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List of naval battles

This is a list of naval battles, organized by date and era.

Table of contents

1 Ancient 2 Middle Ages 3 Renaissance 4 17th century 5 18th century 6 Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790 7 French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 8 War of 1812 9 19th century 10 Pre-Dreadnought era 11 World War I 12 World War II 13 Post World War II

Ancient

• 494 BC Lade
• 480 BC Artemisium
• 480 BC Salamis
• 474 BC Cumae
• 460s BC Eurymedon
• 450s BC Salamis (in Cyprus)
• 433 BC Sybota
• 429 BC Naupactus
• 425 BC Pylos
• 411 BC Cynossema
• 405 BC Aegospotami
• 394 BC Cnidus
• 376 BC Naxos
• 308 BC Salamis (in Cyprus): Demetrius I Poliorcetes defeats the fleet of Menelaeus, brother of Ptolemy I
• 260 BC Lipara Islands
• 260 BC Mylae
• 258 BC Cos
• 256 BC Cape Ecnomus
• 249 BC Drepana
• 242 BC Aegates Islands: Roman sea victory over the Carthaginians, ending the First Punic War
• 201 BC Chios: Philip V of Macedon is defeated by the Egyptians, Rhodians, and Pergamese
• 190 BC Eurymedon: Roman forces under Lucius Aemilius Regillus defeat a Seleucid fleet commanded by Hannibal
• 190 BC Myonessus
• 31 BC Actium: Octavian decisively defeats Antony and Cleopatra

Middle Ages

• 677 Syllaeum
• 1213 Damme: English under William Longsword, Earl of Salisbury, sink most of fleet of France's King Philip II in the harbor of Damme
• 1217 South Foreland: Fleet of English Hubert and Burgh defeat French fleet of Eustace the Monk off Dover
• 1296 Curzota: Genoa defeats Venetian fleet including Marco Polo
• 1340 Sluys: Edward III of England beats Franco-Genoese fleet of Philip VI of France off the coast of Flanders and gains control of the English Channel
• 1354 Sapienza: Genoans destroy Venetian fleet

Renaissance

• 1509 Dui (February 2): Portugal's India viceroy destroys Moslem fleet, controls spice trade
• 1538 Preveza: Ottoman fleet defeats Spanish-Venetian fleet
• 1571 Lepanto
• 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada

17th century

• 1627 Oliwa
• 1652 Goodwin Sands (May 29): Blake fires on Tromp's fleet without declaring war and initiates the First Anglo-Dutch War
• 1652 Plymouth (August 26): De Ruyter's 36 men of war hold off Ayscue's 45 men of war, driving them away.
• 1652 Kentish Knock (October 8): Blake beats back de Witt
• 1652 Dungeness (December 10): Tromp defeats Blake
• 1652 Blenau (April 7): Great Conde commands Fronds against French under Marshall Turenne
• 1653 Portland (February 28–March 2) Dutch admiral Tromp, outnumbered, loses a dozen man of war and 50 merchant man to Blake
• 1653 Livorno: (March 13) Johan van Galen's ships defeat Bodley
• 1653 Gabbard
• 1653 Scheveningen
• 1665 Four Days Battle
• 1667 Raid on the Medway
• 1672 Sole Bay
• 1673 Texel
• 1676 Oland (June 1): Danish-Dutch fleet defeats Swedish fleet in Baltic Sea
• 1690 Beachy Head
• 1692 La Hougue

18th century

• 1744 Toulon (1744) (February 22): draw between British and Franco-Spanish fleets
• 1759 Quiberon Bay
• 1770 Chesma
• 1776 Valcour Island (October 11): Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton
• 1780 Cape St. Vincent (1780)
• 1781 Chesapeake
• 1782 Saintes
• 1782 Providien (April 12): French and English squadrons clash in an indecisive engagement
• 1782 Negapatam (July 6): Indecisive engagment between British and French fleets
• 1782 Trincomalee (September 3): British fleet under Hughes damages French fleet under Suffren but withdraws
• 1783 Cuddalore (June 20): French fleet drives British fleet off shore of Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes
• 1788 Ochakov

Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790

• 1788 Hogland: Bloody engagement between Swedish and Russian fleets; both sides loose a ship, but Swedes withdraw.
• 1789 (May 21): 22-gun cutter Mercury under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Roman Crown captures 40-cannon Swedish frigate Venus, which according to tradition joins Russian navy under the same name.
• 1789 First Rochensalm (October 11): Clash of Swedish and Russian galley fleets results in Russian victory. Swedish admiral Erensferd looses 5 rowing frigates, as well as some smaller craft and is forced to retreat.
• 1790 Revel (May 2): Swedish fleet of 22 ships and 4 frigates under command of Admiral Duke Carl of Sondermanland attacks Russian fleet under admiral Chitchagov (9 ships of the line, 5 frigates) anchored off Revel. Attack proves unsuccessful, Swedes loose two ships of the line and withdraw.
• 1790 Fredrikshamn (May 4): Swedish Galley Fleet (140 galleys, 4 transports) attacks Russian Galley detachement of capt. Sjlissov (60 galleys, 3 large rowing frigates). Attack is a success, Russians withdraw after a fight, loosing at least 20 galleys, and all 3 frigates.
• 1790 Vyborg Bay (June 22): Swedish fleet blocaded in the "gauntlet" of the bay of Vyborg attempts a breakout. Swedes loose 7 ships of the line and three frigates, as well as multiple smaller ships (4 ships and 2 frigates are actually taken by Russians), but succeed a breakout and save the remainder of the fleet.
• 1790 Second Rochensalm (June 28): Decisive victory of the Swedish Galley Fleet.

