Battles at sea
306 naval and other battles whose recorded location lies more than about 5 km from any coastline, ordered by date.
Ancient · Medieval · Early modern · 19th century · World War I era · Interwar · World War II era · Post-1945 · Date not recorded
Ancient (before 500) · 5
- Battle of Lade 494 BCAt sea · Ionian Revolt
- Battle of Amorgos 322 BCAt sea · Lamian War
- Battle of the Aegates 241 BCAt sea · First Punic War
- Battle of the Port of Carthage 147 BCAt sea · Third Punic War
- Battle of Ecbatana 129 BCAt sea · Seleucid–Parthian Wars
Medieval (500–1499) · 18
- Battle of Melantias 559At sea
- Battle of Compiègne 715At sea
- Battle of Licosa (846) 846At sea · Muslim invasions of Italy
- Battle of Constantinople (922) 922At sea · Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- Battle of Svolder 999At sea · Viking Age Norway
- Battle of Giglio 1241At sea · Guelphs and Ghibellines
- Battle of the Gulf 1244At sea · Age of the Sturlungs
- Battle of Saseno 1264At sea · War of Saint Sabas
- Battle of Karuse 1270At sea · Livonian Crusade
- Battle of Meloria (1284) 1284At sea
- Battle of Curzola 1298At sea · War of Curzola
- Battle of Ponza (1300) 1300At sea · War of the Sicilian Vespers
- Battle of the River Dee 1308At sea · First War of Scottish Independence
- Battle of Arnemuiden 1338At sea · Hundred Years' War
- Battle of Winchelsea 1350At sea · Hundred Years' War
- Battle of Margate 1387At sea
- Battle of Ponza (1435) 1435At sea · Aragonese conquest of Naples
- Battle of Guinea 1478At sea · War of the Castilian Succession
Early modern (1500–1799) · 117
- Battle of Diu 1509At sea
- Battle of Pianosa 1519At sea
- Siege of Diu (1538) 1538At sea · Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts of 1538–1560
- Battle of Alborán 1540At sea · Ottoman–Spanish War
- Siege of Diu (1546) 1546At sea · Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts of 1538–1560
- Battle of the Gulf of Oman 1554At sea · Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts of 1538–1560
- Battle of Öland (1563) 1563At sea · Northern Seven Years' War
- First Battle of Öland 1564At sea · Northern Seven Years' War
- Action of 4 June 1565 1565At sea · Northern Seven Years' War
- Action of 7 July 1565 1565At sea · Northern Seven Years' War
- Battle of Lepanto 1571At sea · Ottoman–Spanish War
- Battle of Vila Franca do Campo 1582At sea · War of the Portuguese Succession
- Battle of the Berlengas (1591) 1591At sea
- Battle of Hansan Island 1592At sea · First Japanese Invasion of Korea
- Action of Faial 1594At sea · Anglo-Spanish War
- Battle of Guadalupe Island (1595) 1595At sea · Anglo-Spanish War
- Battle of the Narrow Seas 1602At sea · Eighty Years' War
- Battle of the Gulf of Cádiz 1604At sea · Anglo-Spanish War
- Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1606) 1606At sea · Eighty Years' War
- Siege of Tory Island 1608At sea · O'Doherty's Rebellion
- Battle of Playa Honda 1617At sea · Eighty Years' War
- Battle of Gibraltar (1618) 1618At sea
- Battle off Hormuz (1625) 1625At sea · Dutch–Portuguese War
- Battle in the Bay of São Salvador 1627At sea · Dutch invasions of Brazil
- Battle in the Bay of Matanzas 1628At sea · Eighty Years' War
- Frigate Flensborg 1629At sea
- Battle of Abrolhos 1631At sea · Dutch invasions of Brazil
- Battle off Lizard Point 1637At sea · Eighty Years' War
- Battle of the Downs 1639At sea · Eighty Years' War
- Battle of the Gianh River (1643) 1643At sea
- Action of 28 September 1644 1644At sea
- Battle of Fehmarn (1644) 1644At sea · Torstenson War
- Skirmish at the Strait of Malacca 1644At sea · Conflict between Willem Leyel and Bernt Pessart
- Battle of Puerto de Cavite 1647At sea · Eighty Years' War
- Capture of the galleon Lion Couronné 1651At sea · Franco-Spanish War
- Battle of Dover (1652) 1652At sea · First Anglo-Dutch War
- Battle of Plymouth (1652) 1652At sea · First Anglo-Dutch War
