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List of naval battles

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Pre1914

Atlantic, Arctic

Battle of Trafalgar, 21.10.1805

GB (winner) ↔ France, Spain

Battle of Hampton Roads 8./9.3.1862

Battle off Heligoland 9.5.1864

Denmark (winner) ↔ Austria-Hungary

Battle off Havanna, 9.11.1870

Germany ↔ France ↔ Spain (draw)

Spanish-American-War April-August 1898

USA (winner) ↔ Spain

Further locations

Markommania-Incident 2.9./5.9.1902

Venezuelan crisis, 9.12.1902-19.2.1903

Dutch-Venezuelan-Crisis 26.11.-23.12.1908

Netherlands ↔ Venezuela

Portugiesische Revolution 5.10.1910

Agadir Crisis 1.-20.7.1911

Baltic

Battle of Oliwa / Gdańsk Roadstead 28.11.1627

Battle of Eckernförde 5.4.1849

Germany, Schleswig, Holstein (winner) ↔ Denmark

Mediterranean, Black Sea, Caspian

Battle of Lepanto 1571

Battle of the Nile, 1./2.8.1798

Battle of Lissa (Vis) 20.7.1866

Austria-Hungary (winner) ↔ Italy

Battle off Cartagena, 11.10.1873

Bombardement of Alexandria, 11.-13.7.1882

Greco-Turkish War 18.4.-20.5.1897

Italo-Turkish War 1911/1912

1.Balkan War 1912/13

Pacific, Asia

Battle of Chibi, Winter 208

War of the Pacific / Saltpeter War 1879-1881

Chile (winner) ↔ Peru, Bolivia

Battle of Fuzhou / Foochow / Pagoda Anchorage 1884-08-23

First Sino-Jap. War: Battle of Pungdo 25.07.1894

First Sino-Jap. War: Battle of the Yalu River 17.9.1894

First Sino-Jap. War, Battle of Weihawei, 20.1.-12.2.1895

Spanish-American-War April-August 1898

USA (winner) ↔ Spain

Further locations

American-Philippine-War Feb 1899-Jul 1902

USA (winner) ↔ Spain

Boxer Rebellion, 2.11.1899-7.9.1901

China ↔ GB, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Japan, SU, USA

Russ.Jap.War: Battle of Chemulpo Bay 9.2.1904

Japan (winner) ↔ SU

Russ.Jap.War: Battle of Tsushima, 27./28.5.1905

Japan (winner) ↔ SU

WkI

Atlantic, Arctic

Battle of Heligoland Bight 28.8.1914

Cameroon Campaign 7.9.-8.10.1914

GB (winner) ↔ Germany

Battle of the Falklands, 8.12.1914

Cuxhaven Raid 25.12.1914

Battle of the Doggerbank, 1915-01-24

Battle of Jutland, 1916-05-31 - 1916-06-01

Norway-Lerwick-Convoys 1917

2nd Battle of Heligoland Bight 17.11.1917

Allied Intervention Northern Russia: Invasion of Archangelsk 30.7.1918

Brazilian Naval Division for War Operations (DNOG) 1918

Baltic

Gotland-Raid, 2.7.1915

Battle of the Gulf of Riga, 8.-19.8.1915

Shelling of Balticport (Paldiski) 10./11.11.1916

Operation Albion, Moon, Ösel, Dagö,
12.-20.10.1917

Finnland-Intervention, März-Dezember 1918

Mediterranean, Black Sea, Caspian

Battle of Antivari 16.8.1914

Black Sea Raid 29.10.1914

Battle off Cape Sarych 18.11.1914

Turkey ↔ SU

Dardanelles / Gallipoli Campaign,
19.2.1915-9.1.1916

Action Black Sea 10.5.1915

Coastal Bombardements Ancona, Porto Buso 23.-24.5.1915

Battle of Kirpen Island 10.12.1915

1. Battle of Durazzo 28.-29.12.1915

Austria-Hungary ↔ Italy, France, GB

Dreadnought Action Black Sea 8.1.1916

Turkey ↔ SU

Eleusina Confrontation, 7.10.1916

Kastellorizo: Land artillery battery sinks seaplane carrier 11.1.1917

GB ↔ Turkey (winner)

