List of naval battles

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.

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

Ancient

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

Middle Ages

Century	Year	Battle	Loc.	Winners	Losers	Notes
5th century	456	Battle of Corsica		Western Roman Empire under Flavius Ricimer	Vandals	Near Corsica
	461	Battle of Cartagena		Vandals	Western Roman Empire	Vandals destroy a newly built West Roman fleet
	468	Battle of Cape Bon		Vandals	East and West Romans under Basiliscus
6th century	551	Battle of Sena Gallica		Byzantines	Ostrogoths
7th century	655	Battle of the Masts		Arabs under Uthman	Byzantines under Constans II
	663	Battle of Baekgang		Tang China and Silla	Yamato Japan and Baekje	Aug
	676	Battle of Gibeolpo		Silla	Tang China
	677 or 678	First Arab siege of Constantinople		Byzantines	Arabs	First use of "Greek fire"
	697?			Greeks under John the Patrician
	698	Battle of Carthage		Arabs	Greeks under John the Patrician
				Imperial Constantinopolitan fleet	Cibyrrhaeot rebels
8th century	717	Second Arab siege of Constantinople		Byzantines under Leo III the Isaurian	Arabs	3 Sep 717—Spring 1718
	719			Opposing groups of curraghs		Dalriadan civil war resulted in a conflict mentioned in the Senchus Fer n-Alban
	727			Byzantine central imperial fleet under Agallianos Kontoskeles	Provincial Helladic and Cyclades fleets
	746	Battle of Keramaia		Cibyrrhaeots	Umayyad Caliphate	Arabs based in Egypt
9th century	806?			Moors under Hadumar	Franks	Near Corsica
	807			Franks under Burchard (a lieutenant of Charlemagne)	Moors	At Sardinia
	813			Byzantines	Arabs
				Franks under Irmingar	Moors	Near Majorca
	820			Arabs	Franks	Near Sardinia
	822	Siege of Constantinople		Byzantine central imperial fleet	Rebel provincial fleets	In Constantinople during the revolt of Thomas the Slav
	829	Battle of Thasos		Cretan Saracens	Byzantines
	841			Arabs	Venetian squadron	Near Taranto
	849	Battle of Ostia		Italian city-states	Muslims	Off southern Italy
	851	Battle of Sandwich		Kentishmen under Æthelstan	Viking fleet	Near Kent
	c. 872/3	Battle of Kardia		Byzantine admiral Niketas Ooryphas	Cretan Saracens under the renegade Photios
	c. 873/9	Battle of the Gulf of Corinth				Photios is killed
	880	Battle of Cephalonia		Byzantines under Nasar	Aghlabids
		Battle of Stelai				AKA Punto Stilo or Milazzo
	885			Frisians	Vikings
	888	Battle of Milazzo		Aghlabids	Byzantines
10th century	906			Byzantines under Himerios	Arabs	On St. Thomas' Day (6 Oct)
	912	Battle of Chios		Syrian-Cilician fleet	Byzantine squadron under Himerios
	932	Battle of Lang-shan Jiang		Wuyue	Yang Wu
	941	Rus'-Byzantine War		Byzantine fleet under Theophanes	Kievan Rus' fleet under Igor of Kiev	Near Bosporus Strait
	938	First Battle of Bach Dang River		Vietnamese	Southern Han
	956			Christians	Tunisians	Near Mazara
	958			Tunis vs Christians		In Messina Strait
	965	Battle of the Straits		Fatimid fleet	Byzantine fleet under Niketas Abalantes	At the Straits of Messina
	975	Battle on the Yangtze		Song forces	Tang forces
	981	Second Battle of Bach Dang		Vietnamese	Chinese Song
	998			Venetians under Orseolo	Narentan pirates
11th century	1000	Battle of Swold		Swedes and Danes	Norwegians	9 Sep
	1004			Venetians under Pietro Orseolo II	Arabs	At Messina
	1005			Pisans
	1024	Battle of Lemnos		Byzantines	Rus' fleet	In the Lemnos Island
	1026	Battle of the Helgeå		Danes under Ulf Jarl	Swedes and Norwegians under Anund Jacob and Olaf II Haraldsson (Olaf the Stout)	In southern Sweden
	1032			Byzantine-Ragusan squadron	Muslim corsair fleet	In the Adriatic Sea
		Battle at Iron Gate		Estonians	Novgorod	According to one hypothesis, this battle, mentioned in Russian chronicles, was a naval battle, where Novgorod fleet tries to reach Tallinn Bay, but is defeated by Estonians.
	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.
	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
1570			English under Burrough and Hodsdon	Danes	In the Baltic Sea
	Battle of Gozo		Turkish under Uluch Ali	Maltese under Saint-Clement	15 July, near Gozo
1571	Siege of Famagusta		Venetians under Marco Querini	Turks	Jan, near Famagusta
	Battle of Lepanto		Christian coalition	Ottoman Turks	7 Oct, large galley fight off western Greece
1572			Venetians under Colonna vs Turks under Kilitch Ali		7 and 10 Aug, between Cervi and Cerigo and near Cape Matapan
			Several skirmishes between Spanish/Venetians and Turks		Sep/Oct
1573	Battle of Flushing		Sea Beggars	Spanish under Sancho d'Avila	17 April
	Battle of Borsele				22 April
	Battle of Haarlemmermeer		Spanish under Bossu	Sea Beggars	26 May
	Battle on the Zuiderzee		Sea Beggars under Cornelis Dirkszoon	Spanish under Bossu	11 Oct
1574	Battle of Reimerswaal		Sea Beggars under Willem Boisot	Spanish under Luis de Resquesens	29 Jan
	Battle of lillo			Spanish fleet	30 May
			Swedes	Lübeckers	June; 3 Lübeckers and 15 merchantmen are captured
1576	First Battle of Kizugawaguchi		Mōri Terumoto	Oda Nobunaga	Blockade efforts in Siege of Ishiyama Honganji, just off Osaka
1578	Second Battle of Kizugawaguchi		Oda Nobunaga	Mōri Terumoto
1582	Battle of Terceira		Spanish under Alvaro de Bazán	French, Portuguese, Dutch and English under Filippo Strozzi	26 July, in the Azores; AKA Battle of Ponta Delgada
	Battle of Vila Franca				27 July; Alvaro de Bazán wins a second battle at the Azores in as many days.
1583?			Maltese under Avogadro vs Turks
1583			Venetians	Maltese under Avogadro	3 Aug; between Cerigotto and Cape Spada
1585			Maltese	Turkish	April; Turkish ship captured
	Japanese landing in Vietnam		Nguyen Lord navy	Shirahama Kenki pirates
1586	Battle of Pantelleria		English under Edward Wilkinson	Spanish and Maltese under Pedro de Gamboa y Leyva	At Pantellaria
1588	Spanish Armada			Spain and Portugal	Series of conflicts in July/Aug, off southern England
	Battle of Gravelines		English		Aug
	Spanish Armada in Ireland		Irish		Sep
1589	Defeat of the English Armada	/	Spanish	English	April
1591			English vs Spanish under Diego de la Ribera		About 13 June
	Battle of Flores		Spanish	English	Near the Azores
1592	Battle of Okpo		Korean navy under Yi Sun-sin	Japanese navy under Todo Takatora	7 May
	Battle of Sacheon			Japanese	29 May; Koreans use the Turtle Ship
	Battle of Hansan Island				14 Aug, in the bay of Hansan Island
	Battle of Busan				1 Nov; Koreans could not occupy Japanese-controlled Busan
1594	Action of San Mateo Bay		Spanish	English	Richard Hawkins is taken as prisoner
1595	Action of 1595		Bizertans	Maltese	About late June
1596	Drake's Assault on Panama		Spanish	English	End of English raiding/invasion expeditions of the Spanish Main led by Drake and Hawkins (died 1595); Drake is killed
1597	Battle of Chilchonryang		Japanese Navy and Japanese army	Korean Navy under Wŏn Kyun	28 Aug
	Battle of Myeongnyang		13 Korean ships under Yi Sun-sin	330 Japanese ships	26 Oct
			Bizertans vs Genoese and Romans
	Islands Voyage		Spanish	English	Near the Azores
1598	Battle of Noryang		Chinese under Chen Lin and Koreans under Yi Sun-sin	Japanese	16 Dec; 100 Japanese ships are damaged but another 150 successfully retreat
1600	Action of 14 December		Dutch vs Spanish		14 Dec, at Manila

17th century

Early 17th century

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

Later 17th century

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

18th century

Early 18th century

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

Later 18th century

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

19th century

Early 19th century

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

Mid 19th century

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

Late 19th century

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

20th century

Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901)

• 1900 Battle of the Taku Forts – Eight-Nation Alliance bombards and captures Chinese coastal forts

Markomannia incident (1902)

• 1902 September 6 – Haitian gunboat Crête-à-Pierrot is sunk after an engagement with the German gunboat SMS Panther

Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)

• 1904 February 9 Chemulpo – Russian cruiser Varyag (1899) scuttled during the Russo-Japanese War
  • 9 February Port Arthur
  • 15 June Hitachi Maru Incident – Russian cruisers intercept and sink Japanese transports
  • 10 August Yellow Sea – Minor Japanese victory over Russia
  • 14 August Japanese Sea (Ulsan) – Minor Japanese victory over Russia
  • 20 August Korsakov
  • 4–5 October Dogger Bank incident – Russian fleet fires on British trawlers that have been mistaken for Japanese torpedo-boats
  • 1905 May 27–28 Tsushima – Japanese defeat Russians in large fleet battle between Korea and Japan

