List of naval battles

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's referred to as "Action of (date)" within the list below.

Ancient

Middle Ages

5th century

* 456 – Romans under Flavius Ricimer defeat Vandals near Corsica
* 461 Cartagena – Vandals destroy a newly built West Roman fleet
* 468 Cape Bon – Vandals defeat East and West Romans under Basiliscus

6th century

* 551 Sena Gallica – The Byzantines defeat the Ostrogoths

7th century

* 655 Battle of the Masts – Arabs under Uthman defeat Byzantines under Constans II
* 663 August Battle of Baekgang – Tang China and Silla defeat Yamato Japan and Baekje
* 676 Battle of Gibeolpo – Silla defeat Tang China
* 677 or 678 First Arab siege of Constantinople – Byzantines defeat Arabs (first use of " Greek fire")
* 697? – Greeks under John defeat Arabs
* 698 Carthage – Arabs defeat Greeks under John at Carthage
* 698 – Imperial Constantinopolitan fleet defeats Cibyrrhaeot rebels

8th century

* 717, 3 September Second Arab siege of Constantinople – Byzantines under Leo III the Isaurian defeat Arabs
* 718, Spring Second Arab siege of Constantinople – Byzantines under Leo III defeat Arabs
* 719, Dalriadan civil war resulted in a conflict between two opposing groups of curraghs, mentioned in the ''Senchus Fer n-Alban''
* 727 – Byzantine central imperial fleet destroys provincial Helladic and Cyclades fleets under Agallianos Kontoskeles.
* 746 Battle of Keramaia – The Cibyrrhaeots annihilate the Egypt-based fleet of the Umayyad Caliphate

9th century

*806? – Moors defeat Franks under Hadumar near Corsica
*807 – Franks under Burchard (a lieutenant of Charlemagne) defeat Moors at Sardinia
*813 – Byzantines defeat Arabs
**813 – Franks under Irmingar defeat Moors near Majorca
*820 – Arabs defeat Franks near Sardinia
*822 – Constantinople: Byzantine central imperial fleet defeats rebel provincial fleets during the revolt of Thomas the Slav
*829 – Battle of Thasos: Cretan Saracens defeat Byzantines
*841 – Arabs defeat Venetian squadron near Taranto
*849 Ostia – Italian city-states vs Muslims off southern Italy
*851 Sandwich – Athelstan defeats Viking fleet near Kent
* Battle of Kardia – Byzantine admiral Niketas Ooryphas defeats a fleet of Cretan Saracens under the renegade Photios.
* Battle of the Gulf of Corinth – Byzantine admiral Niketas Ooryphas defeats a fleet of Cretan Saracens and kills their commander, the renegade Photios.
*880 Battle of Cephalonia – Byzantines under Nasar destroy Aghlabid fleet
** Battle of Stelai (also Punto Stilo or Milazzo) – Byzantines under Nasar destroy Aghlabid fleet
*885 – Frisians defeat Vikings
*888 Battle of Milazzo – Aghlabids defeat Byzantines

10th century

* 906 – Byzantines under Himerios defeat Arabs on St. Thomas' Day
* 912 – Battle of Chios (912) – Syrian-Cilician fleet defeats Byzantine squadron under Himerios
* 932 – Battle of Lang-shan Jiang
* 941 – Rus'-Byzantine War – Byzantine fleet under Theophanes destroys Kievan Rus' fleet under Igor near Bosporus Strait
* 938 – First Battle of Bach Dang River – Vietnamese defeat Southern Han fleet
* 956 – Tunisian fleet destroyed by Christians near Mazara
* 958 – Tunis vs Christians in Messina Strait
* 965 – Battle of the Straits – Fatimid fleet destroys Byzantine fleet under Niketas Abalantes at the Straits of Messina
* 975 – Song forces defeat Tang forces
* 981 Second Battle of Bach Dang – Vietnam defeats Chinese Song forces
* 998 – Venetians under Orseolo defeat Narentan pirates

11th century

* 1000 September 9 Swold – Swedes and Danes defeat Norwegians
* 1004 – Venetians under Pietro Orseolo II defeat Arabs at Messina
* 1005 – Pisans defeat Arabs at Messina
* 1024 – Lemnos – Byzantines defeat Rus' fleet in the Lemnos Island
* 1026 The Helgeå – Danes under Ulf Jarl defeat Swedes and Norwegians under Anund Jacob and Olaf II Haraldsson (Olaf the Stout) in southern Sweden
* 1032 – A joint Byzantine- Ragusan squadron defeats a Muslim corsair fleet in the Adriatic
* 1032 – According to one hypothesis, battle at ''Iron Gate'' mentioned in Russian chronicles was a naval battle, where Novgorod fleet tries to reach Tallinn Bay, but is defeated by Estonians.
* 1035–1036 – Last Arab corsair raids against the Aegean islands are repulsed by the Byzantines
* 1043 Rus'-Byzantine War – Byzantines defeat Rus' squadron in the Bosporus
* 1062 Niså – Norwegians under Harald Hardrada defeat Danes in Kattegat
* 1081 Dyrrhachium – Venetian-Byzantine fleet defeats Normans near Durazzo, Albania
* 1084 – Normans under Robert Guiscard (20 vessels?) defeat Venetians or Byzantines in a series of battles off Albania/Corfu

12th century

* 1123 /erenow.com/postclassical/crusades/465.html Ibelin– Venetian fleet disperses Fatimid Egyptian fleet near Jaffa
* 1137 Bigano – Venetians defeat Normans/Roger II of Sicily at Trani, Italy
* 1149 Cape Malea – Venetians and Byzantine Greeks defeat Normans
* 1153 Siege of Ascalon – Venetians defeat Fatimid Arabs near Tel Aviv
* 1156 January – Celtic ships defeat Viking squadron north of Scotland
* 1161 Nov 16 Tangdao – Song forces defeat Jin forces during the Jin–Song wars
** 26–27 Nov Caishi – Song forces defeat Jin forces
* 1177 – Venetians and the Vatican defeat Genoese and Pisans
* 1183 November 17 Mizushima – Battle off coast of Shikoku
* 1184 June 15 Fimreite – King Sverre Sigurdsson of Norway defeats and kills rival King Magnus Erlingsson in the Sognefjord
* 1185 March 22 Yashima – Battle off coast of Shikoku
** 25 April Dan-no-ura – Decisive victory for Minamoto clan off present-day Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan, ends Genpei War
** 7 November – Byzantines under Alexios Branas defeat Normans at Demetrias ( Volos), Greece

13th century

* 1213 May 30 and 31 Damme – English under William Longsword sink most of fleet of France's King Philip II in the harbor of Damme
* 1217 August 24 Dover (South Foreland) – The "Fight off Sandwich". Fleet of English Hubert and Burgh defeat French fleet of Eustace the Monk off Dover. There were actually 2 battles – this describes the 2nd
* 1241 May 3 (First) Meloria – Pisans under Ansaldo de Mari defeat Genoese
* 1258 June 25 – Battle of Acre – Venetian fleet defeats Genoese fleet off Acre
* 1263 – Settepozzi – A Venetian fleet of 38 ships under Gilberto Dandolo defeats a joint Byzantine-Genoese fleet of 48 ships off the Peloponnese
* 1264 – Saseno – Genoese defeat Venetians
* 1266 Trapani – Venetians defeat Genoese
* c. 1273/1275 – Demetrias – Byzantine fleet defeats coalition of Lombard and Venetian lords of Euboea and Crete
* 1278 July 25 – Algeciras – Castilians vs Morocco and Granada
* Before 1279 – Conrad Lancia defeats Muslim fleet near Tunisia
* 1279 March 19 Yamen – Yuan Dynasty defeats Song Dynasty
* 1282 October 11 – Peter de Queralt defeats Angevin fleet near Reggio di Calabria ( details)
** 14 October – Peter de Queralt defeats Angevin fleet near Nicotera ( details)
* 1283 July 8 Malta – Aragonese-Sicilians under Roger of Lauria defeat Angevins in Grand Harbour, Malta
* 1284 June 5 Gulf of Naples – Aragonese-Sicilians under Roger of Lauria defeat Neapolitans and capture Charles of Salerno (later Charles II of Naples)
** 6 August (Second) Meloria – Genoese utterly destroy the Pisan fleet near Tuscany, Italy
* 1285 August? (possibly mid-September) – 11 Catalan galleys defeat 25 French galleys under Guillaume de Lodève at Rosas
** 4 September (probably) Les Formigues (Las Hormigas) – Aragonese-Sicilians under Roger of Lauria defeat French under di Mari and de Orreo near Barcelona
* 1287 June 23 The Counts – Aragonese-Sicilians under Roger of Lauria defeat Angevins near Naples
* 1288 Third Battle of Bach Dang – Vietnamese defeat Mongols
* 1294 Laiazzo – Genoese defeat Venetians near Laiazzo
* 1298 September 9 Curzola – Genoese fleet under Lamba Doria defeats Venetians under Andrea Dandolo
* 1299 July 4 Cape Orlando – Angevins under Roger of Lauria defeat Sicilians under d'Oria off northern Sicily
* 1300 June 14 Ponza – Angevins under Roger of Lauria defeat Sicilians under d'Oria near Naples

14th century

* 1304 August 18 (2 days) Zierikzee – French fleet under Genoese admiral Renier Grimaldi destroys Flemish fleet
* 1319 July 23 Chios – Knights Hospitaller and Genoese of the Lordship of Chios score a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet
* 1338 September 23 Arnemuiden – Philip VI of France beats English fleet of Edward III of England off the coast of Zeeland. It was the first naval battle using artillery.
* 1340 June 24 Sluys – Edward III of England beats Franco-Genoese fleet of Philip VI of France off the coast of Flanders and gains control of the English Channel
* 1342 Guernsey
* 1350 August 29 (Old Style) L'Espagnols-sur-Mer – 50 English ships under Edward III and the Black Prince defeat 40 Castilian ships
* 1352 Bosporus – Genoese under Paganino Doria vs Venetians, Byzantine Greeks and Aragonese in Bosporus Strait
* 1353 August 29 La Loiera – Venetians and Aragonese defeat Genoese near Sardinia
* 1354 Sapienza Genoese under Paganino Doria defeat Venetians under Niccolò Pisani in the southern Peloponnese
* 1363 August 30 – October 4 Lake Poyang – Mings under Zhu Yuanzhang defeat Hans under Chen Youliang
* 1372 June 22 and 23 La Rochelle – Castilian fleet defeats English fleet near La Rochelle
* 1378 – Venetians under Vettor Pisani defeat Genoese near Cape d'Anzio
* 1379 May 7 Pola – Genoese under Luciano Doria defeat Venetians under Vittore Pisani near Pula
* 1380 June Chioggia – Venetians under Andrea Contarini defeat Genoese
* 1387 March 24 and 25 Margate – English fleet under Richard, Earl of Arundel defeat Franco- Castilian-Flemish wine fleet under Sir Jean de Bucq

15th century

* 1403 October 7 Modon – Genoese fleet under the French Marshal Boucicaut is defeated by the Venetians under Carlo Zeno
* 1416 May 29 Gallipoli – Venetians defeat Ottoman Turks
** 15 August (OS?) Harfleur – English defeat French near Harfleur
* 1417 – English defeat French and Genoese
* 1419 – Castilians defeat English-Hanseatic fleet at La Rochelle
* 1427 September Battle of Wieringen – Burgundian fleet defeats fleet of Jacqueline of Bavaria
* 1427 – Battle of the Echinades – Byzantines defeat fleet of Carlo I Tocco
* 1431 – Venetians and Florentines under Pietro Loredano and Paolodi Vanni Rucellai defeat Genoans under Francesco Spinola
* 1448 San Vincenzo – Neapolitans defeat Florentines
* 1453 April 12 – Fall of Constantinople – Turks attack Byzantine vessels defending Constantinople
** 20 April – Fall of Constantinople – Turks fail to prevent Genoese supply ships reaching Constantinople
* 1457 August – 3 Polish ships defeat Danish-Livonian fleet
*1463 September 15 Battle of Vistula Lagoon – Polish and Prussian Confederation victory over Teutonic Order fleet
* 1476 August 13 – French defeat Genoese near Cape St. Vincent
* 1478 – 11 Portuguese ships defeat and capture a Castilian fleet of 35 ships at the Battle of Guinea
* 1495 May 2 – Battle of Rapallo – Genoese fleet under Francesco Spinola defeats French fleet under de Miolans, all French ships are captured.
* 1499 August 12, 20, 22 and 25 Zonchio (Sapienza/Navarino/First Lepanto) – Turks under Daoud Pasha defeat Venetians under Antonio Grimani and are able to capture the fortress of Lepanto
* 1500 August Modon (Second Lepanto) – Turks under Kemal Reis defeat Venetians

