans launch amphibious assault on Hanish Islands and successfully occupy them until 1998
1996	Sri Lankan civil war	19 July	Battle of Mullaitivu		Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam under Soosai	Sri Lankans (Ranaviru)	Ranaviru is attacked and sunk, killing all but two of her crew
1998		23 Feb			Sri Lankans vs Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam		More than 60 are killed
	Korean Conflict	22 June	Sokcho submarine incident		South Koreans	North Koreans
		17-18 Dec	Yosu submersible incident
1999		9-15 June	Battle of Yeonpyeong

21st century

Year	War	Date	Battle	Loc.	Winners	Losers	Notes
2000		24 April	Vereshchagino missile incident		Inconclusive: Ukrainians (Vereschchagino) vs Russians		Ukrainians fail to avoid missile testing area off Crimea
	Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen	12 Oct	USS Cole bombing		Al-Qaeda	Americans (Cole)	Cole is target of suicide attack while refueling in Aden harbour; seventeen American sailors are killed and 37 are injured
2001	Japan–North Korea relations	22 Dec	Battle of Amami-Ōshima		Japanese	North Koreans	Japanese coast guard vessels sink an armed North Korean spy trawler
2002	Korean Conflict	29 June	Second Battle of Yeonpyeong	/	Indecisive: North Koreans vs South Koreans		A South Korean naval patrol encounters North Korean intruders and forces them to withdraw
2003	2003 invasion of Iraq	20-24 March	Battle of Al Faw		Coalition	Iraqis	Amphibious operation on the Al-Faw Peninsula; Coalition captures Iraqi ports and oil platforms
2004		24 April	Attack on USS Firebolt		Coalition (Firebolt and Stuart) vs Iraqi suicide bombers		Firebolt is attacked by suicide dhows while defending Iraqi oil platforms in the Persian Gulf, destroying its RHIB. Three of her crew are killed. Two more suicide dhows are sunk by Stuart.
2006	Piracy in Somalia	18 March	Action of 18 March		Americans	Somali pirates	Pirates attack two American naval vessels
	Sri Lankan civil war	11 May	Battle of Point Pedro		Sri Lanka Navy	LTTE Sea Tigers	18 SLN personnel and around 50 Tigers dead
	2006 Lebanon War	14 July	Attack on INS Hanit		Israelis (Hanit)	Hezbollah	Hanit is struck by a land-launched C-802 anti-ship missile off the coast of Beirut and is damaged
2007	Sri Lankan civil war	19 June	Battle of Point Pedro		Sri Lanka Navy	LTTE Sea Tigers
	Piracy in Somalia	28 Oct	Action of 28 October		Americans	Somali pirates
2008	Russo-Georgian War	9 Aug	Battle off the coast of Abkhazia		Russians (Black Sea Fleet)	Georgian Navy	Georgian ship sunk
2009	Piracy in Somalia	3 March	Action of 3 March		Germans and Americans (Rheinland-Pfalz)	Somali pirates	Pirate skiff is captured
		8-12 April	Maersk Alabama hijacking		Americans (MV Tygra)
		7 Sep	Action of 7 September		Germans
	Korean Conflict	10 Nov	Battle of Daecheong		Inconclusive: North Koreans vs South Koreans		South Koreans damage North Korean gunboat and force it to withdraw
2010		26 March	ROKS Cheonan sinking		North Koreans	South Koreans (Cheonan)	Cheonan is torpedoed and sunk by a North Korean Yono-class submarine
	Piracy in Somalia	30 March	Action of 30 March		Seychellois (Topaz)	Somali pirates
		5-6 May	MV Moscow University hijacking		Russians (Moscow University)		Moscow University captured but later freed
2011		18-21 Jan	Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden		South Koreans (Samho Jewelry)
		20 Jan	Operation Dawn 8: Gulf of Aden		Malaysians
		4-22 Feb	SY Quest incident		Americans under Mewbourne
2012		12 Jan	Attack on Spanish oiler Patiño		Spanish
		22-26 Jan	MV Beluga Nomination incident		Somali pirates	Danes and Seychellois (Beluga Nomination and Esbern Snare)	Beluga Nomination and Esbern Snare captured; rescue operations fail
