Year War Date Battle Winners Losers Notes 1936 Spanish Civil War 5 Aug Convoy de la Victoria Spanish Nationalists Spanish Republicans (Alcalá Galiano ) Republicans fail to stop Nationalist convoy 8 Aug Action of 8 August Spanish Nationalists (Almirante Cervera British (Blue Shadow ) Blue Shadow is sunk16 Aug—12 Sep Battle of Majorca Spanish Nationalists Spanish Republicans Republican amphibious assault fails 19 Sep—Oct Spanish Guinea uprising Republican prison ship is sunk 29 Sep Battle of Cape Espartel Spanish Republicans ( Almirante Ferrándiz ) Almirante Ferrándiz is sunk14 Dec Action of 14 December Spanish Nationalists (Canarias Soviets (Komsomol ) Komsomol is sunk off Oran 1937 10 Jan Action of 10 January Spanish Nationalists (Velasco Soviets (Smidovich ) Smidovich is captured5 March Battle of Cape Machichaco Spanish Nationalists (Canarias Spanish Republicans and Basques 28 March Action of 28 March Spanish Nationalists (Uad Kert ) Greeks (Gardelaki ) Gardelaki is captured2 April Action of 2 April Spanish Nationalists (Baleares Greeks (Poli ) Poli is sunk4 April Action of 4 April Spanish Nationalists (Huelva ) Panamanians (Janu ) Janu is captured5 April Action of 5 April Spanish Nationalists (Maria Teresa ) Greeks (Nagos ) Nagos is captured6 April Action of 6 April Spanish Nationalists (Galerna ) Panamanians (Andra ) Andra is sunk16 April Action of 16 April Spanish Nationalists (Almirante Cervera Panamanians (Hordena ) Hordena is captured24 May Attack on the Barletta Spanish Republicans Italians (Barletta Barletta is bombed; six Italian sailors are killed Attack on the Albatros Germans (Albatros No casualties 29 May Deutschland incident Spanish Republicans and Soviets Germans (Deutschland Thirty-one aboard the Deutschland are killed and 74 are injured 31 May Bombardment of Almería Germans (Admiral Scheer Spanish Republicans Retaliation for attack on Admiral Scheer 7 July Action of 7 July Spanish Nationalists (Almirante Cervera French (Liberte ) Liberte is captured14 July Action of 14 July Spanish Nationalists (Almirante Cervera Galerna ) British (Molton and Royal Oak Molton seized off Santander Second Sino-Japanese War 7 Aug—25 Sep Battle of Shanghai Japanese Chinese In the Yangtze River; Japanese capture Shanghai [ 8] Spanish Civil War 15 Aug Action of 15 August Spanish Nationalists (Freccia Panamanians (George W. McKnight ) George W. McKnight is disabled11 Aug Action of 11 August 1937 Italians (Saetta Spanish Republicans (Campeador ) Campeador is sunk31 Aug Action of 31 August Italians (Turbine Soviets (Timiryazev ) Timiryazev is sunk1 Sep Action of 1 September Italians (Diaspro British (Woodford Woodford is sunk3 Sep Action of 3 September Italians (Luigi Settembrini Soviets (Blagoev ) Blagoev is sunk7 Sep Battle of Cape Cherchell Spanish Nationalists (Baleares Spanish Republicans under Buiza 12 Dec Action of 12 December Spanish Nationalists (Lazaro ) French (Sydney ) Sydney is captured USS Panay incident Japanese under Murata and Okumiya Americans (Panay Panay sunk21 Dec Action of 21 September Spanish Nationalists (Mallorca ) French (Francois ) Francois is captured1938 21 Jan Sinking of the Endymion Spanish Nationalists (General Sanjurjo British (Endymion ) Endymion is sunkCapture of the Pomaron Spanish Nationalists (Vincente Puchol ) Estonians (Pomaron ) Pomaron captured22 Jan Action of 22 January Spanish Nationalists (Mallorca ) Estonians (Juss ) Juss is captured5-6 March Battle of Cape Palos Spanish Republicans under González Spanish Nationalists (Baleares 19 March Action of 19 March Spanish Nationalists Soviets (Lensovet ) Lensovet is captured30 March Sinking of the Lena Spanish Nationalists (General Mola Greeks (Lena ) Capture of the Alix Spanish Nationalists (Huevla ) Norwegians (Alix ) Alix is captured19 May Action of 19 May Spanish Nationalists (Canarias Greeks (Ellinico Vuono ) Ellinico Vuono is captured26 May Capture of the Stepanov Soviets (Skvortzov Stepanov ) Skvortzov Stepanov is capturedCapture of the Jan Spanish Nationalists (Iñasi ) Danish (Jan ) Jan is captured30 May Action of 30 May Spanish Nationalists Panamanians (Wintonia ) Wintonia is captured31 May Action of 31 May Spanish Nationalists (Vicente Puchol ) Soviets (Potishev ) Potishev is captured Second Sino-Japanese War 11 June—28 Oct Battle of Wuhan Japanese Chinese Japanese capture Wuhan Spanish Civil War 21 July Action of 21 July Spanish Nationalists Norwegians (Skulda ) Skulda is captured17 Oct Action of 17 October Spanish Nationalists (Vulcano Soviets (Katayama ) Katayama is captured23 Oct Action of 23 October Spanish Nationalists (Almirante Cervera Soviets (Tsyurupa ) Tsyurupa is captured2 Nov Action of 2 November Spanish Nationalists (Vulcano Soviets (Max Hoels ) Max Hoels is captured9 Nov Action of 9 November Spanish Nationalists Greeks (Nicolau Eleni ) Nicolau Eleni is captured11 Nov Capture of the Victoria Spanish Nationalists (Mar Cantábrico ) Greeks (Victoria ) Victoria is capturedSinking of the Hanna Spanish Nationalists (General Mola Dutch (Hanna ) Hanna is sunk19 Nov Action of 19 November Spanish Nationalists Latvians (Everards ) Everards is captured1939 15 Jan Action of 15 January Spanish Nationalists (Dato ) French (Aunis ) Aunis is captured28 Jan Action of 28 January Spanish Nationalists (Mar Negro British (Lake Lugano ) Lake Lugano is sunk Italian Invasion of Albania 7 April Battle of Durrës Italians under Sportiello Albanians under Ulqinaku World War II 1 Sep Battle of Danzig Bay Germans Polish 1-3 Sep Battle of Hel Germans under Eberhardt Polish under Steyer All Polish ships are sunk or captured 1-25 Sep Worek Plan Inconclusive: Polish under Mohuczy vs Germans under Albrecht 3 Sep 1939—8 May 1945 Battle of the Atlantic Allies Germans and Italians Winter War 1 Dec Battle of Russarö Finnish Soviets (Kirov Stremitelny Smetlivy Finnish coastal guns damage Soviet warships, forcing their retreat World War II 13 Dec Battle of the River Plate British and New Zealanders under Harwood Germans under Langsdorff (Admiral Graf Spee Admiral Graf Spee is damaged and later scuttled Winter War 14 Dec Battle of Utö