Battle of Otranto Strait 14./15.5.1917

Japanese Detachment in Mediterranean, Battle 11.7.17

Battle of Imbros 20.1.1918

2. Battle of Durazzo 2.10.1918

Pacific, Asia

Emden Raid 1914

Siege of Tsingtau, 1914-9-2 to 1914-11-7

Battle of Coronel, 1.11.1914

Japanese intervention in Siberia 12.1.1918-June 1922

Interwar

SU (winner) ↔ China

Mutiny on the De Zeven Provinciën Feb. 1933

Second Sino-Japanese War 7.7.1937-9.9.1945

Wk2

Atlantic, Arctic

Battle of the River Plate
13.12.1939

Operation Weserübung 8.4.40-8.6.40

Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk 26.5.-4.6.1940

Battle of Dakar, Operation Menace,
24.9.1940

Tirpitz, 1940-1944

Arctic Raids 1941

Operation Rheinübung (Bismarck) 18.5.-27.5.1941

Operation Cerberus, the Channel Dash, 12.2.1942

St.Nazaire Raid, 28.3.1942

2.7.1942 PQ17 / Operation Rösselsprung

Dieppe Raid, 19.8.1942

Battle of the Barents Sea, JW51B 31.12.1942

Action off Les Sept Iles, 23.10.1943

Battle off the North Cape 25.-26.12.1943, Sinking of Scharnhorst

Exercise Tiger, Battle of Lyme Bay 27./28.4.1944

Operation Neptune, 6.6.1944

Battle of Cherbourg, 25.6.1944

Operation Infatuate, Battle of the Schelde 1.-8.11.1944

GB, Canada (winner) ↔ Germany

Granville Raid, 8.3.1945

Germany (winner) ↔ GB, USA

Operation Jupiter, Landing Oléron 30.4.1945

France (winner) ↔ Germany

Simulated attack U2511 on HMS Norfolk, 6.5.1945

Germany (winner) ↔ GB

Baltic

Invasion of Poland, 1.9.1939

Several Baltic Battles 1941-1945

Operation Beowulf, Moon, Ösel (Saaremaa), Dagö,
8.9.-21.10.1941

Mediterranean, Black Sea, Caspian

Operation Vardo, Bombardement on Vardo, Genua 14.6.1940

Battle of the Espero Convoy 28.6.1940

Operation Catapult, Mers-el-Kébir, 3.7.1940

Battle of Punta Stilo 9.7.1940

Battle of Cape Spada 19.7.1940

Battle off Cape Passero 12./13.10.1940

Red Sea, Convoy BN.7 21.10.1940

Battle of Tarent, Battle of the Strait of Otranto 11./12.11.1940

Schlacht von Kap Teulada/Spartivento 27.11.1940

Battle of Cape Matapan 28.3.1941

Battle of the Tarigo Convoy off Sfax 16.4.1941

Bombings on Greek Navy at Invasion of Greece April 1941

