Editing List of naval battles (section)

===American War of Independence (1776–1783)===

* 1776 October 11 [[Battle of Valcour Island|Valcour Island]] – [[Benedict Arnold]] escapes the British fleet under [[Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester|Guy Carleton]]
* 1777 September 26 to 16 November 1777 [[Siege of Fort Mifflin]] on the [[Delaware River]] American fleets under [[John Hazelwood]], defending Philadelphia from British navy.
* 1778 April 19 [[Frederica Naval Action]]
** 27 July [[Battle of Ushant (1778)|First Ushant]] – British under [[Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel|Keppel]] with 30 ships of the line fight inconclusive action against French under [[Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers|d'Orvilliers]] with 28 ships
* 1779 July 6 [[Battle of Grenada|Grenada]]
** 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 [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)|Cape St. Vincent]] – British under Rodney defeat Spanish under de Langara
** 17 April [[Battle of Martinique (1780)|Martinique]] – British under Rodney fail to defeat French under de Guichen
** 9 August Spanish-French fleet under [[Luis de Córdova y Córdova]] captures 55 ship British convoy [[Action of 9 August 1780|off Cape Santa María]]
** Spanish-French fleet under Luis de Córdova y Córdova captures 29 ship British convoy
* 1781 April 16 [[Battle of Porto Praya|Porto Praya]] – French under [[Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez|Suffren]] vs British, in the Cape Verde Islands
** 19 April [[Battle of Fort Royal|Fort Royal]]
** – Minor French under de Grasse vs British under Hood
** – Minor French under Destouches vs British under Arbuthnot
** 21 July [[Naval battle off Cape Breton|Cape Breton Island]] – French attack British convoy
** 5 August (15 NS?) [[Battle of Dogger Bank (1781)|Dogger Bank]] – Draw between Dutch and British squadrons
** 5 September [[Battle of the Chesapeake|Chesapeake Bay]] – French under de Grasse drive off British under Graves
** 12 December [[Battle of Ushant (1781)|Second Ushant]] – British under Kempenfelt capture part of a French convoy from de Guichen
* 1782 January 25 [[Battle of St. Kitts|St Kitts]] – British under Hood defeat French under de Grasse
** 17 February [[Battle of Sadras|Sadras]] – First fierce but indecisive fight between French under Suffren and British under Hughes near south-east India
** 9 and 12 April [[Battle of the Saintes|The Saintes]] – British under Rodney decisively defeat French under de Grasse in the West Indies
** 12 April [[Battle of Providien|Providien]] – 2nd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
** 21 April – British defeat French
** 6 July [[Battle of Negapatam (1782)|Negapatam]] – 3rd fight between Suffren and Hughes off India
** 3 September [[Battle of Trincomalee|Trincomalee]] – Hughes fleet damages Suffren's but withdraws
** 20 October [[Battle of Cape Spartel|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 [[Battle of Cuddalore (1783)|Cuddalore]] – Suffren prevents Hughes seizing Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes