List of naval battles
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This is a list of naval battles, organized by date and era.
- Ancient
- Battle of Lade (494 BC)
- Battle of Artemisium (480 BC)
- Battle of Salamis (480 BC)
- Battle of the Eurymedon (460s BC)
- Battle of Salamis (in Cyprus) (450s BC)
- Battle of Naupactus (429 BC)
- Battle of Pylos (425 BC)
- Battle of Cynossema (411 BC)
- Battle of Aegospotami (405 BC)
- Battle of Cnidus (394 BC)
- Battle of Naxos (376 BC)
- Battle of Salamis (308 BC) Demetrius I Poliorcetes defeats the fleet of Menelaeus, brother of Ptolemy I
- Battle of the Lipara Islands (260 BC)
- Battle of Mylae (260 BC)
- Battle of Cos (258 BC)
- Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256 BC)
- Battle of Drepana (249 BC)
- Battle of the Aegates Islands (242 BC) Roman sea victory over the Carthaginians, ending the First Punic War
- Battle of Chios (201 BC) Philip V of Macedon is defeated by the Egyptians, Rhodians, and Pergamese
- Battle of the Eurymedon (190 BC) Roman forces under Lucius Aemilius Regillus defeat a Seleucid fleet commanded by Hannibal, fighting his last battle
- Battle of Myonessus (190 BC)
- Battle of Actium (31 BC) Octavian decisively defeats Antony and Cleopatra
- Middle Ages
- Battle of Syllaeum (677)
- Battle of Damme (1213) English under William Longsword, Earl of Salisbury, sink most of fleet of France's King Philip II in the harbor of Damme
- Battle of South Foreland (1217) Fleet of English Hubert and Burgh defeat French fleet of Eustace the Monk off Dover
- Battle of Curzota (1296) Genoa defeats Venetian fleet including Marco Polo
- Battle of Sluys (1340) Edward III beats Franco-Genoese fleet of Philip VI of France off the coast of Flanders and gains control of English Channel
- Battle of Sapienza (1354) Genoans destroy Venetian fleet
- Renaissance
- 1509 Battle of Dui February 2 Portugal's India viceroy destroys Moslem fleet, controls spice trade
- 1538 Battle of Preveza Ottoman fleet defeats Spanish-Venetian fleet
- Battle of Lepanto (1571)
- Defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588)
- 17th Century
- Battle of Oliwa (1627) (battle of Danzig roadstead)
- 1652 Battle of Goodwin Sands (or Dover) First Anglo-Dutch War May 29 Blake's fire without DoW on Tromp's fleet initiates first Anglo-Dutch war
- 1652 Battle of Plymouth First Anglo-Dutch War August 26 De Ruyter's 36 MoW hold of Ayscue's 45 MoW, driving them away.
- 1652 Battle of the Kentish Knock (or Dover) First Anglo-Dutch War October 8 Blake beats back de Witt
- 1652 Battle of Dungeness First Anglo-Dutch War December 10 Tromp defeats Blake
- 1652 Battle of Blenau April 7 Great Conde commands Fronds against French under Marshall Turenne
- 1653 Battle of Portland First Anglo-Dutch War February 28-March 2 Dutch admiral Tromp, outnumbered, loses a dozen man of war and 50 merchant man to Blake
- 1653 Battle of Livorno First Anglo-Dutch War March 13 Johan van Galen's ships defeat Bodley
- Battle of the Gabbard (1653)
- Battle of Scheveningen (1653)
- Four Day's Battle (1665)
- Raid on the Medway (1667)
- Battle of Sole Bay (1672)
- Battle of Texel (1673)
- 1676 Battle of Oland June 1 Danish-Dutch fleet defeats Swedish fleet in Baltic Sea
- Battle of Beachy Head (1690)
- Battle of La Hogue (1692)
- 18th Century
- 1744 Battle of Toulon (1744) February 22 - draw between British and Franco-Spanish fleets
- Battle of Quiberon Bay (1759)
- Battle of Chesma (1770)
- 1776 Battle of Valcour Island October 11 - Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton
- Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) (1780)
- Battle of the Chesapeake (1781)
- Battle of the Saintes (1782)
- 1782 Battle of Providien April 12 - French and English squadrons clash in an indecisive engagement
- 1782 Battle of Negapatam July 6 - Indecisive engagment between British and French fleets