16th century

* 1508 Battle of Chaul – Alliance of Mamluk, Gujrat and Calicut defeat Portuguese
*1509 February 3 Diu – Portugal's Indian viceroy defeats a combined Egyptian- Gujarat Sultanate fleet off Gujarat, India, and controls spice trade
* 1510 – Maltese under Prégent de Bidoux defeat Venetians
* 1512? – Genoese under Andrea Doria defeat Moors at Algiers
* 1512 August 10 St Mathieu – English defeat French off Brest; ''Regent'' and ''Marie la Cordelière'' sunk
* 1521 Battle of Tunmen – Ming Chinese defeat Portuguese
* 1522 Battle of Xicaowan – Ming Chinese defeat Portuguese
* 1526 – Swedes and Lübeckers defeat pirate fleet
* 1529 – Ottoman Turks under Khair-ad-Din (Barbarossa) defeat Spanish
* 1535 early – 20 June Swedes/Danes/Prussians defeat 9 Lübeck ships
* 1535 June? – Swedes/Danes/Prussians defeat 10 Lübeck ships at Fyen
* 1538 September 28 Preveza – Ottoman Turk fleet under Khair-ad-Din defeats Spanish-Venetian-Papal fleet
* 1541 – Tsuruhime led an army into naval battle and drove the Ōuchi Yoshitaka into the open sea.
* 1542 - Ningbo Massacre (1542) - battle between Ming China and Portugal, Chinese victory
* 1545 July 18 and 19 The Solent – French attack English off Portsmouth; ''Mary Rose'' sinks
** 15 August – English fight French off Portsmouth
* 1549 early August (?) – English defeat French near Channel Islands
* 1552 Ponza – Ottoman Turks under Sinan Pasha defeat Genoese under Andrea Doria off western Italy
* 1555 August 11 – Bloody and inconclusive melée between French privateers and a Dutch merchant fleet off Calais
* 1558 – Portuguese fight English and French off Guinea
** 13 July – English under Count Egmont defeat French under Marshal de Thermes off Gravelines
* 1560 May 11 Djerba – Turkish galleys defeat Christian force near Djerba, Tunisia

Northern Seven Years' War (1563–70)

Later 16th century

* 1565 18 October Battle of Fukuda Bay - battle between Japan and Portugal, Portuguese victory
* 1568 September 23 – Spanish under Martin Enriquez defeat English under Hawkins at San Juan de Ulúa, Mexic
Offsite link
* 1570 – English under Burrough and Hodsdon defeat Danes in the Baltic Sea
** 15 July – Turkish galliots under Uluch Ali defeat Maltese galleys under Saint-Clement near Gozo
* 1571 January – Venetians under Marco Querini defeat Turks near Famagusta, Cyprus
** 7 October Lepanto – Christian coalition decisively defeats Ottoman Turks in a large galley fight off western Greece
* 1572 August 7 and 10 – Venetians under Colonna vs Turks under Kilitch Ali between Cervi and Cerigo and near Cape Matapan
** September/October – Several skirmishes between Spanish/Venetians and Turks
* 1573 April 17 Flushing – Sea Beggars defeat Spanish under Sancho d'Avila
** 22 April Borsele – Sea Beggars beat back a Spanish fleet under d'Avila
** 26 May Haarlemmermeer – Spanish under Bossu defeat Sea Beggars
** 11 October Zuiderzee – Sea Beggars under Cornelis Dirkszoon defeat Spanish under Bossu
* 1574 January 29 Oosterschelde – Sea Beggars under Willem Boisot defeat Spanish under Luis de Resquesens
** 30 May Battle of lillo – Sea Beggars under Boisot defeat a Spanish fleet
** June – Swedes capture 3 Lubeckers plus 15 merchantmen
* 1576 August and 1578 Kizugawaguchi – Blockade efforts in Siege of Ishiyama Honganji, just off Osaka, Japan
* 1582 July 26 Battle of Terceira (Battle of Ponta Delgada) – Spanish under Alvaro de Bazán defeat French, Portuguese, Dutch and English under Filippo Strozzi in the Azores
** 1582 July 27 Battle of Vila Franca Alvaro de Bazán wins a second battle at the Azores in as many days.
* 1583? Maltese under Avogadro vs Turks
* 1583 August 3 – Venetians defeat Maltese under Avogadro between Cerigotto and Cape Spada
* 1585 April – Maltese galleys defeat and capture Turkish sailing ship
** Nguyen Lord navy defeats Shirahama Kenki pirate fleet.
* 1586 – English under Edward Wilkinson vs Spanish and Maltese under Pedro de Gamboa y Leyva at Pantellaria
* 1588 July and August – Defeat of the Spanish Armada off southern England
** September – Spanish Armada in Ireland
* 1589 – Defeat of the English Armada
* 1591 about 13 June – English vs Spanish under Diego de la Ribera
** Battle of Flores – Spanish repel English near the Azores
* 1592 May 7 Okpo – Korean navy under Yi Sun-sin defeats Japanese navy under Todo Takatora.
** 29 May Sacheon – Korean Navy defeats Japanese with the Turtle Ship.
** 14 August Hansan Island – Korean navy defeats Japanese fleet in the bay of Hansan island.
** 1 November Busan – Korean Naval demonstration to Japanese navy at the Busan bay. However, they could not occupy Busan.
* 1595 about late June – Maltese vs Bizertans ( details)
* 1595–96 – Spanish defeat English raiding/invasion expeditions of the Spanish Main led by Drake and Hawkins
* 1597 July 15 or 28 August Chilchonryang – Japanese Navy in conjunction with the Japanese army, defeats the Korean Navy, led by Won Gyun.
** 26 October Myeongnyang – 13 Korean ships under Yi Sun-sin defeats 330 Japanese ships.
** – Bizertans vs Genoese and Romans
** – Spanish defeat the English Islands Voyage near the Azores.
* 1598 December 16 Battle of Noryang – Chinese Admiral Chen Lin and Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin heavily damage more than 100 Japanese ship, however, 150 Japanese ship succeeds in retreating.
* 1600 December 14 – Action of 14 December Dutch vs Spanish at Manila

17th century

Early 17th century

* 1601 December 27 Bantam – Dutch defeat Portuguese in Bantam Bay
* 1602 October 3 Sluis – Dutch under Jacob van Duivenvoorde defeat Spanish under Frederik Spinola
* 1603 May 26 Sluis – Dutch under Joos de Moor beat back Spanish under Frederik Spinola
* ?? 1603 October – Tuscan galleys defeat Tunisians
* 1604 October – Tuscans defeat Tunisians ( details)
* 1605 – Dutch fleet under Willem Haultain attacks and partly destroys a Spanish fleet of transport ships near Dover
* 1605 November Attack on Salinas de Araya – Spanish under Luis Fajardo defeat a fleet of Dutch smugglers and privateers
* 1606 June or October Battle of Cape St. Vincent – Spanish under Luis Fajardo defeat Dutch under Willem Haultain
* 1606 August 17 Cape Rachado – Indecisive action between a Dutch fleet under Cornelis Matelief de Jonge and a Portuguese fleet near Malacca
** 21 September Second battle of Cape Rachado – Dutch under Cornelis Matelief de Jonge destroy Portuguese ships
* 1607 April 25 Gibraltar – Dutch under Jacob van Heemskerk destroy a Spanish fleet
** 20 October – Tuscans under Beauregard defeat Turkish trade fleet ( details)
* 1609 about May – French under Beaulieu vs Tunisians ( details)
** 29 June – Spanish-French raid on La Goulette, Tunisia ( details)
** – Venetians defeat Turks near Paxos ( details)
** (late)? – Turks under Khalil defeat French under Fressinet near Cyprus ( details)
** (late)? – Turks vs French under Beaulieu
* 1610 3–6 January - Nossa Senhora da Graça incident - battle between Japan and Portugal, Portuguese inflict heavy losses on Japan
* 1610 August 21 – Tuscans vs Turks ( details)
** 10 October – Tuscans vs Turks ( details)
* 1611 August (end)? – Minor action between Danes and Swedes in Kalmar Sound
* 1612 May 23 or 25 – Sicilian-Neapolitan galley fleet defeats Tunisians at La Goulette ( details)
** 29–30 November Swally – British East India Company fleet defeats Portuguese fleet near Surat, India
* 1613 August 29 – Sicilians under de Aragon defeat Turkish trade fleet ( details)
* 1615 January 20–? (Old Style) – English defeat Portuguese in mainly minor skirmishes
** 17 and 18 July – Spanish vs Dutch (same as next?)
** – Dutch under Spilbergen defeat Spanish under de Pulgar near Valdivia, Peru ( details)
* 1616 January – Spanish vs ? ( details)
** about March? – Spanish under Ribera defeat Tunisians at La Goulette ( details)
** 29 April – Tuscans under Inghirami defeat Turks near Euboea ( details)
** 14–16 July – Spanish under Ribera defeat Turks in the first regular action between galleys and sailing ships in the Mediterranean ( details)
** July – Spanish versus Dutch ( details)
** about October (possible engagement) – Neapolitans/Sicilian galleys defeat larger Turkish galley fleet
* 1617 April 13 – Spanish under Ribera vs Venetians
** 12 June – Minor skirmish between Neapolitans/Sicilians and Venetians
** Playa Honda – Dutch defeat Spanish
** 19 and 20 November – Inconclusive battle between Sicilians and Venetians ( details)
* 1618 June 24 – Venice hires Dutch ships and fights Spanish ( details)
** 2 and 3 July – Dutch under Moy Lambert and Spanish under Vidazabal defeat Algerines
** 23–28 December – English vs Dutch near Jakarta ( details)
* 1619 January 18 and 19 – Maltese vs Algerians near Malta ( details)
** 1 March – English vs Dutch near Jakarta ( details)
** 31 May – Dutch defeat French at the mouth of the Vilaine River
** – English defeat Portuguese
* 1620 May 11 – Venetians under Nani defeat Spanish under Ribera ( details)
** 26 June – Tuscans defeat Bizertans ( details)
** 28 December – English (East India Company) defeat Portuguese at Cape Jask
* 1622 July 13–14 – English and Dutch defeat Portuguese near Mozambique
** October – French vs Rochellais (Huguenot) rebels near La Rochelle ( details)
** Dutch ships under Joachim Swartenhondt escorting a convoy repel a Spanish squadron near Gibraltar
* 1622 – English naval bombardment of Algiers
* 1624 October 3 – A combined squadron of fifteen Neapolitan (Spain), Tuscan, and Papal galleys defeat a squadron of six Algerian ships on the island of San Pietro, near Sardinia ( details)
* 1625 January – French Rochellais rebels capture French fleet at Blavet
** 1 and 3 February – Portuguese defeat English and Dutch ( details)
** 26 June – Bizertans defeat Maltese near Syracuse, Sicily ( details)
** 15 September – French under Soubise defeat hired Dutch ships near Rochelle
* 1626? – French with hired English and Dutch ships defeat Huguenot fleet near Rochelle
* 1626 late – Danes defeat Dunkirkers ( details)
* 1627 November 28 Oliwa – Poles defeat Swedes
* 1628 July 31 – Dutch ships under Pieter Ita attack and capture 2 Spanish treasure ships
** 21 June – English defeat Venetians/French at Scanderoon ( details)
** 9 September Dutch squadron under Piet Hein attacks and captures Spanish treasure fleet
** 29 September – French defeat English near La Rochelle
* 1629 August 20 – Dutch under Piet Heyn defeat Dunkirkers off Scotland; Heyn is killed
** 16 September – Swedes defeat Holy Roman Empire near Wismar ( details)
* 1630 September 4–8 – Danes force a retreat of Hanseatic ships in Elbe River ( details)
* 1631 September 12 – Undecided encounter between a Dutch and a Spanish/Portuguese fleet off Pernambuco (Action of 12 September 1631, details)
** 12–13 September Battle of the Slaak, The Slaak – Dutch Zeeland fleet under Marinus Hollare defeats Spanish invasion fleet
* 1633 July 7 to 22 October Battle of Liaoluo Bay – Ming China defeats an allied fleet of Dutch East India Company and Chinese pirates, one company's vessel burnt and one captured by the Chinese, most of pirates' vessels sunk or captured
* 1634 about early May – Maltese galleys defeat Turkish vessels at Zante
** 19 July – Maltese galleys under Valdina defeat Tripolitans
** – Maltese under Villages defeat Turks
** – Maltese privateers defeat Turkish galleys
* 1635 August 21 – Dunkirk squadron under Jacob Collaart (see Dunkirkers) defeat Dutch guardships and captures 60 fishing trawlers
** 25 August – Dunkirk frigates under Jacob Collaart defeats Dutch escort capturing 24 fishing trawlers
** about 25 September – Spanish defeat Dutch West India Company convoy
* 1636 early – Dutch Zeeland squadron under Johan Evertsen defeats Dunkirk fleet under Jacob Collaart
* 1637 February – 8 Spanish under Miguel de Horna defeat Dutch convoy and escort near Cape Lizard and capture 17 merchant ships
** Spanish convoy commanded by Lope de Hoces captures 32 enemy ships in the English Channel on its return voyage to Spain.
* 1638 about 26 March – Spanish under Lope de Hoces defeat and captures Dutch convoy
** June – Maltese galleys defeat Tripolitan sailing ships near Calabria
** 1 September- French defeat Spanish in galley fight at the battle of Vado near Genoa
** 7 August – Venetians under Capello defeat Algerians at Corfu
** 22 August – French under de Sourdis destroy Spanish galleons under Lope de Hoces at Guetaría (Battle of Getaria, details)
* 1639 February 19 – Dutch under Maarten Tromp defeat a Dunkirk fleet under Miguel de Horna (Action of 19 February 1639, details)
** 17–19 September Action of 18 September 1639, Calais – Running fight between Dutch under Maarten Tromp and Spanish under Antonio de Oquendo who seeks shelter at The Downs (ship anchorage), The Downs
** 30 September Action of 30 September 1639, Mormugão – Dutch defeat Portuguese near Goa
** 31 October Battle of the Downs – Dutch under Tromp defeat Spanish under Antonio de Oquendo in the English Channel
** end December – Spanish under Miguel de Horna defeat stronger French force
* 1640 January 12–17 Pernambuco – Dutch fleet under Willem Loos defeats Spanish\Portuguese fleet under Dom Fernando de Mascarenhas (Action of 12–17 January 1640, details)
** 15 June – Dunkerquers defeat Dutch in the Shetland Isles (Action of 15 June 1640, details)
** July? – French under Maillé Brézé defeat Spanish under Don Gomez de Sandoval
* 1641 – French under de Sourdis defeat Spanish
** – Several French vs Spanish
** 17 and 18 May – Spanish defeat French near Pensacola
** 1 and 2 September ? – Spanish under Pietersen defeat French and Portuguese
** 4 November – Dutch under Gijssels defeated by Spanish at Cape St. Vincent (Action of 4 November 1641, details)
* 1642 end of June, 2-day battle – French under Maillé Brézé defeat Spanish under Ciudad Real near Barcelona
** October – Portuguese defeat Spanish?
* 1643 August – French defeat Spanish?