Finnish Soviets Finnish repel Soviets from attacking a lighthouse 18 Dec Battle of the Beryozovye Islands Soviets (Marat and Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya ) vs Finnish Finnish coastal defenses at key forts World War II Battle of the Heligoland Bight Germans under Schumacher British 1940 8 April Action of 8 April 1940 Germans ( Admiral Hipper ) British (Glowworm Glowworm is sunk9 April Preceding Battle of Narvik Germans Norwegians (Norge Eidsvold Norwegian coastal defense ships are sunk Battle of Drøbak Sound Norwegians Germans (Blücher Blücher is sunk near Oscarsborg Fortress Action off Lofoten Germans under Lütjens (Scharnhorst Gneisenau Whitworth (Renown No ship is lost and only suffers minimal damage; first engagement between capital ships of the war Battle of Horten Harbour Germans under Strelow and Wilcke (Emden Norwegians Norwegian minesweepers attempt to defend the naval base in Horten but fail Battle of Kristiansand Germans (Karlsruhe Seattle Germans successfully take Odderøya Fortress Capture of Arendal Germans (Greif Norwegians under Holthe (Jo Germans take Arendal in a bloodless engagement 10 April First Battle of Narvik British Germans Two German destroyers and a flotilla of merchant ships are destroyed Sinking of the Rio de Janeiro Polish (Orzel Germans (Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro is sunk13 April Second Battle of Narvik British under Whitworth (Warspite Germans under Bey All remaining German destroyers in Narvik are sunk 26 May—4 June Dunkirk evacuation Allies Germans More than 338,000 Allied soldiers are evacuated 8 June Operation Juno Germans under Marschall (Scharnhorst Gneisenau British under D'Oyly-Hughes (Glorious Glorious and to destroyers are sunk10-25 June Italian invasion of France Italians French Italian occupied zone is created in southern France 14-15 June Convoy HX 47 Germans under Dönitz British Two British merchant ships are sunk 21-22 June Convoy HX 49 Three British merchant ships are sunk 28 June Battle of the Espero Convoy British under Tovey (Orion Baroni (Espero 3 July Attack on Mers-el-Kebir British under Somerville French under Darlan Controversial attack on neutral French fleets 3-6 July Convoy OA 178 Germans British British merchant ships are sunk or damaged in the English Channel 9 July Battle of Calabria British and Australians vs Italians 15 Aug Sinking of the Elli Italians (Delfino Greeks (Elli Elli is sunk19 July Battle of Cape Spada Allies under Collins (Sydney Italians under Casardi (Bartolomeo Colleoni Off Crete 24-27 Aug Convoy HX 65 Germans under Dönitz Canadians Eight ships sunk in North Atlantic; first Canadian action of the war 3-5 Sep Convoy FS 271 British Five British merchant ships are sunk 6-9 Sep Convoy SC 2 Canadians and British Three Allied merchant ships are sunk 20-22 Sep Convoy HX 72 British Eleven British ships sunk in the North Atlantic 23-25 Sep Battle of Dakar Vichy French British, Free French and Australians Vichy French fight off Allied landing at Dakar 12 Oct Battle of Cape Passero British under McCarthy (Ajax York Italians Three Italian destroyers are sunk 16-19 Oct Convoy SC 7 Germans under Dönitz British under Mackinnon 20 ships sunk in North Atlantic 19-20 Oct Convoy HX 79 British Twelve ships sunk in North Atlantic 20-21 Oct Attack on Convoy BN 7 Allies under Rivett-Carnac Italians under Borsini One Italian destroyer is sunk 4-11 Nov Operation MB8 British under Cunningham and Lyster Italians under Campioni 5 Nov Convoy HX 84 Germans under Krancke British under Fegen Five ships sunk in North Atlantic 9 Nov Battle of Gabon Free Frenchunder d'Argenlieu (Savorgnan de Brazza Vichy French (Bougainville Bougainville is sunk11-12 Nov Battle of Taranto British under Cunningham and Lyster Italins under Campioni Air attack on Italians anchored at Taranto , inspiring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 12 Nov Battle of the Strait of Otranto British and Australians Italians Italian convey is destroyed 27 Nov Battle of Cape Spartivento British under Somerville and Holland vs Italians under Campioni and Iachino 30 Nov—27 Dec Operation Nordseetour Germans under Meisel (Admiral Hipper British Two British ships are damaged and one is sunk in the North Atlantic 1-3 Dec Convoy HX 90 Germans and Italians under Dönitz British and Canadians Eleven ships sunk in North Atlantic 6–8 Dec and 27 Dec German attacks on Nauru Germans under Eyssen Australians, British and Norwegians Germans destroy Allied merchant ships off Nauru 1941 10-11 Jan Operation Excess British and Australians Italians and Germans Royal Navy engages maritime strike Luftwaffe 12 Jan—2 Feb Convoy SC 19 Germans under Dönitz Allies Four Allied merchant ships are sunk 17 Jan Battle of Ko Chang Vichy France Thailand 22 Jan—8 Feb Convoy SC 20 Germans under Dönitz Allies Five Allied merchant ships are sunk 22 Jan—22 March Operation Berlin Germans under Lütjens (Scharnhorst Gneisenau British under Tovey Twenty-two British merchant ships are sunk or captured 30 Jan—18 Feb Convoy HX 106 Germans under Lütjens and Dönitz (Scharnhorst Gneisenau British Two British merchant ships are sunk 31 Jan Attack on Convoy AN 14 Italians under Mimbelli Allies under Packer Allied merchant ship disabled 8-11 Feb Convoy HG 53 Germans British Nine ships sunk and one German Fw 200 Condor shot down 25-28 Feb Operation Abstention Italians under Biancheri and Mimbelli British under Cunningham British are prevented from landing on Italian-occupied Kastelorizo 27 Feb Action of 27 February New Zealanders (Leander Italians (Ramb I Ramb I is sunk2-8 March Convoy OB 293 Allies Germans under Dönitz Three ships and two U-boats sunk in North Atlantic 4 March Operation Claymore British and Norwegians Germans British raid a fish oil plant in occupied Norway, sinking several German merchant ships 15-17 March Convoy HX 112 Allies Germans under Dönitz U-boats attack Allied convoy; Allies suffer minimal losses and sink two U-boats 26 March Raid on Souda Bay Italians under Faggioni British (York Pericles Portal York and Pericles are sunk27-29 March Battle of