This is a list of notable single-ship actions and other events:
Not complete yet
Single-ship actions
Russo-Swedish War:
- 1789 May 21 - Cutter Mercury under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Roman Crown captures Swedish 40-gun frigate Venus which, according to tradition, joins Russian navy under the same name.
War of 1812:
- 1853 November 17 (November 5) - Russian frigatte Vladimir captures Turkish frigatte Pervaz Bahri on the Black Sea (first battle of steam ships)
- 1864 June 19 Cherbourg - USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama off Cherbourg
- 1870 November 7 - French aviso Bouvet fights with German gunboat Meteor off Cuba
- 1879 May 21 - Iquique Naval Combat - Huáscar sinks Esmeralda
World War One:
- 1914 September 14 - British auxiliary cruiser Carmania sinks German auxiliary cruiser Cap Trafalgar near the Canary Islands
- 1914 November 9 - HMAS Sydney sinks SMS Emden at the Cocos Islands
World War Two:
Naval bombardments
- 1816 August 27 - Bombardment of Algiers (details)
- 1840 - Bombardment of Acre
- 1866 May 1 (?) Spanish bombardment of Valparaiso
- 1882 July 11 - Bombardment of Alexandria
Other naval events
- 1919 June 21 - Scuttling of German fleet at Scapa Flow
- 1942 November 27 - Scuttling of French fleet at Toulon
- 1943 - Scuttling of Danish fleet
Last updated: 05-31-2005 21:43:34