Mexican Revolution (1910–1920)

• 1914 March 4 First Battle of Topolobampo – Constitutionalists gunboat engages two Huertistas gunboats, Constitutionalists forced to retreat
• 1914 March 13 Second Battle of Topolobampo – Same gunboats clash again, ends in stalemate
• 1914 March 31 Third Battle of Topolobampo – Same gunboats clash again, Huertistas sink Constitutionalists gunboat
• 1914 April 21 United States occupation of Veracruz – United States launches amphibious assault and captures Port of Veracruz
• 1914 June 16 Fourth Battle of Topolobampo – Having raised their sunken gunboat, the same gunboats clash again, and Huertistas again sink Constitutionalists gunboat

Italo-Turkish War (1911–1912)

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

First Balkan War (1912–1913)

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

Second Balkan War (1913)

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

World War I (1914–1918)

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

Russian Civil War (1917–1922)

• 1918
  • 16 August Battle of Lake Baikal – ships commandeered by the Czechoslovak Legion defeat Bolshevik ships on Lake Baikal
  • 15 February–September Invasion of Åland – German, Swedish, and Finnish forces invade Åland
  • 28–4 November 1919 British Baltic Campaign
• 1919
  • 21 May Battle of Alexandrovsky Fort – British fleet defeats Bolshevik fleet
  • 18 August Raid on Kronstadt – British motor torpedo boats damage a Bolshevik battleship and sink an old cruiser for the loss of three boats
• 1920
  • 3 May Action of 3 May 1920 – French sloop Le Scarpe captured by Soviet floating battery Krasnaya Zarya
  • 18 May Anzali Operation – Bolshevik fleet captures ten White Russian auxiliary cruisers under British control
  • 15 September Battle of Obytichnyi Spit – White and Red gunboat squadrons engage each other, resulting in a stalemate
• 1921
  • 9 January Action of 9 January 1921 – Two French destroyers sink a Bolshevik gunboat

Turkish War of Independence (1919–1922)

• 1921
  • 8 February – Action of 8 February 1921 – Turkish tugboat Alemdar engages the French gunboat, C-27, successfully damaging her and forcing her to retreat.

Irish Civil War (1922–1923)

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

Colombia-Peru War (1932–1933)

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

Chaco War (1932–1935)

• 1932
  • 22 December Battle of Bahía Negra – Paraguayan gunboat, ARP Tacuary, comes under attack by Bolivian fighters

Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)

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

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)

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

Ecuadorian-Peruvian War (1941)

• 1941 25 July – Battle of Guayaquil – Ecuadorian gunboat BAE Abdón Calderón engages the Peruvian destroyer BAP Almirante Villar, damaging her and forcing her to retreat.

Italian Invasion of Albania (1939)

• 1939 7 April Battle of Durrës – Patrol boats of the Albanian Navy and coastal artillery engage an Italian naval squadron.

Winter War (1939–1940)

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

World War II (1939–1945)