	First Libyan Civil War	29 April			French (Courbet)	Libyan RHIB	Courbet engages four Libyan RHIB mineplanters off Misrata, sinking one[16]
	Mexican drug war	8 May	Battle of Falcon Lake		Ongoing: Americans and Mexicans vs Los Zetas		Attack from Americans/Mexicans leaves twelve cartels members and one marine dead
	First Libyan Civil War	12 May			Canadian, British and French	Libyans	Naval attack on the city of Misrata is repulsed by Canada, UK and France[17]
2012	Piracy in Indonesia	18-22 Nov	MT Zafirah hijacking		Vietnamese	Indonesian pirates
2014	Russo-Ukrainian War	23 March	Capture of the Cherkasy		Russians under Chirkov, Vitko and Berezovsky	Ukrainians under Tenyukh, Hayduk, Fedash and Kovalenko (Cherkasy)	Cherkasy is boarded and captured by Russian forces after attempting to flee Crimea
2015	Piracy in Indonesia	11-19 June	MT Orkim Harmony hijacking		Malaysians (Orkim Harmony)	Indonesian pirates	Hijack foiled
2016	Yemeni civil war	1 Oct	Attack on HSV-2 Swift		Houthis	United Arab Emirates (Swift)	Swift is attacked by a C-802 anti-ship missile off Yemen and is severely damaged
2017		30 Jan	Attack on HMS Al Madinah			Saudis	Saudi Al Madinah is struck by a remote-controlled suicide boat off Yemen and is severely damaged
		13-16 March			Inconclusive: Somali pirates vs Sri Lankan oil tanker crew		Pirates hijack an oil tanker and release it three days later without ransom paid after learning that the tanker was funded by Somali businessmen[18][19]
2018	Russo-Ukrainian War	25 Nov	2018 Kerch Strait incident		Russians	Ukrainians	Skirmish at Kerch Strait	[20]
2020		17 May	Attack on Stolt Apol		British (Stolt Apol)	Pirates	British-flagged tanker Stolt Apol is attacked by two pirate skiffs 75 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden and disables one skiff before escaping[21]
2022	Russian invasion of Ukraine	24 Feb—20 May	Siege of Mariupol		Russians	Ukrainians	Russians sink three Ukrainian warships
		24 Feb—30 June	Snake Island campaign		Ukrainians	Russians (Moskva and Vasily Bykov)	Russians fail to conquer the island
		25-28 Feb	Berdiansk port attack			Russians (Saratov, Tsezar Kunikov and Novocherkassk)	Russian forces capture a dozen Ukrainian warships but Saratov
		3 March	Sinking of the Sloviansk		Russians	Ukrainians (Sloviansk)	Sloviansk is sunk by a Russian Kh-31 anti-ship missile and is believed to have sunk with all hands
		14 April	Sinking of the Moskva		Ukrainians	Russians (Moskva)	Moskva is struck by two Ukrainian R-360 Neptune anti-ship missiles, causing a chain reaction of explosions and later the sinking of the ship
		17 June	Sinking of the Spastel Vasily Bekh			Russians (Spasatel Vasily Bekh)	Ukrainian Harpoon anti-ship missiles sink the Russian Navy rescue tug, Spasatel Vasily Bekh
		26 Oct	Attack on the RFS Velikiy Ustyug		Russians (Velikiy Ustyug)	Ukrainians	Ukrainian naval drones attack and damage the Russian Buyan M-class corvette, Velikiy Ustyug[22]
		29 Oct	Drone attack on the Sevastopol Naval Base		Russians		Ukrainian unmanned surface drones attack Sevastopol Naval Base in Crimea, damaging three Russian warships
2023		29 May	Sinking of the Yuri Olefirenko			Ukrainians (Yuri Olefirenko)	Yuri Olefirenko is sunk by Russian anti-ship missiles while docked in Odesa; Ukraine has not confirmed nor denied the loss[23]
		11 June	Attack on the Priazovye		Russians (SSV-201 Priazovye)	Ukrainians	Russians repel Ukrainian sea drone attack on the Vishnya-class intelligence ship Priazovye
		4 Aug	Attack on the Olenegorsky Gornyak		Ukrainians	Russians (Olenegorsky Gornyak)	Ukrainian sea drones attack and damage the Russian tank landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak off Novorossiysk
