List of French naval battles

The following is an incomplete list of famous French naval battles from the Middle Ages to modern France.

Name Start Date End Date Allies Enemies Result Part of
Battle of Sluys 1340-06-24 1340-06-24 Kingdom of England Defeat Hundred Years' War
Battle of La Rochelle 1372-06-22 1372-06-23 Crown of Castile Kingdom of England Victory Hundred Years' War
Battle of the Solent 1545-07-18 1545-07-19 Kingdom of England Inconclusive Italian War of 1542–1546
Battle of Bantry Bay 1689-05-11 1689-05-11  England Victory Nine Years' War
Battle of Beachy Head 1690-07-10 1690-07-10  England
 Dutch Republic		 Victory Nine Years' War
Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue 1692-05-29 1692-06-04  England
 Dutch Republic		 Defeat Nine Years' War
Action at Barfleur 1692-05-29 1692-05-29  England
 Dutch Republic		 Inconclusive Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue (Nine Years' War)
Action at Cherbourg 1692-06-01 1692-06-02  England
 Dutch Republic		 Defeat Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue (Nine Years' War)
Action at La Hogue 1692-06-01 1692-06-04  England
 Dutch Republic		 Defeat Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue (Nine Years' War)
Battle of Lagos 1693-06-27 1693-06-27  England
 Dutch Republic		 Victory Nine Years' War
Battle of Camaret 1694-06-18 1694-06-18  England
 Dutch Republic		 Victory Nine Years' War
Battle of Texel 1694-06-29 1694-06-29  Dutch Republic Victory Nine Years' War
Battle of Dogger Bank 1696-06-17 1696-06-17  Dutch Republic Victory Nine Years' War
Battle of Vigo Bay 1702-10-23 1702-10-23 Kingdom of Spain  England
 Dutch Republic		 Defeat War of the Spanish Succession
Battle of the Chesapeake 1781-09-05 1781-09-05  Great Britain Victory Yorktown campaign of American Revolutionary War
Battle of the Saintes 1782-04-09 1782-04-12  Great Britain Defeat American Revolutionary War
Glorious First of June 1794-06-01 1794-06-01  Great Britain Defeat War of the First Coalition
Battle of Trafalgar 1805-10-21 1805-10-21 Kingdom of Spain  United Kingdom Defeat Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) & War of the Third Coalition
Capture of the Rosily Squadron 1808-06-09 1808-06-14 Kingdom of Spain Defeat Peninsular War
Battle of Foochow 1884-08-23 1884-08-26 China Victory Sino-French War
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