Cape Matapan British under Cunningham Italians under Iachino 2-5 April Convoy SC 26 Germans under Dönitz British Ten ships sunk and one U-boat destroyed in North Atlantic 4 April Action of 4 April Germans under Kähler (Thor British (Voltair Voltair sunk6 April Action of 6 April British (Capetown MAS-213 ) Capetown is damaged16 April Battle of the Tarigo Convoy British under Mack (Mohawk Italians under Cristofaro (Duisburg , Lampo Luca Tarigo Baleno Duisburg , Lampo , Luca Tarigo , Baleno and Mohawk are sunk7-10 May Convoy OB 318 British Germans under Dönitz Seven ships sunk and one U-boat captured in North Atlantic 8 May Action of 8 May British (Cornwall Germans under Krüder (Pinguin Pinguin is sunk10-28 May Convoy HX 126 Germans under Dönitz British Nine merchant ships sunk 21 May—1 June Battle of Crete Germans and Italians Allies Royal Navy loses three cruisers and six destroyers to Axis air attacks; Axis occupies Crete and establishes Fortress Crete 24 May Battle of the Denmark Strait Germans (Bismarck Prinz Eugen British (Hood Prince of Wales Hood is sunk24–27 May Bismarck Chase British and Polish under Tovey Germans under Lütjens (Bismarck Bismarck is sunk9 June Battle of the Litani River Allies Vichy French Vichy French are chased away by Allied ships 16 June—3 July Convoy HX 133 Germans under Dönitz Allies Six Allied merchant ships sunk 18 June—12 July Convoy SL 78 Norwegians and British Four German U-boats sink eight Allied merchant ships 22 June—3 Aug Gulf of Riga campaign Germans under Schmunt Soviets under Tributs Series of light engagements between German and Soviet ships, results in German control of the Gulf of Riga 22 June 1941—27 Dec 1942 Western Black Sea raids Axis under Macellariu Soviets under Oktyabrskiy Series of raids conducted by the Soviets along Romanian and Bulgarian coasts fails to disrupt Axis shipping 26 June Raid on Constanța Romanians and Germans Soviets are successfully repelled by Romanian destroyers Action of 26 June Romanians Soviets One Soviet gunboat captured and damaged 9 July Action of 9 July Off Mangalia 13-14 July Operation München Axis under Macellariu (Mihail Kogălniceanu Soviets under Oktyabrskiy 13-28 July Operation Substance British under Somerville (Force H ) Italians Italians attack British convoy while en route to Malta 19 July—1 Aug Convoy OG 69 Germans and Italians under Dönitz British Submarines inflict heavy casualties on British convoy Ecuadorian-Peruvian War 25 July Battle of Guayaquil Indecisive: Ecuadorians (Abdón Calderón Almirante Villar Almirante Villar is damaged and forced to retreat World War II 26 July Battle of Bengtskär Finnish Soviets Finnish gunboats sink a Soviet patrol boat during an attempted invasion of Bengtskär 10-15 Aug Convoy HG 70 British Germans and Italians under Dönitz Minimal losses on both sides 13-25 Aug Convoy OG 71 Germans under Dönitz British and Norwegians Ten ships sunk in North Atlantic 25 Aug Battle of Khuzestan British and Australians Iranians (Babr and Palang ) Babr and Palang are sunk27 Aug Capture of U-570 British and Canadians Germans (U-570 Allies capture U-570 27-31 Aug Soviet evacuation of Tallinn Germans and Finnish Soviets under Tributs 9-11 Sep Convoy SC 42 Germans under Dönitz British and Canadians Fourteen ships and two U-boats sunk in North Atlantic 17 Sep—1 Oct Convoy HG 73 British Nine ships sunk in North Atlantic 27 Sep Operation Halberd British under Somerville Italians under Iachino 27-28 Sep Action in Tarrafal Bay Inconclusive: British vs Germany under Dönitz 14-18 Oct Convoy SC 48 Germans under Dönitz British and Canadians Eleven ships sunk in North Atlantic 22 Oct—5 Nov Convoy HX 156 British and Americans Germans under Dönitz 30 Oct 1941—4 July 1942 Siege of Sevastopol Axis Soviets under Oktyabrskiy and Levchenko Soviet Black Sea Fleet fails to defend Sevastopol from Axis 6 Nov Sinking of Uralets Romanians (Delfinul Soviets (Uralets ) Uralets sunk8-9 Nov Battle of the Duisburg Convoy British under Agnew Italians under Brivonesi Italian convoy destroyed 19 Nov Sinking of HMAS Sydney Inconclusive: Australians under Burnett (Sydney Detmers (Kormoran Sydney and Kormoran destroy each other in a single ship action off Western Australia; Sydney is lost with all hands6 Dec Action of 6 December Bulgarians (Chernomorets and Belomorets ) Soviets (Shch-204 ) 7 Dec Pearl Harbor Japanese under Yamamoto and Nagumo Americans under Kimmel and Short Started the Pacific War ; Japanese launch surprise raid on American naval base, forcing United States to enter World War II 8-23 Dec Battle of Wake Island Japanese Americans American coastal and air defenses at Wake Island hold off Japanese invasion for 15 days 8-25 Dec Battle of Hong Kong Japanese under Niimi Allies Japanese occupy Hong Kong 10 Dec Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse Japanese British (Prince of Wales Repulse Prince of Wales and Repulse are sunk by Japanese air attack in the South China Sea 13 Dec Battle of Cape Bon British and Dutch Italians under Toscano 16 Dec 1941—March 1942 Battle of Borneo Japanese British and Dutch Japanese occupy British and Dutch Borneo 17 Dec First Battle of Sirte Indecisive: British under Cunningham vs Italians under Iachino Battle of Jibrieni Romanians Soviets Soviets lose a submarine 19 Dec Raid on Alexandria Italians under Borghese British under Morgan In Alexandria Harbor 19-23 Dec Convoy HG 76 British Germans under Dönitz Four ships sunk and five U-boats destroyed 1942 12 Jan Action of 12 January Japanese (Yamakaze Dutch (Prins van Oranje Minelayer Prins van Oranje is intercepted and sunk 14 Jan Operation Postmaster British under March-Phillipps Germans and Italians Allies capture three Axis merchant ships in Santa Isabel 23-25 Jan Battle of Balikpapan Japanese Americans and Dutch Several Japanese ships are sunk but the Allies fail to stop them from occupying Balikpapan 26-27 Jan Battle off Endau Japanese under Hashimoto Australians (Vampire Vampire is sunk30 Jan—3 Feb Battle of Ambon Japanese under Takagi and Itō (W-9 Dutch and Australians (Heron Japanese invade Ambon Island ; W-9 is sunk and Heron is damaged but survives. Dutch and Australian prisoners of war of massacred. 