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

• 1794 The Glorious First of June
• 1797 Cape St. Vincent (February 14)
• 1797 Camperdown: British fleet under Admiral Duncan defeats a Dutch fleet
• 1798 Nile (August 1)
• 1801 Copenhagen
• 1801 First Algeciras (July 6): English naval defeat by French
• 1801 Second Algeciras (July 12): English naval victory over French, Spanish
• 1805 Trafalgar
• 1807 Lemnos (June 30): Russian fleet under Admiral Alexei Seniavin defeats Turks in Aegean
• 1807 Second Copenhagen: (September 2–7): British land, sea forces under Admiral Gambier and Gen. Cathcart destroy Danish fleet

War of 1812

• 1812 Sacket's Harbor (July 19): US turns back British naval attack
• 1812 August 19: Isaac Hull's USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerrière
• 1812 Virginia (October 18): Jacob Jones' USS Wasp defeats HMS Frolic
• 1812 October 25: Decatur's USS United States captures HMS Macedonian
• 1812 December 29: Bainbridge's USS Constitution destroys HMS Java
• 1813 Sacket's Harbor (May 28–29): US Gen. Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir John Prevost
• 1813 Boston Harbor (June 1): HMS Shannon captures Lawrence's USS Chesapeake, Lawrence says: "Don't give up the ship"
• 1813 August 14: HMS Pelican captures Allen's USS Argus
• 1813 September 3: USS Enterprise captures HMS Boxer off New England Coast
• 1813 Lake Erie
• 1814 September 1: USS Wasp sinks HMS Avon
• 1814 Lake Champlain: and Plattsburg (September 11): US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie
• 1814 Plattsburg
• 1815 February 20: USS Constitution captures HMS Cyane and HMS Levant
• 1815 March 23: USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin

19th century

• 1822 Chios: (June 18–June 19): Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
• 1827 Navarino (October 20): Joint British, French, Russian fleets, under Admirals Codrington, Rigny, and Heiden, destroy Turko-Egyptian fleet of Tahir Pasha off Greek coast
• 1833 Cape St. Vincent (July 5): British fleet under Sir Charles Napier defeats fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel
• 1853 Sinop
• 1853 November 5: Russian steam frigate Vladimir defeats and captures Turkish steam frigate Pervas-Bahri
• 1864 Heligoland
• 1864 Cherbourg France (June 19): USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama
• 1862 Hampton Roads
• 1866 Lissa (July 20): Austrian Admiral von Tegetthoff rams and drives off Italian fleet under Persano

Pre-Dreadnought era

• 1885 Foochow
• 1894 Yalu River
• 1898 Manila Bay
• 1898 Santiago de Cuba
• 1904 Yellow Sea
• 1904 Tsushima Straits
• 1905 Tsushima
• 1912 Dardanellia
• 1912 Lemnos

World War I

• 1914–1918 First Battle of the Atlantic
• 1914 Heligoland Bight (August 28)
• 1914 Coronel: (November 1)
• 1914 Falkland Islands (December 8)
• 1915 Dogger Bank (January 24)
• 1916 Jutland (May 31)
• 1917 Raid on the Otranto Barrage

World War II

• 1939–1945 Second Battle of the Atlantic
• 1939 River Plate
• 1940 Mers El-Kebir (July 3): British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour
• 1940 Punta Stilo (July 9): British fleet attacks Italian fleet
• 1940 Dakar (September 23): British fleet supports a landing at Dakar
• 1940 Taranto (November 11): British fleet attacks Italians anchored at Taranto
• 1940 Cape Teulada (November 27): British fight back an Italian interception
• 1941 Cape Matapan (March 28): British fleet defeats Italian fleet
• 1941 Hunt for Bismarck
• 1941 Pearl Harbor (December 7)
• 1941 Syrte (December 17): Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
• 1942 Java Sea (February 27): Japanese destroy ABDA fleet
• 1942 Syrte (March 22)
• 1942 Coral Sea (May 8)
• 1942 Midway (June 4): US fleet sinks four Japanese carriers
• 1942 Savo Island (August 8): Japanese destroy a US cruiser force
• 1942 Eastern Solomons (August 24): Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho sunk
• 1942 Cape Esperance (October 12)
• 1942 Santa Cruz Islands (October 26): near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw
• 1942 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 12–(November 15): four days and nights of fighting around Guadalcanal
• 1942 Tassafaronga (November 30)
• 1943 Rennell Island (January 29): USS Chicago lost
• 1943 Komandorski Islands (March 26): US cruiser force turns back a Japanese fleet
• 1943 Empress Augusta Bay (November 2)
• 1944 Philippine Sea (June 19): US shoots down hundreds of Japanese aircraft
• 1944 Leyte Gulf: (October 23–26): Gigantic battle consisting of four main actions; in the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar, and off Cape Engano

Post World War II

• 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
• 1982 Falklands War

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