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This list of naval battles is a chronological list delineating important naval battles that have occurred throughout history, from the beginning of naval warfare with the Hittites in the 12th century BC to piracy off the coast of Somalia in the 21st century. If a battle has no commonly used name it is referred to as "Action of (date)" within the list below.
1032 – A joint Byzantine-Ragusan squadron defeats a Muslim corsair fleet in the Adriatic
1032 – According to one hypothesis, battle at Iron Gate mentioned in Russian chronicles was a naval battle, where Novgorod fleet tries to reach Tallinn Bay, but is defeated by Estonians.[2]
1035–1036 – Last Arab corsair raids against the Aegean islands are repulsed by the Byzantines
1043 Rus'-Byzantine War – Byzantines defeat Rus' squadron in the Bosporus
1062 Niså – Norwegians under Harald Hardrada defeat Danes in Kattegat
1081 Dyrrhachium – Venetian-Byzantine fleet defeats Normans near Durazzo, Albania
1084 – Normans under Robert Guiscard (20 vessels?) defeat Venetians or Byzantines in a series of battles off Albania/Corfu
1217 August 24 Dover (South Foreland) – The "Fight off Sandwich". Fleet of English Hubert and Burgh defeat French fleet of Eustace the Monk off Dover. There were actually 2 battles – this describes the 2nd
1241 May 3 (First) Meloria – Pisans under Ansaldo de Mari defeat Genoese
1258 June 25 – Battle of Acre – Venetian fleet defeats Genoese fleet off Acre
1263 – Settepozzi – A Venetian fleet of 38 ships under Gilberto Dandolo defeats a joint Byzantine-Genoese fleet of 48 ships off the Peloponnese
1285 August? (possibly mid-September) – 11 Catalan galleys defeat 25 French galleys under Guillaume de Lodève at Rosas
4 September (probably) Les Formigues (Las Hormigas) – Aragonese-Sicilians under Roger of Lauria defeat French under di Mari and de Orreo near Barcelona
1287 June 23 The Counts – Aragonese-Sicilians under Roger of Lauria defeat Angevins near Naples
14 August Hansan Island – Korean navy defeats Japanese fleet in the bay of Hansan island.
1 November Busan – Korean Naval demonstration to Japanese navy at the Busan bay. However, they could not occupy Busan.
1595 about late June – Maltese vs Bizertans (details)
1595–1596 – Spanish defeat English raiding/invasion expeditions of the Spanish Main led by Drake and Hawkins
1597 August 28 Chilchonryang – Japanese Navy in conjunction with the Japanese army, defeats the Korean Navy, led by Won Gyun.
26 October Myeongnyang – 13 Korean ships under Yi Sun-sin defeats 330 Japanese ships.
– Bizertans vs Genoese and Romans
– Spanish defeat the English Islands Voyage near the Azores.
1598 December 16 Battle of Noryang – Chinese Admiral Chen Lin and Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin heavily damage more than 100 Japanese ship, however, 150 Japanese ship succeeds in retreating.
29 April – Tuscans under Inghirami defeat Turks near Euboea (details)
14–16 July – Spanish-Neapolitan fleet under Rivera defeat Turk fleet in the first regular action between galleys and sailing ships in the Mediterranean (details)
1633 July 7 to 22 October Battle of Liaoluo Bay – Ming China defeats an allied fleet of Dutch East India Company and Chinese pirates, one company's vessel burnt and one captured by the Chinese, most of pirates' vessels sunk or captured
1634 about early May – Maltese galleys defeat Turkish vessels at Zante
19 July – Maltese galleys under Valdina defeat Tripolitans
– Maltese under Villages defeat Turks
– Maltese privateers defeat Turkish galleys
1635 August 21 – Dunkirk squadron under Jacob Collaart (see Dunkirkers) defeat Dutch guardships and captures 60 fishing trawlers
25 August – Dunkirk frigates under Jacob Collaart defeats Dutch escort capturing 24 fishing trawlers
about 25 September – Spanish defeat Dutch West India Company convoy
1644 September 28 – Maltese galleys defeat Turkish sailing ships near Rhodes; their subsequent stay in Venetian-held Crete provoked the outbreak of war (details)
1645 September 28 or 29 – Combined Christian fleet tries and fails to retake Canea (Chania) in Crete, from the Ottomans
1 October – Christians vs Turks near Canea, Crete
1646 May 26 – Venetians defeat Turkish attempt to break their blockade of the Dardanelles. (details)
14 August – Inconclusive fight between Christians and the Ottoman fleet anchored at Chania Bay, Crete
1647 January 27 – The Ottoman fleet of 45 galleys attacks the ship of the Venetian admiral Tommaso Morosini. Both Morosini and the Ottoman admiral, Kara Musa Pasha, are killed. After suffering significant casualties, the Turks are driven off by the arrival of the remaining Venetian fleet.
25 August – Inconclusive skirmish between Christians and Turks
9 September – Inconclusive skirmish between Christians and Turks
1649 May 6 – Minor battle between Venetians and Turks
12 May Focchies – Venetians defeat large Turkish fleet near western Turkey
15 July – Venetians vs Turks near Candia, Crete (details)
18 July – Venetians defeat Turks near Candia (details)
1651 July 8 and 10 – Venetians under Mocenigo defeat Turks (details)
1654 April – Maltese privateers defeat Turks near Rhodes
1646 La Naval de Manila – Two Spanish galleons with Spanish and Filipino crew repel a Dutch invasion fleet in 5 separate actions over several months around the Philippines
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
12 and 13 September – 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
30 April – 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
end – French vs British under Hyde Parker near Fort Royal, Martinique
1779 23 September Battle of Flamborough Head – British Captains Richard Pearson and Thomas Piercy save convoy of 41 merchant ships; Captain John Paul Jones on US ship Bonhomme Richard [purchased by Benjamin Franklin from France] captures HMS Serapis and HMS Countess of Scarborough but loses Bonhomme Richard which sinks off the Yorkshire coast.