- 1782 Battle of Trincomalee September 3 - British fleet under Hughes damages French fleet under [[Pierre Andr� de Suffren de Saint Tropez|Suffren]] but withdraws
- 1783 Battle of Cuddalore June 20 - French fleet drives British fleet off shore of Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between [[Pierre Andr� de Suffren de Saint Tropez|Suffren]] and Hughes
- Battle of Ochakov (1788)
- Napoleonic Wars
- The Glorious First of June (1794))
- Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797) (1797))
- 1797 Battle of Camperdown - British fleet under Admiral Duncan defeats a Dutch fleet
- Battle of the Nile (1798) (battle of Abukir Bay)
- Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
- 1801 First Battle of Algeciras July 6 - English naval defeat by French
- 1801 Second Battle of Algeciras July 12 - English naval victory over French, Spanish
- Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
- 1807 Battle of Lemnos June 30 - Russian fleet under Admiral Seniavin defeats Turks in Aegean
- 1807 Second Battle of Copenhagen September 2-7 - British land, sea forces under Admiral Gambier and Gen. Cathcart destroy Danish fleet
- Early 19th Century
- 1812 First battle of Sackett's Harbor July 19 - US turns back British naval attack
- 1812 August 19 - Isaac Hull's USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerri�re
- 1812 Battle of Virginia October 18 - Jacob Jones' USS Wasp defeats HMS Frolic
- 1812 October 25 - Decatur's USS United States captures HMS Macedonian
- 1812 December 29 - Bainbridge's USS Constitution destroys HMS Java
- 1813 Second battle of Sackett's Harbor May 28-29 - US Gen. Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir John Prevost
- 1813 Battle of Boston Harbor June 1 - HMS Shannon captures Lawrence's USS Chesapeake, Lawrence says: "Don't give up the ship"
- 1813 August 14 - HMS Pelican captures Allen's USS Argus
- 1813 September 3 - USS Enterprise captures HMS Boxer off New England Coast
- Battle of Lake Erie (1813)
- 1814 September 1 - USS Wasp sinks HMS Avon
- 1814 Battle of Lake Champlain and Battle of Plattsburg September 11 - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie
- Battle of Plattsburg (1814)
- 1815 February 20 - USS Constitution captures HMS Cyane and HMS Levant
- 1815 March 23 - USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin in last major engagement of War of 1812
- 1822 Battle of Chios June 18-June 19 - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
- 1827 Battle of Navarino October 20 - Joint British, French, Russian fleets, under Admirals Codrington, Rigny, and Heiden, destroy Turko-Egyptian fleet of Tahir Pasha off Greek coast
- 1833 Battle of Cape St. Vincent July 5 - British fleet under Sir Charles Napier defeats fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel
- Battle of Sinop (1853)
- Battle of Heligoland (1864)
- 1864 Battle of Cherbourg France June 19 - USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama
- Ironclad/Old Battleship era
- 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads
- 1866 Battle of Lissa July 20 - Austrian Admiral von Tegetthoff rams and drives off Italian fleet under Persano. First clash of ironclads
- Pre-Dreadnought era
- World War I
- World War II
- 1939 Battle of the River Plate ()
- 1940 - 1945 Battle of the Atlantic (1940)- the name given to the conflicts in the Atlantic Ocean throughout World War II
- 1941 Battle of Cape Matapan March 28 - British fleet defeats Italian fleet
- Hunt for Bismarck (1941)
- Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
- Battle of the Coral Sea (May 8, 1942)
- Battle of Midway (June 4, 1942)
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "List of naval battles" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_naval_battles January 3, 2004

