List of Naval Battles - Later 19th Century

Later 19th Century

• 1833 July 5 Cape St Vincent - Portuguese fleet under British officer Sir Charles Napier defeats and captures fleet of Portuguese usurper king Dom Miguel
• 1842 - Argentinians under William Brown defeat Uruguayans
• 1843 April 30 - Texans under Edwin Ward Moore draws with Mexicans under Thomas Marin near Campeche
  • Texans under Moore destroy Mexican fleet
• 1845 November 20 Obligado - British/French ships force passage of Parana River
• 1849 May 3 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Kiel
  • May 11 - Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Bulk
• 1853 October 30 Sinop - Russian battleships defeat Turkish frigates at Sinope, Turkey
• 1854 August & September - British-French attack on Petropavlovsk (details)
• 1862 March 8 and 9 Hampton Roads - First battle between ironclad warships
• 1864 February Eckernfjorde - Danish ships defeated by Prussia
  • March 17 Jasmund - Prussians vs Danes
  • May 9 Helgoland - Danish fleet defeats Prussian-Austrian fleet in the North Sea
• 1865 June 11 Riachuelo - Brazilian fleet defeats Paraguayan fleet in Paraná river
• 1866 February 7 Abtao - Spain vs Peru/Chile
  • May 2 Callao
  • July 20 Lissa - Austrians under Admiral von Tegetthoff rams and drives off superior Italian fleet under Persano
• 1869 May 4–10 Hakodate
• 1877 May 29 Battle of Pacocha - Indecisive battle between HMS Shah, HMS Amethyst and Huascar
• 1879 May 21 Iquique - During the War of the Pacific
  • October 8 Angamos - During the War of the Pacific
• 1884 August 23 Foochow - Small French squadron annihilates Chinese force at Foochow (Fuzhou)
• 1885 February 13 Raid on Shipu - French attack Chinese ships
• 1893-94 Brazilian Civil War
• 1894 July 25 Feng-tao - Japanese defeat Chinese
  • September 17 Yalu River - Japanese defeat Chinese off Korea
• 1898 May 1 Manila Bay
  • July 3 Santiago de Cuba