List of major naval battles

The list includes major naval battles from ancient times to the present.

Antiquity (500 BC to 476 AD)

494 BC BC, Battle of Ark , Persians defeat Greeks
480 BC BC, Battle of Salamis , Greeks defeat Persians
474 BC BC, Battle of Cumae , Greeks defeat Etruscans
406 BC BC Battle of the Arginus , Athens defeats Sparta
405 BC BC, Battle of Aigospotamoi , Sparta defeated Athens
376 BC BC, naval battle near Naxos , Athens defeats Sparta
260 BC BC, Battle of the Lipari Islands
260 BC BC, naval battle of Mylae , near Sicily, victory of Rome over Carthage
250 BC BC, sea battle at Panormos , Sicily, Romans defeat Carthaginians
256 BC BC, battle at Cape Ecnomus , Sicily, victory of Rome over Carthaginians
249 BC BC, Battle of Drepana , Sicily, Carthage defeated Rome
241 BC BC, Battle of the Aegatic Islands , Rome defeats Carthage
56 BC BC, naval battle of Brittany , Rome defeats the Venetians
36 BC BC, Battle of Mylae , Agrippa defeated Papias
36 BC BC, Naval Battle of Naulochoi , Agrippa defeated Sextus Pompeius
31 BC BC, September 2nd, Battle of Actium , Octavian defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra
15th v. BC, naval battle on Lake Constance , Rome defeats the Celts
208 AD, Battle of Chibi , Battle of the Yangtze River at the time of the Three Kingdoms in China

Middle Ages (476 to 1492)

717-718, Second attack on Constantinople
849 Battle of Ostia , Christian fleet defeats Muslim fleet
around 872, Battle of Hafrsfjord , With the victory of Harald Hårfagre the unification process of Norway begins,
around 985, Battle of Helgenes , power struggle between the Danish King Harald Blauzahn and his son Sven Gabelbart for the throne, which, due to the intervention of the Jomswikings, ended militarily in favor of Sven Gabelbart
around 987 or 994/95, Battle of Hjørungavåg , Norwegians defeat Danes and Jomswikings
1000, September 9th, Naval Battle of Svold , Danes and Swedes defeat Norwegians
1185, Battle of Dan-no-ura , Minamoto defeat Taira
1279 Sea Battle of Yamen , Mongols defeat the Song
1340, Battle of Sluis , England defeated France
1372, 22./23. June, Battle of La Rochelle , France and Castile defeat England

Early modern period (1492 to 1789)

1535, June 17th. Naval battle near Svendborg , Denmark, Sweden and Prussia defeat Lübeck
1560, 9-14 May, naval battle of Djerba , Ottoman fleet defeated Holy League
1571, October 7th, Battle of Lepanto , Holy League defeated the Ottomans
1588, destruction of the Spanish Armada , England defeats Spain
1597, August 27th, Battle of Chilchonryang , Japan defeats Korea
1597, October 26th, Battle of Myongnyang , Korea defeated Japan
1607, April 25th Battle of Gibraltar , Netherlands defeat Spain
1639, 16./17. September, two-day naval battle , the Netherlands defeat Spain
1639, October 21, Naval Battle of the Downs , the Netherlands defeat Spain
1644, July 1st, naval battle on the Kolberger Heide between Sweden and Denmark
1646, March – October five naval battles of La Naval de Manila between Spain and Holland
1653, August 10th, naval battle of Scheveningen , England defeated the Dutch
1665, June 13th, naval battle at Lowestoft , England defeat the Netherlands
1666, 11-14th June, four days battle between the Thames estuary and the coast of Flanders, the Netherlands defeated England
1666, July 25th, St James's Day Fight , England defeated Netherlands
1672, June 7th, Battle of Solebay , Netherlands defeat England
1672, August 21st, sea battle of Texel , Netherlands defeat England
1676, April 21, naval battle of Palermo , France defeats the Netherlands
1676, May 25th, naval battle off Jasmund between Denmark and Sweden
1676, June 11th, sea battle near Öland , Danish-Dutch fleet defeats the Swedish fleet
1677, 11./12. July, sea battle in the Køgebucht , Danish fleet defeats the Swedish fleet
1692, May 19, May 25, naval battles of Barfleur and La Hougue , Anglo-Dutch fleet defeats French fleet
1702, October 12th, naval battle near Vigo (also sea battle near Rande), Anglo-Dutch fleet defeats the Spanish-French fleet
1712, 29./30. September, sea battle of Rügen , Danish-Russian fleet defeats Swedish fleet
1714, July 27, naval battle of Hanko (also: Battle of Gangut), Russia defeats Sweden
1756, May 20th, Battle of Minorca , between Great Britain and France
1759, August 18th Naval battle of Lagos , Great Britain defeated France
1759, November 20th Naval battle in the Bay of Quiberon , Great Britain defeated France
1760, July 8th, Battle of the Restigouche River , Great Britain defeated France
1770, July 5th, naval battle of Çeşme , Russia defeated the Ottoman Empire
1778, July 27th, naval battle off Ouessant , between Great Britain and France
1779, July 6th, Battle of Grenada , between Great Britain and France
1781, September 5th, Battle of Chesapeake Bay , France defeated Great Britain, leads to the British surrender at the Battle of Yorktown
1782, 25./26. January Sea Battle of St. Kitts between Great Britain and France
1782, April 12th, Battle of Les Saintes , Great Britain defeated France

Modern history (1789 to 1900)