1780 January 16 Cape St. Vincent – British under Rodney defeat Spanish under de Langara
17 April Martinique – British under Rodney fail to defeat French under de Guichen
5 August (15 NS?) Dogger Bank – Draw between Dutch and British squadrons
5 September Chesapeake Bay – French under de Grasse drive off British under Graves
12 December Second Ushant – British under Kempenfelt capture part of a French convoy from de Guichen
1782 January 25 St Kitts – British under Hood defeat French under de Grasse
17 February Sadras – First fierce but indecisive fight between French under Suffren and British under Hughes near south-east India
9 and 12 April The Saintes – British under Rodney decisively defeat French under de Grasse in the West Indies
12 April Providien – 2nd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
21 April – British defeat French
6 July Negapatam – 3rd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
3 September Trincomalee – Hughes fleet damages Suffren's but withdraws
20 October Cape Spartel – Franco-Spanish fleet under Luis de Córdova y Córdova fights British fleet under Richard Howe in indecisive battle. Howe resupplies Gibraltar
1783 June 20 Cuddalore – Suffren prevents Hughes seizing Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes
Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
1787 August 30 – Russians vs Turks
27, 28 and 30 September – Russians vs Turks
15 October – Russians defeat Turks
1788 June 17, 18, 28 and 29 and 9 July – Russian and Turkish land and sea forces clash near Ochakov (details)
14/25 July Ochakov – Russia defeats Turkey near Fidonisi
1789 June 2–4 – Russians defeat Turks at Sinope (details)
1790 July 19 Kerch Strait – Slight Russian victory over Turks
31 October – Russians defeat Turks at the Sulina mouth
17 November 18 – Russians defeat Turks at Tultcha
29 November – Russians defeat Turks at Ismail (details)
30 November, 1, 2, 4–7 December – Russians defeat Turks
1791 July 9 Matchin – Russians defeat Turkish rowing vessels
11 August Cape Kaliakra – Slight Russian victory over Turks in a largely inconclusive battle near Bulgaria
Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)
The Russian calendar was eleven days behind the Swedish during the 18th century, so Russian dates are eleven days earlier.
1788 July 17 (6 July OS) Hogland – Bloody engagement between Swedish and Russian battlefleets. Both sides lose a ship, but Swedes withdraw
1789 July 26 (15 July OS) Öland – Indecisive action between the Swedish and Russian battlefleets.
24 and 25 August (13 and 14 August OS) First Svensksund/Ruotsinsalmi in Finland – Russian galley flotilla decisively defeats Swedes.
18 September (7 September OS) – Russians defeat Swedes in a small battle in Barösund near Ingå in Finland.
1790 May 13 (2 May OS) Reval – Disastrous Swedish attack on Russian battlefleet at Reval (now Tallinn).
15 May (4 May OS) Fredrikshamn/Hamina in Finland – Swedish galley flotilla defeats Russian galley flotilla.
3 and 4 June (23 and 24 May OS) – Action off Kronstadt – Indecisive action between the battlefleets.
3 July (22 June OS) Vyborg Bay – The Swedish battlefleet and galley flotilla break through the Russian blockade, suffering heavy losses.
9 and 10 July (28–29 June OS) Second Svensksund/Ruotsinsalmi in Finland – Decisive victory of the Swedish galley flotilla. The largest naval battle in the Baltic Sea of all times. Extremely heavy losses suffered by the Russians.
French Revolutionary War (1793–1802)
1794 January 22 and 25 – French attack British convoy (details)
23 April – British defeat French frigates (details)
1 June The Glorious First of June – British fleet defeats French fleet in North Atlantic but French grain convoy makes it through to Brest
21 October 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
4 November – 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
4 July – Russians defeat French in Narenta Channel
1823 May 4 – Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese (details)
2, 4 and 6 July – Brazilians under Cochrane vs Portuguese
24 July Lake Maracaibo – Republican naval forces of Venezuela vs Spanish Empire fleet in Lake Maracaibo that includes siege of Defensive Castles in Zapara, San Fernando and San Carlos islands
October 20 Navarino – British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, de Rigny, and Geiden, destroy Turkish/Egyptian/Tunisian fleet of Tahir Pasha off south-west Greece
1828 January 31 – British and French defeat Greek pirates at Grambusa
June 9 (May 26 OS) – Russians defeat Turks near Braila (Russo-Turkish War)
**April 10–11, 1862, Union forces on Tybee Island and naval operations conducted a 112-day siege, then captured the Confederate-held Fort Pulaski in Georgia
12 April Battle of Chipana – Minor skirmish between Chilean and Peruvian ships, no casualties.
18 April Bombardment of Pisagua – Two Chilean ships open fire on Peruvian land positions with high civilian casualties, attempted amphibious landing repelled.
21 May Naval Battle of Iquique – Peruvian ironclad Huáscar sinks Chilean corvette Esmeralda.
21 May Battle of Punta Gruesa – Chilean schooner Covadonga sinks Peruvian ironclad Independencia.
26 May First Battle of Antofagasta – Peruvian ironclad Huáscar raids Chilean port of Antofagasta and engages the schooner Covadonga.
10 July Second Battle of Iquique – Peruvian ironclad Huáscar engages Chilean ironclad Almirante Cochrane and corvette Magallanes.
28 August Second Battle of Antofagasta – Peruvian ironclad Huáscar engages Chilean corvettes Abato and Magallanes.
1893 September 27 Battle of El Espinillo - Rebel monitor ARA Los Andes engages the loyalist torpedo boat ARA Espora and coastal defense ship ARA Independencia. Los Andes is damaged and forced to retreat, later surrenders.
1896 27 August – Anglo-Zanzibar War itself lasted 38 minutes, making it the shortest military conflict in history. Zanzibar royal yacht, HHS Glasgow is sunk by five British warships.
1914 June 16 Fourth Battle of Topolobampo – Having raised their sunken gunboat, the same gunboats clash again, and Huertistas again sink Constitutionalists gunboat
1913 July 14–15 Romanian landings in Bulgaria – Romanians carry out successful landings in Bulgaria, leading to Bulgaria having to sue for peace two weeks later
Bloodless engagement – British fleet pursuits German battlecruiser SMS Goeben and light cruiser SMS Breslau, fails to intercept them and they escape to Constantinople.
