Editing List of naval battles (section)

===Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815)===

* 1803 May 23, 24 and 27 – 4 ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force ([[Action of 23 May 1803|details]])
** 31 May 1 June – ''Adams'' vs Tripolitan gunboats
** – Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
* 1804 February 15 [[Battle of Pulo Aura|Pulo Aura]] – French attack British convoy
**  3, 7, 23/24 August and 28 and 2–5 September raids on Tripoli ([[Action of 3 August 1804|details]])
* 1805 about February – French squadron raids British ([[Action of 1805|details]])
** 4 July? – French capture British East Indiaman ([[Action of July 1805|details]])
* 1805 July 4 – 2 Russian ships defeat French gunboat force ([[Action of 4 July 1805|details]])
** 18 July [[Battle of Blanc-Nez and Gris-Nez]] – Combined Dutch and French flottila repulses an attack by a superior British squadron
** 22 July [[Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805)|Cape Finisterre]] – Inconclusive action between British Admiral Calder and French Admiral Villeneuve
** 6 August – French attack British convoy ([[Action of 6 August 1805|details]])
** 21 October [[Battle of Trafalgar|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 [[Battle of San Domingo|San(to) Domingo]] – British under Duckworth defeat French under Leissegues (French) off Santo Domingo
** 4 July – Russians defeat French in Narenta Channel
** 26 July – British defeat Dutch ([[Action of 26 July 1806|details]])
** 25 September – British battleships defeat French frigate force ([[Action of 25 September 1806|details]])
* 1807 February 19 – British battleships under Duckworth burn several Turkish ships in Dardanelles ([[Action of 19 February 1807|details]])
** May – British vs Turks at mouth of Dardanelles ([[Action of May 1807|details]])
** 22 May 23 [[Battle of the Dardanelles (1807)|Dardanelles]] – Russians under [[Dmitry Senyavin|Admiral Seniavin]] defeat Turks near Cape Janizary
** 1 July [[Battle of Athos|Athos (Lemnos/Monte Sancto)]] – Russians under Seniavin defeats Turks in northern Aegean
** 23 and 31 August – Danes defeat British light forces near Copenhagen ([[Actions of August 1807|details]])
** 2–7 September [[Battle of Copenhagen (1807)|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 11–24 – British destroy French ships at [[Battle of the Basque Roads|Basque Roads]]
** 13–17 April – British capture French battleship near Porto Rico
** late May – [[HMS Melpomène|HMS ''Melpomène'']] vs Danish gunboats
** 25–27 June – British and Sicilians vs French near Pozzuoli Bay
** 26 and 31 October Cette and ? – Southern France
** 18 November – French frigates defeat British East Indiamen near Mauritius ([[Action of 18 November 1809|details]])
** 13 December – French frigates capture [[HMS Junon (1809)|HMS ''Junon'']] ([[Action of 13 December 1809|details]])
* 1810 July 3 – French frigate force defeats British East Indiamen in Mozambique Channel ([[Action of 3 July 1810|details]])
** 26 August [[battle of Grand Port|Grand Port]] – French defeat British at ''Vieux Grand Port'', [[Republic of Mauritius|Mauritius]]
** 31 August – British vs French near Toulon
* 1811 March 13 [[Battle of Lissa (1811)|Lissa]] – British frigates under Hoste defeat larger Franco-Venetian squadron under Dubordieu off Lissa (Vis) in the Adriatic
** 29 November – Britain captures French frigate ([[Action of 29 November 1811|details]])
* 1812 February 22 – Britain captures French battleship ''Rivoli'' ([[Action of 22 February 1812|details]])
** 12 July [[Battle of Lyngør|Lyngør]] – British sink last Danish frigate
* 1813 November 5 – Skirmish between British and French near Toulon ([[Action of 5 November 1813|details]])