List of naval battles

Lists of battles

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

* See also

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

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

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1275–1205 BC | Battles of Alashiya |  | Hittite navy | Alashiya | 3 engagements[1]
c. 1190 BC | Battle of the Delta |  | Ramesses III | The "Sea Peoples" | In the Nile delta
664 BC |  |  | Corinth battles Corfu |
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

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5th century | 456 | Battle of Corsica |  | Western Roman Empire under Flavius Ricimer | Vandals | Near Corsica
461 | Battle of Cartagena |  | Vandals | Western Roman Empire | Vandals destroy a newly built West Roman fleet
468 | Battle of Cape Bon |  | Vandals | East and West Romans under Basiliscus |
6th century | 551 | Battle of Sena Gallica |  | Byzantines | Ostrogoths |
7th century | 655 | Battle of the Masts |  | Arabs under Uthman | Byzantines under Constans II |
663 | Battle of Baekgang |  | Tang China and Silla | Yamato Japan and Baekje | Aug
676 | Battle of Gibeolpo | Silla | Tang China |
677 or 678 | First Arab siege of Constantinople |  | Byzantines | Arabs | First use of "Greek fire"
697? |  |  | Greeks under John the Patrician |
698 | Battle of Carthage |  | Arabs | Greeks under John the Patrician |
|  | Imperial Constantinopolitan fleet | Cibyrrhaeot rebels |
8th century | 717 | Second Arab siege of Constantinople |  | Byzantines under Leo III the Isaurian | Arabs | 3 Sep 717—Spring 1718
719 |  |  |

Opposing groups of curraghs

| Dalriadan civil war resulted in a conflict mentioned in the Senchus Fer n-Alban
727 |  |  | Byzantine central imperial fleet under Agallianos Kontoskeles | Provincial Helladic and Cyclades fleets |
746 | Battle of Keramaia |  | Cibyrrhaeots | Umayyad Caliphate | Arabs based in Egypt
9th century | 806? |  |  | Moors under Hadumar | Franks | Near Corsica
807 |  | Franks under Burchard (a lieutenant of Charlemagne) | Moors | At Sardinia[citation needed]
813 |  |  | Byzantines | Arabs |
|  | Franks under Irmingar | Moors | Near Majorca
820 |  |  | Arabs | Franks | Near Sardinia
822 | Siege of Constantinople |  | Byzantine central imperial fleet | Rebel provincial fleets | In Constantinople during the revolt of Thomas the Slav
829 | Battle of Thasos |  | Cretan Saracens | Byzantines |
841 |  |  | Arabs | Venetian squadron | Near Taranto
849 | Battle of Ostia | Italian city-states | Muslims | Off southern Italy
851 | Battle of Sandwich |  | Kentishmen under Æthelstan | Viking fleet | Near Kent
c. 872/3 | Battle of Kardia |  | Byzantine admiral Niketas Ooryphas | Cretan Saracens under the renegade Photios |
c. 873/9 | Battle of the Gulf of Corinth |  | Photios is killed
880 | Battle of Cephalonia | Byzantines under Nasar | Aghlabids |
Battle of Stelai |  | AKA Punto Stilo or Milazzo
885 |  |  | Frisians | Vikings |
888 | Battle of Milazzo |  | Aghlabids | Byzantines |
10th century | 906 |  |  | Byzantines under Himerios | Arabs | On St. Thomas' Day (6 Oct)
912 | Battle of Chios |  | Syrian-Cilician fleet | Byzantine squadron under Himerios |
932 | Battle of Lang-shan Jiang |  | Wuyue | Yang Wu |
941 | Rus'-Byzantine War |  | Byzantine fleet under Theophanes | Kievan Rus' fleet under Igor of Kiev | Near Bosporus Strait
938 | First Battle of Bach Dang River |  | Vietnamese | Southern Han |
956 |  |  | Christians | Tunisians | Near Mazara
958 |  |

Tunis vs Christians

| In Messina Strait
965 | Battle of the Straits | Fatimid fleet | Byzantine fleet under Niketas Abalantes | At the Straits of Messina
975 | Battle on the Yangtze |  | Song forces | Tang forces |
981 | Second Battle of Bach Dang |  | Vietnamese | Chinese Song |
998 |  |  | Venetians under Orseolo | Narentan pirates |
11th century | 1000 | Battle of Swold |  | Swedes and Danes | Norwegians | 9 Sep
1004 |  |  | Venetians under Pietro Orseolo II | Arabs | At Messina
1005 |  | Pisans
1024 | Battle of Lemnos |  | Byzantines | Rus' fleet | In the Lemnos Island
1026 | Battle of the Helgeå |  | Danes under Ulf Jarl | Swedes and Norwegians under Anund Jacob and Olaf II Haraldsson (Olaf the Stout) | In southern Sweden
1032 |  |  | Byzantine-Ragusan squadron | Muslim corsair fleet | In the Adriatic Sea
Battle at Iron Gate |  | Estonians | Novgorod | According to one hypothesis, this battle, mentioned in Russian chronicles, was a naval battle, where Novgorod fleet tries to reach Tallinn Bay, but is defeated by Estonians.[2]
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.[3]
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

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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[4]
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

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### Early 17th century

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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

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

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### Early 18th century

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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

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

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### Early 19th century

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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### Early 20th century

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

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

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

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

## See also

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* Oceans portal

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* List of ships captured in the 19th century
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* Maritime timeline
* Naval warfare

## References

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