British and Japanese fleet destroy German and Austro-Hungarian colonial fleet and coastal defenses around Tsingtao, then launch amphibious assault, eventually capturing the city.
British Grand Fleet ambushes and sinks German ships on patrol off Germany's coast; led Germany to pursue a fleet in being strategy for most of the rest of the war
German armored cruisers SMS Scharnhorst and SMS Gneisenau destroy French coastal defenses in French Polynesia and sink the French gunboat Zélée and a freighter
German cruiser SMS Königsberg is blockaded in the Rufiji River delta by a British fleet, holds out for months before being sunk by monitors HMS Mersey and Severn
German battlecruiser squadron attempts to bombard British city of Yarmouth, intercepted by British destroyers. German cruiser SMS Yorck and British submarine HMS D5 are sunk by mines, and are the only losses of the action
German battlecruiser squadron successfully bombards several British ports, British fleet intercepts, but little damage is done in battle, neither side losses ships
Mainly carried out by the Royal Navy with substantial support from the French and minor contributions from Russia and Australia against Ottoman Empire and ended with Turkish victory
German submarine SM U-20 torpedoes and sinks the British ocean liner, RMS Lusitania killing 1193 civilians, turns international opinion against Germany
Austro-Hungarian squadron launches raid against Italian port of Vieste, intercepted by Italian cruisers and destroyers. Austro-Hungarians succeed in sinking an Italian destroyer.
Russian cruiser squadron intercepts German cruiser force laying mines off the Åland Islands. German mine-laying cruiser Albatross sunk and cruisers Roon and Prince Adalbert damaged.
The Royal Navy dispatches ships to destroy a German commerce raider in the North sea, successfully sinking it with the loss of one armed merchant cruiser.
German submarine SM U-151 torpedoes and damages the British cargo ship SS Dwinsk, submarine is later engaged by American transport USS Von Stuben, but escapes
Brazilian fleet sailing from Freetown to Dakar is attacked by German U-boats, but suffer no losses. Brazilians successfully counterattack, sinking one U-boat.[5]
8 February – Action of 8 February 1921 – Turkish tugboat Alemdar engages the French gunboat, C-27, successfully damaging her and forcing her to retreat.
14–15 February Battle of Tarapacá – Colombian river fleet bombards Peruvian river defenses, comes under fire by Peruvian seaplane fighters, but is repelled.
28 March – Action of 28 March 1937 – Greek merchant ship Gardelaki is captured by Nationalist patrol ship Uad Kert.
2 April – Action of 2 April 1937 – Greek merchant ship Poli is sunk by Nationalist cruiser Baleares.
4 April – Action of 4 April 1937 – Panamanian merchant ship Janu is captured by Nationalist patrol ship Huelva.
5 April – Action of 5 April 1937 – Greek merchant ship Nagos is captured by Nationalist patrol ship Maria Teresa.
6 April – Action of 6 April 1937 – Panamanian merchant ship Andra is sunk by Nationalist armed trawler Galerna.
16 April – Action of 16 April 1937 – Panamanian merchant ship Hordena is captured by Nationalist cruiser Almirante Cervera.
24 May Attack on the Barletta – Republican aircraft attack the Italian merchant raider Barletta, killing six Italian sailors
26 May Attack on the Albatros – Republican aircraft attack the German destroyer Albatros with no casualties
29 May Deutschland incident – Republican aircraft attack the German cruiser Deutschland, killing 31 and injuring 74 of her crew
31 May Bombardment of Almería – Kriegsmarine squadron led by Admiral Scheer bombards the Republican port of Almería in retaliation for an attack on the cruiser Deutschland
14 July - Nationalist cruiser Almirante Cervera, assisted by the naval trawler Galerna, seized the British cargo ship Molton off Santander, inside Spanish waters, despite the presence of the British battleship Royal Oak.
7 July – Action of 7 July 1937 – French merchant ship Liberte is captured by Nationalist cruiser Almirante Cervera.
15 August – Action of 15 August 1937 – Panamanian merchant ship Geo McKnight is disabled by the Italian destroyer Freccia.
31 August – Action of 31 August 1937 – Soviet merchant ship Timiryazev is sunk by the Italian destroyer Turbine.
1 September – Action of 1 September 1937 – British merchant ship Woodford is sunk by the Italian submarine Diaspro.
1 December Battle of Russarö – Soviet heavy cruiser Kirov and escorting destroyers exchange fire with Finnish coastal defenses. Finnish coastal guns damage Soviet warships, forcing their retreat.
14 December Battle of Utö – Two Soviet destroyers attack a Finnish lighthouse. Finnish coastal defenses repel Soviet destroyers.
18 December Battle of the Beryozovye Islands – Soviet battleships Marat and Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya exchange fire against Finnish coastal defenses at key forts.
9 April Action off Lofoten German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau engage British battlecruiser HMS Renown and her group of destroyers. No ship is lost and only suffers minimal damage, first engagement between capital ships of the war.
9 April Battle of Kristiansand - German cruiser Karlsruhe and supporting destroyers engage Norway's Odderøya coastal defense fortress. Fortress is later captured by German marines, while the fortress sinks the German transport ship MS Seattle.
30 November - 27 December Operation Nordseetour - German cruiser Admiral Hipper carry's out raids in the North Atlantic, sinking a merchant vessel and damaging two British cruisers.
1–3 December Convoy HX 90 – 11 ships sunk in North Atlantic
6–8 December and 27 December German attacks on Nauru – German merchant raiders destroy Allied merchant ships off Nauru.
1941
10–11 January Operation Excess – Royal Navy engages maritime strike Luftwaffe
12 January-2 February Convoy SC 19 – German U-boats intercept Allied convoy, sink four merchant ships.
17 January Ko Chang – Vichy France defeats Thailand
22 January – 22 March Operation Berlin – Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sink and capture 22 British merchant ships.