- Battle of the Kentish Knock 1652At sea · First Anglo-Dutch War
- Battle of Portland 1653At sea · First Anglo-Dutch War
- Battle of the Gabbard 1653At sea · First Anglo-Dutch War
- Battle of the Dardanelles (1654) 1654At sea · Cretan War of 1645-1669
- Battle of the Dardanelles (1655) 1655At sea · Cretan War of 1645-1669
- Battle of Møn (1657) 1657At sea · Northern Wars
- Battle of the Sound 1658At sea · Second Northern War
- Battle of Fehmarn (1659) 1659At sea
- Battle of Lowestoft 1665At sea · Second Anglo-Dutch War
- Battle of the Berlengas (1666) 1666At sea · Portuguese Restoration War
- Four Days' Battle 1666At sea · Second Anglo-Dutch War
- St. James' Day Battle 1666At sea · Second Anglo-Dutch War
- Battle of Cádiz (1669) 1669At sea
- Battle of Solebay 1672At sea · Anglo-Dutch Wars
- Battle of Texel 1673At sea
- Battle of Augusta 1676At sea · Franco-Dutch War
- Battle of Stromboli 1676At sea · Franco-Dutch War
- Battle of Öland 1676At sea · Scanian War
- Battle of Marstrand 1677At sea · Scanian War
- Battle of Penghu 1683At sea
- Battle of Lagos (1693) 1693At sea · Nine Years' War
- Battle of Texel (1694) 1694At sea · Nine Years' War
- Battle of Dogger Bank (1696) 1696At sea · Nine Years' War
- Newfoundland expedition (1702) 1702At sea · Queen Anne's War
- Battle of Orford Ness (1704) 1704At sea · Great Northern War
- Battle of Hogland (1713) 1713At sea · Great Northern War
- Attack on Marstrand 1719At sea · Great Northern War
- Battle of Toulon (1744) 1744At sea · War of the Austrian Succession
- Second Battle of Cape Finisterre 1747At sea · War of the Austrian Succession
- Action of 8 June 1755 1755At sea · French and Indian War
- Battle of Cape Palos (1758) 1758At sea · Spanish–Algerian conflicts
- Battle of Frisches Haff 1759At sea · Seven Years' War
- Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759At sea · Seven Years' War
- Action of 17 July 1761 1761At sea · Seven Years' War
- Battle off Fairhaven 1775At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Block Island 1776At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Ushant (1778) 1778At sea · Anglo-French War of 1778–1783
- Affair of Fielding and Bylandt 1779At sea
- Battle of Lake Pontchartrain 1779At sea · Gulf Coast campaign
- Battle of Martinique (1779) 1779At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Action of 8 January 1780 1780At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Action of 9 August 1780 1780At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) 1780At sea · Anglo-Spanish War
- Battle of Martinique (1780) 1780At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Cape Henry 1781At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Dogger Bank (1781) 1781At sea · Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
- Battle of Fort Royal 1781At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of the Chesapeake 1781At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Action of 16 March 1782 1782At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Action of 6 December 1782 1782At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Cape Spartel 1782At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Providien 1782At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of the Mona Passage 1782At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of the Saintes 1782At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Battle off Halifax (1782) 1782At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Action of 22 January 1783 1783At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Öland (1789) 1789At sea · Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790
- Battle of Andros (1790) 1790At sea · Seventh Russo-Turkish War
- Battle of Kerch Strait (1790) 1790At sea · Seventh Russo-Turkish War
- Battle of Kronstadt 1790At sea · Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790
