Wikipedia: List of naval battles

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

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

Middle Ages

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

Renaissance

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)

17th Century

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)

18th Century

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)

Napoleonic Wars

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

Early 19th Century

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

Ironclad/Old Battleship era

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

Pre-Dreadnought era

World War I

World War II

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)

Post World War II

Gulf of Tonkin