22 January-8 February Convoy SC 20 – German U-boats intercept Allied convoy, sink five merchant ships.
30 January-18 February Convoy HX 106 – German U-boats attack British convoy, sinking two merchant ships.
31 January Attack on Convoy AN 14 – Italian destroyers intercept an Allied convoy, disabling a merchant ship
25–28 February Operation Abstention – British attempt to land on the Italian-occupied Greek island of Kastelorizo, but are repelled by Italian naval and air forces
9 June Battle of the Litani River – Two Vichy French destroyers engage Australian amphibious forces, chased away by Allied ships
16 June-3 July Convoy HX 133 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, sinking six merchant ships.
18 June-12 July Convoy SL 78 – Four German U-boats sink eight Allied merchant ships.
22 June-3 August Gulf of Riga campaign – Series of light engagements between German and Soviet ships, results in German control of the Gulf of Riga
22 June 1941 – 27 December 1942 Western Black Sea raids – Series of raids conducted by the Soviet Navy along Romanian and Bulgarian coasts, fails to disrupt Axis shipping
26 June Raid on Constanța – Soviet Black Sea Fleet attempts raid on Romanian port, attack is successfully repelled by Romanian destroyers
26 June Action of 26 June 1941 – Romanian torpedo boats engage Soviet gunboats, damaging and capture one
9 July Action of 9 July 1941 – Three Romanian torpedo boats engage and sink a Soviet submarine
13–28 July Operation Substance – Force H is attacked by Italian torpedo boats, submarines, and aircraft en route to Malta
19 July-1 August Convoy OG 69 – German and Italian submarines inflict heavy casualties on British convoy.
26 July Battle of Bengtskär – Soviet Naval Infantry attempt to capture the island of Bengtskär, landings are repelled by Finnish gunboats who sink a Soviet patrol boat
10–15 August Convoy HG 70 – British convoy defends itself from German and Italian submarines with minimal losses.
13–25 August Convoy OG 71 – 10 ships sunk in North Atlantic
25 August Battle of Khuzestan – British and Australian sloops engage and sink Iranian sloops IIS Babr and IIS Palang
27 August – Capture of U-570 – British and Canadian destroyers capture German U-boat U-570
9–11 September Convoy SC 42 – 14 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
17 September – 1 October Convoy HG 73 – 9 ships sunk in North Atlantic
27 September Operation Halberd – Royal Navy successfully defends convoy from Italian fleet and air attacks
14–18 October Convoy SC 48 – 11 ships sunk in North Atlantic
22 October-5 November Convoy HX 156 – Allied convoy successfully defends against U-boat attacks.
30 October – 4 July 1941 Siege of Sevastopol – Soviet Black Sea Fleet attempts to defend Sevastopol from Axis small craft and aircraft, ultimately fails
6 December Action of 6 December 1941 – Bulgarian submarine chasers, Chernomorets and Belomorets engage and sink the Soviet submarine Shch-204
7 December Pearl Harbor, also starting the Pacific War – Japanese naval and air forces launch surprise raid on American naval base at Pearl Harbor, forces United States to enter World War II
8–23 December Battle of Wake Island – American coastal and air defenses at Wake Island hold off Japanese invasion for 15 days, sinking several Japanese warships in the process
8–25 December Battle of Hong Kong – British destroyers and gunboats are engaged by Japanese gunboats and aircraft
13 December Cape Bon – British and Dutch destroyers sink Italian cruisers
17 December First Sirte – Indecisive British-Italian fight off Libya
17 December Battle of Jibrieni – Soviets attack an Axis convoy, losing a submarine
19 December Raid on Alexandria – Italian frogmen cripple several British warships in Alexandria Harbor
19–23 December Convoy HG 76 – 4 ships sunk and 5 U-boats destroyed
24–25 December Battle of Borneo – Dutch submarines engage several Japanese warships and transports during the opening days of the invasion
1942
12 January Action of 12 January 1942 – Dutch minelayer, HNLMS Prins van Oranje is intercepted and sunk by the Japanese destroyer Yamakaze.
14 January Operation Postmaster - British commando unit aboard an armed trawler board and capture the three Axis merchant ships in the neutral Spanish Guinea port of Santa Isabel.
23–25 January Battle of Balikpapan – American and Dutch destroyers and submarines intercept and sink several Japanese transports
30 January-3 February Battle of Ambon – Japanese fleet lands invasion force on Ambon Island. Japanese minesweeper, W-9 strikes a Dutch mine and is sunk, with two more Japanese minesweepers damaged. USS Heron is severely damaged by Japanese aircraft, but survives.
30 January-15 February Convoy SC 67 – Allied convoy defends itself against U-boat attacks.
1 February Marshalls-Gilberts raids – American carriers launch airstrikes against Japanese bases
11–13 Channel Dash – Major Kriegsmarine surface units escape from occupied-France to Germany, British attempt to intercept with disastrous results
13 February Battle of Palembang – British gunboat HMS Li Wo intercepts a Japanese convoy and engages it alone, she sinks a transport, but is later sunk by overwhelming fire from escort ships
16 February Attack on Aruba – Several German U-boats sink several Allied oil tankers in coordinated attack
16 February - 23 March Operation Neuland - German & Italian submarines carry out unrestricted submarine warfare in the Caribbean Sea.
18–20 February Battle of Badung Strait – Allied fleet engages Japanese fleet, losing a destroyer
19 February Bombing of Darwin – Japanese carrier task force attacks Australia
21–25 February Convoy ON 67 – 8 ships sunk in North Atlantic
25–28 February Operation Abstention – British attempt to land on Kastelorizo, but an Italian destroyer flotilla intercepts the landing fleet. British forced to retreat.
27 February Java Sea – Japanese invasion convoy escorts destroy ABDA fleet
27 February Sinking of the Langley – Japanese aircraft attack Allied convoy centered around USS Langley, she is severely damaged and forced to be scuttled.
28 February – 1 March Battle of Sunda Strait – Continuation of the Battle of the Java Sea, Japanese force sinks USS Houston and HMAS Perth
1 March Second Battle of the Java Sea – Continuation of the Battle of the Java Sea, Japanese force sinks HMS Exeter, HMS Encounter, and USS Pope
1 March Battle of the Bali Strait – Continuation of the Battle of the Java Sea, four surviving American destroyers skirmish with the Japanese, but escape to Australia
3 March Scuttling of USS Perch – American submarine USS Perch is engaged by Japanese destroyers, suffers damaged and it scuttled, crew is later captured.