Danish-Swedish War (1643–45)

* 1644 May 16 – Danes defeat Dutch ships which have been hired to support Sweden (Action of 16 May 1644, details)
** 25 May – Danes get slightly the better of 33 hired Dutch ships
** 1 July Battle of Colberger Heide, Colberger Heide (Colberg Heath) – Danish and Swedish fleets fight an inconclusive battle off NE Germany
** 7 July – Danes defeat Swedes in small battle (Action of 7 July 1644, details)
** 10 August – Dutch fleet under Thijsen brushes past Danish fleet under King Christian IV in Kjoge Bay, Denmark (Action of 10 August 1644, details)
** 13 October – Battle of Fehmarn (1644), Femern, Germany – Combined Swedish/Dutch fleet badly defeats Danish fleet

Cretan War (1645–69)

* 1644 September 28 – Maltese galleys defeat Turkish sailing ships near Rhodes; their subsequent stay in Venetian-held Crete provoked the Cretan War (1645–1669), outbreak of war (Action of 28 September 1644, details)
* 1645 September 28 or 29 – Combined Christian fleet tries and fails to retake Canea (Chania) in Crete, from the Ottomans
** 1 October – Christians vs Turks near Canea, Crete
* 1646 May 26 – Venetians defeat Turkish attempt to break their blockade of the Dardanelles. (Action of 26 May 1646, details)
** 14 August – Inconclusive fight between Christians and the Ottoman fleet anchored at Chania Bay, Crete
* 1647 January 27 – The Ottoman fleet of 45 galleys attacks the ship of the Venetian admiral Tommaso Morosini. Both Morosini and the Ottoman admiral, Kara Musa Pasha, are killed. After suffering significant casualties, the Turks are driven off by the arrival of the remaining Venetian fleet.
** 25 August – Inconclusive skirmish between Christians and Turks
** 9 September – Inconclusive skirmish between Christians and Turks
* 1649 May 6 – Minor battle between Venetians and Turks
** 12 May Battle of Focchies, Focchies – Venetians defeat large Turkish fleet near western Turkey
** 15 July – Venetians vs Turks near Candia, Crete (Action of 15 July 1649, details)
** 18 July – Venetians defeat Turks near Candia (Action of 18 July 1649, details)
* 1651 July 8 and 10 – Venetians under Mocenigo defeat Turks (Action of 10 July 1651, details)
* 1654 April – Maltese privateers defeat Turks near Rhodes
** 16 May – Turks under Murad defeat Venetians under Giuseppe Delfino in Dardanelles (Action of 16 May 1654, details)
** 21 June – Turks retreat after skirmish with Venetians west of Milos
* 1655 June 21 – Venetians under Lazaro Mocenigo defeat Turks under Mustapha in Dardanelles (Action of 21 June 1655, details)
* 1656 June 26 and 27 – Venetians and Maltese under Lorenzo Marcello defeat Turks under Chinam Pasha in Dardanelles (Action of 26 June 1656, details)
* 1657 May 3 – Venetians defeat Algerines (Action of 3 May 1657, details)
** 18 May – Venetians under Lazaro Mocenigo defeat Turks and Algerines at Suazich (Action of 18 May 1657, details)
** 17–19 July – Venetians, Maltese and Papal forces under Lazaro Mocenigo defeat Turks in Dardanelles (Action of 17 July 1657, details)
* 1658 May 19 – Venetians under Contarini defeat Turks between Imbros and the Dardanelles
* 1659 August 26 (or 27?) – Venetians under Contarini vs Turks (Action of August 1659, details)
* 1660 between 26 May and 12 June – Slight skirmish between Venetians and Turks
* 1661 March (end) – Venetians defeat Turks in minor skirmish
** 18 May – Venetians defeat Turks in minor skirmish
** 27 August – Venetians and Maltese defeat Turks near Milos, Greece (Action of 27 August 1661, details)
* 1662 September 29 – Venetians defeat Turkish "Alexandria Caravan" between Kos and Kalymnos, Greece (Action of 29 September 1662, details)
* 1665 March – French under the François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Duc de Beaufort defeat Algerines near La Goulette, Tunisia (Action of March 1665, details)
** August – French under the Duc de Beaufort defeat Algerines at Cherchell, Algeria
** 27 November – French under d'Escrainville defeat Turks
* 1667 February 25 and 26 – Venetians under Molin (disambiguation), Molin defeat Turks and Tunisians north of Crete (Action of 25 February 1667, details)
* 1668 March 8 and 9 – Venetians defeat Turks near Pelagia, Greece (Action of 8 February 1668, details)
** 2 May – French defeat Turks (Action of 2 May 1668, details)
** about September – Barbary "Turks" defeat Venetians south of Crete (Action of 1668, details)
* 1669 June – Privateers defeat "Alexandria Caravan" escort near Rhodes (Action of June 1669, details)

Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652–74)

* 1652 May 29 Battle of Dover (1652), Dover – Clash between English under Robert Blake (admiral), Robert Blake and Dutch under Maarten Tromp's off Dover initiates the First Anglo-Dutch War
** 26 August Battle of Plymouth, Plymouth – Michiel de Ruyter's 36 men-of-war hold off George Ayscue, Ayscue's 45 men-of-war, driving them away
** 7 September Battle of Elba, Elba (Monte Cristo) – Dutch under Jan van Galen beat back English under Richard Badiley
** 8 October Battle of the Kentish Knock, Kentish Knock (Zeeland Approaches) – English under Blake beat back Dutch under Witte Corneliszoon de With, de With
** 10 December Battle of Dungeness, Dungeness – Dutch under Tromp defeat English under Blake
* 1653 February 28 – March 2 Battle of Portland, Portland (3 Days Battle) – Tromp loses nine men-of-war and about 25 merchantmen to an English fleet under Blake
** 13 March Battle of Leghorn, Leghorn – Dutch under Johan van Galen defeat English under Badiley and Appleton
** 12–13 June Battle of the Gabbard, Gabbard (North Foreland) – English defeat Dutch
** 8–10 August Battle of Scheveningen, Scheveningen (Ter Heide, Texel) – Dutch under Maarten Tromp repulse English blockading fleet under George Monck with both sides retreating. Tromp is killed
* 1664 December 29 – English squadron under Thomas Allin attacks Dutch merchant fleet (Action of 29 December 1664, details)
* 1665 June 13 Battle of Lowestoft, Lowestoft – English fleet under James II of England, James Stuart, Duke of York badly defeat Dutch fleet under Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam
** 2 August Battle of Vågen, Vågen – English squadron repelled attempting to capture richly laden Dutch merchant fleet in the bay of Bergen, Norway
* 1666 May 20 – Undecided encounter between an English and a combined Dutch\French squadron at the isle of Nevis
** 15 June James River (Virginia)-Dutch under Abraham Crijnssen attacks Virginia tobacco fleet (Action of 15 June 1666, Details)
** 11–14 June Four Days Battle, Four Days – Dutch under de Ruyter defeats English fleet commanded by George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Albemarle and Prince Rupert of the Rhine
** 4–5 August St James's Day Battle, St James's Day (North Foreland/Orfordness) – English under George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Albemarle and Prince Rupert of the Rhine defeat a Dutch fleet under de Ruyter
* 1667 – English fleet under Admiral Sir John Harman (Royal Navy officer), John Harman destroys part of French fleet at Martinique
** 9–14 June Raid on the Medway – Dutch raid Medway river near London. The English flagship, ''Royal Charles'', is captured
* 1672 March 12 – English squadron under Sir Robert Holmes (admiral), Robert Holmes attacks Dutch merchant fleet (Action of 12 March 1672, Details)
** 7 June – Battle of Solebay, Solebay (Southwold) Dutch fleet under de Ruyter vs combined English/French under James II of England, York
* 1673 June 7 and 14 Battle of Schooneveld, First and Second battles of Schooneveld
** 21 August Battle of Texel, Texel (Kijkduin)
* 1674 March 14 – Battle of Ronas Voe – English Navy defeat and capture Dutch East India Company ship Wapen van Rotterdam