• 1939–1945 Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945)
• 1939
  • 1 September Danzig Bay – German Stuka dive bombers destroy much of the Polish Navy
  • 1–3 September Battle of Hel – Surviving Polish warships engage German invasion fleet. All Polish ships are sunk or captured.
  • 1–25 September Worek Plan – Polish submarines attempt to defend coast against German landings.
  • 13 December River Plate – British and New Zealand cruisers engage the German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee. Damaged, she is later scuttled.
• 1940
  • 8 April Action of 8 April 1940 – The German cruiser Admiral Hipper sinks the destroyer HMS Glowworm off of Norway
  • 8 April Sinking of the Rio de Janeiro – German transport ship SS Rio de Janeiro is sunk by the Polish submarine ORP Orzel.
  • 9 April Preceding Battle of Narvik – Flotilla of German destroyers engage and sink Norwegian coastal defense ships HNoMS Norge and HNoMS Eidsvold
  • 9 April Battle of Drøbak Sound Norwegian coastal defenses at Oscarsborg Fortress sink the German heavy cruiser Blücher
  • 9 April Action off Lofoten German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau engage British battlecruiser HMS Renown and her group of destroyers. No ship is lost and only suffers minimal damage, first engagement between capital ships of the war.
  • 9 April Battle of Horten Harbour – German cruiser Emden and destroyers assault Norwegian naval base in Horten. Norwegian minesweepers attempt to defend the base, but fail.
  • 9 April Battle of Kristiansand – German cruiser Karlsruhe and supporting destroyers engage Norway's Odderøya coastal defense fortress. Fortress is later captured by German marines, while the fortress sinks the German transport ship MS Seattle.
  • 9 April Capture of Arendal – German torpedo boat Greif confronts the Norwegian 2.-class torpedo boat, HNoMS Jo in a bloodless engagement. Jo and the rest of the Norwegian defenders surrender the Port of Arendal.
  • 10 April First Battle of Narvik – British destroyer flotilla sinks two German destroyers and a flotilla of merchant ships
  • 13 April Second Battle of Narvik – HMS Warspite and a force of supporting destroyers sinks all remaining German destroyers in Narvik.
  • 26 May – 4 June Dunkirk evacuation
  • 8 June Operation Juno – German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst sink the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and two destroyers off Norway
  • 10–25 June Italian invasion of France – French and Italian naval forces skirmish in the opening hours of the invasion
  • 14–15 June Convoy HX 47 – Two German U-boats attack British convoy, sinking two merchant ships.
  • 21–22 June Convoy HX 49 – Three German U-boats attack British convoy, sinking three merchant ships.
  • 28 June Battle of the Espero Convoy British cruiser HMS Orion sinks Italian destroyer Espero
  • 3 July Mers-el-Kebir – British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
  • 3–6 July Convoy OA 178 – German Stuka's attack British convoy, sinking several merchant ships and damaging more.
  • 9 July Calabria (Punta Stilo) – British fleet attacks Italian fleet
  • 19 July Cape Spada – HMAS Sydney sinks Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete
  • 24–27 August Convoy HX 65 – 8 ships sunk in North Atlantic. First Canadian action of the war.
  • 25 August – Sinking of the Elli – Italian submarine Delfino sinks the Greek cruiser RHS Elli
  • 3–5 September Convoy FS 271 – German E-boats attack British convoy, sinking five merchant ships.
  • 6–9 September Convoy SC 2 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, sinking three merchant ships.
  • 20–22 September Convoy HX 72 – 11 ships sunk in the North Atlantic.
  • September 23–35 Dakar – Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar
  • 12 October Battle of Cape Passero – British cruisers HMS Ajax and HMS York engage and sink three Italian destroyers.
  • 16–19 October Convoy SC 7 – 20 ships sunk in North Atlantic
  • 19–20 October Convoy HX 79 – 12 ships sunk in North Atlantic
  • 20–21 October Attack on Convoy BN 7 – Allied fleet engages a flotilla of Italian destroyers, sinking one of them
  • 5 November Convoy HX 84 – 5 ships sunk in North Atlantic
  • 9 November Battle of Gabon – Free French aviso Savorgnan de Brazza sinks Vichy French aviso Bougainville
  • 11 November Taranto – British air attack on Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
  • 12 November Strait of Otranto – British and Australian ships engage and destroy an Italian convoy.
  • 27 November Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada) – British fight back an Italian interception
  • 30 November – 27 December Operation Nordseetour – German cruiser Admiral Hipper carry's out raids in the North Atlantic, sinking a merchant vessel and damaging two British cruisers.
  • 1–3 December Convoy HX 90 – 11 ships sunk in North Atlantic
  • 6–8 December and 27 December German attacks on Nauru – German merchant raiders destroy Allied merchant ships off Nauru.
• 1941
  • 10–11 January Operation Excess – Royal Navy engages maritime strike Luftwaffe
  • 12 January-2 February Convoy SC 19 – German U-boats intercept Allied convoy, sink four merchant ships.
  • 17 January Ko Chang – Vichy France defeats Thailand
  • 22 January – 22 March Operation Berlin – Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sink and capture 22 British merchant ships.
  • 22 January-8 February Convoy SC 20 – German U-boats intercept Allied convoy, sink five merchant ships.
  • 30 January-18 February Convoy HX 106 – German U-boats attack British convoy, sinking two merchant ships.
  • 31 January Attack on Convoy AN 14 – Italian destroyers intercept an Allied convoy, disabling a merchant ship
  • 8–11 February Convoy HG 53 – 9 ships sunk and 1 German Fw 200 Condor shot down
  • 25–28 February Operation Abstention – British attempt to land on the Italian-occupied Greek island of Kastelorizo, but are repelled by Italian naval and air forces
  • 27 February Action of 27 February 1941 – New Zealand cruiser HMNZS Leander sinks Italian merchant raider Ramb I
  • 2–8 March Convoy OB 293 – 3 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
  • 4 March Operation Claymore – British destroyers and commandos raid a fish oil plant in occupied-Norway, sinking several German merchant ships
  • 15–17 March Convoy HX 112 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, Allies suffer minimal losses and sink two U-boats.
  • 26 March Raid on Souda Bay – Italian destroyers launch explosive motor boats which sink British cruiser HMS York and Norwegian tanker Pericles
  • 28 March Cape Matapan – British fleet defeats Italian fleet in night action
  • 2–5 April Convoy SC 26 – 10 ships sunk and 1 U-boat destroyed in North Atlantic
  • 4 April – Action of 4 April 1941 – German merchant raider Thor engages and sinks British merchant raider HMS Voltair off Cape Verde
  • 6 April – Action of 6 April 1941 – British cruiser HMS Capetown is torpedoed by Italian MAS boat MAS-213, damaging her.
  • 16 April – Battle of the Tarigo Convoy Duisburg. Lampo, Tarigo and Baleno are sunk, as well as HMS Mohawk
  • 7–10 May Convoy OB 318 – 7 ships sunk and 1 U-boat captured in North Atlantic
  • 8 May – Action of 8 May 1941 – British cruiser HMS Cornwall engages and sinks the German merchant raider Pinguin
  • 10–28 May Convoy HX 126 – Nine German U-boats attack British convoy and sink nine merchant ships.
  • 21 May – 1 June – Battle of Crete – Royal Navy loses three cruisers and 6 destroyers to Axis air attacks
  • 24 May – Battle of the Denmark Strait – Bismarck and Prinz Eugen sink HMS Hood
  • 24–27 May – Hunt for the German battleship Bismarck ends in her sinking
  • 9 June Battle of the Litani River – Two Vichy French destroyers engage Australian amphibious forces, chased away by Allied ships
  • 16 June-3 July Convoy HX 133 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, sinking six merchant ships.
  • 18 June-12 July Convoy SL 78 – Four German U-boats sink eight Allied merchant ships.
  • 22 June-3 August Gulf of Riga campaign – Series of light engagements between German and Soviet ships, results in German control of the Gulf of Riga
  • 22 June 1941 – 27 December 1942 Western Black Sea raids – Series of raids conducted by the Soviet Navy along Romanian and Bulgarian coasts, fails to disrupt Axis shipping
  • 26 June Raid on Constanța – Soviet Black Sea Fleet attempts raid on Romanian port, attack is successfully repelled by Romanian destroyers
  • 26 June Action of 26 June 1941 – Romanian torpedo boats engage Soviet gunboats, damaging and capture one
  • 9 July Action of 9 July 1941 – Three Romanian torpedo boats engage and sink a Soviet submarine
  • 13–14 July Operation München – Romanian monitor NMS Mihail Kogălniceanu engages two Soviet monitors and forces their retreat
  • 13–28 July Operation Substance – Force H is attacked by Italian torpedo boats, submarines, and aircraft en route to Malta
  • 19 July-1 August Convoy OG 69 – German and Italian submarines inflict heavy casualties on British convoy.
  • 26 July Battle of Bengtskär – Soviet Naval Infantry attempt to capture the island of Bengtskär, landings are repelled by Finnish gunboats who sink a Soviet patrol boat
  • 10–15 August Convoy HG 70 – British convoy defends itself from German and Italian submarines with minimal losses.
  • 13–25 August Convoy OG 71 – 10 ships sunk in North Atlantic
