Editing List of naval battles (section)

==16th century==

* 1508 [[Battle of Chaul]] – Alliance of [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]], [[Gujarat Sultanate|Gujrat]] and [[Kozhikode|Calicut]] defeat [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]]
*1509 February 3 [[Battle of Diu (1509)|Diu]] – Portugal's Indian viceroy defeats a combined [[Mamluk|Egyptian]]-[[Gujarat Sultanate]] fleet off [[Gujarat]], India, and controls spice trade
* 1510 – Maltese under [[Prégent de Bidoux]] defeat Venetians
* 1512? – [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] under Andrea Doria defeat [[Moors]] at [[Algiers]]
* 1512 August 10 [[Battle of St. Mathieu|St Mathieu]] – English defeat French off Brest; ''Regent'' and ''Marie la Cordelière'' sunk
* 1521 [[Battle of Tunmen]] – [[Ming dynasty|Ming Chinese]] defeat [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]]
* 1522 [[Battle of Xicaowan]] – [[Ming dynasty|Ming Chinese]] defeat [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]]
* 1526 – [[Swedes]] and Lübeckers defeat pirate fleet
* 1529 – [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Turks under Khair-ad-Din ([[Barbarossa (Ottoman admiral)|Barbarossa]]) defeat Spanish
* 1535 early  – 20 June Swedes/Danes/Prussians defeat 9 Lübeck ships
* 1535 June? – Swedes/Danes/Prussians defeat 10 Lübeck ships at Fyen
* 1538 September 28 [[Battle of Preveza|Preveza]] – Ottoman Turk fleet under Khair-ad-Din defeats Spanish-Venetian-Papal fleet
* 1541 – [[Tsuruhime]] led an army into naval battle and drove the [[Ōuchi Yoshitaka]] into the open sea.
* 1542 – [[Ningbo Massacre (1542)]] – battle between Ming China and Portugal, Chinese victory
* 1545 July 18 and 19 [[Battle of the Solent|The Solent]] – French attack English off Portsmouth; ''Mary Rose'' sinks
** 15 August – English fight French off Portsmouth
* 1549 early August (?) – English defeat French near Channel Islands
* 1552 [[Battle of Ponza (1552)|Ponza]] – Ottoman Turks under Sinan Pasha defeat Genoese under Andrea Doria off western Italy
* 1555 August 11 – Bloody and inconclusive melée between French privateers and a Dutch merchant fleet off [[Calais]]
* 1558 – Portuguese fight English and French off Guinea
** 13 July – English under Count Egmont defeat French under [[Paul de Thermes|Marshal de Thermes]] off Gravelines
* 1560 May 11 [[Battle of Djerba|Djerba]] – Turkish galleys defeat Christian force near Djerba, Tunisia

===Northern Seven Years' War (1563–1570)===

{| class="wikitable" 
! Year !! colspan=2| Battle !! Description
|- valign="top"
|rowspan="2" | 1563
|colspan="2" | [[Action of 30 May 1563|Action of 30 May]]
|align="left"| Swedes capture three Danes before war is declared.
|-
|colspan="2" | [[Action of 11 September 1563|Action of 11 September]]
|align="left"| Inconclusive [skirmish?] between Danes/[[Lübeckers]] and Swedes.
|- valign="top"
|rowspan="3" | 1564
|colspan="2" | [[Action of 30 May 1564|Action of 30 May]]
|align="left"| Swedes under [[Bagge]] [clash with?] Danes/Lübeckers under [[Trolle]].
|-
|colspan="2" | [[Action of 12 July 1564|Action of 12 July]]
|align="left"| A Swedish captain blows up his ship after a Danish attack.
|-
|colspan="2" | [[Action of 12 August 1564|Action of 12 August]]
|align="left"| Swedes under [[Klas Horn]] defeat Danes under [[Herluf Trolle]], southeast of [[Öland]].
|- valign="top"
|rowspan="2" | 1565
|colspan="2" | [[Action of 4 June 1565|Action of 4 June]]
|align="left"| An indecisive battle between Danes/Lübeckers and Swedes near [[Buchow]].
|-
|colspan="2" | [[Action of 7 July 1565|Action of 7 July]]
|align="left"| Swedes defeat Danes/Lübeckers between [[Bornholm]] and [[Rügen]].
|- valign="top"
| 1566
|colspan="2" | [[Action of 26 July 1566|Action of 26 July]]
|align="left"| Swedes defeat Danes/Lübeckers between [[Öland]] and [[Gotland]].
|- valign="top"
| 1568
|colspan="2" |
|align="left"| Swedish fleet captures several Polish corsairs and drives off remainder.<ref>Unconfirmed.</ref>
|}