Later 17th century

* 1645 September 9 Battle of Tamandare bay, Tamandare – Dutch squadron under Jan Lichthart destroys a Portuguese squadron under Jerônimo Serrão de Paiva at Tamandaré Brazil
* 1645 – Algerian Barbary pirates attempted an attack on Edinburgh, Scotland
* 1646 Battles of La Naval de Manila, La Naval de Manila – Two Spanish galleons with Spanish & Filipino crew repel a Dutch invasion fleet in 5 separate actions over several months around the Philippines
* 1646? – French under du Mé defeat Spanish
* 1646 14–16 June, Battle of Orbetello, Spanish defeat French invasion fleet commanded by Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé
* 1647 June 10 Battle of Puerto de Cavite, Puerto de Cavite – Spanish defeat Dutch attack near Manila
** 1647 Neapolitan Republic (1647)- Spanish defeat French at Ischia, Pozzuoli, and Salerno and force French out of southern Italy.
* 1650 July 26 – Minor battle between Parliamentarians and Royalists/Portuguese near Lisbon
** 20 October – Parliamentarians capture French frigate
* 1654 March 23 Action of 23 March 1654, Colombo – Skirmish between Dutch and Portuguese
** 2 May – Dutch defeat Portuguese near Colombo (Action of 2 May 1654, details)
* 1655 – English naval bombardment of Algiers
* 1655 April 14 – English under Robert Blake destroy Barbary ships at Porto Farina, northern Tunisia (Action of 14 April 1655, details)
** – French under Vendôme defeat Spanish near Barcelona
* 1657 April 20 – Santa Cruz de Teneriffe – English under Blake defeat Spanish
** 12 and 13 September – Danes and Swedes fight inconclusively near Moen, Denmark (Action of 12 September 1657, details)
* 1658 November 8 Battle of the Sound, The Sound – Dutch get the better of a Swedish fleet in a large battle near Copenhagen, in support of Denmark. Danish ships watch but are unable to participate
* 1659 March 30 – Minor battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes
** 30 April – Small running battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes (Action of 30 April 1659, details)
** – Dutch/Danes under de Ruyter defeat Swedes and liberate Nyborg
* 1661 – French naval bombardment of Algiers
* 1669 December – Battle of Cádiz (1669), Battle of Cádiz, English ''Mary Rose'' vs 7 Algerines
* 1670 August – English/Dutch ships defeat Algerine force near Gibraltar
* 1671 May – Privateers beat off a force of Turkish galleys near Egina, Greece
* 1675 February 11 – French under Comte de Vivonne defeat Spanish under de la Cueva near Lipari Islands, Italy
** July (possible engagement) – English defeat Tripolitans
* 1676 January 8 Battle of Stromboli, Stromboli (Alicuri) – Inconclusive fight between French under Abraham Duquesne vs Dutch and Spanish under Michiel de Ruyter
** January – English defeat Tripolitans
** 22 April Battle of Agosta, Agosta (Etna) – French fleet under Duquesne and Dutch/Spanish fleet under de Ruyter fight to a draw. De Ruyter is mortally wounded
** 2 June Battle of Palermo, Palermo – French under Comte de Vivonne defeat Dutch/Spanish under De la Cerda and Den Haen
** 25 and 26 May/3 June and 4 – Dutch/Danish fleet under Niels Iuel defeat Swedes under Baron Creutz between Bornholm and Rugen in the Baltic Sea
** 1/11 June Battle of Öland, Öland – Dutch/Danish fleet defeats Swedish fleet south of Öland in the Baltic Sea
* 1677 March 3 Tobago – French under Jean II d'Estrées are repelled by Dutch under Jacob Binckes (Action of March 1677, details)
** 31 May and 1/11 June – Danes defeat Swedes between Femern and Warnemunde, Baltic Sea (Action of 31 May 1677, details)
** 1/11 July and 2 Battle of Køge Bay (1677), Køge Bay – Danes and Dutch defeat Swedish fleet
** December Tobago – French under Jean II d'Estrées defeat Dutch under Jacob Binckes
* 1678 – Undecided action of the isle of Ouessant between a Dutch squadron under Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest, Evertsen and a French squadron under François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault, Château-Renault
* 1679 May 3 – Danes vs Swedes
** 26 June 28 June, 2 and 20 July – Series of skirmishes culminating in a Danish victory over Sweden
* 1681 July 23 – French defeats Tripolitans
** 30 September – Spanish defeat Brandenburgers near Cape St. Vincent (Action of 30 September 1681, details)
* 1683 – French naval bombardment of Algiers
* 1686 July 12 – Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Tripolitan escort between Naxos and Nicaria
** 4 October – Venetians vs Turks near Mitylene, Greece
* c. 1687/88? – Turks and Algerines, under Mezzo Morto, defeat Venetians
* 1687–1688 – French naval bombardment of Algiers
* 1688 June 15 – Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Algerian escort east of Naxos, Greece
* 1689 May 1/11 Battle of Bantry Bay – French defeat English off SW Ireland
** French vs English near Casquets
* 1690 March 26 – Turks and Algerines under Mezzo Morto defeat Venetians under Valier (Action of 26 March 1690, details)
** 10 July Battle of Beachy Head (1690), Beachy Head (Beveziers) – French defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet
** – French vs English and Dutch near Madras
** 8 September – Venetians fight the combined fleet of Turkey, Algiers, Tripoli and Tunis near Mitylene, Greece (Action of 8 September 1690, details)
* 1692 May 27 – 3 June Battle of La Hougue, Barfleur and La Hougue – Decisive defeat of French by English and Dutch in the War of the Grand Alliance
** – French defeat Spanish near Cape Finisterre
** – French defeat Tripolitans near Malta
* 1693 June Battle of Lagos (1693), Lagos Bay – French under Anne Hilarion de Tourville, Tourville capture 50 out of 140 merchantmen
* 1694 June 29 – French under Jean Bart defeat Dutch under Hidde de Vries and others (Action of 29 June 1694, details)
* 1695 February 9 and 19 – Turkish fleet defeats and then fights Venetians under Zeno (Action of 9 February 1695, details)
** 16 April – French defeat English (Action of 16 April 1695, details)
** 15 and 18 September – Venetians under Contarini vs Turks under Mezzo Morto
* 1696 (mid) – Russians vs Turks near Ochakov, Black Sea
** 17 June Battle of Dogger Bank (1696), Dogger Bank – French defeat Dutch
** – French and English fight in Newfoundland
** – Fight near San Domingo
** 14 July Action of 14 July 1696, Bay of Fundy – French under Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeat English
** 22 August – Venetians under Contarini vs Turks and their allies under Mezzo Morto near Andros (Action of 22 August 1696, details)
* 1697 July 6, 1 and 20 September – Venetians under Contarini vs Turks in a series of battles in the Aegean Sea (Action of 6 July 1697, details)
* 1698 September 20 – Venetians vs Turks, Tripolitans and Tunisians near Samothrace, Greece (Action of 20 September 1698, details)

18th century

Early 18th century

* 1701 August 17 – Maltese raid on La Goulette
* 1702 August 19–24 (OS) – English under Benbow – French under Ducasse draw (Action of August 1702, details)
** 23 October Battle of Vigo Bay, Vigo Bay – Anglo-Dutch fleet defeat French and Spanish and destroy Spanish treasure fleet
* 1703 May 22 Battle of Cap de la Roque, Cap de la Roque/Bay of Biscay – French squadron attacks large Anglo-Dutch merchant fleet
* 1704 August 24 Battle of Málaga (1704), Malaga – English and Dutch under Rooke narrowly defeat French near Malaga
* 1707 October 21 Battle at The Lizard, The Lizard – 2 French squadrons under Forbin and Duguay-Trouin defeat British convoy and escort under Richard Edwards
* 1708 June 8 – Wager's Action (Battle of Barú)
* 1709 March 2 – British vs French (Action of 2 March 1709, details)
** 25 June – Maltese defeat Tripolitans near Cape Santa di Leuca
* 1710 April 18 – Maltese defeat Algerines
* 1713 April 12 – Maltese defeat Algerines
** – Portuguese defeat Indians near Cheul (Action of 1713, details)
* 1716 July 8 – Venetians under Corner fight an inconclusive battle against Turks under Jannum Koggia east of Corfu (Action of 8 July 1716, details)
* 1717 June 12, 13, 16 and 22 – Venetians under Flangini vs Turks in northern Aegean (Action of 12 June 1717, details)
** 19 July Battle of Matapan, Matapan – Venetians and their allies vs Turks in Gulf of Laconia, Greece
* 1718 – Portuguese defeat Indians near Karwar (Action of 1718, details)
** 20–22 July – Venetians vs Turks (Action of 20 July 1718, details)
** 11 August Battle of Cape Passaro, Cape Passaro – British under George Byng defeat Spanish near Sicily
* 1738 June 20, 28 and 29 – Russians vs Turks
** 9 and 10 August – Turks defeat Russians

Great Northern War (1700–21)

* 1702 June 26 – Small-ship action between Sweden and Russia on Lake Ladoga
** 7 September – Small-ship action between Sweden and Russia on Lake Ladoga
* 1703 August 7 – Small-ship action between Sweden and Russia on Lake Peipus
* 1704 May 17 – Small-ship action between Sweden and Russia on Lake Peipus
* 1705 June 26 – Swedish ships attack Russian base of Kotlin
* 1710 October 4 – Battle between Denmark under Gyldenløve and Sweden under Wachtmeister in Kjöge Bay (Action of 4 October 1710, details)
* 1712 April 11 – Danes under Knoff vs Swedes under Sjöblad (Action of 11 April 1712, details)
** 31 July and 17 August – Danes under Sehested fight and then defeat Swedes under Henck near Rugen (Action of 31 July 1712, details)
** 4 August – Very minor engagement between Russia and Sweden
** 28 September – Very minor engagement between Denmark and Sweden
* 1713 July 22 – Minor engagement between Sweden and Russia (Action of 22 July 1713, details)
* 1714 August 6 Battle of Gangut, Gangut – Russian galleys under Apraksin defeat Swedish force
* 1715 April 24 – Danes under Gabel defeat Swedes under Wachtmeister (Action of 24 April 1715, details)
* 1716 July 8 Battle of Dynekilen, Dynekilen – Danes under Tordenskjold defeat Swedes
* 1717 May 14 or 15 – Danish attack on Göteborg is defeated
** 19 July – Danish attack on Strömstad is defeated
* 1718 September 17 or 21 – Swedes under King Carl XII defeat Danes under Paulssen
* 1719 June 4 Battle of Osel Island, Osel Island – Russians defeat Swedes under Wrangel
** 13 July – Danes under Rosenpalm defeat Swedes at Strömstad
* 1720 August 7 Battle of Grengam, Grengam – Battle between Russian galley fleet under Galitzine and Swedish sailing ships under Sjöblad. Both sides claims victory

War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48)

* 1741 January 7 and 8 – British vs French in West Indies
** 12 February – Minor British vs French in Gibraltar Strait
** March–May Battle of Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena de Indias – Decisive Spanish victory against a large British fleet during the War of Jenkins' Ear
** 10 August Battle of Colachel, Colachel – Raja of Travancore in India defeats Dutch naval force at Colachel
* 1742 May 31 – Swedes retreat after battle with Russians in Gulf of Finland (Action of 31 May 1742, details)
* 1744 February 22 Battle of Toulon, 1744, Toulon (Cape Sicié) – Draw between Franco-Spanish and British fleets south of Toulon
* 1746 June 25 (OS) – British under Edward Peyton vs French under la Bourdonnais
* 1747 May 14 first battle of Cape Finisterre (1747), 1st Cape Finisterre – British under George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, Anson defeat French under de Jonquières
** 25 October second battle of Cape Finisterre (1747), 2nd Cape Finisterre – British under Edward Hawke, Hawke defeat French under de l'Etenduère
* 1747/48 – French under Labourdonnais vs British under Peyton near Negapatam
* 1748 March 7 – British under Cotes defeat Spanish
** 12 October – British vs Spanish near Havana (Action of 12 October 1748, details)

Seven Years' War (1756–63)

* 1755 June 8 Action of 8 June 1755, Gulf of St. Lawrence – British under Boscawen defeat French under Hocquart
* 1756 May 20 Battle of Minorca (1756), Minorca – French under la Galissonnière defeat British under John Byng
* 1757 early – French under Kersaint de Coëtnempren vs British at San Domingo
* 1758 – Minor French under Duchaffault vs British under Boscawen near Ushant
** – Minor French under Durevest vs British under Saunders near Gibraltar Strait
** 29 April Battle of Cuddalore (1758), Cuddalore – British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
** 3 August Battle of Negapatam (1758), Negapatam – British under Pocock defeat French under d'Ache
* 1759 August 19 Battle of Lagos (1759), Lagos – British under Boscawen defeat French under de la Clue
** 10 September – Light Swedish force defeats similar Prussian force near Szczecin
** 10 September Battle of Pondicherry, Pondicherry – British fight French but are too damaged to pursue
** 20 November Battle of Quiberon Bay, Quiberon Bay/Cardinaux – British defeat French near St Nazaire
* 1760 July 3–8 Battle of Restigouche, Restigouche River – British defeat French relief force
* 1762 – British expedition against Cuba, British attack on Spanish-held Havana

