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
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* 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 (details)
** 12–13 September 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 (details)
* 1639 February 19 – Dutch under Maarten Tromp defeat a Dunkirk