- Battle of Cape Kaliakra 1791At sea · Seventh Russo-Turkish War
- Action of 18 June 1793 1793At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Action of 24 October 1793 1793At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Action of 31 July 1793 1793At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Action of 6 November 1794 1794At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Action of 7 May 1794 1794At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Frigate action of 29 May 1794 1794At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Glorious First of June 1794At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Action of 10 April 1795 1795At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Action of 24 June 1795 1795At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Battle of Groix 1795At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Battle of the Gulf of Roses 1795At sea · War of the Pyrenees
- Battle of the Hyères Islands 1795At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Action of 25 January 1797 1797At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Battle of Camperdown 1797At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Action of 14 December 1798 1798At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Battle of Tory Island 1798At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf 1798At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Action of 16 October 1799 1799At sea · Anglo-Spanish War
- Action of 9 February 1799 (South Africa) 1799At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
19th century (1800–1913) · 44
- Action of 1 January 1800 1800At sea · Quasi-War
- Action of 31 March 1800 1800At sea · French Revolutionary Wars
- Action of 5 October 1804 1804At sea · Napoleonic Wars
- Battle of Pulo Aura 1804At sea · Napoleonic Wars
- Battle of Cape Ortegal 1805At sea · Napoleonic Wars
- Battle of Trafalgar 1805At sea · Trafalgar Campaign
- Action of 13 March 1806 1806At sea · Napoleonic Wars
- Battle of Athos 1807At sea · Eighth Russo-Turkish War
- Capture of the Jeune Richard 1807At sea · Napoleonic Wars
- Action of 10 November 1808 1808At sea · Napoleonic Wars
- Action of 10 February 1809 1809At sea · Napoleonic Wars
- Action of 18 November 1809 1809At sea · Mauritius campaign
- Action of 31 May 1809 1809At sea · Napoleonic Wars
- Battle of Tamatave 1811At sea · Mauritius campaign
- Battle of Pirano 1812At sea · Napoleonic Wars
- USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere 1812At sea · War of 1812
- Capture of HMS Boxer 1813At sea · War of 1812
- Battle of Jobourg 1814At sea · Napoleonic Wars
- Battle of Martín García (1814) 1814At sea · Second Banda Oriental campaign
- Battle of Nauplia (1822) 1822At sea · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of 4 May 1823At sea · Brazilian War of Independence
- Battle of Gerontas 1824At sea · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Andros (1825) 1825At sea · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Banco de Ortiz 1826At sea
- Battle of Punta Colares 1826At sea · Cisplatine War
- Katamanso War 1826At sea
- Battle of Drummond's Island 1841At sea · United States Exploring Expedition
- Naval Battle of Campeche 1843At sea
- Action off Galveston Light 1863At sea · American Civil War
- Bahia incident 1864At sea · American Civil War
- Battle of Albemarle Sound 1864At sea · American Civil War
- Battle of Cherbourg (1864) 1864At sea · American Civil War
- Battle of Heligoland (1864) 1864At sea · Second Schleswig War
- Battle of Jasmund (1864) 1864At sea · Second Schleswig War
- Battle of Lissa (1866) 1866At sea · Austro-Prussian War
- Capture of the Paquete de Maule 1866At sea · Chincha Islands War
- Battle of Angamos 1879At sea · War of the Pacific
- Battle of Pungdo 1894At sea · First Sino-Japanese War