30 Jan—15 Feb Convoy SC 67 Allies Germans under Dönitz 1 Feb Marshalls-Gilberts raids Americans, Gilbertese and Elliceans under Halsey and Fletcher Japanese under Inoue and Gotō Japanese bases endure minor damage 4 Feb Battle of Makassar Strait Japanese under Tsukahara Americans and Dutch under Doorman 11-13 Feb Channel Dash Germans under Ciliax British under Ramsay Major Kriegsmarine surface units escape from occupied France to Germany; British attempt to intercept with disastrous results 13 Feb Battle of Palembang Japanese British (Li Wo Li Wo sinks a Japanese transport, but is later sunk herself16 Feb Attack on Aruba Germans and Italians under Hartenstein Dutch and Americans under Andrews Several German U-boats sink several Allied oil tankers in coordinated attack 16 Feb—23 March Operation Neuland Germans and Italians under Dönitz and Polacchini Allies under Hoover In the Caribbean Sea 18-20 Feb Battle of Badung Strait Japanese Americans, British and Dutch under Doorman Allies lose a destroyer 19 Feb Bombing of Darwin Japanese under Nagumo and Fuchida Australians and Americans Japanese attack Australia 21-25 Feb Convoy ON 67 Germans under Dönitz Americans and Canadians Eight ships sunk in North Atlantic 27 Feb Battle of the Java Sea Japanese under Takagi Allies under Doorman Sinking of the Langley Japanese Allies (Langley Langley is severely damaged and forced to be scuttled.28 Feb—1 March Battle of Sunda Strait Allies under Waller and Rooks (Houston Perth Evertsen Continuation of the Battle of the Java Sea ; Houston and Perth are sunk 1 March Second Battle of the Java Sea Japanese under Takagi and Takahashi British and Americans under Gordon (Exeter Encounter Pope Continuation of the Battle of the Java Sea ; Exeter , Encounter and Pope are sunk Battle of the Bali Strait Japanese vs Americans Continuation of the Battle of the Java Sea ; four surviving American destroyers skirmish with the Japanese, but escape to Australia 3 March Scuttling of USS Perch Japanese Americans (Perch Perch is damaged and scuttled; crew is later captured4 March Last Stand of HMAS Yarra Australians (Yarra While escorting a small convoy, Yarra is intercepted by Japanese and sunk 6-13 March Operation Sportpalast Germans under Ciliax (Tirpitz Tovey Germans and British fail to locate each other, neutralizing threat of altercation 22 March Second Battle of Sirte British under Vian Italians under Iachino Italians fail to sink British cargo ships; delay of the convoy led to the loss of four freighters by air attack 27 March Action of 27 March Germans under Hardegen (U-123 Americans (Atik Atik is sunk28 March St Nazaire Raid British under Ryder and Beattie (Campbelltown Germans under Mecke , Schulz and Sohler British crash into Normandie dry dock , rending it useless for the rest of the war 28-29 March Convoy PQ 13 Germans British and Soviets (Trinidad Trinidad is damaged31 March—1 April Battle of Christmas Island Japanese under Nishimura (Naka Allies (Seawolf Naka is damaged; Japan invades and occupies Christmas Island 31 March—10 April Indian Ocean Raid Japanese under Nagumo and Fuchida Allies under Somerville Japanese attack Ceylon 14 April Convoy OG 82 Allies Germans under Dönitz One U-boat sunk 19 April Bombardment of Curaçao Dutch Germans under Kals (U-130 Germans attempt to shell Dutch oil refinery on Curaçao ; U-130 is engaged by Dutch shore batteries, but escapes 3-4 May Invasion of Tulagi Japanese under Yamamoto , Inoue , Gotō and Shima Allies under Fletcher (Yorktown Allies sink several small warships but fail to prevent the capture of Tulagi 5 May—6 Nov Battle of Madagascar Allies under Sturges and Syfret Vichy French Allies engage Vichy French and Japanese warships before securing the island for Free French 6-21 May Convoy ON 92 Germans under Dönitz Allies Allied convoy sustains heavy casualties 8 May Battle of the Coral Sea Mixed results: Tactical victory for Japanese (Sōhō Shōkaku Lexington Yorktown Japanese invasion convoy turned back by US carrier aircraft; first carrier battle in history. 22-27 May Action of 22 May Italians (Barbarigo Brazilians (Comandante Lyra ) Comandante Lyra is sunk, causing Brazilian Navy B-25s to give chase for five days, but eludes destruction31 May—8 June Attack on Sydney Harbour Japanese under Sasaki vs Allies under Muirhead-Gould (Kuttabul Kuttabul is sunkMay 1942—Nov 1944 Battle of the St. Lawrence Allies under Nelles and Murray Germans under Dönitz German U-Boats campaign in Gulf of St. Lawrence 4–5 June Battle of Midway Americans under Nimitz , Fletcher and Spruance Japanese under Yamamoto , Kondō , Nagumo and Yamaguchi Americas sink four Japanese carriers and one heavy cruiser 6 June Action of 6 June Germans (Stier Americans (Stanvac Calcutta ) Stanvac Calcutta is sunk8 June Shelling of Newcastle Japanese (I-21 Japanese shell Newcastle , but do no damage; I-21 escapes 12-15 June Operation Vigorous Axis under Iachino Allies under Vian Six ships sunk from convoy to Malta 14-15 June Operation Harpoon Axis under da Zara Allies under Curteis and Hardy 14-17 June Convoy HG 84 Inconclusive: Germans under Dönitz vs British under Hudson and Walker Five British merchant ships are sunk 2-4 July Convoy PQ 17 Germans under Raeder , Dönitz and Stumpff Allies under Tovey , Pound , Hamilton , Broome and Dowding 24 ships sunk from Arctic convoy to Soviet Union 5 July Action of 5 July Americans (Growler Japanese (Arare Arare is sunk5-8 July Convoy QS-15 Germans (U-132 Allies Three merchant ships are sunk 8-10 July Battle of Someri Finnish and Germans Soviets under Levechenko Soviet gunboats engaged and sunk 17-31 July Convoy ON 113 Germans under Dönitz Allies Five Allied merchant ships are sunk 24 July—8 Aug Convoy ON 115 Three Allied merchant ships and one German U-boat are sunk 3 Aug Attack on the Dureenbee Japanese (I-175 Allies (Dureenbee Dureenbee is damaged beyond repair Action of 3 August British (Saracen German (U-335 U-335 is sunk5-10 Aug Convoy SC 94 Germans under Dönitz Allies Eleven ships and two