  • 25 August Battle of Khuzestan – British and Australian sloops engage and sink Iranian sloops IIS Babr and IIS Palang
  • 27 August – Capture of U-570 – British and Canadian destroyers capture German U-boat U-570
  • 27–31 August – Soviet evacuation of Tallinn
  • 9–11 September Convoy SC 42 – 14 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
  • 17 September – 1 October Convoy HG 73 – 9 ships sunk in North Atlantic
  • 27 September Operation Halberd – Royal Navy successfully defends convoy from Italian fleet and air attacks
  • 14–18 October Convoy SC 48 – 11 ships sunk in North Atlantic
  • 22 October-5 November Convoy HX 156 – Allied convoy successfully defends against U-boat attacks.
  • 30 October – 4 July 1941 Siege of Sevastopol – Soviet Black Sea Fleet attempts to defend Sevastopol from Axis small craft and aircraft, ultimately fails
  • 6 November – Crimean campaign – Romanian submarine NMS Delfinul sinks the Soviet cargo ship SS Uralets
  • 8–9 November Battle of the Duisburg Convoy – Royal Navy intercepts and destroys an Italian convoy
  • 19 November – HMAS Sydney and the German surface raider Kormoran destroy each other in a single ship action off Western Australia; Sydney is lost with all hands
  • 6 December Action of 6 December 1941 – Bulgarian submarine chasers, Chernomorets and Belomorets engage and sink the Soviet submarine Shch-204
  • 7 December Pearl Harbor, also starting the Pacific War – Japanese naval and air forces launch surprise raid on American naval base at Pearl Harbor, forces United States to enter World War II
  • 8–23 December Battle of Wake Island – American coastal and air defenses at Wake Island hold off Japanese invasion for 15 days, sinking several Japanese warships in the process
  • 8–25 December Battle of Hong Kong – British destroyers and gunboats are engaged by Japanese gunboats and aircraft
  • 10 December South China Sea – HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
  • 13 December Cape Bon – British and Dutch destroyers sink Italian cruisers
  • 17 December First Sirte – Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
  • 17 December Battle of Jibrieni – Soviets attack an Axis convoy, losing a submarine
  • 19 December Raid on Alexandria – Italian frogmen cripple several British warships in Alexandria Harbor
  • 19–23 December Convoy HG 76 – 4 ships sunk and 5 U-boats destroyed
  • 24–25 December Battle of Borneo – Dutch submarines engage several Japanese warships and transports during the opening days of the invasion
• 1942
  • 12 January Action of 12 January 1942 – Dutch minelayer, HNLMS Prins van Oranje is intercepted and sunk by the Japanese destroyer Yamakaze.
  • 14 January Operation Postmaster – British commando unit aboard an armed trawler board and capture the three Axis merchant ships in the neutral Spanish Guinea port of Santa Isabel.
  • 23–25 January Battle of Balikpapan – American and Dutch destroyers and submarines intercept and sink several Japanese transports
  • 26–27 January Battle off Endau – Australian destroyer, HMAS Vampire is sunk by a Japanese fleet.
  • 30 January-3 February Battle of Ambon – Japanese fleet lands invasion force on Ambon Island. Japanese minesweeper, W-9 strikes a Dutch mine and is sunk, with two more Japanese minesweepers damaged. USS Heron is severely damaged by Japanese aircraft, but survives.
  • 30 January-15 February Convoy SC 67 – Allied convoy defends itself against U-boat attacks.
  • 1 February Marshalls-Gilberts raids – American carriers launch airstrikes against Japanese bases
  • 4 February Battle of Makassar Strait – Japanese aircraft launch attack on an American-Dutch fleet
  • 11–13 Channel Dash – Major Kriegsmarine surface units escape from occupied-France to Germany, British attempt to intercept with disastrous results
  • 13 February Battle of Palembang – British gunboat HMS Li Wo intercepts a Japanese convoy and engages it alone, she sinks a transport, but is later sunk by overwhelming fire from escort ships
  • 16 February Attack on Aruba – Several German U-boats sink several Allied oil tankers in coordinated attack
  • 16 February – 23 March Operation Neuland – German & Italian submarines carry out unrestricted submarine warfare in the Caribbean Sea.
  • 18–20 February Battle of Badung Strait – Allied fleet engages Japanese fleet, losing a destroyer
  • 19 February Bombing of Darwin – Japanese carrier task force attacks Australia
  • 21–25 February Convoy ON 67 – 8 ships sunk in North Atlantic
  • 25–28 February Operation Abstention – British attempt to land on Kastelorizo, but an Italian destroyer flotilla intercepts the landing fleet. British forced to retreat.
  • 27 February Java Sea – Japanese invasion convoy escorts destroy ABDA fleet
  • 27 February Sinking of the Langley – Japanese aircraft attack Allied convoy centered around USS Langley, she is severely damaged and forced to be scuttled.
  • 28 February – 1 March Battle of Sunda Strait – Continuation of the Battle of the Java Sea, Japanese force sinks USS Houston and HMAS Perth
  • 1 March Second Battle of the Java Sea – Continuation of the Battle of the Java Sea, Japanese force sinks HMS Exeter, HMS Encounter, and USS Pope
  • 1 March Battle of the Bali Strait – Continuation of the Battle of the Java Sea, four surviving American destroyers skirmish with the Japanese, but escape to Australia
  • 3 March Scuttling of USS Perch – American submarine USS Perch is engaged by Japanese destroyers, suffers damaged and it scuttled, crew is later captured.
  • 4 March Last Stand of HMAS Yarra – Australian sloop HMAS Yarra escorts a small convoy, but is intercepted by Japanese cruisers, engages them alone and is sunk.
  • 6–13 March Operation Sportpalast – German battleship Tirpitz leads a fleet to intercept an Arctic convoy, but fails to locate it, British counter with aircraft, but also fail in finding the German fleet
  • 22 March Second Sirte – Italian fleet obstacles a British convoy to Malta, hit escorts, but failed to sink the cargo ships. Delay of the convoy led to the loss of four freighters by air attack
  • 27 March Action of 27 March 1942 – German submarine U-123 sinks American Q-ship, USS Atik.
  • 28 March – St Nazaire Raid – British destroyer, HMS Campbelltown crashes into Normandie dry dock, rending it useless for the rest of the war.
  • 28–29 March Convoy PQ 13 – British cruiser HMS Trinidad and destroyers defend convoy against attacking German destroyers.
  • 31 March – 1 April Battle of Christmas Island – Japan invades and occupies Christmas Island, Japanese cruiser Naka is severely damaged by American submarine, USS Seawolf
  • 31 March – 10 April Indian Ocean Raid – Japanese task force attacks Ceylon
  • 14 April Convoy OG 82 – 1 U-boat sunk
  • 19 April Bombardment of Curaçao – German U-boat U-130 attempts to shell Dutch oil refinery on Curaçao. U-130 is engaged by Dutch shore batteries, but escapes.
  • 3–4 May Invasion of Tulagi – USS Yorktown and her battlegroup engage the Japanese invasion fleet, sinking several small warships, but fail to prevent the capture of Tulagi.
  • 5 May-6 November Battle of Madagascar – Allied forces invade Vichy-controlled Madagascar. Allied fleet engages Vichy French and Japanese warships, before securing the island.
  • 6–21 May Convoy ON 92 – German U-boats inflict heavy casualties upon Allied convoy.
  • 8 May Coral Sea – Japanese invasion convoy turned back by US carrier aircraft. First carrier battle in history.
• 1942–44 German U-Boats campaign in Gulf of St. Lawrence
  • 22-27 May Action of 22 May 1942 – Italian submarine Barbarigo sinks the Brazilian merchant ship, SS Comandante Lyra , causing Brazilian Navy B-25's to give chase for five days, but eludes destruction.
  • 31 May-8 June Attack on Sydney Harbour – Japanese submarines raid Sydney Harbour, and sink HMAS Kuttabul
  • 3–4 June Battle of Dutch Harbor – Japanese carrier-based aircraft attack US Navy base in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. SS Northwestern is sunk in the attack.
  • 4–5 June Midway – invasion convoy retreats after US sinks four Japanese carriers and one Japanese heavy cruiser
  • 6 June Action of 6 June 1942 – German merchant raider Stier sinks American Liberty Ship, SS Stanvac Calcutta.
  • 8 June Shelling of Newcastle – Japanese submarine I-21 shells the Australian port of Newcastle, but do no damage. Australian coastal artillery engages, but I-21 escapes.
  • 12–15 June Operation Vigorous – 6 ships sunk from convoy to Malta. The rest of the convoy is driven back
  • 14–15 June Operation Harpoon – 6 ships sunk from convoy to Malta when the convoy is intercepted by an Italian cruiser squadron
  • 14–17 June Convoy HG 84 – German wolfpack attacks British convoy, sinking five merchant ships.
  • 2–4 July Convoy PQ 17 – 24 ships sunk from Arctic convoy to Soviet Union
  • 5 July Action of 5 July 1942 – American submarine USS Growler sinks Japanese destroyer Arare
  • 5-8 July Convoy QS-15 – German submarine U-132 attacks an Allied convoy sinking three merchant ships.
  • 8–10 July Battle of Someri – Finnish and German gunboats engage and sink Soviet gunboats in the Gulf of Finland
  • 17–31 July Convoy ON 113 – Wolfpack intercepts Allied convoy, sinking five merchant ships.
  • 24 July-8 August Convoy ON 115 – Wolfpack intercepts Allied convoy, sinks three merchant ships and loses one U-boat.
  • 3 August Attack on the Dureenbee – Japanese submarine I-175 attacks and damages the Australian fishing trawler Dureenbee