Battle for Crete 14.-31.5.1941

British Invasion of Syria & Lebanon Juni 1941

Battle of the Duisburg / BETA Convoy 9.11.1941

Cape Bon 13.12.1941

1. Battle of the Sirte 17.12.1941

Raid on Alexandria 19.12.1941

2. Battle in the Sirte 22.3.1942

Operation Torch, 8.-12.11.1942

Battle of Skerki Bank, 2.12.1942

Operation Slapstick, Tarent Landing 9.9.1943

GB, USA (winner) ↔ Germany

Operation Avalanche, Salerno Landings 9.-16.9.1943

GB, Greece, Poland, USA, Netherlands, France ↔ Germany

Diederichsen Convoy 1944

Operation Anvil-Dragoon, France, 15.8.-14.9.1944

Pacific, Asia

Battle of Koh Chang, 17.1.1941

Pearl Harbour, 7.12.1941

Battle of Wake Island 8.12.-23.12.1941

Naval Battle of Malaya, 10.12.1941

Dutch East Indies: Invasion on Java, 25.2.-9.3.1942

Battle of Madagascar / Operation Ironclad 5.5.-6.11.1942

Midway, Aleuten (Dutch Harbor, Attu, Kiska) Operations 4.-7.6.1942

Operation Hailstone, Battle of Truk, 17.-18.2.1944

Leyte Gulf 23.-26.10./12.1944
(Palawan, Sibuyan, Surigao, Samar, Cape Engano, Ormoc Bay)

Afterwar

Atlantic, Arctic

Bay of Pigs, 17.-20.4.1961

Cuba (winner) ↔ USA

Cuba Crisis, 14.-28.10.1962

Operation Sea Orbit 31.7.1964-3.10.1964

Further locations

Falklands War/Guerra de las Malvinas, 2.-20.4.1982

Mediterranean, Black Sea, Caspian

Corfu Channel Incidents 1946

Naval Engagements of Israel

Suez Crisis 29.10.-7.11.1956

France, Israel, GB ↔ Egypt ↔ USA

Turkish Invasion of Cyprus 1964, 1974

Operation Sharp Guard 1993-1996

Yugoslavia ↔ NATO

Caspian Flottilla, 1st Action Kalibr versus IS 7.10.2015

SU ↔ IS

Incident at Operation Sea Guardian, 10.6.2020

Turkey ↔ Greece, France

Pacific, Asia

Amethyst Incident / Yangtze Incident, 20.4.-30.7.1949

Operation Chromite: Inchon (10.-)15.-19.9.1950

Navy Recovery Ships Mercury/Gemini/Apollo/Skylab/Soyuz 1961-75

Battle of Arafura Sea / Vlakke Hoek 15.1.1962

Indonesia-Malaysia-Conflikt 1963-1966

Commonwealth, Malaysia ↔ Indonesia

Gulf of Tonkin incident, 2.8.1964

Operation Sea Orbit 31.7.1964-3.10.1964

Further locations

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Battle for the Paracel Islands 18.1.1974