U-boats sunk in North Atlantic 8 Aug Battle of Savo Island Japanese under Mikawa Allies under Turner and Crutchley Japanese sink four cruisers escorting Guadalcanal invasion convoy 11–15 Aug Operation Pedestal Axis under da Zara and Kesselring vs Allies under Syfret and Burrough Thirteen ships sunk from convoy to Malta 16–30 Aug Operation Wunderland Germans under Schmundt and Meendsen-Bohlken Soviets under Golovko , Kacharava and Baluntsev Germans successfully raid Soviet shipping in the Kara Sea , sinking several ships 22–25 Aug Convoy ON 122 Germans under Dönitz Allies German U-boats inflict casualties on Allied convoy, demonstrated importance of radar 24 Aug Battle of the Eastern Solomons Americans under Fletcher and Kinkaid Japanese under Kondō , Nagumo , Abe , Hara and Mikawa (Ryujo Ryujo sunk while attacking Guadalcanal 27-28 Aug Convoys SG-6/LN-6 Germans under Dönitz Allies Two German submarines sink two Allied merchant ships. 2–21 Sep Operation Orator Allies under Hopps Germans under Carls Allies defend Convoy PQ 18 from German attacks, losing 13 merchant ships to Germany's loss of four U-boats; majority of convoy makes it to Arkhangelsk 4 Sep—2 Nov Battle of Bell Island Indecisive: Germans vs Canadians Two German submarines sink four Canadian ore ships off Newfoundland with heavy casualties 6-10 Sep Convoy QS-33 Germans under Dönitz Allies Two German submarines sink four Allied merchant ships and one Canadian armed yacht 10-14 Sep Convoy ON 127 Seven ships sunk in North Atlantic 12-16 Sep Convoy SQ-36 Two German submarines sink three Allied merchant ships Convoy TAG 5 Germans under Dönitz and Krech Two ships sunk in Caribbean Sea 12-24 Sep Laconia Incident Allies under Sharp and Richardson (Laconia Germans under Hartenstein and Würdemann (U-156 Laconia sunk by U-156 ; Axis submarines and warships attempt to rescue survivors before being attacked by American aircraft, and forced to call off rescue efforts. This resulted in the issuance of the Laconia OrderKriegsmarine from rescuing Allied survivors.12–28 Sep Convoy SC 100 Germans under Dönitz Allies Five Allied merchant ships are sunk 13-14 Sep Operation Agreement Germans under Lombardi Five Allied ships sunk; one German U-boat sunk and five damaged off Tobruk 13–26 Sep Convoy QP 14 Germans under Dönitz British under Dowding Germans sink five Allied ships; Allies sink one U-boat and damage five 27 Sep Action of 27 September Inconclusive: Germans (Stier Stephen Hopkins Both ships sink each other 1 Oct Battle of Cape Burnas Axis Soviets Romanian gunboats engage and sink Soviet submarine after it sank a German transport 12 Oct Battle of Cape Esperance Americans under Scott Japanese under Gotō and Jōjima Americans intercept Japanese approaching Guadalcanal 12-16 Oct Convoy SC 104 Germans under Dönitz British Eight ships and two U-boats sunk in North Atlantic 22 Oct Battle of Sukho Island Soviets Axis Germany attempts amphibious invasion of Sukho , but are repelled 26 Oct Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Japanese under Kondō , Nagumo , Abe , Kakuta Americans under Halsey , Kinkaid , Murray and Mason (Hornet Hornet is sunk in aircraft carrier battle26-29 Oct Convoy HX 212 Germans under Dönitz Allies Six ships sunk in North Atlantic 27-31 Oct Convoy SL 125 Germans British Eleven ships sunk decoying U-boats away from Operation Torch 1-4 Nov Convoy SC 107 Germans under Dönitz Allies Fifteen ships and one U-boat sunk in North Atlantic 2-8 Nov Convoy TAG 18 Germans under Dönitz , Lassen and Witt Six Allied ships sunk in Caribbean Sea 6-11 Nov Convoy TAG 19 Germans under Dönitz and Staats Two ships sunk in Caribbean Sea 8 Nov Naval Battle of Casablanca Americans under Hewitt Vichy France and Germany under Michelier and Kals French fleet in harbour and shore batteries fail to defend Moroccan neutrality 11 Nov Attack on the Ondina Japanese ( Hōkoku Maru and Aikoku Maru Dutch and Indians (Ondina Bengal Allied oil tanker and its escort defend themselves against two Japanese merchant raiders, sinking one of them 12-15 Nov Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Americans under Halsey , Callaghan , Scott and Lee Japanese under Yamamoto , Abe , Kondō , Tanaka , Kakuta and Mikawa Last offensive Japanese attempted in the Guadalcanal campaign ; eleven transports and two battleships sunk and both sides incur heavy losses 15–18 Nov Convoy ON 144 Germans under Dönitz Allies German U-boats inflict high casualties upon an Allied convoy 30 Nov Battle of Tassafaronga Japanese under Tanaka , Sato and Nakahara Americans under Wright , Tisdale , Cole and Abercrombie Americans intercept Japanese destroyers resupplying Guadalcanal , but suffer heavy losses from torpedo attack 2 Dec Battle of Skerki Bank British under Harcourt Axis under Cocchia Allied fleet intercepts Italian convoy and sinks all four transport ships and most of their escorting destroyers 11–31 Dec Convoy ON 153 Germans under Dönitz British Three Allied merchant ships sunk 18 Dec 1942—June 1943 Operation Lilliput Allies Japanese Australians provides escort to New Guinea convoys, defends them from Japanese air attacks 26–30 Dec Convoy ON 154 Germans under Dönitz Allies under Egerton and Windeyer Fourteen ships and one U-boat sunk in North Atlantic 30 Dec 1942—3 Jan 1943 Convoy JW 51B British under Tovey , Sherbrooke and Burnett Germans under Dönitz , Kummetz and Stumpff 31 Dec Battle of the Barents Sea British under Sherbrooke and Burnett (Convoy JW 51B ) Germans under Kummetz 1943 3-12 Jan Convoy TM 1 Germans British Seven ships sunk in North Atlantic 14 Jan—18 Feb Operation Ke Japanese under Yamamoto and Imamura Allies under Halsey and Patch Japan withdraws from the Solomon Islands; Allied and Japanese fleets conduct final engagements of the Guadalcanal campaign 19-20 Jan Battle off Zuwarah British Italians under Di Bartolo British sink Italian minesweepers 23 Jan—3 Feb Convoy SG-19 Germans (U-223 Americans (Dorchester Dorchester is sunk with a loss of 674 out of 904 of her crew, the greatest American loss of life from a single ship in a convoy28 Jan Shelling of Port Gregory