4 March Last Stand of HMAS Yarra – Australian sloop HMAS Yarra escorts a small convoy, but is intercepted by Japanese cruisers, engages them alone and is sunk.
6–13 March Operation Sportpalast – German battleship Tirpitz leads a fleet to intercept an Arctic convoy, but fails to locate it, British counter with aircraft, but also fail in finding the German fleet
22 March Second Sirte – Italian fleet obstacles a British convoy to Malta, hit escorts, but failed to sink the cargo ships. Delay of the convoy led to the loss of four freighters by air attack
19 April Bombardment of Curaçao – German U-boat U-130 attempts to shell Dutch oil refinery on Curaçao. U-130 is engaged by Dutch shore batteries, but escapes.
3–4 May Invasion of Tulagi – USS Yorktown and her battlegroup engage the Japanese invasion fleet, sinking several small warships, but fail to prevent the capture of Tulagi.
5 May-6 November Battle of Madagascar – Allied forces invade Vichy-controlled Madagascar. Allied fleet engages Vichy French and Japanese warships, before securing the island.
6–21 May Convoy ON 92 – German U-boats inflict heavy casualties upon Allied convoy.
8 May Coral Sea – Japanese invasion convoy turned back by US carrier aircraft. First carrier battle in history.
22-27 May Action of 22 May 1942 - Italian submarine Barbarigo sinks the Brazilian merchant ship, SS Comandante Lyra , causing Brazilian Navy B-25's to give chase for five days, but eludes destruction.
16–30 August Operation Wunderland – German fleet successfully raids Soviet shipping in the Kara Sea, sinking several ships.
22–25 August Convoy ON 122 – German U-boats inflict casualties on Allied convoy, demonstrated importance of radar.
24 August Eastern Solomons – Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo sunk while attacking Guadalcanal
27-28 August Convoys SG-6/LN-6 - Two German submarines sink two Allied merchant ships.
2–21 September Operation Orator – Allies defend Convoy PQ 18 from German attacks. Convoy losses 13 merchant ships, as to Germany's loss of four U-boats, majority of convoy makes it to Arkhangelsk.
4 September - 2 November Battle of Bell Island - Two German submarines sink four Canadian ore ships off Newfoundland with heavy casualties.
6-10 September Convoy QS-33 - Two German submarines sink four Allied merchant ships and one Canadian armed yacht.
10–14 September Convoy ON 127 – 7 ships sunk in North Atlantic
12–16 September Convoy TAG 5 – 2 ships sunk in Caribbean Sea
12-16 September Convoy SQ-36 - Two German submarines sink three Allied merchant ships.
12-24 September Laconia Incident – German U-boat U-156 torpedoes and sinks British transport RMS Laconia. Axis submarines and warships attempt to rescue survivors before being attacked by American aircraft, and forced to call off rescue efforts.
12–28 September Convoy SC 100 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, sinking five merchant ships.
13–14 September Operation Agreement – British forces attempt to land in Tobruk, German and Italian torpedo boats and coastal defenses repel invasion, sinking several British warships.
13–26 September Convoy QP 14 – German U-boats sink five allied ships of the convoy, while Allies sink one U-boat and damage five.
1 October Battle of Cape Burnas – Romanian gunboats engage and sink Soviet submarine after it sank a German transport.
12 October Cape Esperance US cruisers intercept Japanese cruiser force approaching Guadalcanal
12–16 October Convoy SC 104 – 8 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic
22 October Battle of Sukho Island – Germany attempts amphibious invasion of Sukho Island, but are repelled by Soviet gunboats, which sink several German transports.
26 October Santa Cruz Islands – USS Hornet sunk in aircraft carrier battle near Guadalcanal
26–29 October Convoy HX 212 – 6 ships sunk in North Atlantic
1–4 November Convoy SC 107 – 15 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in North Atlantic
2–8 November Convoy TAG 18 – 6 ships sunk in Caribbean Sea
6–11 November Convoy TAG 19 – 2 ships sunk in Caribbean Sea
8 November Casablanca – French fleet in harbour an shore batteries attempt to defend Moroccan neutrality but are defeated by a US Navy fleet
11 November Attack on the Ondina – Dutch oil tanker MV Ondina and Indian corvette, HMIS Bengal defend themselves against two Japanese merchant raiders, sinking one of them.
12–15 November Guadalcanal – decisive US victory, last offensive Japanese operation attempted in the Guadalcanal campaign, 11 transports and 2 battleships sunk. heavy losses on both sides in 2 night surface actions.
15–18 November Convoy ON 144 – German U-boats inflict high casualties upon an Allied convoy.
30 November Tassafaronga US cruisers intercept Japanese destroyers resupplying Guadalcanal, but suffer heavy losses from torpedo attack
2 December Battle of Skerki Bank – Allied fleet intercepts Italian convoy and sinks all four transport ships and most of their escorting destroyers.
December 1942-June 1943 Operation Lilliput – Royal Australian Navy provides escort to New Guinea convoys, defends them from Japanese air attacks
11–31 December Convoy ON 153 – German U-boats intercept Allied convoy, sink three merchant ships.
26–30 December Convoy ON 154 – 14 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in North Atlantic
30 December 1942 – 3 January 1943 Convoy JW 51B – British cruisers and destroyers defend convoy against attacking German cruiser-destroyer force.
31 December Barents Sea – British escorts fight off German surface attack on convoy JW 51B
1943
3–12 January Convoy TM 1 – 7 ships sunk in North Atlantic
14 January-18 February Operation Ke – Japan withdraws from the Solomon Islands, Allied and Japanese fleets conduct final engagements of the Guadalcanal Campaign.
19-20 January Battle off Zuwarah – British destroyers sink Italian minesweeping force
23 January - 3 February Convoy SG-19 - German submarine U-223 sinks American troopship, SS Dorchester with a loss of 674 out of 904 of her crew. Greatest American loss of life from a single ship in a convoy.
17–18 August Battle off Horaniu – American destroyers intercept Japanese convoy evacuation the Solomon Islands
29 August Battle of Isefjord – Danish coastal defense ship, HDMS Niels Juel is sunk by German warships and aircraft while attempting to flee to Sweden.