Russo-Turkish War (1768–74)

* 1770 May 27 and 28 – Russians vs Turks near southern Greece (Action of 27 May 1770, details)
** 4 June – Minor Russians vs Turks south of Athens (Action of 4 June 1770, details)
** 5–7 July Battle of Chesma, Chesma – Russian fleet defeats and burns Turkish fleet off western Turkey
* 1772 November 6–8 – Russians defeat Turks west of Patrai, Greece (Action of 6 November 1772, details)
* 1773 July 4 – Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (Action of 4 July 1773, details)
** 3 September – Russians under Kinsbergen vs Turks (Action of 3 September 1773, details)
** September? – Russians vs Turks (Action of 1773, details)
* 1774 June 20 and 9/19 July – Russians under Tchitchagov and Seniavin vs Turks (Action of 20 June 1774, details)

American War of Independence (1776–83)

* 1776 October 11 Battle of Valcour Island, Valcour Island – Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Guy Carleton
* 1777 September 26 to 16 November 1777 Siege of Fort Mifflin on the Delaware River American fleets under John Hazelwood, defending Philadelphia from British navy.
* 1778 April 19 Frederica Naval Action
** 27 July Battle of Ushant (1778), First Ushant – British under Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, Keppel with 30 ships of the line fight inconclusive action against French under Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers, d'Orvilliers with 28 ships
* 1779 July 6 Battle of Grenada, Grenada
** end – French vs British under Hyde Parker near Fort Royal, Martinique
* 1780 January 16 Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780), Cape St. Vincent – British under Rodney defeat Spanish under de Langara
** 17 April Battle of Martinique (1780), Martinique – British under Rodney fail to defeat French under de Guichen
** 9 August Spanish-French fleet under Luis de Córdova y Córdova captures 55 ship British convoy Action of 9 August 1780, off Cape Santa María
** Spanish-French fleet under Luis de Córdova y Córdova captures 29 ship British convoy
* 1781 April 16 Battle of Porto Praya, Porto Praya – French under Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez, Suffren vs British, in the Cape Verde Islands
** 19 April Battle of Fort Royal, Fort Royal
** – Minor French under de Grasse vs British under Hood
** – Minor French under Destouches vs British under Arbuthnot
** 21 July Naval battle off Cape Breton, Cape Breton Island – French attack British convoy
** 5 August (15 NS?) Battle of Dogger Bank (1781), Dogger Bank – Draw between Dutch and British squadrons
** 5 September Battle of the Chesapeake, Chesapeake Bay – French under de Grasse drive off British under Graves
** 12 December Battle of Ushant (1781), Second Ushant – British under Kempenfelt capture part of a French convoy from de Guichen
* 1782 January 25 Battle of St. Kitts, St Kitts – British under Hood defeat French under de Grasse
** 17 February Battle of Sadras, Sadras – First fierce but indecisive fight between French under Suffren and British under Hughes near south-east India
** 9 and 12 April Battle of the Saintes, The Saintes – British under Rodney decisively defeat French under de Grasse in the West Indies
** 12 April Battle of Providien, Providien – 2nd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
** 21 April – British defeat French
** 6 July Battle of Negapatam (1782), Negapatam – 3rd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
** 3 September Battle of Trincomalee, Trincomalee – Hughes fleet damages Suffren's but withdraws
** 20 October Battle of Cape Spartel, Cape Spartel – Franco-Spanish fleet under Luis de Córdova y Córdova fights British fleet under Richard Howe in indecisive battle. Howe resupplies Gibraltar
* 1783 June 20 Battle of Cuddalore (1783), Cuddalore – Suffren prevents Hughes seizing Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes

Russo-Turkish War (1787–92)

* 1787 August 30 – Russians vs Turks
** 27, 28 and 30 September – Russians vs Turks
** 15 October – Russians defeat Turks
* 1788 June 17, 18, 28 and 29 and 9 July – Russian and Turkish land and sea forces clash near Ochakov (Action of 17 June 1788, details)
** 14/25 July Battle of Ochakov, Ochakov – Russia defeats Turkey near Fidonisi
* 1789 June 2–4 – Russians defeat Turks at Sinope (Action of 2 June 1789, details)
* 1790 July 19 Battle of Kerch Strait (1790), Kerch Strait – Slight Russian victory over Turks
** 8 and 9 September Battle of Tendra, Tendra – Russians defeat Turks
** 31 October – Russians defeat Turks at the Sulina mouth
** 17 November 18 – Russians defeat Turks at Tultcha
** 29 November – Russians defeat Turks at Ismail (Action of 29 November 1790, details)
** 30 November, 1, 2, 4–7 December – Russians defeat Turks
* 1791 July 9 Battle of Matchin, Matchin – Russians defeat Turkish rowing vessels
** 11 August Battle of Cape Kaliakra, Cape Kaliakra – Slight Russian victory over Turks in a largely inconclusive battle near Bulgaria

Russo-Swedish War (1788–90)

The Russian Julian calendar, calendar was eleven days behind the Swedish during the 18th century, so Russian dates are eleven days ''earlier''.
* 1788 July 17 (6 July OS) Battle of Hogland, Hogland – Bloody engagement between Swedish and Russian battlefleets. Both sides lose a ship, but Swedes withdraw
* 1789 July 26 (15 July OS) Battle of Öland (1789), Öland – Indecisive action between the Swedish and Russian battlefleets.
** 24 and 25 August ( 13 and 14 August OS) Battle of Svensksund (1789), First Svensksund/Ruotsinsalmi in Finland – Russian galley flotilla decisively defeats Swedes.
** 18 September (7 September OS) – Russians defeat Swedes in a small battle in Barösund near Ingå in Finland.
* 1790 May 13 (2 May OS) Battle of Reval, Reval – Disastrous Swedish attack on Russian battlefleet at Reval (now Tallinn).
** 15 May (4 May OS) Fredrikshamn/Hamina in Finland – Swedish galley flotilla defeats Russian galley flotilla.
** 3 and 4 June ( 23 and 24 May OS) – Action off Kronstadt – Indecisive action between the battlefleets.
** 3 July (22 June OS) Battle of Vyborg Bay (1790), Vyborg Bay – The Swedish battlefleet and galley flotilla break through the Russian blockade, suffering heavy losses.
** 9 and 10 July ( 28–29 June OS) Battle of Svensksund (1790), Second Svensksund/Ruotsinsalmi in Finland – Decisive victory of the Swedish galley flotilla. The largest naval battle in the Baltic Sea of all times. Extremely heavy losses suffered by the Russians.

French Revolutionary War (1793–1802)

* 1794 January 22 and 25 – French attack British convoy (Action of 22 January 1794, details)
** 23 April – British defeat French frigates (Action of 23 April 1794, details)
** 1 June The Glorious First of June – British fleet defeats French fleet in North Atlantic but French grain convoy makes it through to Brest
** 8 June – French vs British near Jersey
** 23 August – British defeat French near Brest
** 22 October – French vs British near Mauritius
** 6 November – French capture HMS Alexander (1778), HMS ''Alexander'' (Action of 6 November 1794, details)
* 1795 March 13 and 14 – British under Hotham vs French under Martin (Action of 13 March 1795, details)
** 8 and 9 June – British vs French near Belle Isle
** 23 June Battle of Groix, Groix – British under Hood defeat French under Villaret-Joyeuse off Groix, France
** 13 July – British vs French (Action of 13 July 1795, details)
** 7 October – British vs French (Action of 7 October 1795, details)
* 1797 February 14 Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797), Cape St. Vincent – British under Jervis defeat Spanish near Gibraltar
** 26 March – Austrian vessels, supported by Venetian battleship, fight off small French attack (Action of 26 March 1797, details)
** 16 May – Danish vessels get the better of Tripolitans near Tripoli, Libya (Action of 16 May 1797, details)
** 11 October Battle of Camperdown, Camperdown (Kamperduin) – British fleet under Admiral Duncan defeats Dutch
* 1798 August 1–3 Battle of the Nile, The Nile (Aboukir Bay) – British under Nelson defeat moored French fleet under Brueys in Egypt
** 12 October – British defeat French invasion force off western Ireland (Action of 12 October 1798, details)
** 28 October – Minor British vs French
* 1799 September 3, 4, 5 and 10 – Minor light skirmishes between British and Spanish
* 1800 August 4 – French attack British convoy (Action of 4 August 1800, details)
* 1801 April 5 Battle of Copenhagen (1801), Copenhagen – British under Nelson destroy moored Danish ships off Copenhagen to prevent France taking them over
** 6–12 July Algeciras Campaign, Algeciras – French defeat initial British assault, British counter-attack and defeat Franco-Spanish force.

19th century

Napoleonic Wars (1803–15)

* 1803 May 23, 24 and 27 – 4 ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force (Action of 23 May 1803, details)
** 31 May 1 June – ''Adams'' vs Tripolitan gunboats
** – Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
* 1804 February 15 Battle of Pulo Aura, Pulo Aura – French attack British convoy
** 3, 7, 23/24 August and 28 and 2–5 September raids on Tripoli (Action of 3 August 1804, details)
* 1805 about February – French squadron raids British (Action of 1805, details)
** 4 July? – French capture British East Indiaman (Action of July 1805, details)
* 1805 July 4 – 2 Russian ships defeat French gunboat force (Action of 4 July 1805, details)
** 18 July Battle of Blanc-Nez and Gris-Nez – Combined Dutch and French flottila repulses a attack by a superior British squadron
** 22 July Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805), Cape Finisterre – Inconclusive action between British Admiral Calder and French Admiral Villeneuve
** 6 August – French attack British convoy (Action of 6 August 1805, details)
** 21 October Battle of Trafalgar, Trafalgar – Nelson defeats combined Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve, losing his life but gaining control of the oceans for Britain for the rest of the war
** 4 November – British capture 4 French battleship survivors from Trafalgar
* 1806 February 6 Battle of San Domingo, San(to) Domingo – British under Duckworth defeat French under Leissegues (French) off Santo Domingo
** 4 July – Russians defeat French in Narenta Channel
** 26 July – British defeat Dutch (Action of 26 July 1806, details)
** 25 September – British battleships defeat French frigate force (Action of 25 September 1806, details)
* 1807 February 19 – British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles (Action of 19 February 1807, details)
** May – British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles (Action of May 1807, details)
** 22 May 23 Battle of the Dardanelles (1807), Dardanelles – Russians under Dmitry Senyavin, Admiral Seniavin defeat Turks near Cape Janizary
** 1 July Battle of Athos, Athos (Lemnos/Monte Sancto) – Russians under Seniavin defeats Turks in northern Aegean
** 23 and 31 August – Danes defeat British light forces near Copenhagen (Actions of August 1807, details)
** 2–7 September Battle of Copenhagen (1807), Copenhagen – British forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture the Danish fleet
* 1808 9–14 June – Capture of Rosily Squadron
** 3 March Spain captures French battleship ''Atlas''.
* 1809 April 11–24 – British destroy French ships at Battle of the Basque Roads, Basque Roads
** 13–17 April – British capture French battleship near Porto Rico
** late May – HMS Melpomène, HMS ''Melpomène'' vs Danish gunboats
** 25–27 June – British and Sicilians vs French near Pozzuoli Bay
** 26 and 31 October Cette and ? – Southern France
** 18 November – French frigates defeat British East Indiamen near Mauritius (Action of 18 November 1809, details)
** 13 December – French frigates capture HMS Junon (1809), HMS ''Junon'' (Action of 13 December 1809, details)
* 1810 July 3 – French frigate force defeats British East Indiamen in Mozambique Channel (Action of 3 July 1810, details)
** 26 August battle of Grand Port, Grand Port – French defeat British at ''Vieux Grand Port'', Republic of Mauritius, Mauritius
** 31 August – British vs French near Toulon
* 1811 March 13 Battle of Lissa (1811), Lissa – British frigates under Hoste defeat larger Franco-Venetian squadron under Dubordieu off Lissa (Vis) in the Adriatic
** 29 November – Britain captures French frigate (Action of 29 November 1811, details)
* 1812 February 22 – Britain captures French battleship ''Rivoli'' (Action of 22 February 1812, details)
** 12 July Battle of Lyngør, Lyngør – British sink last Danish frigate
* 1813 November 5 – Skirmish between British and French near Toulon (Action of 5 November 1813, details)