  • 3 August Action of 3 August 1942 – British submarine HMS Saracen sinks German submarine U-335 off the Faroe Islands.
  • 5–10 August Convoy SC 94 – 11 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
  • 8 August Savo Island – Japanese sink 4 cruisers escorting Guadalcanal invasion convoy
  • 11–15 August Operation Pedestal – 13 ships sunk from convoy to Malta
  • 16–30 August Operation Wunderland – German fleet successfully raids Soviet shipping in the Kara Sea, sinking several ships.
  • 22–25 August Convoy ON 122 – German U-boats inflict casualties on Allied convoy, demonstrated importance of radar.
  • 24 August Eastern Solomons – Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo sunk while attacking Guadalcanal
  • 27-28 August Convoys SG-6/LN-6 – Two German submarines sink two Allied merchant ships.
  • 2–21 September Operation Orator – Allies defend Convoy PQ 18 from German attacks. Convoy losses 13 merchant ships, as to Germany's loss of four U-boats, majority of convoy makes it to Arkhangelsk.
  • 4 September – 2 November Battle of Bell Island – Two German submarines sink four Canadian ore ships off Newfoundland with heavy casualties.
  • 6-10 September Convoy QS-33 – Two German submarines sink four Allied merchant ships and one Canadian armed yacht.
  • 10–14 September Convoy ON 127 – 7 ships sunk in North Atlantic
  • 12–16 September Convoy TAG 5 – 2 ships sunk in Caribbean Sea
  • 12-16 September Convoy SQ-36 – Two German submarines sink three Allied merchant ships.
  • 12-24 September Laconia Incident – German U-boat U-156 torpedoes and sinks British transport RMS Laconia. Axis submarines and warships attempt to rescue survivors before being attacked by American aircraft, and forced to call off rescue efforts.
  • 12–28 September Convoy SC 100 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, sinking five merchant ships.
  • 13–14 September Operation Agreement – British forces attempt to land in Tobruk, German and Italian torpedo boats and coastal defenses repel invasion, sinking several British warships.
  • 13–26 September Convoy QP 14 – German U-boats sink five allied ships of the convoy, while Allies sink one U-boat and damage five.
  • 27 September Action of 27 September 1942 – German merchant raider Stier engages American Liberty ship SS Stephen Hopkins. Both ships sink each other in the engagement.
  • 1 October Battle of Cape Burnas – Romanian gunboats engage and sink Soviet submarine after it sank a German transport.
  • 12 October Cape Esperance US cruisers intercept Japanese cruiser force approaching Guadalcanal
  • 12–16 October Convoy SC 104 – 8 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
  • 22 October Battle of Sukho Island – Germany attempts amphibious invasion of Sukho Island, but are repelled by Soviet gunboats, which sink several German transports.
  • 26 October Santa Cruz Islands – USS Hornet sunk in aircraft carrier battle near Guadalcanal
  • 26–29 October Convoy HX 212 – 6 ships sunk in North Atlantic
  • 27–31 October Convoy SL 125 – 11 ships sunk decoying U-boats away from Operation Torch
  • 1–4 November Convoy SC 107 – 15 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in North Atlantic
  • 2–8 November Convoy TAG 18 – 6 ships sunk in Caribbean Sea
  • 6–11 November Convoy TAG 19 – 2 ships sunk in Caribbean Sea
  • 8 November Casablanca – French fleet in harbour an shore batteries attempt to defend Moroccan neutrality but are defeated by a US Navy fleet
  • 11 November Attack on the Ondina – Dutch oil tanker MV Ondina and Indian corvette, HMIS Bengal defend themselves against two Japanese merchant raiders, sinking one of them.
  • 12–15 November Guadalcanal – decisive US victory, last offensive Japanese operation attempted in the Guadalcanal campaign, 11 transports and 2 battleships sunk. heavy losses on both sides in 2 night surface actions.
  • 15–18 November Convoy ON 144 – German U-boats inflict high casualties upon an Allied convoy.
  • 30 November Tassafaronga US cruisers intercept Japanese destroyers resupplying Guadalcanal, but suffer heavy losses from torpedo attack
  • 2 December Battle of Skerki Bank – Allied fleet intercepts Italian convoy and sinks all four transport ships and most of their escorting destroyers.
• December 1942-June 1943 Operation Lilliput – Royal Australian Navy provides escort to New Guinea convoys, defends them from Japanese air attacks
  • 11–31 December Convoy ON 153 – German U-boats intercept Allied convoy, sink three merchant ships.
  • 26–30 December Convoy ON 154 – 14 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in North Atlantic
  • 30 December 1942 – 3 January 1943 Convoy JW 51B – British cruisers and destroyers defend convoy against attacking German cruiser-destroyer force.
  • 31 December Barents Sea – British escorts fight off German surface attack on convoy JW 51B
• 1943
  • 3–12 January Convoy TM 1 – 7 ships sunk in North Atlantic
  • 14 January-18 February Operation Ke – Japan withdraws from the Solomon Islands, Allied and Japanese fleets conduct final engagements of the Guadalcanal Campaign.
  • 19-20 January Battle off Zuwarah – British destroyers sink Italian minesweeping force
  • 23 January – 3 February Convoy SG-19 – German submarine U-223 sinks American troopship, SS Dorchester with a loss of 674 out of 904 of her crew. Greatest American loss of life from a single ship in a convoy.
  • 28 January Shelling of Port Gregory – Japanese submarine I-165 shells Australian port of Port Gregory, there are no casualties.
  • 29 January Rennell Island – USS Chicago lost
  • 4–7 February Convoy SC 118 – 8 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in North Atlantic
  • 21–25 February Convoy ON 166 – 11 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
  • 2–4 March Bismarck Sea – aircraft sink 12 ships from a Japanese troop convoy to New Guinea
  • 6 March Battle of Blackett Strait – an American task force intercepts 2 Japanese destroyers and sinks them both.
  • 6–9 March Convoy SC 121 – 7 ships sunk in North Atlantic
  • 10–11 March Convoy HX 228 – 5 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
  • 16–19 March Convoys HX 229/SC 122 – 22 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in largest North Atlantic U-boat wolfpack attack
  • 25 March-10 April Convoy HX 231 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, sink six merchant ships.
  • 26 March Komandorski Islands – US cruiser force intercepts a Japanese Aleutian Islands convoy
  • 28 March Convoy RS 3 – German U-boats destroy Convoy RS 3.
  • 1–16 April Operation I-Go – Japanese launch ariel counteroffensive against Allies in the Solomon Islands, sinking a small number of ships.
  • 16 April Battle of the Cigno Convoy – Italian destroyers defend transport against attacking pair of British destroyers
  • 30 April-1 May Convoy TS 37 – U-515 attacks a convoy alone and sinks seven Allied merchant ships.
  • 3–4 May Battle of the Campobasso Convoy – British destroyers sink Italian transport and destroyer
  • 9–13 May Convoy HX 237 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, sinking three merchant ships. Allies counter and sink three U-boats.
  • 11–13 May Convoy SC 129 – British defend against large U-boat attack, sinking three U-boats and minimal losses to convoy.
  • 14 May Attack on AHS Centaur – Japanese submarine I-177 sinks Australian hospital ship AHS Centaur with a heavy loss of life.
  • 15 May Sinking of U-176 – Cuban submarine chasers sink U-176 in the Caribbean.
  • 18–20 May Convoy SC 130 – 3 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
  • 29 April – 6 May Convoy ONS 5 – 12 ships and 6 U-boats sunk in last major North Atlantic U-boat wolfpack attack
  • 15–20 June Convoy GP55 – Japanese submarine I-174 intercepts Allied convoy and sinks American transport and damages an LST.
  • 6 July Kula Gulf
  • 8–12 July Convoy Faith – German aircraft attack Allied convoy, sinking two Allied troopships with heavy casualties.
  • 10-12 July Battle of Gela - Allied Fleet engages Italian coastal batteries during the Allied Invasion of Sicily.
  • 12–13 July Battle of Kolombangara – Japan defeats a US and New Zealand fleet
  • 17–18 July Operation Scylla – Italian cruiser Scipione Africano repels attack by British torpedo boats, sinking one.
• 31 July Action of 31 July 1943 – German submarine U-199 is attacked and sunk by US & Brazilian naval aircraft off Rio de Janeiro.
• August 1943-October 1944 Kara Sea U-boat campaign – German U-boats attempt to disrupt Soviet shipping in the Kara Sea, scoring several kills
  • 6–7 August Battle of Vella Gulf – American destroyers intercept the "Tokyo Express" and sink 3 Japanese destroyers.
  • 17–18 August Battle off Horaniu – American destroyers intercept Japanese convoy evacuation the Solomon Islands
  • 29 August Battle of Isefjord – Danish coastal defense ship, HDMS Niels Juel is sunk by German warships and aircraft while attempting to flee to Sweden.
  • 8 September Operation Zitronella – German task force led by Tirpitz and Scharnhorst destroy Norwegian coastal defenses in Svalbard
  • 8 September-22 November Dodecanese campaign – German forces invade and occupy the Italian Dodecanese Islands, Allied and Italian fleets take heavy losses.
  • 9 September Action off Bastia – Italian destroyers and coastal defenses engage a small German auxiliary fleet, sinking all of them.
  • 9 September Battle of the Straits of Bonifacio – Main Italian fleet attempts to sail to Sardinia following Armistice. German aircraft intercept Italian fleet. Italian battleship Roma is sunk by German aircraft with a Fritz X radio-controlled bomb.