8 September Operation Zitronella – German task force led by Tirpitz and Scharnhorst destroy Norwegian coastal defenses in Svalbard
8 September-22 November Dodecanese campaign – German forces invade and occupy the Italian Dodecanese Islands, Allied and Italian fleets take heavy losses.
9 September Action off Bastia – Italian destroyers and coastal defenses engage a small German auxiliary fleet, sinking all of them.
11 January Action of 11 January 1944 – British submarine HMS Tally-Ho sinks Japanese light cruiser Kuma off Penang
12-27 January Convoy JW 56A – German U-boats sink and damage half of the convoy.
14 February Action of 14 February 1944 – British submarine HMS Tally-Ho sinks German submarine UIT-23 off Penang
17 February Operation Hailstone – Allied fleet attacks former Japanese naval stronghold at Truk Lagoon in the central Pacific, Japanese defenders lose many aircraft and merchant ships
29 February Battle of Ist – Free French destroyers intercept German convoy and sink a corvette and freighter
1–16 March Second Indian Ocean Raid – Japanese heavy cruiser Tone sinks British freighter Behar. The crew of Behar are later executed aboard Tone.
29 March Action of 29 March 1944 – Colombian destroyer ARC Caldas defends convoy against German submarine U-154, and damages her.
22 April-31 May Convoy UGS-40 – German aircraft attack Allied convoy in Mediterranean, but fail to score a single hit. Allies suffer no losses, while Germany loses 19 aircraft.
26 April Action of 26 April 1944 – British light cruiser HMS Black Prince and escorting destroyers intercept a flotilla of German destroyers, sinking one of them.
28 April Battle of Lyme Bay – German E-boat's raid Lyme Bay and sink two American tank landing ships.
6 June Invasion of Normandy – Allied fleets launch the largest amphibious invasion ever conducted in Occupied-France. Allied warships do battle against German coastal defenses and torpedo boats, losing several warships in the invasion.
6 June Capture of U-744 – British and Canadian warships capture and later scuttle the German submarine U-744
9 June Battle of Ushant – Allied 10th destroyer flotilla (UK/Canadian/Polish ships) engage and defeat remnants of the German 8th destroyer flotilla off Brittany
19 June Philippine Sea – US invasion of Saipan initiates the largest aircraft carrier battle in history including "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot"
19–20 June Battle of Nerva Island – Soviet gunboats and torpedo boats repel attack by two German destroyer escorts, T-30 and T-31. T-31 is sunk.
24 June Action off Murter Island – Two British torpedo boats engage German and Croatian torpedo boats off Murter Island. Croatian torpedo boat T7 is damaged and beached.
17 July Action of 17 July 1944 – British submarine HMS Telemachus sinks Japanese submarine I-166 off Penang
17 July Operation Mascot – Royal Navy launches carrier assault against German battleship Tirpitz, but fails.
17 July-3 August Convoy HX 300 – Largest convoy of the war, despite German U-boat attacks, Allies successfully defend merchant ships with no losses.
15 August-14 September Operation Dragoon – Combined Allied fleet launches amphibious assault in Southern France. Allied warships exchange fire against German coastal artillery.
18–19 August Convoy Hi-71 – American submarines sink Japanese convoy and escort carrier Taiyo
7 September Shin'yo Maru Incident – American submarine USS Paddle attacks Japanese convoy and sinks cargo ship Shin'yo Maru killing several American POW's
23–26 October Leyte Gulf – US invasion of the Philippines produces a decisive battle with the Japanese fleet including four main actions – the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Straits, off Samar and Cape Engano. First use of Kamikaze tactics by the Japanese.
6 October Action of 6 October 1944 – Dutch submarine HNLMS Zwaardvisch sinks German submarine U-168 in the Java Sea
12–16 October Formosa Air Battle – American carrier-based aircraft and Japanese naval aircraft do battle over Formosa
1 November Battle of Pag Island – Two British destroyers ambush and sink a German destroyer and two corvettes
9 November-21 December Battle of Ormoc Bay – American destroyers attack sink several Japanese destroyers and merchant ships
10 November Action of 10 November 1944 – American submarine USS Flounder sinks German submarine U-537 in the Java Sea
15–18 November Convoy Hi-81 – American submarines intercept Japanese convoy and sink escort carriers Shinyo and Akitsu Maru
24 December Convoy WEP 3 - Belgian troopship SS Leopoldville is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-486 with a loss of 819 lives.
1945
10–20 January South China Sea raid – American fleet successfully disrupts Japanese shipping in the South China Sea
19 March First Bombing of Kure – American carrier-based aircraft damage Japanese warships at anchor in Kure
1 April – 25 May Battle of Okinawa – The Japanese lose their last significant naval force, including the battleship Yamato. Large scale systematic Kamikaze operations conducted by Japanese air forces.
6 April-22 June Operation Kikusui – Japanese Kamikaze campaign against Allied warships begins
12 April Capture of U-1024 – Two British frigates capture German submarine U-1024 in the Irish Sea
12 April-7 May Operation Teardrop – Allied anti-submarine warfare campaign along the North American East coast.
23 April Action of 23 April 1945 – German submarine U-183 is sunk by American submarine USS Besugo in the Java Sea
5–6 May Battle of Point Judith – American destroyers sink German submarine U-853 in the Long Island Sound.
7-8 May Actions of 7-8 May 1945 - Three German U-boats attack and sink three Allied ships. U-320 is sunk in the action, becoming the last U-boat to sunk. Final German naval action of the war.
15–16 May Battle of the Malacca Strait – British 26th Destroyer Flotilla ambush and sink the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro.
8 June Action of 8 June 1945 – Two British submarines intercept and sink Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara.
18 July Attack on Yokosuka – Allied naval aircraft bomb and damage Japanese warships in Yokosuka
22–23 July Battle of Sagami Bay – American destroyers intercept Japanese convoy fleeing Tokyo Bay, last surface battle of the war.