South American Independence wars

* 1811 March 2 – Spanish defeat Argentines under Juan B. Azopardo at San Nicolás on the Paraná River
* 1814 March 11 – Argentines under William Brown attack Spanish under Romerate (Action of 11 March 1814, details)
** 14, 16 and 17 May – Argentines under William Brown defeat Spanish (Action of 14 May 1814, details)
* 1823 May 4 – Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese (Action of 4 May 1823, details)
** 2, 4 and 6 July – Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese
** 24 July Battle of Lake Maracaibo, Lake Maracaibo – Republican naval forces of Venezuela vs Spanish Empire fleet in Lake Maracaibo that includes siege of Defensive Castles in Zapara, San Fernando and San Carlos islands

War of 1812

* 1812 July 19 First Battle of Sacket's Harbor – US turns back British naval attack
* 1813 May 28–29 Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor – US General Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir George Prevost
** September 13 Battle of Lake Erie- US squadron under Oliver Hazard Perry defeats British under Robert Heriot Barclay, gaining control of the lake
* 1814 September 11 Battle of Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh (Lake Champlain) – US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie

Greek War of Independence

* 1821 March 4 – Greeks vs Turks north-west of Zakynthos
** June 5, 6 and 8 – Greeks defeat Turks
** August 10 – c. 13 – Skirmishes
** October 1 – Skirmish
* 1822 March 4
** May 31
** June 18–19 – Greek fireships under Konstantinos Kanaris blow up the flagship of Ottoman admiral Kara Ali Pasha
* 1823 September 27 – Greeks vs Turks west of Lemnos
** October 23 – Greeks vs Turks near Pondikonisi
* 1824 August 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and c. 26 – Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Tunisians
** September 1 – First Budrum – Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians
** September 9 – Battle of Gerontas, Second Budrum
** September 22 – Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
** September 29
** November 12 and 13 – Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
* 1825 April 29
** May 26
** June 1 – Greeks defeat Turks between Euboea and Andros
** June 14 and 15 – Greeks defeat Turks and Egyptians near Suda Bay
** June 28 and 29 – Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians south of Cerigo
** August 3 – Greeks defeat Turks near Missolonghi
** November 14 – Greeks under Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Miaoulis vs Turks/Egyptians/Algerines/Tripolitans near Navarin
** November 25, 26, 29, 30 and December 6 and 7 – Greeks vs Turks (and allies?) near Missolonghi
* 1826 January 22 and 28 – Greeks vs Turks
** April 15
** July 27 and 28 – Greeks vs Turks near Samos
** September 10 and 11 – Greeks vs Turks near Mitylene
** October 7 (6?) – Greeks vs Turks in Aegean Sea (?)
* 1827 September 29 – "Greeks" (Frank Abney Hastings) vs Turks in Itea, Phocis, Salona Bay
** October 20 Battle of Navarino, Navarino – British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, de Rigny, and Geiden, destroy Turkish/Egyptian/Tunisian fleet of Tahir Pasha (admiral), Tahir Pasha off south-west Greece
* 1828 January 31 – British and French defeat Greek pirates at Gramvousa, Grambusa
** June 9 (May 26 OS) – Russians defeat Turks near Braila (Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829, Russo-Turkish War)

Cisplatine War

* 1826 February 9 – Argentina vs Brazil
** Battle of Punta Colares, Punta Collares
** June 11 Battle of Los Pozos, Los Pozos (Quilmes) – 11 Argentine vessels under William Brown defeat 31 Brazilian vessels near Buenos Aires
* 1827 February 9 Battle of Juncal, Juncal – 15 Argentines ships under Brown defeat 17 Brazilians under Pereira
** February 24 – Argentines under Brown vs Brazilians near Quilmes
** April 6 and 7 Battle of Monte Santiago, Monte Santiago – Brazilian fleet defeat Argentine navy under William Brown south of Buenos Aires

Later 19th century

* 1833 July 5 Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1833), Cape St. Vincent – Portuguese fleet under British officer Sir Charles Napier (naval officer), Charles Napier defeats and captures fleet of Portuguese usurper king Dom Miguel
* 1842 – Argentinians under William Brown defeat Uruguayans
* 1843 April 30 – Second Texas Navy, Texans under Edwin Ward Moore, Commodore Edwin Ward Moore draws with Mexicans under Thomas Marin near Naval Battle of Campeche, Campeche
** Texans under Moore destroy Mexican fleet. This marks the only time in history a Sail Navy defeated a Steam Navy in battle.
* 1845 November 20 Battle of Obligado, Obligado – British/French ships force passage of Parana River as part of the larger Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata on the Argentine Confederation.
* 1849 May 3 – Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Kiel
** May 11 – Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Bulk
* 1853 October 30 Battle of Sinop, Sinop – Russian battleships defeat Turkish frigates at Sinope, Turkey
* 1854 August & September – British-French attack on Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Petropavlovsk (Action of 1854, details)
** October Allied (British, French and Turkish) fleet Bombardment of Sebastopol as part of Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) during the Crimean War
* 1857 26 June - Ningpo massacre - battle between Chinese pirates and Portugal during the Qing dynasty, Chinese victory
* 1862 March 8 and 9 Battle of Hampton Roads, Hampton Roads – First battle between ironclad warships
**March 14 – Battle of New Bern (1862), New Bern
**May 15 – Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Drewry's Bluff
**October 4 – Battle of Galveston Harbor (1862), Galveston Harbor
* 1864 February Battle of Eckernfjorde, Eckernfjorde – Danish ships defeated by Prussia
** March 17 Battle of Jasmund (1864), Jasmund – Prussians vs Danes
** May 9 Battle of Heligoland (1864), Helgoland – Danish fleet defeats Prussian-Austrian fleet in the North Sea
* 1865 June 11 Battle of Riachuelo, Riachuelo – Brazilian fleet defeats Paraguayan fleet in Paraná river
* 1866 February 7 Battle of Abtao, Abtao – Spain vs Peru/Chile
** May 2 Battle of Callao, Callao
** July 20 Battle of Lissa (1866), Lissa – Austrians under Admiral von Tegetthoff rams and drives off superior Italian fleet under Persano
* 1869 May 4–10 Naval Battle of Hakodate, Hakodate
* 1877 May 29 Battle of Pacocha – Indecisive battle between , and ''Huáscar (ship), Huascar''. Notable for seeing the first combat use of the torpedo.
* 1879 May 21 Naval Battle of Iquique, Iquique – During the War of the Pacific
** 8 October Naval Battle of Angamos, Angamos – During the War of the Pacific
* 1884 August 23 Battle of Foochow, Foochow – Small French squadron annihilates Chinese force at Foochow (Fuzhou)
* 1885 February 13 Raid on Shipu – French attack Chinese ships
* 1891 April 23 Battle of Caldera Bay - Chilean Balmacedist torpedo boats sink a Chilean Congressionalist frigate.
* 1892 July 6 Homestead Strike – armed striking union members in boats engage two armed barges
* 1893–94 Brazilian Civil War
* 1894 July 25 Battle of Pungdo, Feng-tao – Imperial Japanese Navy defeats Imperial Chinese Navy
** 17 September Battle of Yalu River (1894), Yalu River – Japanese defeat Chinese off Korea
* 1898 May 1 Battle of Manila Bay, Manila Bay
** 3 July Battle of Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba

20th century

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)

* 1904 February 9 Battle of Chemulpo Bay, Chemulpo – scuttled during the Russo-Japanese War
** 9 February Battle of Port Arthur, Port Arthur
** 10 August Battle of the Yellow Sea, Yellow Sea – Minor Japanese victory over Russia
** 14 August Battle of the Japanese Sea, Japanese Sea (Ulsan) – Minor Japanese victory over Russia
**20 August Battle of Korsakov, Korsakov
** 4–5 October Dogger Bank incident – Russian fleet fires on British trawlers that have been mistaken for Japanese torpedo-boats
** 1905 May 27–28 Battle of Tsushima, Tsushima – Japanese defeat Russians in large fleet battle between Korea and Japan

Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)

* 1911 September 29–30 Battle of Preveza (1911), Preveza – Italians defeat Ottomans
* 1912 January 7 Battle of Kunfuda Bay, Kunfuda Bay – Italians defeat Ottomans
* 1912 February 24 Battle of Beirut (1912), Beirut – Italians defeat Ottomans

First Balkan War (1912-1913)

* 1912 November 21 Battle of Kaliakra (1912), Kaliakra – Bulgarians defeat Ottoman fleet
* 1912 December 3 Naval Battle of Elli, Elli – Greeks defeat Ottoman fleet
* 1913 January 18 Naval Battle of Lemnos, Lemnos – Greeks defeat Ottoman fleet

Second Balkan War (1913)

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

World War I (1914–18)

Russian Civil War (1917-22)

* 1919 – 17 June and 18 August Augustus Agar#The Baltic and the Bolsheviks, British raids on Kronstadt during the British campaign in the Baltic (1918–1919)

Spanish Civil War (1936-39)

* 1936 – 29 September Battle of Cape Espartel, Cape Espartel
*1937 – 5 March Battle of Cape Machichaco, Cape Machichaco
* 1937 – 7 September Battle of Cape Cherchell, Cape Cherchell
* 1938 – 5–6 March Battle of Cape Palos (1938), Cape Palos

World War II (1939–45)