  • 19–23 September Convoys ONS 18/ON 202 – German U-boats simultaneously attack two convoys, but Allies defend them with minimal losses.
  • 28 September-12 October Convoy SC 143 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, Allied fleet successfully defends it, sinking three U-boats.
  • 6 October – Naval Battle of Vella Lavella
  • 15–18 October Convoys ONS 20/ON 206 – Allied convoys defend themselves against large U-boat attack, with only a single ship lost.
  • 22–23 October Battle of Sept-Îles – German light force defeats similar British force
  • 26–29 October Convoy ON 207 – 3 U-boats sunk by a combination of air and naval support in the North Atlantic
  • 27–31 October Convoy SL 138/MKS 28 – 1 ship and 1 U-boat destroyed in North Atlantic
  • 2 November Empress Augusta Bay
  • 6 November Action off Cape Bougaroun – German aircraft attack Allied convoy off Algeria, sinking several ships.
  • 13 November Action of 13 November 1943 – British submarine HMS Taurus sinks Japanese submarine I-34
  • 18–21 November Convoy SL 139/MKS 30 – 1 ship and 3 U-boats sunk
  • 24 November-5 December Convoy SL 140/MKS 31 – Allied convoy defends against attacking U-boats, sinking six of them.
  • 26 November Battle of Cape St. George – American destroyers intercept the "Tokyo Express" and sink 3 Japanese destroyers.
  • 13 December Action off Silba – Three British torpedo boats attack the grounded Croatian cruiser Zniam and permanently disabling her and sinking a tug.
  • 20–30 December Convoy JW 55B – German battleship Scharnhorst and escorts sortie to locate Allied convoy. Preludes Battle of the North Cape.
  • 26 December North Cape – convoy JW 55B escorts sink Scharnhorst off northern Norway
  • 28 December Operation Stonewall – Allied ships and aircraft sink three German destroyers in the Bay of Biscay
• 1944
  • 11 January Action of 11 January 1944 – British submarine HMS Tally-Ho sinks Japanese light cruiser Kuma off Penang
  • 12-27 January Convoy JW 56A – German U-boats sink and damage half of the convoy.
  • 14 February Action of 14 February 1944 – British submarine HMS Tally-Ho sinks German submarine UIT-23 off Penang
  • 17 February Operation Hailstone – Allied fleet attacks former Japanese naval stronghold at Truk Lagoon in the central Pacific, Japanese defenders lose many aircraft and merchant ships
  • 29 February Battle of Ist – Free French destroyers intercept German convoy and sink a corvette and freighter
  • 1–16 March Second Indian Ocean Raid – Japanese heavy cruiser Tone sinks British freighter Behar. The crew of Behar are later executed aboard Tone.
  • 29 March Action of 29 March 1944 – Colombian destroyer ARC Caldas defends convoy against German submarine U-154, and damages her.
  • 19 April – Action of 19 April 1944 – Norwegian submarine HNoMS Ula attacks sinks the German submarine U-974.
  • 22 April-31 May Convoy UGS-40 – German aircraft attack Allied convoy in Mediterranean, but fail to score a single hit. Allies suffer no losses, while Germany loses 19 aircraft.
  • 26 April Action of 26 April 1944 – British light cruiser HMS Black Prince and escorting destroyers intercept a flotilla of German destroyers, sinking one of them.
  • 28 April Battle of Lyme Bay – German E-boat's raid Lyme Bay and sink two American tank landing ships.
  • 6 May Action of 6 May 1944 – German submarine U-66 is sunk by aircraft from USS Block Island (CVE-21) and rammed by USS Buckley (DE-51)
  • 13 May Action of 13 May 1944 – Japanese submarine RO-501 is sunk by American destroyer escorts off the Azores.
  • 4 June Capture of U-505 – German submarine U-505 is captured by USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) and her destroyer escorts off Cape Verde.
  • 6 June Invasion of Normandy – Allied fleets launch the largest amphibious invasion ever conducted in Occupied-France. Allied warships do battle against German coastal defenses and torpedo boats, losing several warships in the invasion.
  • 6 June Capture of U-744 – British and Canadian warships capture and later scuttle the German submarine U-744
  • 9 June Battle of Ushant – Allied 10th destroyer flotilla (UK/Canadian/Polish ships) engage and defeat remnants of the German 8th destroyer flotilla off Brittany
  • 19 June Philippine Sea – US invasion of Saipan initiates the largest aircraft carrier battle in history including "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot"
  • 19–20 June Battle of Nerva Island – Soviet gunboats and torpedo boats repel attack by two German destroyer escorts, T-30 and T-31. T-31 is sunk.
  • 24 June Action off Murter Island – Two British torpedo boats engage German and Croatian torpedo boats off Murter Island. Croatian torpedo boat T7 is damaged and beached.
  • 17 July Action of 17 July 1944 – British submarine HMS Telemachus sinks Japanese submarine I-166 off Penang
  • 17 July Operation Mascot – Royal Navy launches carrier assault against German battleship Tirpitz, but fails.
  • 17 July-3 August Convoy HX 300 – Largest convoy of the war, despite German U-boat attacks, Allies successfully defend merchant ships with no losses.
  • 15 August Battle of Port Cros – American destroyer USS Somers (DD-381) sinks a German aviso and corvette
  • 15 August-14 September Operation Dragoon – Combined Allied fleet launches amphibious assault in Southern France. Allied warships exchange fire against German coastal artillery.
  • 18–19 August Convoy Hi-71 – American submarines sink Japanese convoy and escort carrier Taiyo
  • 7 September Shin'yo Maru Incident – American submarine USS Paddle attacks Japanese convoy and sinks cargo ship Shin'yo Maru killing several American POW's
  • 23–26 October Leyte Gulf – US invasion of the Philippines produces a decisive battle with the Japanese fleet including four main actions – the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano. First use of Kamikaze tactics by the Japanese.
  • 6 October Action of 6 October 1944 – Dutch submarine HNLMS Zwaardvisch sinks German submarine U-168 in the Java Sea
  • 12–16 October Formosa Air Battle – American carrier-based aircraft and Japanese naval aircraft do battle over Formosa
  • 23 October Battle of Maun Island – Yugoslav Partisan Navy gunboats engage two German submarine chasers in a minor skirmish. Yugoslav Partisans retreat after taking damage.
  • 1 November Battle of Pag Island – Two British destroyers ambush and sink a German destroyer and two corvettes
  • 9 November-21 December Battle of Ormoc Bay – American destroyers attack sink several Japanese destroyers and merchant ships
  • 10 November Action of 10 November 1944 – American submarine USS Flounder sinks German submarine U-537 in the Java Sea
  • 15–18 November Convoy Hi-81 – American submarines intercept Japanese convoy and sink escort carriers Shinyo and Akitsu Maru
  • 24 December Convoy WEP 3 – Belgian troopship SS Leopoldville is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-486 with a loss of 819 lives.
• 1945
  • 10–20 January South China Sea raid – American fleet successfully disrupts Japanese shipping in the South China Sea
  • 14 March Sinking of U-174 – South African frigate HMSAS Natal sinks U-174 on her maiden voyage.
  • 18 March Battle of the Ligurian Sea – Two British destroyers sink two German destroyer escorts
  • 19 March First Bombing of Kure – American carrier-based aircraft damage Japanese warships at anchor in Kure
  • 1 April – 25 May Battle of Okinawa – The Japanese lose their last significant naval force, including the battleship Yamato. Large scale systematic Kamikaze operations conducted by Japanese air forces.
  • 6 April-22 June Operation Kikusui – Japanese Kamikaze campaign against Allied warships begins
  • 12 April Capture of U-1024 – Two British frigates capture German submarine U-1024 in the Irish Sea
  • 12 April-7 May Operation Teardrop – Allied anti-submarine warfare campaign along the North American East coast.
  • 16 April Action of 16 April 1945 – Italian Social Republic MT explosive boat hits the French destroyer Trombe off Liguria, Italy. She survives, but is damaged beyond repair.
  • 23 April Action of 23 April 1945 – German submarine U-183 is sunk by American submarine USS Besugo in the Java Sea
  • 5–6 May Battle of Point Judith – American destroyers sink German submarine U-853 in the Long Island Sound.
  • 7-8 May Actions of 7-8 May 1945 – Three German U-boats attack and sink three Allied ships. U-320 is sunk in the action, becoming the last U-boat to sunk. Final German naval action of the war.
  • 15–16 May Battle of the Malacca Strait – British 26th Destroyer Flotilla ambush and sink the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro.
  • 8 June Action of 8 June 1945 – Two British submarines intercept and sink Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara.
  • 18 July Attack on Yokosuka – Allied naval aircraft bomb and damage Japanese warships in Yokosuka
  • 22–23 July Battle of Sagami Bay – American destroyers intercept Japanese convoy fleeing Tokyo Bay, last surface battle of the war.
  • 24 July Action of 24 July 1945 – American destroyer escort USS Underhill is sunk by Japanese kaiten (suicide-torpedoes)
  • 24–28 July Second Bombing of Kure – Allied naval aircraft sink all remaining Japanese capital ships in Kure
  • July–August Allied naval bombardments of Japan – Allied warships bombard strategic sites on the Japanese coast

