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 ParanĂ¡ 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

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