Operation Eagle Claw / Evening Light, Teheran Hostage Crisis 24.4.1980

Johnson South Reef Skirmish, 1988-03-14 - 1988-03-16

Operation Praying Mantis, 18.4.1988

Operation Desert Storm, 17.1.-28.2.1991

Anniversaries

2021

Years	relevant Date	Name
105	08.01.1916	Dreadnought Action Black Sea 8.1.1916
80	17.01.1941	Battle of Koh Chang, 17.1.1941
30	17.01.1991	Operation Desert Storm, 17.1.-28.2.1991
50	31.01.1971	Apollo-Saturn 14 (AS-14) - January 31-February 9, 1971
105	08.02.1916	Sinking of Amiral Charner 8.2.1916
80	04.03.1941	Operation Claymore: Lofoten 4.3.1941
55	16.03.1966	Gemini-Titan 8 (GT-8) - March 16, 1966
80	28.03.1941	Battle of Cape Matapan 28.3.1941
80	11.04.1941	Oksfjord fish oil factory raid, 11.4.41
80	16.04.1941	Battle of the Tarigo Convoy off Sfax 16.4.1941
60	17.04.1961	Bay of Pigs, 17.-20.4.1961
80	23.04.1941	Bombings on Greek Navy at Invasion of Greece April 1941
65	26.04.1956	Helicopter lands on submarine 26.4.1956
60	05.05.1961	Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) - May 5, 1961
80	07.05.1941	Jan Mayen Raid 7.5.41
80	14.05.1941	Battle for Crete 14.-31.5.1941
75	15.05.1946	Corfu Channel Incidents 1946
80	24.05.1941	Operation Rheinübung (Bismarck) 18.5.-27.5.1941
80	27.05.1941	Sinking of the Bismarck 27.5.1941
105	31.05.1916	Battle of Jutland, 1916-05-31 - 1916-06-01
55	03.06.1966	Gemini-Titan 9A (GT-9A) - June 3-6, 1966
80	09.06.1941	British Invasion of Syria & Lebanon Juni 1941
1	10.06.2020	Incident at Operation Sea Guardian, 10.6.2020
80	27.06.1941	S-Boote gegen Storozhevoyi 27.6.1941
80	28.06.1941	Lauenburg Raid 28.6.41
110	01.07.1911	Agadir Crisis 1.-20.7.1911
80	06.07.1941	Battle of Kolka 6.7.1941
85	17.07.1936	Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
55	18.07.1966	Gemini-Titan 10 (GT-10) - July 18-21, 1966
60	21.07.1961	Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) - July 21, 1961
80	26.07.1941	Battle of Bengtskar 26.7.1941
50	26.07.1971	Apollo-Saturn 15 (AS-15) - July 26-August 7, 1971
80	27.07.1941	Sinking of Smelyi 27.7.1941
80	31.07.1941	Bäreninsel Raid 31.7.41 (Wetterstation zerstört)
85	05.08.1936	Convoy de la Victoria 5.8.1936
80	24.08.1941	Operation Gauntlet: Spitzbergen 24.8.1941
95	27.08.1926	Wanhsien Incident 27.8.1926
55	12.09.1966	Gemini-Titan 11 (GT-11) - September 12-15, 1966
80	13.09.1941	Operation Beowulf, Moon, Ösel (Saaremaa), Dagö, 8.9.-21.10.1941
110	29.09.1911	Italo-Turkish War 1911/1912
85	29.09.1936	Battle of Cape Spartel 29.9.1936
450	07.10.1571	Battle of Lepanto 1571
105	07.10.1916	Eleusina Confrontation, 7.10.1916
65	29.10.1956	Suez Crisis 29.10.-7.11.1956
80	09.11.1941	Battle of the Duisburg / BETA Convoy 9.11.1941
105	10.11.1916	Shelling of Balticport (Paldiski) 10./11.11.1916
55	11.11.1966	Gemini-Titan 12 (GT-12) - November 11-15, 1966
50	04.12.1971	Operation Trident, Battle off Karatschi 4./5.12.1971
80	07.12.1941	Pearl Harbour, 7.12.1941
50	08.12.1971	Operation Python, Attack on Karatschi Port 8./9..12.1971
80	08.12.1941	Battle of Wake Island 8.12.-23.12.1941
80	10.12.1941	Naval Battle of Malaya, 10.12.1941
85	12.12.1936	Sinking of C-3, 12.12.1936
80	13.12.1941	Cape Bon 13.12.1941
80	17.12.1941	1. Battle of the Sirte 17.12.1941
80	19.12.1941	Raid on Alexandria 19.12.1941