Inconclusive: Japanese (I-165 Inconsequential attack on Port Gregory ; there are no casualties 29 Jan Battle of Rennell Island Japanese Americans under Halsey (Chicago Chicago is lost4-7 Feb Convoy SC 118 Germans under Dönitz Allies Eight ships and one U-boat sunk in North Atlantic 21-25 Feb Convoy ON 166 Eleven ships and two U-boats sunk in North Atlantic 2-4 March Battle of the Bismarck Sea Allies under Whitehead and Hewitt Japanese under Mikawa and Kimura Twelve Japanese ships are sunk en route to New Guinea 6 March Battle of Blackett Strait Americans under Merrill Japanese Americans intercept and sink two Japanese destroyers 6-10 March Convoy SC 121 Germans under Dönitz Allies under Birnie and Heineman Seven ships sunk in North Atlantic 10-11 March Convoy HX 228 Inconclusive: Germans under Dönitz vs Allies Five ships and two U-boats sunk in North Atlantic 16-19 March Convoys HX 229/SC 122 Germans under Dönitz Allies 22 ships and one U-boat sunk in largest North Atlantic U-boat wolfpack attack 25 March-10 April Convoy HX 231 Inconclusive: Germans under Dönitz vs Allies Eleven German U-boats sink six Allied merchant ships of 86 in a wolfpack attack; two U-boats are sunk and convoy reaches its destination 26 March Battle of the Komandorski Islands Americans under McMorris Japanese under Hosogaya Americans intercept Japanese Aleutian Islands convoy 28 March Convoy RS 3 Germans under Dönitz Allies Germans destroy Convoy RS 3 1–16 April Operation I-Go Inconclusive: Japanese under Yamamoto and Kusaka vs Allies under Halsey and MacArthur Japanese launch aerial counteroffensive against Allies in the Solomon Islands, sinking a small number of ships 16 April Battle of the Cigno Convoy Italians British Italians fight off British attack 29 April—6 May Convoy ONS 5 British Germans under Dönitz Twelve ships and six U-boats sunk in last major North Atlantic U-boat wolfpack attack 30 April—1 May Convoy TS 37 Germans under Dönitz and Henke (U-515 Allies under Pegram and Gill Seven Allied merchant ships 3-4 May Battle of the Campobasso Convoy British under Holland-Martin Italians under Marotta British destroyers sink Italian transport and destroyer 9-13 May Convoy HX 237 Inconclusive: Germans under Dönitz vs Allies Three Allied merchant ships and three German U-boats are sunk 11-13 May Convoy SC 129 British Germans under Dönitz Three U-boats sunk 14 May Attack on AHS Centaur Japanese (I-177 Australians (Centaur Japanese submarine sink Australian hospital ship with a heavy loss of life 15 May Sinking of U-176 Cubans Germans (U-176 U-176 is sunk off Cuba18-20 May Convoy SC 130 Allies Germans under Dönitz Three U-boats sunk in North Atlantic 15-20 June Convoy GP55 Japanese (I-174 Allies (Portmar LST-469 One Allied transport ship and one Allied LST are damaged 6 July Battle of Kula Gulf Inconclusive: Japanese under Akiyama and Americans under Ainsworth and Hayler 8-12 July Convoy Faith Germans Allies German aircraft attack Allied convoy, sinking two Allied troopships with heavy casualties 10-12 July Battle of Gela Allies Axis Allies engage Italian coastal batteries during the Allied Invasion of Sicily 12-13 July Battle of Kolombangara Japanese under Isaki Americans/New Zealanders under Ainsworth 17-18 July Operation Scylla Italians (Scipione Africano British Italians repel attack by British torpedo boats, sinking one 31 July Action of 31 July Americans and Brazilians Germans (U-199 U-199 is sunk off Rio de Janeiro1 Aug 1943—4 Oct 1944 Kara Sea U-boat campaign Germans vs Soviets German U-boats attempt to disrupt Soviet shipping in the Kara Sea 6-7 Aug Battle of Vella Gulf Americans under Moosbrugger Japanese under Sugiura American destroyers intercept the "Tokyo Express " and sink 3 Japanese destroyers 17-18 Aug Battle off Horaniu Japanese under Ijuin Americans under Ryan Japanese convoy evacuation succeeds 29 Aug Battle of Isefjord Germans Danish (Niels Juel Niels Juel' is sunk while attempting to flee to Sweden8 Sep Operation Zitronella Germans under Hüffmeier (Tirpitz Scharnhorst Free Norway under Bredsdorff Germans destroy Norwegian coastal defenses in Svalbard 8 Sep-22 Nov Dodecanese campaign Germans Italians and British under Campioni Germans invade and occupy the Italian Dodecanese islands; Allied and Italian fleets take heavy losses 9 Sep Action off Bastia Italians under di Cossato Germans All ships in the German auxiliary fleet were sunk Battle of the Straits of Bonifacio Germans Italians (Roma Main Italian fleet attempts to sail to Sardinia following Armistice ; Roma is sunk by German aircraft with a Fritz X radio-controlled bomb 19-23 Sep Convoys ONS 18/ON 202 Allies Germans under Dönitz German U-boats simultaneously attack two convoys but are defeated 28 Sep-12 Oct Convoy SC 143 Allies sink three U-boats after Germans attack the convoy 6 Oct Naval Battle of Vella Lavella Japanese under Ijuin Americans under Walker 15-18 Oct Convoys ONS 20/ON 206 Allies Germans under Dönitz Only one Allied ship is lost during a large U-boat attack 22-23 Oct Battle of Sept-Îles Germans under Kohlauf British 26-29 Oct Convoy ON 207 Allies Germans under Dönitz Three U-boats sunk by a combination of air and naval support in the North Atlantic 27-31 Oct Convoy SL 138/MKS 28 British One ship and one U-boat destroyed in North Atlantic 2 Nov Battle of Empress Augusta Bay Americans under Merrill and Burke Japanese unter Omori and Ijuin 6 Nov Action off Cape Bougaroun Germans Allies Several Allied ships are sunk by Germans 13 Nov Action of 13 November British under Wingfield (Taurus Japanese (I-34 I-34 is sunk18-21 Nov Convoy SL 139/MKS 30 Allies Germans under Dönitz One ship and three U-boats sunk 24 Nov—5 Dec Convoy SL 140/MKS 31 Allie sink six U-boats 26 Nov Battle of Cape St. George Americans under Burke Japanese under Kagawa American destroyers intercept the "Tokyo Express " and sink three Japanese destroyers 13 Dec Action off Silba British Croatians (Zniam Three British torpedo boats attack and permanently disable Zniam 20-30 Dec Convoy JW 55B Germans (Scharnhorst Prelude to the Battle of the North Cape 26 Dec Battle of