Editing List of naval battles (section)

===Late 19th century===

====[[Second Schleswig War]] (1864)====
* 1864 February [[Battle of Eckernfjorde|Eckernfjorde]] – Danish ships defeated by Prussia
** March 17 [[Battle of Jasmund (1864)|Jasmund]] – Prussians vs Danes
** May 9 [[Battle of Heligoland (1864)|Helgoland]] – Danish fleet defeats Prussian-Austrian fleet in the North Sea

====[[Paraguayan War]] (1864–1870)====
* 1865 June 11 [[Battle of Riachuelo|Riachuelo]] – Brazilian fleet defeats Paraguayan fleet in Paraná river

====[[Chincha Islands War]] (1865–1879)====
* 1866 February 7 [[Battle of Abtao|Abtao]] – Spain vs Peru/Chile
** May 2 [[Battle of Callao|Callao]]

====[[Third Italian War of Independence]] (1866)====
** June 25 – July 26 [[Naval operations on Lake Garda (1866)|Battle of Lake Garda]]
** July 20 [[Battle of Lissa (1866)|Battle of Lissa]] – Austrians under Admiral von Tegetthoff rams and drives off superior Italian fleet under Persano

====[[Boshin War]] (1868–1869)====
* 1869 May 4–10 [[Naval Battle of Hakodate|Hakodate]]

====Peruvian Coup attempt (1877)====
* 1877 May 29 [[Battle of Pacocha]] – Indecisive battle between {{HMS|Shah|1873|6}}, {{HMS|Amethyst|1871|6}} and ''[[Huáscar (ship)|Huascar]]''. Notable for seeing the first combat use of the [[torpedo]].

====[[War of the Pacific]] (1879–1883)====
* 1879 
** 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''.
** 8 October [[Naval Battle of Angamos]] – Chilean ships capture Peruvian ironclad ''Huáscar''.
** 18 November [[Capture of the corvette Pilcomayo|Capture of the corvette ''Pilcomayo'']] – Chilean ironclad ''Blanco Encalada'' engages and captures Peruvian corvette ''Pilcomayo''
* 1880
** 27 February [[Naval Battle of Arica]] – Now Chilean ironclad ''Huáscar'' and corvette ''Magallanes'' engage Peruvian monitor ''Manco Capac''.
** 17 March [[Rupture of the Blockade of Arica]] – Pairs of Chilean and Peruvian ironclads engage each other off Arica.

====[[Sino-French War]] (1884–1885)====
* 1884 August 23 [[Battle of Foochow|Foochow]] – Small French squadron annihilates Chinese force at Foochow ([[Fuzhou]])
* 1885 February 14 [[Battle of Shipu]] – French attack Chinese ships
* 1885 March 1 [[Battle of Zhenhai]] – Chinese fleet and coastal defenses repel French squadron

====[[Chilean Civil War of 1891|Chilean Civil War]] (1891)====
* 1891 April 23 [[Battle of Caldera Bay]] – Chilean Balmacedist torpedo boats sink a Chilean Congressionalist frigate.

====[[Homestead Strike]] (1892)====
* 1892 July 6 – armed striking union members in boats engage two armed barges

====[[Franco-Siamese conflict]] (1893)====
* 1893 July 13 [[Paknam incident]] – French ships enter Siamese waters, Siamese fleet responds, French victory

====[[Argentine Revolution of 1893]] (1893)====
* 1893 September 27 [[Battle of El Espinillo]] – Rebel monitor [[ARA Los Andes|ARA ''Los Andes'']] engages the loyalist torpedo boat ARA ''Espora'' and coastal defense ship [[ARA Independencia (1891)|ARA ''Independencia'']]. ''Los Andes'' is damaged and forced to retreat, later surrenders.

====[[Revolta da Armada|Brazilian Naval Revolt]] (1893–1894)====
* 1893 December 16 [[Battle of Guanabara Bay]] - Brazilian Federalist battleship [[Brazilian battleship Aquidabã|''Aquidabã'']] engages the Loyalist Army coastal defenses around Rio de Janeiro and destroys most of them. 
* 1894 January 9–21 [[Rio de Janeiro Affair]] – American fleet engages Brazilian Federalist fleet, breaking the blockade of Rio de Janeiro
* 1894 April 16 [[Battle of Santa Cantarina]] - Brazilian Federalist battleship [[Brazilian battleship Aquidabã|''Aquidabã'']] is attacked by three Loyalist torpedo boats, and is sunk. She would later be raised and return to service.

====[[First Sino-Japanese War]] (1894–1895)====
* 1894 July 25 [[Battle of Pungdo|Feng-tao]] – [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] defeats [[Imperial Chinese Navy]]
** 17 September [[Battle of Yalu River (1894)|Yalu River]] – Japanese defeat Chinese off [[Korea]]
* 1895 January 20-February 12, [[Battle of Weihaiwei]] – Japan defeats China, results in destruction of the Imperial Chinese Navy, ends the [[First Sino-Japanese War]].

====[[Anglo-Zanzibar War]] (1896)====
*1896 27 August – Anglo-Zanzibar War itself lasted 38 minutes, making it the shortest military conflict in history. Zanzibar royal yacht, [[HHS Glasgow|HHS ''Glasgow'']] is sunk by five British warships.

====[[Spanish–American War]] (1898)====
* 1898
** 25 April [[Action of 25 April 1898]]
** 1 May [[Battle of Manila Bay]] – Complete destruction of the Spanish fleet in The Philippines
** 8 May [[First Battle of Cárdenas]]
** 11 May [[Battle of Cárdenas|Second Battle of Cárdenas]]
** 11 May [[Battle of Cienfuegos]]
** 12 May [[Bombardment of San Juan]]
** 6–10 June [[Battle of Guantánamo Bay]]
** 13 June [[Action of 13 June 1898]]
** 22 June [[Second Battle of San Juan (1898)|Second Battle of San Juan]]
** 28 June [[Third Battle of San Juan (1898)|Third Battle of San Juan]]
** 30 June [[First Battle of Manzanillo]]
** 30 June [[Battle of Tayacoba]]
** 1 July [[Second Battle of Manzanillo]]
** 1 July [[Battle of the Aguadores]]
** 3 July [[Battle of Santiago de Cuba]] – Complete destruction of the Spanish fleet in the Caribbean
** 18 July [[Third Battle of Manzanillo]]
** 21 July [[Battle of Nipe Bay]]