Battle of the English ship of the line HMS Tremendous and a British frigate against the French frigate La Canonniere , 1806

1789, August 24th, First naval battle near Ruotsinsalmi , Russia defeats Sweden and Finland
1790, July 19, Naval Battle of Kerch , Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire
1790, 9./10. July, Second naval battle near Ruotsinsalmi , Sweden and Finland defeat Russia
1790, 28./29. August, Battle of Hadshi-Bey , Russia defeated the Ottoman Empire
1794, June 1st, Battle of the 13th Prairial ("The Glorious First of June") , Great Britain defeats France
1797, February 14th, Battle of Cape St. Vincent , Great Britain defeated Spain
1797, October 11th, naval battle at Camperduin , Great Britain defeated Holland
1798, 1./2. August, Battle of Abukir , Great Britain defeated France
1801, April 2nd, Battle of Copenhagen , Great Britain defeated Denmark
1805, October 21, Battle of Trafalgar , Great Britain defeats France and Spain
1807, June 19th, Battle of Athos , Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire
1807, August 16 to September 7, bombardment of Copenhagen , Great Britain defeats Denmark
1813, September 10th, Battle of Lake Erie , USA defeat Great Britain
1814, September 11th, Battle of Lake Champlain , USA defeat Great Britain
1827, October 20th, Battle of Navarino , Great Britain, France and Russia defeat Ottomans and Egyptians
1849, April 5th, battle near Eckernförde , German Confederation defeated Denmark
1853, November 30th, naval battle near Sinope , Russia defeated the Ottoman Empire
1862, 8./9. March, Battle of Hampton Roads , Tactical partial success of the southern states against the northern states , but ultimately strategically undecided
1862, June 6th, Battle of Memphis , Northern States defeat Southern States
1864, May 9th, naval battle off Heligoland , Denmark defeated Austria
1864, August 5-23, Battle of Mobile Bay , Northern States defeat Southern States
1865, June 11th, Battle of Riachuelo , Brazil defeated Paraguay
1866, July 20th, Battle of Lissa , Austria defeats Italy
1879, May 21st, naval battles at Iquique and Punta Gruesa , Peru defeated Chile
1894, September 17th, Battle of Yalu , Japan defeats China
1898, May 1st, Battle of Manila Bay , USA defeat Spain
1898, July 3rd, naval battle of Santiago de Cuba , USA defeat Spain

20th century

1904, August 10, Battle of the Yellow Sea , Japan defeats Russia
1904, August 14th, naval battle near Ulsan , Japan defeats Russia
1905, May 27, Battle of Tsushima , Japan defeats Russia
1914, November 1st, naval battle at Coronel , Germany defeated Great Britain
1914, December 8th, naval battle of the Falkland Islands , Great Britain defeated Germany
1915, January 24th, Battle of the Dogger Bank , Great Britain defeated Germany
1916, May 31, Battle of the Skagerrak , Germany tactically defeats Great Britain, but strategically the battle does not change the war situation
1917, October 17th, Battle of Moon Sound , Germany defeats Russia
1936, 5./6. March, Battle of Cabo de Palos , Spanish Republicans defeat Spanish nationalists
1940, April 9-13 , naval battles around Narvik , Great Britain defeated Germany tactically, but ultimately a strategic German success

1940, October 16-19, battle for convoy SC-7 , Germany defeated the Allies

1941, March 28, Battle of Cape Matapan , Great Britain defeated Italy

1941, May 24th, Battle of Denmark Strait , Germany defeated Great Britain

1941, May 27th, British pursuit and sinking of the German capital ship Bismarck

1942, 27./28. February, Battle of the Java Sea , Japan defeated the Allies

1942, February 28/1. March, Battle of Sunda Strait , Japan defeated the Allies

1942, May 3-8, Battle of the Coral Sea , USA defeat Japan

1942, 4th / 5th June, Battle of Midway , USA defeat Japan

1942, June 12-16, Battle of Malta convoys MW-11 and WS-19 , Germany and Italy defeat Great Britain

1942, July 2-10, Battle of the Northern Sea Convoy PQ-17 , Germany defeats the Allies

1942, August 9, Battle of Savo Island , Japan defeated the Allies

1942, October 26th, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands , Japan defeats the USA tactically but strategic success of the USA

1942, November 12-15, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal , USA defeat Japan

1942, November 30th, Battle of Tassafaronga , Japan defeats the USA

1942, December 31st, Battle of the Barents Sea , Great Britain defeated Germany

1943, March 16-19, battle for convoys HX-229 and SC-122 , Germany defeated the Allies

1943, 5./6. July, Battle of the Kula Gulf , USA fight tactically draw with Japan, but strategic success of the USA

1943, 12./13. July, Battle of Kolombangara , Japan defeats USA

1943, 1./2. November, naval battle of the Empress Augusta Bay , USA defeat Japan

1944, June 19-21, Battle of the Philippine Sea , USA defeat Japan

1944, October 22nd to 26th, sea and air battle in the Gulf of Leyte , USA defeat Japan

1945, April 7th, Operation Ten-gō (air and sea battle south of Japan), USA defeat Japan

1971, 4th / 5th December, Operation Trident (naval battle near Karachi ), India defeats Pakistan

1973, October 7th, naval battle near Latakia , Israel defeats Syria

1973, 8./9. October, sea battle near Baltim , Israel defeats Egypt

1982, May 1-26 , sea and air battle of the Falkland Islands , GB defeats Argentina

1988, April 18, Operation Praying Mantis , USA defeats Iran