List of Naval Battles - Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)

Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)

• 1803 May 23, 24 and 27 - 4 ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force (details)
  • May 31, June 1 - Adams vs Tripolitan gunboats
  • - Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
• 1804 February 15 Pulo Aura - French attack British convoy
  • August 3, 7, 23/24 and 28 and September 2–5 raids on Tripoli (details)
• 1805 about February - French squadron raids British (details)
  • July 4? - French capture British East Indiaman (details)
• 1805 July 4 - 2 Russian ships defeat French gunboat force (details)
  • July 22 Cape Finisterre - Inconclusive action between British Admiral Calder and French Admiral Villeneuve
  • August 6 - French attack British convoy (details)
  • October 21 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
  • November 4 - British capture 4 French battleship survivors from Trafalgar
• 1806 February 6 San(to) Domingo - British under Duckworth defeat French under Leissegues (French) off Santo Domingo
  • July 4 - Russians defeat French in Narenta Channel
  • July 26 - British defeat Dutch (details)
  • September 25 - British battleships defeat French frigate force (details)
• 1807 February 19 - British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles (details)
  • May - British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles (details)
  • May 22, 23 Dardanelles - Russians under Admiral Seniavin defeat Turks near Cape Janizary
  • July 1 Athos (Lemnos/Monte Sancto) - Russians under Seniavin defeats Turks in northern Aegean
  • August 23 and 31 - Danes defeat British light forces near Copenhagen (details)
  • September 2–7 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 13–17 - British capture French battleship near Porto Rico
  • late May - HMS Melpomène vs Danish gunboats
  • June 25–27 - British and Sicilians vs French near Pozzuoli Bay
  • October 26 and 31 Cette and ? - Southern France
  • November 18 - French frigates defeat British East Indiamen near Mauritius (details)
  • December 13 - French frigates capture HMS Junon (details)
• 1810 July 3 - French frigate force defeats British East Indiamen in Mozambique Channel (details)
  • August 26 Grand Port - French defeat British at Vieux Grand Port, Mauritius
  • August 31 - British vs French near Toulon
• 1811 March 13 Lissa - British frigates under Hoste defeat larger Franco-Venetian squadron under Dubordieu off Lissa (Vis) in the Adriatic
  • November 29 - Britain captures French frigate (details)
• 1812 February 22 - Britain captures French battleship Rivoli (details)
  • July 12 Lyngør - British sink last Danish frigate
• 1813 November 5 - Skirmish between British and French near Toulon (details)