Later 20th century

• 1946
  • Corfu Channel incident – British naval vessels are attacked by Albanian artillery fortifications. This would cause British and Albanian relations to be severed until the end of the Cold War.
• 1947
  • 1947 Paraguayan Civil War – Paraguayan gunboats Humaitá and Paraguay revolt against President Higinio Morínigo and are engaged by loyalist forces. Humaitá is disabled by loyalist aircraft. Both ships are later recaptured by loyalist warships.
• 1948
  • 21 June 1948 Altalena Affair – Israeli Defense Forces shell and disable the Irgun LST Altalena to prevent it from delivering its cargo of weapons.
  • October 1948 – Israeli naval campaign in Operation Yoav
    • 19 October 1948 – Battle near Majdal – Israeli corvettes and submarine chaser engage an Egyptian corvette and aircraft.
    • 22 October 1948 – Sinking of the Emir Farouk – Israeli patrol ship and explosive boats intercept and sink the Egyptian flagship, Emir Farouk off Gaza.
• 1949
  • 20 April-30 July – Amethyst Incident – British warships come under fire by Communist Chinese coastal artillery, forcing more Royal Navy ships to come to their rescue.
• 1950
  • 25–26 June 1950 – Battle of Korea Strait – South Korean submarine chaser engages and sinks North Korean steamer.
  • 2 July – Battle of Chumonchin Chan – US and British cruisers intercept Korean People's Navy convoy during the Korean War
  • 10 September 1950 – Battle of Haeju – South Korean patrol ship sinks a North Korean minelayer.
  • 10–19 September Battle of Incheon – UN Command amphibious invasion in support of South Korea
• 1951
  • 29 June – Manhattan Rebellion – Royal Thai Navy flagship, HTMS Sri Ayudhya is sunk by coastal guns and air strikes during a failed coup.
  • 28–30 September 1951 – Battle of the Han River – Australian frigate HMAS Murchison destroys Chinese coastal batteries.
• 1953
  • Dongshan Island Campaign – Taiwanese fleet and amphibious forces attempt to retake Dongshan Island from China. Operation fails with a loss of three tank landing ships.
• 1954
  • Dongji Islands Campaign
    • 15 May – Two Chinese gunboats engage a Taiwanese fleet, damaging a destroyer escort.
    • 16 May – Chinese fleet engages Taiwanese destroyer escort ROCS Tai Ho and damagers her, forcing her to retreat.
  • First Taiwan Strait Crisis
    • 14 November – Sinking of ROCS Tai Ping – Taiwanese destroyer escort ROCS Tai Ping is sunk by four Chinese torpedo boats off the Dachen Islands.
• 1955
  • 19 September – Bombardment of Mar del Plata – Rebelling Argentine fleet bombards loyalist army positions during the Revolución Libertadora.
• 1956
  • 29 October – 7 November 1956 – Suez Crisis
    • 30 October 1956 – Battle off Haifa – Israeli and French destroyers engage and capture the Egyptian destroyer escort ENS Ibrahim el-Awal.
    • 31 October 1956 – Sinking of the Domiat – British light cruiser HMS Newfoundland and destroyer HMS Diana engage and sink the Egyptian frigate ENS Domiat.
• 1958
  • 23 August-2 December Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
    • 24 August – First Battle of Jinmen Island – Chinese torpedo boats attack a Taiwanese convoy off Jinmen Island, sinking a transport and damaging a landing ship.
    • 2 September – Second Battle of Jinmen Island – Chinese torpedo boats, again, attack a Taiwanese convoy off Jinmen Island, losing two torpedo boats and damaging a submarine chaser.
    • 24 September – Battle of Dongding Island – Chinese gunboats and landing craft attempt to land on Dongding Island, but are repelled by Taiwanese warships. One Taiwanese landing ship is sunk, while another is damaged.
• 1961
  • 28 March-8 June – Vlora incident – Albanian forces seize control of Pasha Liman Base, capturing many Soviet warships and destroying one.
  • 17–19 December 1961 – Annexation of Goa
    • 18 December 1961 – Battle of Mormugao Harbor – Indian frigates INS Betwa and INS Beas engage and sink the Portuguese sloop NRP Afonso de Albuquerque.
    • 18 December 1961 – Naval Action at Daman – Portuguese patrol boat NRP Antares escapes Indian air strikes.
    • 18 December 1961 – Naval Action at Diu – Indian light cruiser, INS Delhi sinks Portuguese patrol boat NRP Vega.
• 1962
  • 15 January – Battle of Arafura Sea – Three Indonesian fast attack craft engage three Dutch destroyers off New Guinea, but attack is successfully repelled.
  • 2-6 June – El Porteñazo – Rebellion Venezuelan warships exchange fire on a loyalist positions.
• 1964
  • 2 August Gulf of Tonkin Incident – encounter between the USS Maddox and three Vietnam People's Navy torpedo boats near North Vietnam. Lead to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the escalation of the Vietnam War, although the incident was later found to be misrepresented by the U.S. government.
  • 6 August Battle of Tillyria – Two Cypriot patrol ships engage Turkish Cypriot militia, before being sunk by Turkish fighter jets.
• 1965
  • Vũng Rô Bay incident – South Vietnam navy intercepted and destroyed North Vietnam trawlers from the north try to invasion South Vietnam's water to support Viet Cong escalating the war.
  • Project National Glory
    • 1 May – Battle of Dong-Yin – Taiwanese submarine chaser ROCS Dong Jiang repels an attack by eight Chinese gunboats, sinking four of them and damaging two.
    • 6 August – Battle of Dongshan – Taiwanese submarine chaser ROCS Zhang Jiang and patrol ship ROCS Jiang Men are sunk by Chinese torpedo boats.
    • 13–14 November – Battle of East Chongwu – Chinese patrol ships and torpedo boats engage Taiwanese patrol ships ROCS Lin Huai and ROCS Shan Hai. Lin Huai is forced to run aground due to damage sustained in battle, while Shan Hai escapes.
  • Operation Dwarka – Pakistan Navy engagement in Dwarka during the Second Indo-Pakistani War
• 1967
  • 8 June – USS Liberty incident – Israeli Navy pioneers anti-ship use of napalm to disable American technical research ship during the Six-Day War
  • 11 July – Battle of Rumani Coast – Israeli destroyer INS Eilat and two torpedo boats sink two Egyptian torpedo boats.
  • 21 October – Egyptian Navy Komar-class missile boats sink Israeli destroyer INS Eilat in the first combat use of P-15 Termit surface to surface missiles
• 1968
  • 23 January – North Korean Navy captures United States Navy technical research ship Pueblo
  • 1 March 1968 – Action of 1 March 1968 – US Coast Guard and South Vietnamese warships engage and sink four North Vietnamese naval trawlers.
• 1970
  • 16 May – Sinking of the ENS El Qaher – Israeli aircraft sink the Egyptian destroyer ENS El Qaher during the War of Attrition.
• 1971
  • Operation Trident (Indo-Pakistani War)
  • Operation Python (Indo-Pakistan War)
  • Sinking of INS Khukri
• 1972
  • April – First Battle of Quang Tri—US cruiser-destroyer forces heavily and directly engaged in tank and artillery duals at and below DMZ and in defense of Dong Ha Bridge
  • 19 April – Battle of Đồng Hới – United States cruiser-destroyer force engages North Vietnamese forces
  • 9 May – Operation Pocket Money – United States Navy mines Hai Phong harbor
  • 10 May – Operation Custom Tailor – United States Navy attacks Hai Phong
• 1973
  • 7 October – Battle of Latakia – Israelis defeat Syrian Navy during the Yom Kippur War
  • 7 October – Battle of Marsa Talamat – Israeli patrol boats sink Egyptian patrol boat
  • 8–9 October – Battle of Baltim – Israelis defeat Egyptians
  • 11 October – Second Battle of Latakia – Israelis try to sink more Missile Boats and destroy onshore Oil Tanks, but only got probable results
• 1974
  • 19 January Battle of the Paracel Islands – People's Liberation Army Navy defeats Republic of Vietnam Navy at Paracels Islands.
  • 20-22 July Battle of Pentemili beachhead – Turkish amphibious assault during the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus. Two Cypriot torpedo boats are sunk trying to intercept the landing force.
• 1975
  • April 1975 – East Sea Campaign – Series of clashes between North Vietnamese and South Vietnamese warships that ultimately led to the North Vietnamese capture of the Spratly Islands.
  • 12–15 May 1975 – Mayaguez Incident – Khmer Rouge capture American cargo ship SS Mayaguez off Koh Tang, Cambodia. Frigate USS Harold E. Holt later rescues crew.
• 1977
  • 4 March – Ethiopian patrol ship P-11 is sunk by naval forces of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front.
• 1980
  • 10 May – Sinking of the HMBS Flamingo – Bahamas patrol ship HMBS Flamingo was sunk by two Cuban MIG-21's.
  • Operation Morvarid – Iranian navy decisively defeats Iraqi navy (Destruction of 80% of the Iraqi Navy) during the Iran-Iraq War.
• 1981
  • 6 February – Sinking of the coaster ship Nellie M – An IRA active service unit hijacked a lifeboat at Moville, Republic of Ireland. boarded the small cargo ship and sank it with an explosive charge.
• 1982
  • 23 February – Sinking of the coaster ship St. Bedan – An IRA active service unit hijacked a lifeboat at Moville, Republic of Ireland. boarded the small cargo ship and sank it with an explosive charge.
  • 25 April – Operation Paraquet – Royal Navy helicopters cripple Argentine submarine ARA Santa Fe while attempting to reinforce troops on South Georgia in the early phases of the Falklands War.
  • 30 April – Attack on the ARA Alferez Sobral – Two Royal Navy helicopters engage Argentine patrol ship ARA Alferez Sobral.
  • 2 May – Sinking of the ARA General Belgrano – British submarine HMS Conqueror torpedoes and sinks Argentine light cruiser ARA General Belgrano .
  • 4 May – Sinking of HMS Sheffield – Argentine fighter jets sink the British destroyer HMS Sheffield with an Exocet missile.
  • 21–25 May – Battle of San Carlos – A battle between aircraft and ships when British forces landed on the shores of San Carlos Water during the Falklands War. British destroyer HMS Coventry and British frigates HMS Ardent and HMS Antelope are all sunk by bombs from Argentine light attack aircraft.
  • 23 May – Battle of Seal Cove – A minor naval clash, it involves the attempt by two Royal Navy frigates to seize an Argentine Navy coaster. The coaster evaded capture by running aground.
  • 25 May – Sinking of SS Atlantic Conveyor – British cargo ship SS Atlantic Conveyor is sunk by two Argentine Exocet missiles fired from fighter jets.
  • 8 June – Attack on the RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristam – British logistics ship RFA Sir Galahad is hit by three Argentine aerial bombs that destroyed the vessel. The hulk would later be scuttled via torpedoes by HMS Onyx on 21 June. The same-class vessel RFA Sir Tristam was seriously damaged but eventually returned to service after undergoing major repairs.
  • 11–12 June – Battle of Two Sisters – British destroyer HMS Glamorgan is struck and damgaged by an Exocet missile fired from an Argentine land-base launcher while providing naval gunfire support to Royal Marines.
  • 16 June – The coaster Transit sank in the Mediterranean Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Tripoli, Lebanon after being torpedoed by an unnamed Israeli submarine. She was carrying 56 refugees to Larnaca, Cyprus, 25 of whom were killed.
  • 11 September – Sinking of Milanian and Kahnamoie – Iraqi fighters armed with Exocet missiles sink two Iranian Bayandor-class corvettes, IRIS Milanian and IRIS Kahnamoie.
• 1983
  • Sinking of the Raffaello – Iraqi Exocet missile sinks the ocean liner-turned-barracks ship, SS Raffaello while in port in Bushehr.
• 1986
  • Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986) – US Navy engages Libyan Navy in a fleet action.
• 1987
  • 17 May – USS Stark incident – US frigate, USS Stark is struck by two Exocet missiles fired from an Iraqi fighter jet, severely damaging it.
  • 21 September – Operation Prime Chance – US Navy SEALs board and capture and later scuttle the Iranian minelayer Iran Ajr.
  • 16 October – Attack on the MV Sea Isle City – Iranian forces attack the Kuwaiti oil tanker MV Sea Isle City, wounding 18 of her crew, including her American captain.
  • 19 October – Operation Nimble Archer – US fleet destroys two Iranian oil platforms in retaliation for attacking the Kuwaiti tanker Sea Isle City
• 1988
  • 14 March – Johnson South Reef Skirmish – Chinese frigates engage and sink three Vietnamese transports.
  • 18 April Operation Praying Mantis – In the largest US naval engagement since World War II, the U.S. Navy defeats Islamic Republic of Iran Navy forces in retaliation for the mining of the USS Samuel B. Roberts during a patrol mission.
• 1990
  • February – Dahlak Islands Campaign – Ethiopian Petya-class frigate, F-1616, is damaged beyond repair by Eritrean People's Liberation Front forces and later scuttled.
  • 2 August – Iraqi invasion of Kuwait – Most of the Kuwait Naval Force was destroyed by Iraqi air and naval forces, with surviving ships escaping to Bahrain.
  • 6 September – RFA Fort Victoria bombing – The British auxiliary ship was bombed and heavily damaged by the IRA while at dock at Harland & Wolff shipyard.
• 1991
  • 18–19 January – Battle of Ad-Dawrah – US frigate USS Nicholas and Kuwaiti fast attack craft, KNV Istiqal capture Iraqi oil platforms.
  • 24–29 January – Battle of Qurah and Umm al Maradim – USS Leftwich and USS Curts engage and sink four Iraqi warships.
  • 29 January – 2 February – The Battle of Bubiyan where Coalition warships and aircraft destroy the bulk of the Iraqi Navy during the Gulf War.
  • 25 May – Battle of Assab – Eritrean People's Liberation Front sink seven Ethiopian warships in port. Ethiopia's fourteen remaining seaworthy warships get underway and flee Assab before the city's fall. It is the last combat action of the Ethiopian Navy before its dissolution due to Ethiopia becoming landlocked.
  • 8 November – Action of Kopacki Rit – Yugoslav riverine patrol boat RML-308 was ambushed by Croatian forces on the Danube off Kopacki Rit while chasing the Czechoslovakian towboat Šariš, suspected of smuggling weapons into Croatia. Both ships were severely damaged and stranded, and two Yugoslav servicemen were killed.
  • 14–16 November – Battle of the Dalmatian Channels – Yugoslav fleet engaged Croatian coastal artillery and naval commandos, losing three ships and suffering other damage and several casualties.
• 1994
  • 20 September – Sinking of the Sagarawardena – LTTE Sea Tigers suicide boats attack and sink Sri Lankan Navy patrol ship SLNS Sagarawardena.
• 1995
  • 19 April – Bombing of SLNS Sooraya and SLNS Ranasuru – LTTE Sea Tigers frogmen place explosives on Sri Lankan gunboats SLNS Sooraya and SLNS Ranasuru, sinking them both with heavy casualties.
  • 15–17 December – Hanish Islands conflict – Makeshift Eritrean fleet launches amphibious assault on Hanish Islands, Yemeni aircraft attack the Eritrean fleet in defense.
• 1996
  • 19 July – Battle of Mullaitivu – Sri Lankan gunboat SLNS Ranaviru is attacked and sunk by LTTE Sea Tiger suicide boats, killing all but two of her crew.
• 1998
  • 23 February – The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash off Sri Lanka, killing more than 60.
• 1999
  • 9–15 June Battle of Yeonpyeong South Korean flotilla defeats North Korean flotilla.