- Battle of the Yalu River (1894) 1894At sea · First Sino-Japanese War
- Battle of Chemulpo Bay 1904At sea · Russo-Japanese War
- Battle of the Yellow Sea 1904At sea · Russo-Japanese War
- Battle off Ulsan 1904At sea · Russo-Japanese War
- Battle of Kaliakra (1912) 1912At sea · First Balkan War
- Battle of Rhodes (1912) 1912At sea · Italo-Turkish War
World War I era (1914–1918) · 33
- Action of 22 September 1914 1914At sea · World War I
- Battle of Cocos 1914At sea · World War I
- Battle of Coronel 1914At sea · World War I
- Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) 1914At sea · World War I
- Battle of the Falkland Islands 1914At sea · World War I
- Battle off Texel 1914At sea · World War I
- Naval warfare in the Mediterranean during World War I 1914At sea · naval warfare of World War I
- Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby 1914At sea · World War I
- SMS Cap Trafalgar 1914At sea
- Action off Noordhinder Bank 1915At sea · World War I
- Battle of Dogger Bank (1915) 1915At sea · World War I
- Battle of Durazzo (1915) 1915At sea · World War I
- Battle of Gotland 1915At sea · World War I
- Battle of the Gulf of Riga 1915At sea · World War I
- Bombardment of Ancona 1915At sea · World War I
- Action of 19 August 1916 1916At sea · World War I
- Battle of Dogger Bank (1916) 1916At sea · World War I
- Battle of Dover Strait (1916) 1916At sea · World War I
- Battle of Jutland 1916At sea · World War I
- Night action at the Battle of Jutland 1916At sea · World War I
- Action of 10 March 1917 1917At sea · World War I
- Action of 11–12 December 1917 1917At sea · World War I
- Action of 16 March 1917 1917At sea · World War I
- Action of 17 November 1917 1917At sea · World War I
- Action of 4 May 1917 1917At sea · World War I
- Action off Lerwick 1917At sea · World War I
- Battle of Dover Strait (1917) 1917At sea · World War I
- Battle of Moon Sound 1917At sea · World War I
- Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) 1917At sea · World War I
- Second Battle of Heligoland Bight 1917At sea · World War I
- Action of 14/15 February 1918 1918At sea · World War I
- Battle of Durazzo (1918) 1918At sea · Adriatic Campaign of World War I
- Ice Cruise of the Baltic Fleet 1918At sea · World War I
Interwar (1919–1938) · 4
- Battle of Cape Spartel (1936) 1936At sea · Spanish Civil War
- Battle of Cape Cherchell 1937At sea · Spanish Civil War
- Battle of Cape Machichaco 1937At sea · Spanish Civil War
- Battle of Cape Palos (1938) 1938At sea · Spanish Civil War at sea
World War II era (1939–1945) · 64
- Baltic Sea campaigns (1939–1945) 1939At sea · Eastern Front
- Battle of the River Plate 1939At sea · American Theater
- Action in the Strait of Otranto 1940At sea · World War II
- Action off Cape Passero 1940At sea · Battle of the Mediterranean
- Battle of Calabria 1940At sea · World War II
- Battle of Cape Spartivento 1940At sea · World War II
- Battle of the Espero Convoy 1940At sea · Battle of the Mediterranean
- Operation Wikinger 1940At sea · World War II
- Action of 4 April 1941 1941At sea · World War II
- Battle of Cape Matapan 1941At sea · Battle of the Mediterranean
- Battle of the Denmark Strait 1941At sea · Battle of the Atlantic
- Battle of the Duisburg Convoy 1941At sea · Battle of the Mediterranean
- Battle of the Tarigo Convoy 1941At sea · Battle of the Mediterranean
- First Battle of Sirte 1941At sea · Battle of the Mediterranean
- Last battle of Bismarck 1941At sea · Battle of the Atlantic
- Sinking of HMAS Sydney 1941At sea · World War II
- Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse 1941At sea · South-East Asian theater of World War II
- Action of 27 March 1942 1942At sea · World War II
- Battle of Cape Esperance 1942At sea · World War II
- Battle of Makassar Strait 1942At sea · World War II
- Battle of Midway 1942At sea · Pacific War