* 1939–45 Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
* 1939
** 13 December Battle of the River Plate, River Plate
* 1940
** 10 and 13 April First Battle of Narvik#First naval Battle of Narvik, First and Battles of Narvik#Second naval Battle of Narvik, Second Battles of Narvik
** 8 June Operation Juno – German battleships ''Gneisenau'' and ''Scharnhorst'' sink the aircraft carrier HMS ''Glorious'' and two destroyers off Norway
** The German cruiser ''German cruiser Admiral Hipper, Admiral Hipper'' sinks the destroyer ''HMS Glowworm (H92), HMS Glowworm'' off of Norway
** 3 July Destruction of the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, Mers-el-Kebir – British fleet attacks French fleet in harbour in Algeria
** 9 July Battle of Calabria, Calabria (Punta Stilo) – British fleet attacks Italian fleet
** 19 July Battle of Cape Spada, Cape Spada – HMAS Sydney (1934), HMAS ''Sydney'' sinks Italian cruiser ''Bartolomeo Colleoni'' off Crete
** 24–27 August Convoy HX 65 – 8 ships sunk in North Atlantic
**17 September – 1 October Convoy HG 73 – 9 ships sunk in North Atlantic
** 20–22 September Convoy HX 72 – 11 ships sunk in the North Atlantic.
** September 23–35 Battle of Dakar, Dakar – Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar
** 16–19 October Convoy SC 7 – 20 ships sunk in North Atlantic
** 19–20 October Convoy HX 79 – 12 ships sunk in North Atlantic
**5 November Convoy HX 84 – 5 ships sunk in North Atlantic
** 11 November Battle of Taranto, Taranto – British air attack on Italians anchored at Taranto, inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
** 27 November Battle of Cape Spartivento, Cape Spartivento (Cape Teulada) – British fight back an Italian interception
** 1–3 December Convoy HX 90 – 11 ships sunk in North Atlantic
* 1941
** 17 January Battle of Ko Chang, Ko Chang – French defeat Siamese
** 8–11 February Convoy HG 53 – 9 ships sunk and 1 German Fw 200 Condor shot down
** 2–8 March Convoy OB 293 – 3 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
** 28 March Battle of Cape Matapan, Cape Matapan – British fleet defeats Italian fleet in night action
** 2–5 April Convoy SC 26 – 10 ships sunk and 1 U-boat destroyed in North Atlantic
** 16 April – British ships attack Italian convoy ''Duisburg''. ''Lampo'', ''Tarigo'' and'' Baleno'' are sunk, as well as HMS Mohawk (F31), HMS ''Mohawk''
** 7–10 May Convoy OB 318 – 7 ships sunk and 1 U-boat captured in North Atlantic
** 21 May – 1 June – Battle of Crete – Royal Navy loses three cruisers and 6 destroyers to Axis air attacks
** 24 May – Battle of the Denmark Strait – ''Bismarck'' and ''Prinz Eugen'' sink HMS ''Hood''
** 24–27 May – Bismarck Chase, Hunt for the German battleship ''Bismarck'' ends in her sinking
** 13–25 August Convoy OG 71 – 10 ships sunk in North Atlantic
** 27–31 August – Soviet evacuation of Tallinn
** 9–11 September Convoy SC 42 – 14 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
** 17 September – 1 October Convoy HG 73 – 9 ships sunk in North Atlantic
** 14–18 October Convoy SC 48 – 11 ships sunk in North Atlantic
** 19 November – Sinking of HMAS Sydney, HMAS ''Sydney'' and the German surface raider ''Kormoran'' destroy each other in a single ship action off Western Australia; ''Sydney'' is lost with all hands
** 7 December Attack on Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor, also starting the Pacific War
** 10 December South China Sea – HMS Prince of Wales (53), HMS ''Prince of Wales'' and HMS Repulse (1916), HMS ''Repulse'' Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse, sunk by Japanese air attack
** 13 December Battle of Cape Bon (1941), Cape Bon – British destroyers sink Italian cruisers
** 17 December First Battle of Sirte, First Sirte – Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
** 17 December Battle of Jibrieni – Soviets attack an Axis convoy, losing a submarine
** 19–23 December Convoy HG 76 – 4 ships sunk and 5 U-boats destroyed
* 1942
** 19 February Bombing of Darwin – Japanese carrier task force attacks Australia
** 21–25 February Convoy ON 67 – 8 ships sunk in North Atlantic
**27 February Battle of the Java Sea, Java Sea – Japanese invasion convoy escorts destroy ABDA fleet
** 22 March Second Battle of Sirte, Second Sirte – Italian fleet obstacles a British convoy to Malta, hit escorts, but failed to sink the cargo ships. Delay of the convoy led to the loss of four freighters by air attack
** 31 March - 10 April Indian Ocean Raid – Japanese task force attacks Ceylon
**14 April Convoy OG 82 – 1 U-boat sunk
** 8 May Battle of the Coral Sea, Coral Sea – Japanese invasion convoy turned back by US carrier aircraft. First carrier battle in history.
* 1942–44 German U-Boats campaign in Battle of the St. Lawrence, Gulf of St. Lawrence
** 4–5 June Battle of Midway, Midway – invasion convoy retreats after US sinks four Japanese carriers and one Japanese heavy cruiser
** 12–15 June Operation Vigorous – 6 ships sunk from convoy to Malta. The rest of the convoy is driven back
** 14–15 June Operation Harpoon (1942), Operation Harpoon – 6 ships sunk from convoy to Malta
** 2–4 July Convoy PQ 17 – 24 ships sunk from Arctic convoy to Soviet Union
** 5–10 August Convoy SC 94 – 11 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
** 8 August Battle of Savo Island, Savo Island – Japanese sink 4 cruisers escorting Guadalcanal invasion convoy
** 11–15 August Operation Pedestal – 13 ships sunk from convoy to Malta
** 24 August Battle of the Eastern Solomons, Eastern Solomons – Japanese aircraft carrier ''Ryujo'' sunk while attacking Guadalcanal
** 10–14 September Convoy ON 127 – 7 ships sunk in North Atlantic
** 12–16 September Convoy TAG 5 – 2 ships sunk in Caribbean Sea
** 12 October Battle of Cape Esperance, Cape Esperance US cruisers intercept Japanese cruiser force approaching Guadalcanal
** 12–16 October Convoy SC 104 – 8 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
** 26 October Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, Santa Cruz Islands – USS ''Hornet'' sunk in aircraft carrier battle near Guadalcanal
** 26–29 October Convoy HX 212 – 6 ships sunk in North Atlantic
** 27–31 October Convoy SL 125 – 11 ships sunk decoying U-boats away from Operation Torch
** 1–4 November Convoy SC 107 – 15 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in North Atlantic
** 2–8 November Convoy TAG 18 – 6 ships sunk in Caribbean Sea
** 6–11 November Convoy TAG 19 – 2 ships sunk in Caribbean Sea
** 8 November Naval Battle of Casablanca, Casablanca – French ships attempt to defend Moroccan neutrality
** 12–15 November Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal – decisive US victory, last offensive Japanese operation attempted in the Guadalcanal campaign, 11 transports and 2 battleships sunk. heavy losses on both sides in 2 night surface actions.
** 30 November Battle of Tassafaronga, Tassafaronga US cruisers intercept Japanese destroyers resupplying Guadalcanal, but suffer heavy losses from torpedo attack
** 26–30 December Convoy ON 154 – 14 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in North Atlantic
** 31 December Battle of the Barents Sea, Barents Sea – British escorts fight off German surface attack on convoy JW 51B
* 1943
** 3–12 January Convoy TM 1 – 7 ships sunk in North Atlantic
**29 January Battle of Rennell Island, Rennell Island – USS ''Chicago'' lost
** 4–7 February Convoy SC 118 – 8 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in North Atlantic
** 21–25 February Convoy ON 166 – 11 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
** 2–4 March Battle of the Bismarck Sea, Bismarck Sea – aircraft sink 12 ships from a Japanese troop convoy to New Guinea
** 6 March Battle of Blackett Strait – an American task force intercepts 2 Japanese destroyers and sinks them both.
** 6–9 March Convoy SC 121 – 7 ships sunk in North Atlantic
** 10–11 March Convoy HX 228 – 5 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
** 16–19 March Convoys HX 229/SC 122 – 22 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in largest North Atlantic U-boat Wolfpack (naval tactic), wolfpack attack
** 26 March Battle of the Komandorski Islands, Komandorski Islands – US cruiser force intercepts a Japanese Aleutian Islands convoy
** 18–20 May Convoy SC 130 – 3 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
** 29 April – 6 May Convoy ONS 5 – 12 ships and 6 U-boats sunk in last major North Atlantic U-boat Wolfpack (naval tactic), wolfpack attack
** 6 July Battle of Kula Gulf, Kula Gulf
** 12–13 July Battle of Kolombangara
** 6–7 August Battle of Vella Gulf – American destroyers intercept the "Tokyo Express" and sink 3 Japanese destroyers.
** 6 October – Naval Battle of Vella Lavella
** 23 October – German light force defeats similar British force (Action of 23 October 1943, details)
** 26–29 October Convoy ON 207 – 3 U-boats sunk by a combination of air and naval support in the North Atlantic
** 27–31 October Convoy SL 138/MKS 28 – 1 ship and 1 U-boat destroyed in North Atlantic
** 2 November Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, Empress Augusta Bay
** 18–21 November Convoy SL 139/MKS 30 – 1 ship and 3 U-boats sunk
** 26 November Battle of Cape St. George – American destroyers intercept the "Tokyo Express" and sink 3 Japanese destroyers.
** 26 December Battle of North Cape, North Cape – convoy JW 55B escorts sink ''Scharnhorst'' off northern Norway
** 28 December Operation Stonewall – Allied ships and aircraft sink three German destroyers in the Bay of Biscay
* 1944
** 17 February Operation Hailstone – Allied fleet attacks former Japanese naval stronghold at Truk Lagoon in the central Pacific, Japanese defenders lose many aircraft and merchant ships
** 9 June Battle of Ushant (1944), Battle of Ushant – Allied 10th destroyer flotilla (UK/Canadian/Polish ships) engage and defeat remnants of the German 8th destroyer flotilla off Brittany
** 19 June Battle of the Philippine Sea, Philippine Sea – US invasion of Saipan initiates the largest aircraft carrier battle in history including "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot"
** 23–26 October Battle of Leyte Gulf, Leyte Gulf – US invasion of the Philippines produces a decisive battle with the Japanese fleet including four main actions – the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar (island), Samar and Cape Engaño (Luzon), Cape Engano. First use of Kamikaze tactics by the Japanese.
* 1945
** 1 April – 25 May Battle of Okinawa – The Japanese lose their last significant naval force, including the battleship Japanese battleship Yamato, ''Yamato''. Large scale systematic Kamikaze operations conducted by Japanese air forces.
** 15–16 May Battle of the Malacca Strait – British 26th Destroyer Flotilla ambush and sink the Japanese heavy cruiser ''Haguro''.

Later 20th century

* 1948
** October 1948 - Israeli naval campaign in Operation Yoav
*** 19 October 1948 - Battle near Majdal - Israeli corvettes and submarine chaser engage an Egyptian corvette and aircraft.
*** 22 October 1948 - Sinking of the ''Emir Farouk'' - Israeli patrol ship and explosive boats intercept and sink the Egyptian flagship, Egyptian sloop El Amir Farouq, ''Emir Farouk'' off Gaza.
* 1949
** 20 April-30 July - Amethyst Incident - British warships come under fire by Communist Chinese coastal artillery, forcing more Royal Navy ships to come to their rescue.
* 1950
** 25–26 June 1950 - Battle of Korea Strait - South Korean submarine chaser engages and sinks North Korean steamer.
** 2 July – Battle of Chumonchin Chan – US and British cruisers intercept Korean People's Navy convoy during the Korean War
** 10 September 1950 - Battle of Haeju - South Korean patrol ship sinks a North Korean minelayer.
** 10–19 September Battle of Incheon – United Nations Command, UN Command amphibious invasion in support of South Korea
* 1951
** 29 June - Manhattan Rebellion - Royal Thai Navy flagship, HTMS Sri Ayudhya, HTMS ''Sri Ayudhya'' is sunk by coastal guns during a failed coup.
** 28–30 September 1951 - Naval Battle of the Han River (1951), Battle of the Han River - Australian frigate HMAS Murchison (K442), HMAS ''Murchison'' destroys Chinese coastal batteries.
*1953
** Dongshan Island Campaign - Taiwanese fleet and amphibious forces attempt to retake Dongshan Island from China. Operation fails with a loss of three tank landing ships.
* 1954
** Dongji Islands Campaign
*** 15 May - Two Chinese gunboats engage a Taiwanese fleet, damaging a destroyer escort.
*** 16 May - Chinese fleet engages Taiwanese destroyer escort USS Thomas, ROCS ''Tai Ho'' and damagers her, forcing her to retreat.
** First Taiwan Strait Crisis
*** 14 November - Sinking of ROCS ''Tai Ping'' - Taiwanese destroyer escort USS Decker, ROCS ''Tai Ping'' is sunk by four Chinese torpedo boats off the Dachen Islands.
* 1956
** 29 October - 7 November 1956 - Suez Crisis
*** 30 October 1956 - Battle off Haifa - Israeli and French destroyers engage and capture the Egyptian destroyer escort HMS Mendip (L60), ENS ''Ibrahim el-Awal''.
*** 31 October 1956 - Sinking of the ''Domiat'' - British light cruiser HMS Newfoundland (59), HMS ''Newfoundland'' and destroyer HMS Diana (D126), HMS ''Diana engage and sink the Egyptian frigate HMS Nith (K215), ENS ''Domiat''.
* 1958
** 23 August-2 December Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
*** 24 August - First Battle of Jinmen Island - Chinese torpedo boats attack a Taiwanese convoy off Jinmen Island, sinking a transport and damaging a landing ship.
*** 2 September - Second Battle of Jinmen Island - Chinese torpedo boats, again, attack a Taiwanese convoy off Jinmen Island, losing two torpedo boats and damaging a submarine chaser.
*** 24 September - Dongding Island, Battle of Dongding Island - Chinese gunboats and landing craft attempt to land on Dongding Island, but are repelled by Taiwanese warships. One Taiwanese landing ship is sunk, while another is damaged.
* 1961
** 17–19 December 1961 - Annexation of Goa
*** 18 December 1961 - Battle of Mormugao Harbor - Indian frigates INS Betwa (F139), INS ''Betwa'' & INS Beas (F137), INS ''Beas'' engage and sink the Portuguese sloop NRP Afonso de Albuquerque, NRP ''Afonso de Albuquerque''.
*** 18 December 1961 - Naval Action at Daman - Portuguese patrol boat NRP ''Antares'' escapes Indian air strikes.
*** 18 December 1961 - Naval Action at Diu - Indian light cruiser, INS Delhi (C74), INS ''Delhi'' sinks Portuguese patrol boat NRP ''Vega''.
* 1962
** 15 January - Battle of Arafura Sea - Three Indonesian fast attack craft engage three Dutch destroyers off New Guinea, but attack is successfully repelled.
* 1964
** Gulf of Tonkin Incident – encounter between the USS Maddox (DD-731), ''USS Maddox'' and three Vietnam People's Navy torpedo boats near North Vietnam. Lead to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the escalation of the Vietnam War, although the incident was later found to be misrepresented by the U.S. government.
* 1965
** Project National Glory
*** 1 May - Battle of Dong-Yin - Taiwanese submarine chaser ROCS ''Dong Jiang'' repels an attack by eight Chinese gunboats, sinking four of them and damaging two.
*** 6 August - Battle of Dongshan - Taiwanese submarine chaser ROCS ''Zhang Jiang'' and patrol ship ROCS ''Jiang Men'' are sunk by Chinese torpedo boats.
*** 11 November - Battle of Chongwu - Chinese patrol ships and torpedo boats engage Taiwanese patrol ships ROCS ''Lin Huai'' and ROCS ''Shan Hai''. ''Lin Huai'' is forced to run aground due to damage sustained in battle, while ''Shan Hai'' escapes.
** Operation Dwarka – Pakistan Navy engagement in Dwarka during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Second Indo-Pakistani War
* 1967
** 8 June – USS Liberty incident, ''USS Liberty'' incident – Israeli Navy pioneers anti-ship use of napalm to disable American technical research ship during the Six-Day War
** 11 July - Battle of Rumani Coast - Israeli destroyer HMS Zealous (R39), ''INS Eilat'' and two torpedo boats sink two Egyptian torpedo boats.
** 21 October – Egyptian Navy Komar-class missile boats sink Israeli destroyer HMS Zealous (R39), ''INS Eilat'' in the first combat use of P-15 Termit surface to surface missiles
* 1968
** 23 January – North Korean Navy captures United States Navy technical research ship USS Pueblo (AGER-2), ''Pueblo''
** 1 March 1968 - Action of 1 March 1968 - US Coast Guard & South Vietnamese warships engage and sink four North Vietnamese naval trawlers.
* 1970
** 16 May - Sinking of the ENS ''El Qaher'' - Israeli aircraft sink the Egyptian destroyer HMS Myngs (R06), ENS ''El Qaher'' during the War of Attrition.
* 1971
** Operation Trident (Indo-Pakistani War)
** Operation Python (Indo-Pakistan War)
** PNS Hangor#Indo-Pakistan War of 1971, Sinking of INS Khukri
* 1972
** April – First Battle of Quang Tri—US cruiser-destroyer forces heavily and directly engaged in tank and artillery duals at and below Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone, DMZ and in defense of Dong Ha Bridge
** 19 April – Battle of Đồng Hới – United States cruiser-destroyer force engages North Vietnamese forces
** 9 May – Operation Linebacker, Operation Pocket Money – United States Navy mines Hai Phong harbor
** 10 May – Operation Custom Tailor – United States Navy attacks Hai Phong
* 1973
** 7 October – Battle of Latakia – Israelis defeat Syrian Navy during the Yom Kippur War
** 7 October - Battle of Marsa Talamat - Israeli patrol boats sink Egyptian patrol boat
** 8–9 October – Battle of Baltim – Israelis defeat Egyptians
** 11 October – Second Battle of Latakia – Israelis try to sink more Missile Boats and destroy onshore Oil Tanks, but only got probable results
* 1974
** January Battle of the Paracel Islands – People's Liberation Army Navy defeats Republic of Vietnam Navy at Paracels Islands.
* 1975
** April 1975 - East Sea Campaign - Series of clashes between North Vietnamese & South Vietnamese warships that ultimately led to the North Vietnamese capture of the Spratly Islands.
** 12–15 May 1975 - Mayaguez Incident - Khmer Rouge capture American cargo ship SS Mayaguez, SS ''Mayaguez'' off Koh Tang, Cambodia. Frigate USS Harold E. Holt, USS ''Harold E. Holt'' later rescues crew.
* 1980
** 10 May - Sinking of the HMBS ''Flamingo'' - Bahamas patrol ship HMBS ''Flamingo'' was sunk by two Cuban MIG-21's.
** Operation Morvarid – Iranian navy decisively defeats Iraqi navy (Destruction of 80% of the Iraqi Navy) during the Iran–Iraq War, Iran-Iraq War.