2022

Years	relevant Date	Name
105	11.01.1917	Kastellorizo: Land artillery battery sinks seaplane carrier 11.1.1917
60	15.01.1962	Battle of Arafura Sea / Vlakke Hoek 15.1.1962
125	03.02.1897	Greco-Turkish War 18.4.-20.5.1897
80	12.02.1942	Operation Cerberus, the Channel Dash, 12.2.1942
60	20.02.1962	Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) - February 20, 1962
80	25.02.1942	Dutch East Indies: Invasion on Java, 25.2.-9.3.1942
80	27.02.1942	1942, 27./28. Februar, Schlacht in der Javasee (Planned, no data entered yet)
80	28.02.1942	1942, 28. Februar/1. März, Schlacht in der Sundastraße (Planned, no data entered yet)
85	05.03.1937	Battle of Cape Machichaco
80	06.03.1942	6.-13.3.1942 Operation Sportpalast
80	22.03.1942	2. Battle in the Sirte 22.3.1942
80	28.03.1942	St.Nazaire Raid, 28.3.1942
40	02.04.1982	Falklands War/Guerra de las Malvinas, 2.-20.4.1982
110	15.04.1912	Titanic 15.4.1912
50	16.04.1972	Apollo-Saturn 16 (AS-16) - April 16-27, 1972
80	03.05.1942	1942, 3. bis 8. Mai, Schlacht im Korallenmeer (Planned, no data entered yet)
80	05.05.1942	Battle of Madagascar / Operation Ironclad 5.5.-6.11.1942
105	14.05.1917	Battle of Otranto Strait 14./15.5.1917
60	24.05.1962	Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) - May 24, 1962
85	29.05.1937	Deutschland Incident 29.5.1937
80	04.06.1942	Midway, Aleuten (Dutch Harbor, Attu, Kiska) Operations 4.-7.6.1942
80	12.06.1942	Operation Harpoon 12.-16.6.1942 (Planned, no data entered yet)
80	02.07.1942	2.7.1942 PQ17 / Operation Rösselsprung
85	07.07.1937	Second Sino-Japanese War 7.7.1937-9.9.1945
55	11.07.1967	Battle of Rumani Coast 11.7.1967
105	11.07.1917	Japanese Detachment in Mediterranean, Battle 11.7.17
140	11.07.1882	Bombardement of Alexandria, 11.-13.7.1882
85	12.07.1937	Battle off Cape Culleras 12.7.1937
80	03.08.1942	Operation Pedestal 3.-15.8.1942 (Planned, no data entered yet)
80	09.08.1942	1942, 9. August, Schlacht von Savo Island (Planned, no data entered yet)
80	19.08.1942	Dieppe Raid, 19.8.1942
120	02.09.1902	Markommania-Incident 2.9./5.9.1902
85	07.09.1937	Battle of Cape Cherchell 7.9.1937
85	14.09.1937	Battle on the Pearl River 14.9.1937
85	22.09.1937	Attack on the Kiangyin Fortress 22.-25.9.1937
60	03.10.1962	Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) - October 3, 1962
110	08.10.1912	1.Balkan War 1912/13
105	12.10.1917	Operation Albion, Moon, Ösel, Dagö, 12.-20.10.1917
60	14.10.1962	Cuba Crisis, 14.-28.10.1962
105	17.10.1917	Action off Lerwick 17.10.1917
80	18.10.1942	War of Independence 1948
55	21.10.1967	Sinking of Eilath 21.10.1967
80	26.10.1942	1942, 26. Oktober, Schlacht bei den Santa-Cruz-Inseln (Planned, no data entered yet)
80	08.11.1942	Operation Torch, 8.-12.11.1942
80	08.11.1942	Battle of Someri Island 8.-11.7.1942
80	12.11.1942	1942, 12. bis 15. November, Seeschlacht von Guadalcanal (Planned, no data entered yet)
105	17.11.1917	2nd Battle of Heligoland Bight 17.11.1917
80	18.11.1942	Sinking of Krasnoye Znamya 18.11.1942
80	27.11.1942	Toulon 27.11.1942 (Planned, no data entered yet)
80	30.11.1942	1942, 30. November, Schlacht bei Tassafaronga (Planned, no data entered yet)
80	02.12.1942	Battle of Skerki Bank, 2.12.1942
50	07.12.1972	Apollo-Saturn 17 (AS-17) - December 7-19, 1972
120	09.12.1902	Venezuelan crisis, 9.12.1902-19.2.1903
105	11.12.1917	Norway Convoy Action 11./12.12.1917
80	31.12.1942	Battle of the Barents Sea, JW51B 31.12.1942