- Battle of Skerki Bank 1942At sea · Battle of the Mediterranean
- Battle of Someri 1942At sea · Continuation War
- Battle of the Barents Sea 1942At sea · World War II
- Battle of the Coral Sea 1942At sea · New Guinea campaign
- Battle of the Java Sea 1942At sea · Dutch East Indies campaign
- Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands 1942At sea · Pacific War
- Indian Ocean raid 1942At sea · Pacific War
- Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 1942At sea · Pacific War
- Operation Harpoon (1942) 1942At sea · Battle of the Mediterranean
- Second Battle of Sirte 1942At sea · Battle of the Mediterranean
- Action of 13 November 1943 1943At sea · World War II
- Battle of Blackett Strait 1943At sea · Pacific War
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 1943At sea · World War II
- Battle of Kolombangara 1943At sea · Pacific War
- Battle of Rennell Island 1943At sea · Guadalcanal campaign
- Battle of Sept-Îles 1943At sea · World War II
- Battle of Tarawa 1943At sea · World War II
- Battle of Vella Gulf 1943At sea · World War II
- Battle of Vella Lavella (naval) 1943At sea · Pacific War
- Battle of the Bay of Biscay 1943At sea · Battle of the Atlantic
- Battle of the Bismarck Sea 1943At sea · Pacific War
- Battle of the Cigno Convoy 1943At sea · Battle of the Mediterranean
- Battle of the Komandorski Islands 1943At sea · Pacific War
- Battle of the North Cape 1943At sea · World War II
- Action of 14 February 1944 1944At sea · World War II
- Action of 17 July 1944 1944At sea · World War II
- Action of Port Cros 1944At sea · Mediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II
- Battle of Audierne Bay 1944At sea · Battle of the Atlantic
- Battle of Eniwetok 1944At sea · World War II
- Battle of Leyte Gulf 1944At sea · World War II
- Battle of Leyte Gulf 1944At sea · Battle of Leyte Gulf
- Battle of Lone Tree Hill 1944At sea · Western New Guinea campaign
- Battle of Nerva Island 1944At sea · Eastern Front
- Battle of Pierres Noires 1944At sea · World War II
- Battle of Wide Bay–Open Bay 1944At sea · World War II
- Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944At sea · Pacific War
- Battle off Samar 1944At sea · Battle of Leyte Gulf
- Action of 24 July 1945 1945At sea · World War II
- Battle of Sagami Bay 1945At sea · World War II
- Battle of the Ligurian Sea 1945At sea · Battle of the Mediterranean
- Battle of the Malacca Strait 1945At sea · Pacific War
- Operation Kikusui I 1945At sea · Pacific War
- Sinking of U-864 1945At sea
Post-1945 (1946 onwards) · 17
- Battle of Nanpeng Island 1950At sea · Chinese Civil War
- Battle of Nanpeng Archipelago 1952At sea · Chinese Civil War
- Battle of Dachen Archipelago 1955At sea · Chinese Civil War
- Battle of Yijiangshan Islands 1955At sea · Chinese Civil War
- Action of 13 December 1964 1964At sea · Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
- Gulf of Tonkin incident 1964At sea · Vietnam War
- Battle of Dong-Yin 1965At sea · Chinese Civil War
- Battle of Baltim 1973At sea · Yom Kippur War
- Sinking of ARA General Belgrano 1982At sea · Falklands War
- USS Stark incident 1987At sea · Iran–Iraq War
- Johnson South Reef skirmish 1988At sea · Sino-Vietnamese conflicts 1979–1991
- 1989 air battle near Tobruk 1989At sea · Cold War
- Battle of the Dalmatian Channels 1991At sea · Croatian War of Independence
- First Gulf of Sidra offensive 2011At sea · Libyan Civil War
- Second Gulf of Sidra offensive 2011At sea · Libyan Civil War
- Battle of Darzab (2018) 2018At sea · Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- Snake Island campaign 2022At sea · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
Date not recorded (no reliable year in Wikidata) · 4
- Battle of Dongshan At sea
- Battle of East Chongwu At sea
- Battle of Korpoström At sea · Russo-Swedish War of 1741-1743
- Principality of Sealand At sea