21st century

• 2000
  • 12 October USS Cole bombing – US destroyer, USS Cole is attacked by suicide small fiberglass boat while docked in Yemen´s Aden harbour. Seventeen U.S. Navy sailors were killed and thirty-seven injured.
• 2001
  • 22 December Battle of Amami-Ōshima Japanese coast guard vessels sink an armed North Korean spy trawler.
• 2002
  • 29 June Second Battle of Yeonpyeong A South Korean naval patrol encounters North Korean intruders and force them to withdraw.
• 2003
  • 20–24 March – Battle of Al Faw (2003) Joint British-American-Australian-Polish fleet conducts amphibious operation on the Al-Faw Peninsula in Iraq. Forces capture Iraqi ports and oil platforms.
• 2004
  • 24 April – Attack on USS Firebolt – US patrol ship, USS Firebolt is attacked by suicide dhows while defending Iraqi oil platforms. in the Persian Gulf. Suicide attack destroys Firebolt's RHIB and kills three of her crew. Two more suicide dhows are sunk by the Australian frigate HMAS Stuart.
• 2006
  • 11 May – Battle of Point Pedro (2006) The Sri Lanka Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and around 50 Tigers dead.
  • 14 July – Attack on INS Hanit – Israeli corvette INS Hanit is struck by a land-launched C-802 anti-ship missile off the coast of Beirut and is damaged.
• 2007
  • 19 June Battle of Point Pedro (2007) Naval battle between Sri Lanka Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers.
• 2008
  • 9 August – The Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet sinks a Georgian Navy ship during the Battle off the coast of Abkhazia
• 2009
  • 10 November Battle of Daecheong A South Korean patrol damages a North Korean gunboat forcing it to withdraw.
• 2010
  • 26 March ROKS Cheonan sinking South Korean corvette ROKS Cheonan is torpedoed and sunk by a North Korean Yono-class submarine.
• 2011
  • 29 April – French frigate Courbet engages four Libyan RHIB mineplanters off Misrata, sinking one.
  • 8 May Battle of Falcon Lake, Mexican Naval Infantry attack a group of gunmen and a battle began that left twelve Los Zetas cartels members and one marine dead during the Mexican drug war.
  • 12 May – Canadian, British, and French ships repulse a Libyan naval attack on the city of Misrata during the Libyan Civil War.
• 2014
  • 23 March – Capture of the Cherkasy – Ukrainian minesweeper Cherkasy is boarded and captured by Russian forces after attempting to flee Crimea.
• 2016
  • 1 October – Attack on HSV-2 Swift – United Arab Emirates Navy ship Swift is attacked by a C-802 anti-ship missile launched by Houthie rebels off Yemen and is severely damaged.
• 2017
  • 30 January – Attack on HMS Al Madinah – Royal Saudi Navy frigate HMS Al Madinah is struck by a remote controlled suicide boat by Houthie Rebels off Yemen and is severely damaged.
  • 16 March – Somali pirates hijack an oil tanker
• 2018
  • 25 November – 2018 Kerch Strait incident Russian and Ukrainian ships skirmish at Kerch Strait during the Russo-Ukrainian War
• 2020
  • 17 May – British flagged tanker Stolt Apol is attacked by two pirate skiffs 75 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden and disables one skiff before escaping.
• 2022
  • 24 February-30 June – Snake Island campaign between Russian Navy and Ukrainian Navy to conquer the island, this campaign ended with a Ukrainian victory.
  • 24 February-20 May – Siege of Mariupol – Russian naval forces sink three Ukrainian warships.
  • 25-28 February 2022 Berdiansk port attack – Russian forces capture a dozen Ukrainian warships, while Russian loses the tank landing ship RFS Saratov.
  • 3 March – Sinking of the Sloviansk – Ukrainian patrol ship UNS Sloviansk, is sunk by a Russian Kh-31 anti-ship missile. She is believed to have sunk with all hands.
  • 14 April – Sinking of the Moskva. RFS 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 – Ukrainian Harpoon anti-ship missiles sink the Russian Navy rescue tug, RFS Spasatel Vasily Bekh.
  • 26 October – Attack on the RFS Velikiy Ustyug – Ukrainian naval drones attack and damaged the Russian Buyan M-class corvette, RFS Velikiy Ustyug.
  • 29 October – 2022 drone attack on the Sevastopol Naval Base. Ukrainian unmanned surface drones attack Sevastopol Naval Base in Crimea, damaging three Russian warships.
• 2023
  • 29 May – Sinking of the Yuri Olefirenko – Ukrainian tank landing ship, UNS Yuri Olefirenko is sunk by Russian anti-ship missiles while docked in Odesa. Ukraine has not confirmed nor denied the loss.
  • 11 June – Attack on the Priazovye – Ukrainian sea drones attack the Russian Vishnya-class intelligence ship, RFS Priazovye, but attack is repelled.
  • 4 August – Attack on the Olenegorsky Gornyak – Ukrainian sea drones attack and damage the Russian tank landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak off Novorossiysk.
  • 13 September – First Missile Attack on Sevastopol – Ukrainian cruise missiles strike Sevastopol shipyards, damaging the Russian tank landing ship RFS Minsk and submarine RFS Rostov-na-Donu.
  • 14 September – Attack on the Sergey Kotov – Russian Bykov-class patrol ship, RFS Sergey Kotov is attacked and severely damaged by Ukrainian sea drones.
  • 16 September – Attack on the Samum – Russian Bora-class corvette, RFS Samum, is attacked and damaged by Ukrainian sea drones.
  • 7 October – Action off Gaza – Israeli Navy intercepts and sinks Hamas attack boats attempting to infiltrate Israel.
  • 13 October – Attack on the Pavel Derzhavin – Russian Bykov-class patrol ship, RFS Pavel Derzhavin is attacked and damaged by Ukrainian sea drones.
  • 4 November – Sinking of the Askold – Ukrainian cruise missiles sink Russian corvette, RFS Askold while docked in Kerch.
  • 26 December – Sinking of the Novocherkassk – Ukrainian cruise missiles sink the Russian tank landing ship, RFS Novocherkassk while docked in Feodosia.
  • 30-31 December – Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou commercial vessel Maersk Hangzhou attacked by Houthis.
  • 31 December – Sinking of a Stenka-class patrol ship. – Russian Coast Guard Stenka-class patrol ship sunk by Ukrainian sea drones off Sevastopol.
• 2024
  • 1 February – Sinking of the Ivanovets – Russian Tarantul-class corvette, RFS Ivanovets, is sunk by Ukrainian sea drones off Crimea.
  • 14 February – Sinking of the Caesar Kunikov – Russian tank landing ship, RFS Tsezar Kunikov is sunk by Ukrainian sea drones off Crimea.
  • 28 February – Raids on the Tendra Spit – Ukrainian special forces conducted raids on russian positions on the island of Tendra, but operation was unsuccessful.
  • 5 March – Sinking of the Sergey Kotov – Russian Bykov-class patrol ship, RFS Sergey Kotov is attacked and sunk by Ukrainian sea drones in the Kerch Strait.
  • 21 April – Attack on the Kommuna – Russian submarine rescue ship RFS Kommuna is struck by a Ukrainian anti-ship missile in Sevastopol, but causes little damage. Crimea.
  • 15 July – In the Red Sea, the Panamaninan flagged tanker Bentley-I is unsuccessfully attacked by a Houthi sea drone before engaging in a gun battle with two Houthi manned fast attack craft, which are driven off.
  • 2 August – Sinking of the Rostov-na-Donu – Ukrainian drone and missile strikes on Sevastopol sink the Russian Kilo-class submarine, RFS Rostov-na-Donu, which was being repaired.
  • 21 August – In Red Sea, the Greek flagged tanker Sounion was attacked and exchanged gunfire with two Houthi manned fast attack craft. The Sounion was then hit by three projectiles and set afire before being abandoned by its crew.
  • 10 December – Attack on Latakia – Israeli Navy attacks and sinks 15 Syrian warships at anchor to prevent them from falling into terrorist hands.

See also

• List of single-ship actions
• List of ships captured in the 19th century
• List of ships captured in the 18th century
• Maritime timeline
• Naval warfare

External links

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