24 July Action of 24 July 1945 – American destroyer escort USS Underhill is sunk by Japanese kaiten (suicide-torpedoes)
24–28 July Second Bombing of Kure – Allied naval aircraft sink all remaining Japanese capital ships in Kure
Corfu Channel incident - British naval vessels are attacked by Albanian artillery fortifications. This would cause British and Albanian relations to be severed until the end of the Cold War.
1947
1947 Paraguayan Civil War – Paraguayan gunboats Humaitá and Paraguay revolt against President Higinio Morínigo and are engaged by loyalist forces. Humaitá is disabled by loyalist aircraft. Both ships are later recaptured by loyalist warships.
1948
21 June 1948 Altalena Affair – Israeli Defense Forces shell and disable the Irgun LST Altalena to prevent it from delivering its cargo of weapons.
19 October 1948 – Battle near Majdal – Israeli corvettes and submarine chaser engage an Egyptian corvette and aircraft.
22 October 1948 – Sinking of the Emir Farouk – Israeli patrol ship and explosive boats intercept and sink the Egyptian flagship, Emir Farouk off Gaza.
1949
20 April-30 July – Amethyst Incident – British warships come under fire by Communist Chinese coastal artillery, forcing more Royal Navy ships to come to their rescue.
1950
25–26 June 1950 – Battle of Korea Strait – South Korean submarine chaser engages and sinks North Korean steamer.
Dongshan Island Campaign – Taiwanese fleet and amphibious forces attempt to retake Dongshan Island from China. Operation fails with a loss of three tank landing ships.
30 October 1956 – Battle off Haifa – Israeli and French destroyers engage and capture the Egyptian destroyer escort ENS Ibrahim el-Awal.
31 October 1956 – Sinking of the Domiat – British light cruiser HMS Newfoundland and destroyer HMS Diana engage and sink the Egyptian frigate ENS Domiat.
24 August – First Battle of Jinmen Island – Chinese torpedo boats attack a Taiwanese convoy off Jinmen Island, sinking a transport and damaging a landing ship.
2 September – Second Battle of Jinmen Island – Chinese torpedo boats, again, attack a Taiwanese convoy off Jinmen Island, losing two torpedo boats and damaging a submarine chaser.
24 September – Battle of Dongding Island – Chinese gunboats and landing craft attempt to land on Dongding Island, but are repelled by Taiwanese warships. One Taiwanese landing ship is sunk, while another is damaged.
1961
28 March-8 June – Vlora incident – Albanian forces seize control of Pasha Liman Base, capturing many Soviet warships and destroying one.
18 December 1961 – Naval Action at Daman – Portuguese patrol boat NRP Antares escapes Indian air strikes.
18 December 1961 – Naval Action at Diu – Indian light cruiser, INS Delhi sinks Portuguese patrol boat NRP Vega.
1962
15 January – Battle of Arafura Sea – Three Indonesian fast attack craft engage three Dutch destroyers off New Guinea, but attack is successfully repelled.
6 August Battle of Tillyria - Two Cypriot patrol ships engage Turkish Cypriot militia, before being sunk by Turkish fighter jets.
1965
Vũng Rô Bay incident - South Vietnam navy intercepted and destroyed North Vietnam trawlers from the north try to invasion South Vietnam's water to support Viet Cong escalating the war.
1 May – Battle of Dong-Yin – Taiwanese submarine chaser ROCS Dong Jiang repels an attack by eight Chinese gunboats, sinking four of them and damaging two.
6 August – Battle of Dongshan – Taiwanese submarine chaser ROCS Zhang Jiang and patrol ship ROCS Jiang Men are sunk by Chinese torpedo boats.
13–14 November – Battle of East Chongwu – Chinese patrol ships and torpedo boats engage Taiwanese patrol ships ROCS Lin Huai and ROCS Shan Hai. Lin Huai is forced to run aground due to damage sustained in battle, while Shan Hai escapes.
April – First Battle of Quang Tri—US cruiser-destroyer forces heavily and directly engaged in tank and artillery duals at and below DMZ and in defense of Dong Ha Bridge
19 April – Battle of Đồng Hới – United States cruiser-destroyer force engages North Vietnamese forces
April 1975 – East Sea Campaign – Series of clashes between North Vietnamese and South Vietnamese warships that ultimately led to the North Vietnamese capture of the Spratly Islands.
23 May – Battle of Seal Cove – A minor naval clash, it involves the attempt by two Royal Navy frigates to seize an Argentine Navy coaster. The coaster evaded capture by running aground.
25 May – Sinking of SS Atlantic Conveyor – British cargo ship SS Atlantic Conveyor is sunk by two Argentine Exocet missiles fired from fighter jets.
8 June – Attack on the RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristam – British logistics ship RFA Sir Galahad is hit by three Argentine aerial bombs that destroyed the vessel. The hulk would later be scuttled via torpedoes by HMS Onyx on 21 June. The same-class vessel RFA Sir Tristam was seriously damaged but eventually returned to service after undergoing major repairs.
11–12 June – Battle of Two Sisters – British destroyer HMS Glamorgan is struck and damgaged by an Exocet missile fired from an Argentine land-base launcher while providing naval gunfire support to Royal Marines.
11 September – Sinking of Milanian and Kahnamoie – Iraqi fighters armed with Exocet missiles sink two Iranian Bayandor-class corvettes, IRIS Milanian and IRIS Kahnamoie.[13]
1983
Sinking of the Raffaello – Iraqi Exocet missile sinks the ocean liner-turned-barracks ship, SS Raffaello while in port in Bushehr.
17 May – USS Stark incident – US frigate, USS Stark is struck by two Exocet missiles fired from an Iraqi fighter jet, severely damaging it.
21 September – Operation Prime Chance – US Navy SEALs board and capture and later scuttle the Iranian minelayer Iran Ajr.
16 October – Attack on the MV Sea Isle City – Iranian forces attack the Kuwaiti oil tanker MV Sea Isle City, wounding 18 of her crew, including her American captain.
19 October – Operation Nimble Archer – US fleet destroys two Iranian oil platforms in retaliation for attacking the Kuwaiti tanker Sea Isle City
29 January – 2 February – The Battle of Bubiyan where Coalition warships and aircraft destroy the bulk of the Iraqi Navy during the Gulf War.