North Cape Allies under Fraser Germans under Bey 26-27 Dec Operation Stonewall Allies under Leatham Axis under Dönitz Allied ships and aircraft sink three German destroyers in the Bay of Biscay 1944 11 Jan Action of 11 January British under Bennington (Tally-Ho Japanese (Kuma Urunami Tally-Ho sinks Kuma off Penang 12-27 Jan Inconclusive: Germans vs Allies German U-boats sink three ships and damage one escort but 12 ships arrived at their destination, making the journey a success 14 Feb Action of 14 February British under Bennington (Tally-Ho Germans (UIT-23 ) Tally-Ho sinks UIT-23 off Penang 17 Feb Operation Hailstone Americans under Mitscher Japanese under Kobayashi Allied fleet attacks former Japanese naval stronghold at Truk Lagoon ; Japanese defenders lose many aircraft and merchant ships 29 Feb Battle of Ist Free French Germans Free French destroyers intercept German convoy and sink a corvette and freighter 1-16 March Second Indian Ocean Raid Inconclusive: Japanese under Sakonju (Tone Somerville (Behar ) Behar is sunk; the crew is later executed aboard Tone 29 March Action of 29 March Colombians (Caldas ) Germans (U-154 U-154 attacks a convoy but Caldas damages her19 April Action of 19 April Norwegians (Ula Germans (U-974 U-974 sunk22 April—31 May Convoy UGS-40 Allies Germans German aircraft attack convoy in Mediterranean, but fail to score a single hit; Allies suffer no losses, while Germany loses 19 aircraft 26 April Action of 26 April Allies (Black Prince Ashanti Athabaskan Haida Huron Germans (T24 T27 T29 T29 is sunk28 April Battle of Lyme Bay Germans under Klug British and Americans German E-boats raid Lyme Bay and sink two LSTs 6 May Action of 6 May Americans (Block Island Buckley Germans (U-66 U-66 is sunk by aircraft from USS Block Island (CVE-21) and rammed by USS Buckley (DE-51) 13 May Action of 13 May Americans Japanese (Ro-501 Ro-501 is sunk off the Azores 4 June Capture of U-505 Allies (Guadalcanal Germans (U-505 U-505 is captured6 June Invasion of Normandy Allies under Ramsay Axis Allied fleets launch the largest amphibious invasion ever conducted in occupied France. Allied warships battle German coastal defenses and torpedo boats, losing several warships in the invasion. Capture of U-744 British and Canadians Germans (U-744 U-744 is captured and later scuttled9 June Battle of Ushant Allies (10th destroyer flotilla) Germans under von Bechtolsheim (8th destroyer flotilla) 19 June Battle of the Philippine Sea Americans under Spruance and Mitscher Japanese under Ozawa , Kurita , Takagi and Kakuta US invasion of Saipan initiates the largest aircraft carrier battle in history; this battle included the air conflict nicknamed The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot 19-20 June Battle of Nerva Island Soviets Germans (T30 T31 Soviets repel German attack; T31 is sunk 24 June Action off Murter Island British Axis (T7 T7 is damaged and beached off Murter Island 17 July Action of 17 July British under King (Telemachus Japanese (I-166 I-166 is sunk off Penang Operation Mascot Germans under Junge (Tirpitz British under Moore Royal Navy launches carrier assault against Tirpitz , but fails 17 July—3 Aug Convoy HX 300 Largest convoy of the war, despite German U-boat attacks, Allies successfully defend merchant ships with no losses. 15 Aug Battle of Port Cros Allies (Somers Germans (UJ6081 and SG21 ) UJ6081 and SG21 sunk15 Aug—14 Sep Operation Dragoon Allies under Hewitt Germans Combined Allied fleet launches amphibious assault resulting in Germany's withdrawal from most of Southern France 18-19 Aug Convoy Hi-71 Americans under Donaho Japanese (Taiyō Americans attack Japanese convoy and sink nine ships and damage another three 7 Sep Shin'yo Maru Incident Americans (Paddle Japanese (Shin'yo Maru Americans sink Shin'yo Maru , killing 688 Allied POWs 15 Sep Operation Tanne Ost Finnish Germans Germans attempt to capture Suursaari Island from Finland, but are repelled. Starts the Lapland War . 1-8 Oct Battle of Tornio Finnish Germans Finnish gunboats engage German coastal batteries and cover troop landings. 6 Oct Action of 6 October Dutch (Zwaardvisch Germans (U-168 U-168 is sunk in the Java Sea12-16 Oct Formosa Air Battle Americans under Halsey and Mitscher Japanese under Kusaka and Fukudome American carrier-based aircraft and Japanese naval aircraft battle over Formosa 23 Oct Battle of Maun Island Germans Yugoslavs Yugoslav Partisan Navy engages two German submarine chasers in a minor skirmish; Yugoslavs retreat after taking damage 23-26 Oct Battle of Leyte Gulf Allies under Halsey , Kinkaid , Sprague , Oldendorf and Collins Japanese under Kurita , Nishimura , Shima , Ozawa and Seki US invasion of the Philippines produces a decisive battle with the Japanese fleet including four main actions – the Sibuyan Sea , Surigao Straits , off Samar and Cape Engano . First use of Kamikaze tactics by the Japanese. 1 Nov Battle of Pag Island British under Giles Germans Allies sink a destroyer and two corvettes 9 Nov—21 Dec Battle of Ormoc Bay Americans under MacArthur Japanese under Yamashita American destroyers attack sink several Japanese destroyers and merchant ships 10 Nov Action of 10 November Americans (Flounder Germans (U-537 U-537 is sunk in the Java Sea15-18 Nov Convoy Hi-81 Americans under Underwood and Fluckey Japanese (Shin'yō Akitsu Maru Shinyo and Akitsu Maru are sunk24 Dec Convoy WEP 3 Allies (Léopoldville Germans (U-486 Léopoldville is torpedoed and sunk with a loss of 819 lives1945 10–20 Jan South China Sea raid Americans under Halsey and McCain Japanese under Terauchi Japanese shipping is disrupted in the South China Sea 27/28 Jan Action of 28 January Inconclusive: British under Dalrymple-Hamilton vs Germans 9 Feb Sinking of U-864 British under Launders Germans under Wolfram (U-864 14 March Sinking of U-174 South Africans (Natal Germans (U-174 U-174 is sunk; no survivors18 March Battle of the Ligurian Sea British under Hetherington (Lookout Meteor Germans British sink two German destroyer escorts 19 March First Bombing of Kure Americans Japanese American carrier-based aircraft