List of naval battles

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

Table of contents

1 Ancient 2 Middle Ages 3 Renaissance 4 17th Century 5 18th Century 6 Napoleonic Wars 7 Early 19th Century 8 Ironclad/Old Battleship era 9 Pre-Dreadnought era 10 World War I 11 World War II 12 Post World War II

Ancient

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 1812 First battle of Sackett's Harbor July 19 - US turns back British naval attack
• 1812 August 19 - Isaac Hull's USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerrière
• 1812 Battle of Virginia October 18 - Jacob Jones' USS Wasp defeats HMS Frolic
• 1812 October 25 - Decatur's USS United States captures HMS Macedonian
• 1812 December 29 - Bainbridge's USS Constitution destroys HMS Java
• 1813 Second battle of Sackett's Harbor May 28-29 - US Gen. Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir John Prevost
• 1813 Battle of Boston Harbor June 1 - HMS Shannon captures Lawrence's USS Chesapeake, Lawrence says: "Don't give up the ship"
• 1813 August 14 - HMS Pelican captures Allen's USS Argus
• 1813 September 3 - USS Enterprise captures HMS Boxer off New England Coast
• Battle of Lake Erie (1813)
• 1814 September 1 - USS Wasp sinks HMS Avon
• 1814 Battle of Lake Champlain and Battle of Plattsburg September 11 - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie
• Battle of Plattsburg (1814)
• 1815 February 20 - USS Constitution captures HMS Cyane and HMS Levant
• 1815 March 23 - USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin in last major engagement of War of 1812
• 1822 Battle of Chios June 18-June 19 - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
• 1827 Battle of Navarino October 20 - Joint British, French, Russian fleets, under Admirals Codrington, Rigny, and Heiden, destroy Turko-Egyptian fleet of Tahir Pasha off Greek coast
• 1833 Battle of Cape St. Vincent July 5 - British fleet under Sir Charles Napier defeats fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel
• Battle of Sinop (1853)
• Battle of Heligoland (1864)
• 1864 Battle of Cherbourg France June 19 - USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama

• 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads
• 1866 Battle of Lissa July 20 - Austrian Admiral von Tegetthoff rams and drives off Italian fleet under Persano. First clash of ironclads

• Battle of Foochow (1885)
• Battle of the Yalu River (1894)
• Battle of Manila Bay (1898)
• Battle of Santiago de Cuba (1898))
• Battle of the Yellow Sea (1904)
• Battle of Tsushima (1905)

• Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)
• Battle of Coronel (1914)
• Battle of the Falkland Islands (1914)
• Battle of Dogger Bank (1915)
• Battle of Jutland (1916)
• Raid on the Otranto Barrage (1917)

• Battle of the River Plate 1939
• Battle of the Atlantic (1940)- the name given to the conflicts in the Atlantic Ocean throughout World War II 1940 - 1945
• Battle of Cape Matapan March 28 - British fleet defeats Italian fleet 1941
• Hunt for Bismarck (1941)
• Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
• Battle of the Coral Sea (May 8, 1942)
• Battle of Midway (June 4, 1942)
• Battle of Leyte Gulf (1944)

• Gulf of Tonkin