25 May – Battle of Assab – Eritrean People's Liberation Front sink seven Ethiopian warships in port. Ethiopia's fourteen remaining seaworthy warships get underway and flee Assab before the city's fall. It is the last combat action of the Ethiopian Navy before its dissolution due to Ethiopia becoming landlocked.
8 November – Action of Kopacki Rit – Yugoslav riverine patrol boat RML-308 was ambushed by Croatian forces on the Danube off Kopacki Rit while chasing the Czechoslovakian towboatŠariš, suspected of smuggling weapons into Croatia. Both ships were severely damaged and stranded, and two Yugoslav servicemen were killed.
14–16 November – Battle of the Dalmatian Channels – Yugoslav fleet engaged Croatian coastal artillery and naval commandos, losing three ships and suffering other damage and several casualties.
1994
20 September – Sinking of the Sagarawardena – LTTESea Tigers suicide boats attack and sink Sri Lankan Navy patrol ship SLNS Sagarawardena.
1995
19 April – Bombing of SLNS Sooraya and SLNS Ranasuru – LTTE Sea Tigers frogmen place explosives on Sri Lankan gunboats SLNS Sooraya and SLNS Ranasuru, sinking them both with heavy casualties.
15–17 December – Hanish Islands conflict – Makeshift Eritrean fleet launches amphibious assault on Hanish Islands, Yemeni aircraft attack the Eritrean fleet in defense.
1996
19 July – Battle of Mullaitivu – Sri Lankan gunboat SLNS Ranaviru is attacked and sunk by LTTE Sea Tiger suicide boats, killing all but two of her crew.
29 June Second Battle of Yeonpyeong A South Korean naval patrol encounters North Korean intruders and force them to withdraw.
2003
20–24 March – Battle of Al Faw (2003) Joint British-American-Australian-Polish fleet conducts amphibious operation on the Al-Faw Peninsula in Iraq. Forces capture Iraqi ports and oil platforms.
2004
24 April – Attack on USS Firebolt – US patrol ship, USS Firebolt is attacked by suicide dhows while defending Iraqi oil platforms. in the Persian Gulf. Suicide attack destroys Firebolt's RHIB and kills three of her crew. Two more suicide dhows are sunk by the Australian frigate HMAS Stuart.
14 July – Attack on INS Hanit – Israeli corvette INS Hanit is struck by a land-launched C-802 anti-ship missile off the coast of Beirut and is damaged.
12 May – Canadian, British, and French ships repulse a Libyan naval attack on the city of Misrata during the Libyan Civil War.[16]
2014
23 March – Capture of the Cherkasy – Ukrainian minesweeper Cherkasy is boarded and captured by Russian forces after attempting to flee Crimea.
2016
1 October – Attack on HSV-2 Swift – United Arab Emirates Navy ship Swift is attacked by a C-802 anti-ship missile launched by Houthie rebels off Yemen and is severely damaged.
2017
30 January – Attack on HMS Al Madinah – Royal Saudi Navy frigate HMS Al Madinah is struck by a remote controlled suicide boat by Houthie Rebels off Yemen and is severely damaged.
16 March – Somali pirates hijack an oil tanker[17]
17 May – British flagged tanker Stolt Apol is attacked by two pirate skiffs 75 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden and disables one skiff before escaping.[19]
14 April – Sinking of the Moskva. RFS Moskva is struck by two Ukrainian R-360 Neptune anti-ship missiles, causing a chain reaction of explosions and later the sinking of the ship.
26 October – Attack on the RFS Velikiy Ustyug – Ukrainian naval drones attack and damaged the Russian Buyan M-class corvette, RFS Velikiy Ustyug.[20]
29 May – Sinking of the Yuri Olefirenko – Ukrainian tank landing ship, UNS Yuri Olefirenko is sunk by Russian anti-ship missiles while docked in Odesa. Ukraine has not confirmed nor denied the loss.[21]
11 June – Attack on the Priazovye – Ukrainian sea drones attack the Russian Vishnya-class intelligence ship, RFS Priazovye, but attack is repelled.
4 August – Attack on the Olenegorsky Gornyak – Ukrainian sea drones attack and damage the Russian tank landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak off Novorossiysk.
14 September – Attack on the Sergey Kotov – Russian Bykov-class patrol ship, RFS Sergey Kotov is attacked and severely damaged by Ukrainian sea drones.[22]
16 September – Attack on the Samum – Russian Bora-class corvette, RFS Samum, is attacked and damaged by Ukrainian sea drones.[23]
7 October – Action off Gaza – Israeli Navy intercepts and sinks Hamas attack boats attempting to infiltrate Israel.[24]
13 October – Attack on the Pavel Derzhavin – Russian Bykov-class patrol ship, RFS Pavel Derzhavin is attacked and damaged by Ukrainian sea drones.[25]
31 December – Sinking of a Stenka-class patrol ship. – Russian Coast Guard Stenka-class patrol ship sunk by Ukrainian sea drones off Sevastopol.
2024
1 February – Sinking of the Ivanovets – Russian Tarantul-class corvette, RFS Ivanovets, is sunk by Ukrainian sea drones off Crimea.[26]
14 February – Sinking of the Caesar Kunikov – Russian tank landing ship, RFS Tsezar Kunikov is sunk by Ukrainian sea drones off Crimea.[27]
5 March – Sinking of the Sergey Kotov – Russian Bykov-class patrol ship, RFS Sergey Kotov is attacked and sunk by Ukrainian sea drones in the Kerch Strait.[28]
15 July - In the Red Sea, the Panamaninan flagged tanker Bentley-I is unsuccessfully attacked by a Houthi sea drone before engaging in a gun battle with two Houthi manned fast attack craft, which are driven off.[29]
21 August - In Red Sea, the Greek flagged tanker Sounion was attacked and exchanged gunfire with two Houthi manned fast attack craft. The Sounion was then hit by three projectiles and set afire before being abandoned by its crew.[30]
10 December - Attack on Latakia - Israeli Navy attacks and sinks 15 Syrian warships at anchor to prevent them from falling into terrorist hands.
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