List of Naval Battles - Later 17th Century

Later 17th Century

• 1645 September 9 Tamandare - Dutch squadron under Jan Lichthart destroys a Portuguese squadron under Jerônimo Serrão de Paiva at Tamandaré Brazil
• 1645 - Algerian Barbary pirates attempted an attack on Edinburgh, Scotland
• 1646 La Naval de Manila - Two Spanish galleons with Spanish & Filipino crew repel a Dutch invasion fleet in 5 separate actions over several months around the Philippines
• 1646? - French under du Mé defeat Spanish
• 1646 14-16 June, Battle of Orbetello, Spanish defeat French invasion fleet commanded by Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé
• 1647 June 10 Puerto de Cavite - Spanish defeat Dutch attack near Manila
  • 1647 Neapolitan Republic (1647)- Spanish defeat French at Ischia, Pozzuoli and Salerno and force French out of southern Italy.
• 1650 July 26 - Minor battle between Parliamentarians and Royalists/Portuguese near Lisbon
  • October 20 - Parliamentarians capture French frigate
• 1654 March 23 Colombo - Skirmish between Dutch and Portuguese
  • May 2 - Dutch defeat Portuguese near Colombo (details)
• 1655 - English naval bombardment of Algiers
• 1655 April 14 - English under Robert Blake destroy Barbary ships at Porto Farina, northern Tunisia (details)
  • - French under Vendôme defeat Spanish near Barcelona
• 1657 April 20 - Santa Cruz de Teneriffe - English under Blake defeat Spanish
  • September 12 and 13 - Danes and Swedes fight inconclusively near Moen, Denmark (details)
• 1658 November 8 The Sound - Dutch get the better of a Swedish fleet in a large battle near Copenhagen, in support of Denmark. Danish ships watch but are unable to participate
• 1659 March 30 - Minor battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes
  • April 30 - Small running battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes (details)
  • - Dutch/Danes under de Ruyter defeat Swedes and liberate Nyborg
• 1661 - French naval bombardment of Algiers
• 1669 December - Battle of Cádiz, English Mary Rose vs 7 Algerines
• 1670 August - English/Dutch ships defeat Algerine force near Gibraltar
• 1671 May - Privateers beat off a force of Turkish galleys near Egina, Greece
• 1675 February 11 - French under Comte de Vivonne defeat Spanish under de la Cueva near Lipari Islands, Italy
  • July (possible engagement) - English defeat Tripolitans
• 1676 January 8 Stromboli (Alicuri) - Inconclusive fight between French under Abraham Duquesne vs Dutch and Spanish under Michiel de Ruyter
  • January - English defeat Tripolitans
  • April 22 Agosta (Etna) - French fleet under Duquesne and Dutch/Spanish fleet under de Ruyter fight to a draw. De Ruyter is mortally wounded
  • June 2 Palermo - French under Comte de Vivonne defeat Dutch/Spanish under De la Cerda and Den Haen
  • May 25 and 26/June 3 and 4 - Dutch/Danish fleet under Niels Iuel defeat Swedes under Baron Creutz between Bornholm and Rugen in the Baltic Sea
  • June 1/11 Öland - Dutch/Danish fleet defeats Swedish fleet south of Öland in the Baltic Sea
• 1677 March 3 Tobago - French under Jean II d'Estrées are repelled by Dutch under Jacob Binckes (details)
  • May 31 and June 1/11 - Danes defeat Swedes between Femern and Warnemunde, Baltic Sea (details)
  • July 1/11 and 2 Kjöge Bay - Danes and Dutch defeat Swedish fleet
  • December Tobago - French under Jean II d'Estrées defeat Dutch under Jacob Binckes
• 1678 - Undecided action of the isle of Ouessant between a Dutch squadron under Evertsen and a French squadron under Château-Renault
• 1679 May 3 - Danes vs Swedes
  • June 26, June 28, July 2 and July 20 - Series of skirmishes culminating in a Danish victory over Sweden
• 1681 July 23 - French defeats Tripolitans
  • September 30 - Spanish defeat Brandenburgers near Cape St Vincent (details)
• 1683 - French naval bombardment of Algiers
• 1686 July 12 - Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Tripolitan escort between Naxos and Nicaria
  • October 4 - Venetians vs Turks near Mitylene, Greece
• c. 1687/88? - Turks and Algerines, under Mezzo Morto, defeat Venetians
• 1687-1688 - French naval bombardment of Algiers
• 1688 June 15 - Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Algerian escort east of Naxos, Greece
• 1689 May 1/11 Battle of Bantry Bay - French defeat English off SW Ireland
  • French vs English near Casquets
• 1690 March 26 - Turks and Algerines under Mezzo Morto defeat Venetians under Valier (details)
  • July 10 Beachy Head (Beveziers) - French defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet
  • - French vs English and Dutch near Madras
  • September 8 - Venetians fight the combined fleet of Turkey, Algiers, Tripoli and Tunis near Mitylene, Greece (details)
• 1692 May 27-June 3 Barfleur and La Hougue - Decisive defeat of French by English and Dutch in the War of the Grand Alliance
  • - French defeat Spanish near Cape Finisterre
  • - French defeat Tripolitans near Malta
• 1693 June Lagos Bay - French under Tourville capture 50 out of 140 merchantmen
• 1694 June 29 - French under Jean Bart defeat Dutch under Hidde de Vries and others (details)
• 1695 February 9 and 19 - Turkish fleet defeats and then fights Venetians under Zeno (details)
  • April 16 - French defeat English (details)
  • September 15 and 18 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks under Mezzo Morto
• 1696 (mid) - Russians vs Turks near Ochakov, Black Sea
  • June 17 Dogger Bank - French defeat Dutch
  • - French and English fight in Newfoundland
  • - Fight near San Domingo
  • July 14 Bay of Fundy - French under Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeat English
  • August 22 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks and their allies under Mezzo Morto near Andros (details)
• 1697 July 6, September 1 and September 20 - Venetians under Contarini vs Turks in a series of battles in the Aegean Sea (details)
• 1698 September 20 - Venetians vs Turks, Tripolitans and Tunisians near Samothrace, Greece (details)