*1982
**The Falklands War
*** 25 April – Operation Paraquet – Royal Navy helicopters cripple Argentine submarine ARA Santa Fe (S-21), ARA ''Santa Fe'' while attempting to reinforce troops on South Georgia (island), South Georgia in the early phases of the Falklands War.
*** 30 April - Attack on the ARA ''Alferez Sobral'' - Two Royal Navy helicopters engage Argentine patrol ship ARA Alferez Sobral (A-9), ARA ''Alferez Sobral''.
*** 2 May - Sinking of the ARA ''General Belgrano'' - British submarine HMS Conqueror (S48), HMS ''Conqeuror'' torpedoes and sinks Argentine light cruiser ARA General Belgrano (C-4), ARA ''General Belgrano'' .
*** 4 May - Sinking of HMS ''Sheffield'' - Argentine fighter jets sink the British destroyer HMS Sheffield (D80), HMS ''Sheffield'' with an Exocet missile.
*** 21–25 May – Battle of San Carlos (1982), Battle of San Carlos – A battle between aircraft and ships when British forces landed on the shores of San Carlos Water during the Falklands War. British destroyer HMS Coventry (D118), HMS ''Coventry'' and British frigates HMS Ardent (F184), HMS ''Ardent'' and HMS Antelope (F170), HMS ''Antelope'' are all sunk by bombs from Argentine light attack aircraft.
*** 23 May – Battle of Seal Cove – A minor naval clash, it involves the attempt by two Royal Navy frigates to seize an Argentine Navy coaster. The coaster evaded capture by running aground.
*** 25 May - Sinking of SS ''Atlantic Conveyor'' - British cargo ship SS Atlantic Conveyor, SS ''Atlantic Conveyor'' is sunk by two Argentine Exocet missiles fired from fighter jets.
***8 June - Attack on the RFA ''Sir Galahad -'' British logistics ship RFA Sir Galahad (1966), RFA ''Sir Galahad'' is hit by three Argentine light attack aircraft bombs seriously damaging the vessel. The hulk would later be scuttled via torpedoes by HMS Onyx (S21), HMS ''Onyx'' on 21 June.
*** 11–12 June - Battle of Two Sisters - British destroyer HMS Glamorgan (D19), HMS ''Glamorgan'' is struck and damgaged by an Exocet missile fired from an Argentine land-base launcher while providing naval gunfire support to Royal Marines.

* 1986
** Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986) – US Navy engages Libyan Navy in a fleet action.
* 1987
** 17 May - USS Stark incident - US frigate, USS Stark (FFG-31), USS ''Stark'' is attacked by two Exocet missiles fired from an Iraqi fighter jet, severely damaging it.
** 21 September - Operation Prime Chance - US Navy SEALs board and capture and later scuttle the Iranian minelayer ''Iran Ajr''.
* 1988
** 14 March - Johnson South Reef Skirmish - Chinese frigates engage and sink three Vietnamese transports.
** 18 April Operation Praying Mantis – In the largest US naval engagement since World War II, the U.S. Navy defeats Islamic Republic of Iran Navy forces in retaliation for the mining of the USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58), USS ''Samuel B. Roberts'' during a patrol mission.
* 1990
** 2 August - Iraqi invasion of Kuwait - Most of the Kuwait Naval Force was destroyed by Iraqi air and naval forces, with surviving ships escaping to Bahrain.
* 1991
** 18–19 January - Battle of Ad-Dawrah - US frigate USS Nicholas (FFG-47), USS ''Nicholas'' & Kuwaiti fast attack craft, KNV ''Istiqal'' capture Iraqi oil platforms.
** 24–29 January - Battle of Qurah and Umm al Maradim - USS Leftwich (DD-984), USS ''Leftwich'' & USS Curts (FFG-38), USS ''Curts'' engage and sink four Iraqi warships.
** 29 January – 2 February – The Battle of Bubiyan where Coalition warships and aircraft destroy the bulk of the Iraqi Navy during the Gulf War.
* 1995
** 14–16 November - Battle of the Dalmatian Channels - Yugoslav fleet engaged Croatian coastal artillery, losing three ships.
* 1998
** 23 February – The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash off Sri Lanka, killing more than 60.
* 1999
** 9–15 June Battle of Yeongpyeong (1999), Battle of Yeonpyeong South Korean flotilla defeats North Korean flotilla.

21st century

* 2001
** 22 December Battle of Amami-Ōshima Japan Coast Guard, Japanese coast guard vessels sink an armed North Korean spy trawler.
* 2002
** 29 June Second Battle of Yeonpyeong A South Korean naval patrol encounters North Korean intruders and force them to withdraw.
* 2003
** 20–24 March - Battle of Al Faw (2003) Joint British-American-Australian-Polish fleet conducts amphibious operation on the Al-Faw Peninsula in Iraq. Forces capture Iraqi ports and oil platforms.
* 2006
** 11 May – Battle of Point Pedro (2006) The Sri Lanka Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and around 50 Tigers dead.
** 14 July - Attack on INS ''Hanit'' - Israeli corvette INS Hanit, INS ''Hanit'' is struck by a land-launched YJ-83, C-802 anti-ship missile off the coast of Beirut and is damaged.
* 2007
** 19 June Battle of Point Pedro (2007) Naval battle between Sri Lanka Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers.
* 2008
** 9 August - The Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet sinks a Coast Guard of Georgia, Georgian Navy ship during the Battle off the coast of Abkhazia
* 2009
** 10 November Battle of Daecheong A South Korean patrol damages a North Korean gunboat forcing it to withdraw.
* 2010
** 26 March ROKS Cheonan sinking South Korean corvette ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772), ROKS ''Cheonan'' is torpedoed and sunk by a North Korean Yono-class submarine, ''Yono''-class submarine.
* 2011
** 29 April – French frigate Courbet engages four Libyan RHIB mineplanters off Misrata, sinking one.
** 8 May Piracy on Falcon Lake, Battle of Falcon Lake, Mexican Naval Infantry attack a group of gunmen and a battle began that left twelve Los Zetas cartels members and one marine dead during the Mexican drug war.
** 12 May – Canadian, British, and French ships repulse a Libyan naval attack on the city of Misrata during the Libyan Civil War (2011), Libyan Civil War.
* 2014
** 23 March - Capture of the ''Cherkasy'' - Ukrainian minesweeper ''Cherkasy'' is boarded and captured by Russian forces after attempting to flee Crimea.
* 2016
** 1 October - Attack on HSV-2 ''Swift'' - United Arab Emirates Navy ship HSV-2 Swift, ''Swift'' is attacked by a C-802 anti-ship missile launched by Houthie rebels off Yemen and is severely damaged.
* 2017
** 30 January - Attack on HMS ''Al Madinah'' - Royal Saudi Navy frigate Al Madinah-class frigate, HMS ''Al Madinah'' is struck by a remote controlled suicide boat by Houthie Rebels off Yemen and is severely damaged.
** 16 March – Somali pirates hijack an oil tanker
* 2018
** 25 November – 2018 Kerch Strait incident Russian and Ukrainian ships skirmish at Kerch Strait during the Russo-Ukrainian War
* 2019
** 26 November – Spanish police find a Narco-submarine off the coast of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. The police managed to arrest the three drug traffickers, recover the $100 million drug cargo and sink the submarine. This is the first Narco-submarine sunk in Europe.
* 2020
** 17 May – British flagged tanker ''Stolt Apol'' is attacked by two pirate skiffs 75 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden and disables one skiff before escaping.
* 2022
** 24 February-30 June - 2022 Snake Island campaign, Snake Island campaign between Russian Navy and Ukrainian Navy to conquer the island, this campaign ended with a Ukrainian victory.
** 14 April - Destruction of the Moskva. Russian cruiser Moskva, RFS ''Moskva'' is struck by two Ukrainian R-360 Neptune anti-ship missiles, causing a chain reaction of explosions and later sinks.
** 29 October - 2022 Crimea attacks. Ukrainian unmanned surface drones attack Sevastopol Naval Base in Crimea, damaging three Russian warships.

See also

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

References

{{reflist

External links

War index

Naval history in Russian

Naval history in English

Naval-History.Net
Naval History of the 20th Century, World Wars 1, 2, post-war and Falklands War – navies, campaigns and battles

Naval battles,
Lists of naval battles,
Lists of battles, Naval
Timelines of military conflicts, Naval battles