		13 Sep	First Missile Attack on Sevastopol			Russians (Minsk and Rostov-na-Donu)	Ukrainian cruise missiles strike Sevastopol shipyards, damaging RFS Minsk and RFS Rostov-na-Donu
		14 Sep	Attack on the Sergey Kotov			Russians (Sergey Kotov)	Bykov-class patrol ship Sergey Kotov is attacked and severely damaged by Ukrainian sea drones[24]
		16 Sep	Attack on the Samum			Russians (Samum)	Bora-class corvette Samum, is attacked and damaged by Ukrainian sea drones[25]
	Gaza war	7 Oct	Zikim attack	/	Israeli Navy	Hamas	most Hamas attack boats attempting to infiltrate Israel are intercepted and sunk,estimated 11 militants landed from a vessel that went through. Fighting took place outside Zikim, at three military bases, and on the adjacent coastline. At least 2 boats sunk by Israeli navy. [26]
	Russo-Ukrainian War	13 Oct	Attack on the Pavel Derzhavin		Ukrainians	Russians (Pavel Derzhavin)	Bykov-class patrol ship Pavel Derzhavin is attacked and damaged by Ukrainian sea drones[27]
		4 Nov	Sinking of the Askold			Russians (Askold)	Askold is damaged by Ukrainian cruise missiles while docked in Kerch
		26 Dec	Sinking of the Novocherkassk			Russians (Novocherkassk)	Novocherkassk is damaged by Ukrainian cruise missiles while docked in Feodosia
	Red Sea crisis	30-31 Dec	Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou		Houthis	Americans (Maersk Hangzhou)	Maersk Hangzhou is attacked by Houthis; shipping is stopped in the Red Sea
	Russo-Ukrainian War	31 Dec	Sinking of a Stenka-class patrol ship		Ukrainians	Russians	Russian Coast Guard Stenka-class patrol ship sunk by Ukrainian sea drones off Sevastopol
2024		1 Feb	Sinking of the Ivanovets			Russians (Ivanovets)	Russian Tarantul-class corvette Ivanovets is sunk by Ukrainian sea drones off Crimea[28]
		14 Feb	Sinking of the Tsezar Kunikov		Ukrainians	Russians (Tsezar Kunikov)	Tsezar Kunikoov is sunk by Ukrainian sea drones off Crimea[29]
		28 Feb	Raids on the Tendra Spit		Russians	Ukrainians	Ukrainian special forces conduct raids on Russian positions on Tendra Spit, but operation is unsuccessful[30]
		5 March	Sinking of the Sergey Kotov		Ukrainians	Russians (Sergey Kotov)	Bykov-class patrol ship Sergey Kotov is attacked and sunk by Ukrainian sea drones in the Kerch Strait[31]
		21 April	Attack on the Kommuna		Russians (Kommuna) vs Ukrainians		Submarine rescue ship Kommuna is struck by a Ukrainian anti-ship missile in Sevastopol, but causes little damage
	Red Sea crisis	15 July	Attack on the Bentley-I		Crew of Bentley-I	Houthis	In the Red Sea, the Panamaninan-flagged tanker Bentley-I is unsuccessfully attacked by a Houthi sea drone before engaging in a gun battle with two Houthi manned fast attack craft, which are driven off[32]
	Russo-Ukrainian War	2 Aug	Sinking of the Rostov-na-Donu		Ukrainians	Russians (Rustov-na-Donu)	Ukrainian drone and missile strikes on Sevastopol sink the Russian Kilo-class submarine Rostov-na-Donu, which was being repaired
	Red Sea crisis	21 Aug	Attacks on the Sounion		Houthis	Greeks (Sounion)	In Red Sea, the Greek-flagged tanker Sounion was attacked and exchanged gunfire with two Houthi manned fast attack craft; Sounion was then hit by three projectiles and set afire before being abandoned by her crew[33]
	Spillover of the Gaza war	10 Dec	Attack on Latakia		Israel	Syria	Israeli Navy attacks and sinks 15 Syrian warships at anchor to prevent them from falling into terrorist hands
2025	Red Sea crisis	15 March – 6 May	Operation rough rider		Houthis	United States Navy	US withdrawal,Houthis suffer casualties and material damage ,Ceasefire leads to Houthis no longer targeting U.S. ships while continuing to strike Israeli targets and commercial shipping.

See also

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