2023

Years	relevant Date	Name
105	12.01.1918	Japanese intervention in Siberia 12.1.1918-June 1922
105	20.01.1918	Battle of Imbros 20.1.1918
60	20.01.1963	Indonesia-Malaysia-Conflikt 1963-1966
90	10.02.1933	Mutiny on the De Zeven Provinciën Feb. 1933
85	05.03.1938	Battle of Cape Palos 5./6.3.1938
105	05.03.1918	Finnland-Intervention, März-Dezember 1918
35	14.03.1988	Johnson South Reef Skirmish, 1988-03-14 - 1988-03-16
35	18.04.1988	Operation Praying Mantis, 18.4.1988
125	01.05.1898	Spanish-American-War April-August 1898
60	15.05.1963	Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) - May 15-16, 1963
50	25.05.1973	Skylab-2 (SL-2) - May 25-June 22, 1973
30	15.06.1993	Operation Sharp Guard 1993-1996
80	05.07.1943	1943, 5./6. Juli, Schlacht im Kula-Golf (Planned, no data entered yet)
80	09.07.1943	Operation Corkscrew, Landing on Pantelleria 18.5.-11.6.1943 (Planned, no data entered yet)
80	09.07.1943	Operation Husky, Landing on Sicily 9.7.-17.8.1943 (Planned, no data entered yet)
80	12.07.1943	1943, 12./13. Juli, Schlacht bei Kolombangara (Planned, no data entered yet)
50	28.07.1973	Skylab-3 (SL-3) - July 28-September 25, 1973
105	30.07.1918	Allied Intervention Northern Russia: Invasion of Archangelsk 30.7.1918
80	08.09.1943	8.9.1943 Unternehmen Sizilien/Zitronella
100	08.09.1923	Honda Point Desaster 8.9.1923
80	09.09.1943	Operation Avalanche, Salerno Landings 9.-16.9.1943
80	09.09.1943	Operation Slapstick, Tarent Landing 9.9.1943
80	22.09.1943	22.9.1943 Operation Source, Kaafjord
105	02.10.1918	2. Battle of Durazzo 2.10.1918
50	07.10.1973	Battle of Port Said / Marsa Talamat 7.10.1973
50	07.10.1973	Battle of Latakia 7.10.1973
50	08.10.1973	Battle of Damietta / Baltim 8.10.1973
150	11.10.1873	Battle off Cartagena, 11.10.1873
55	11.10.1968	Apollo-Saturn 7 (AS-7) - October 11-22, 1968
50	11.10.1973	2nd Battle of Latakia 11.10.1973
75	18.10.1948	Battle near Majdal 18.10.
75	22.10.1948	Sinking of the Emir Farouk 22.10.1948
80	23.10.1943	Action off Les Sept Iles, 23.10.1943
80	01.11.1943	1943, 1./2. November, Seeschlacht bei der Kaiserin-Augusta-Bucht (Planned, no data entered yet)
80	08.11.1943	Surrender Regia Marina 8.-10.11.1943 (Planned, no data entered yet)
105	10.11.1918	Brazilian Naval Division for War Operations (DNOG) 1918
50	16.11.1973	Skylab-4 (SL-4) - November 16, 1973-February 8, 1974
115	12.12.1908	Dutch-Venezuelan-Crisis 26.11.-23.12.1908
55	21.12.1968	Apollo-Saturn 8 (AS-8) - December 21-27, 1968
80	25.12.1943	Battle off the North Cape 25.-26.12.1943, Sinking of Scharnhorst

Very good overview of anniversaries on modellmarine.de (in German)

See also Order of Battles on navweaps.com
Franz.Quelle. www.netmarine.net/histoire.htm
Nafziger Collection Order of Battles
Turkish Naval Operations see www.turkeyswar.com/navy/naval-operations/
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_bedeutender_Seeschlachten
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