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)
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