===Later 16th century===

* 1565 18 October [[Battle of Fukuda Bay]] – battle between Japan and Portugal, Portuguese victory
* 1568 September 23 – Spanish under Martin Enriquez defeat English under Hawkins at San Juan de Ulúa, Mexico [http://www.johntoddjr.com/71%20Pirates/hawkins.htm Offsite link]
* 1570 – English under Burrough and Hodsdon defeat Danes in the Baltic Sea
** 15 July – Turkish galliots under Uluch Ali defeat Maltese galleys under Saint-Clement near Gozo
* 1571 January – Venetians under Marco Querini defeat Turks near Famagusta, Cyprus
** 7 October [[Battle of Lepanto (1571)|Lepanto]] – Christian coalition decisively defeats Ottoman Turks in a large galley fight off western Greece
* 1572 August 7 and 10 – Venetians under Colonna vs Turks under [[Uluj Ali|Kilitch Ali]] between Cervi and Cerigo and near Cape Matapan
** September/October – Several skirmishes between Spanish/Venetians and Turks
* 1573 April 17 [[Battle of Flushing|Flushing]] – [[Sea Beggars]] defeat Spanish under [[Sancho d'Avila]]
** 22 April [[Battle of Borsele|Borsele]] – Sea Beggars beat back a Spanish fleet under d'Avila
** 26 May [[Battle of Haarlemmermeer|Haarlemmermeer]] – Spanish under Bossu defeat Sea Beggars
** 11 October [[Battle on the Zuiderzee|Zuiderzee]] – Sea Beggars under [[Cornelis Dirkszoon]] defeat Spanish under Bossu
* 1574 January 29 [[Battle of Reimerswaal|Oosterschelde]] – Sea Beggars under [[Willem Boisot]] defeat Spanish under Luis de Resquesens
** 30 May [[Battle of lillo]] – Sea Beggars under Boisot defeat a Spanish fleet
** June – Swedes capture 3 Lubeckers plus 15 merchantmen
* 1576 August and 1578 [[Battles of Kizugawaguchi|Kizugawaguchi]] – Blockade efforts in [[Siege of Ishiyama Honganji]], just off [[Osaka]], Japan
* 1582 July 26 [[Battle of Terceira]] (Battle of Ponta Delgada) – Spanish under [[Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz|Alvaro de Bazán]] defeat French, Portuguese, Dutch and English under [[Filippo di Piero Strozzi|Filippo Strozzi]] in the [[Azores]]
** 1582 July 27 [[Battle of Vila Franca]] Alvaro de Bazán wins a second battle at the Azores in as many days.
* 1583? Maltese under Avogadro vs Turks
* 1583 August 3 – Venetians defeat Maltese under Avogadro between Cerigotto and Cape Spada
* 1585 April – Maltese galleys defeat and capture Turkish sailing ship
** [[Nguyen Lord]] navy defeats [[Shirahama Kenki]] pirate fleet.
* 1586 – English under Edward Wilkinson vs Spanish and Maltese under Pedro de Gamboa y Leyva at Pantellaria
* 1588 July and August – [[Spanish Armada|Defeat of the Spanish Armada]] off southern England
** September – [[Spanish Armada in Ireland]]
* 1589 – Defeat of the [[English Armada]]
* 1591 about 13 June – English vs Spanish under Diego de la Ribera
** [[Battle of Flores (1591)|Battle of Flores]] – Spanish repel English near the Azores
* 1592 May 7 [[Battle of Okpo|Okpo]] – Korean navy under [[Yi Sun-sin]] defeats Japanese navy under [[Todo Takatora]].
** 29 May [[Battle of Sacheon (1592)|Sacheon]] – Korean Navy defeats Japanese with the [[Turtle Ship]].
** 14 August [[Battle of Hansan Island|Hansan Island]] – Korean navy defeats Japanese fleet in the bay of Hansan island.
** 1 November [[Battle of Busan (1592)|Busan]] – Korean Naval demonstration to Japanese navy at the Busan bay. However, they could not occupy Busan.
* 1595 about late June – Maltese vs Bizertans ([[Action of 1595|details]])
* 1595–1596 – Spanish defeat English raiding/invasion expeditions of the Spanish Main led by Drake and Hawkins
* 1597 August 28  [[Battle of Chilchonryang|Chilchonryang]] – Japanese Navy in conjunction with the Japanese army, defeats the Korean Navy, led by [[Won Gyun]].
** 26 October [[Battle of Myeongnyang|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 (Ming dynasty)|Chen Lin]] and Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin heavily damage more than 100 Japanese ship, however, 150 Japanese ship succeeds in retreating.
* 1600 December 14 – [[Antonio de Morga#Combat with Dutch corsairs|Action of 14 December]] Dutch vs Spanish at Manila