damage Japanese warships at anchor in Kure 1 April—25 May Battle of Okinawa Allies under Spruance , Turner , Rawlings and Mitscher Japanese under Toyoda and Ōru (Yamato The Japanese lose their last significant naval force; large scale systematic kamikaze operations conducted by Japanese air forces 6 April-22 June Operation Kikusui Allies under Mitscher Japanese under Ugaki Kamikaze campaign against Allied warships begins12 April Capture of U-1024 British (Loch Glendhu Loch More Germans (U-1024 Two British frigates capture German submarine U-1024 in the Irish Sea 12 April—7 May Operation Teardrop Allies under Ingram Germans under Godt Anti-submarine warfare campaign along the North American east coast 16 April Action of 16 April Italians French (Trombe Trombe is destroyed beyond repair off Liguria 23 April Action of 23 April Americans (Besugo Germans (U-183 U-183 is sunk in the Java Sea5-6 May Battle of Point Judith Americans Germans (U-853 U-853 is sunk in the Long Island Sound 7-8 May Actions of 7-8 May 1945 Allies Germans (U-320 U-320 sunk, becoming the last U-boat to sunk; Nazi Germany surrenders just hours later15-16 May Battle of the Malacca Strait British under Power Japanese under Fukudome (Haguro Haguro is sunk8 June Action of 8 June British under Hezlet (Trenchant Stygian Japanese (Ashigara Kamikaze Ashigara is sunk18 July Attack on Yokosuka Allies under Halsey , McCain and Rawlings Japanese Allied naval aircraft bomb and damage Japanese warships in Yokosuka 22–23 July Battle of Sagami Bay Americans American destroyers intercept Japanese convoy fleeing Tokyo Bay ; last surface battle of the war. 24 July Action of 24 July Japanese (I-53 Americans (Underhill Underhill is sunk by Japanese kaiten (suicide-torpedoes)24–28 July Second Bombing of Kure British and Americans under Halsey Japanese Allied naval aircraft sink all remaining Japanese capital ships in Kure July—Aug Allied naval bombardments of Japan Allies Allied warships bombard strategic sites on the Japanese coast 1946 18-25 Feb Royal Indian Navy mutiny Colonial British government Indians Indians fail to achieve independence from Britain peacefully Indonesian National Revolution 5 April Battle of Bali Strait Indonesians Dutch First amphibious battle of the revolution Cold War 15 May—13 Nov Corfu Channel incident British vs Albanians British naval vessels are attacked by Albanian artillery fortifications, causing the Corfu Channel casediplomatic relations until 1991 1947 Paraguayan Civil War 27 April Action of 27 April Paraguayan loyalists Paraguayan rebels ( Humaitá and Paraguay ) Humaitá is disabled by loyalist aircraft and both ships are later recaptured by loyalist warships1948 First Arab–Israeli War 21 June Altalena Affair Israeli Defense Forces Irgun (Altalena ) Altalena is shelled to prevent it from delivering its cargo of weapons19 Oct Naval battle near Majdal Israelis vs Egyptians 22 Oct Sinking of the Emir Farouk Israelis Egyptians Emir Farouk Gaza 1949 Chinese Civil War 20 April—30 July Amethyst Incident Chinese British (Amethyst Consort London Black Swan Concord British warships come under fire by Communist Chinese coastal artillery, forcing more Royal Navy ships to come to their rescue and resulting in Britain withdrawing from the Yangtze River and mainland China 25 Oct Battle of Guningtou Taiwanese Chinese 1950 Korean War 25-26 June Battle of Korea Strait South Koreans (PC-823 North Koreans North Korean steamer is sunk 2 July Battle of Chumonchin Chan United Nations US and British cruisers intercept Korean People's Navy convoy 10 Sep Battle of Haeju South Korean patrol ship sinks a North Korean minelayer 10-19 Sep Battle of Incheon South Korea and United Nations UN Command amphibious invasion; start of the UN offensive into North Korea and the withdrawal of South Koreans from North Korea 1951 16 Feb 1951—27 July 1953 Blockade of Wonsan United Nations North Koreans and Chinese Longest naval blockade in modern history at 861 days 12 June USS Walke incident North Koreans Americans (Walke Walke is damaged by two North Korean submarines29 June Manhattan Rebellion Government of Phibun Rebels from the Royal Thai Navy (Sri Ayudhya Sri Ayudhya is sunk by coastal guns and air strikes during a failed coup Korean War 17-18 July Battle of the Buzz Saw Americans (O'Brien Blue Alfred A. Cunningham Frank E. Evans North Koreans 28-30 Sep Battle of the Han River Australians (Murchison Chinese Australians attack Chinese coastal batteries 1953 Chinese Civil War 16-18 July Dongshan Island Campaign Chinese Communists under Hu Chinese Nationalists under Ye and You Taiwanese fleet and amphibious forces fail to retake Dongshan Island from China 1954 15 May Chinese vs Taiwanese Two Chinese gunboats engage a Taiwanese fleet, damaging a destroyer escort [ 9] 16 May Chinese vs Taiwanese (Tai Ho Tai Ho is damaged, forcing her to retreat First Taiwan Strait Crisis 14 Nov Sinking of ROCS Tai Ping Chinese Communists Chinese Nationalists (Tai Ping Tai Ping is sunk off the Dachen Islands 1955 Revolución Libertadora 19 Sep Bombardment of Mar del Plata Argentine rebels (9 de Julio Rebels launch a naval attack on Mar del Plata's army garrison 1956 Suez Crisis 30 Oct Battle off Haifa Israelis and French Egyptians (Ibrahim el-Awal Ibrahim el-Awal is captured31 Oct Sinking of the Domiat British (Newfoundland Diana Egyptians (Domiat Domiat sunk in the northern Red Sea1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis 24 Aug First Battle of Jinmen Island Chinese Taiwanese Chinese attack a convoy off Jinmen Island, sinking a transport and damaging a landing ship 24 Sep Battle of Dongding Island Taiwanese Chinese Taiwanese prevent Chinese from landing on Dongding Island ; one Taiwanese landing ship is sunk, while another is damaged 2 Sep Second Battle of Jinmen Island Chinese vs Taiwanese convoy Off Jinmen Island; Chinese lose two torpedo boats and damage a submarine chaser Guatemala–Mexico relations 30 Dec 1958—15 Sep 1959 Mexico–Guatemala conflict Ceasefire between Guatemalans and Mexicans Guatemalan Air Force attacks Mexican civilian fishing boats in Guatemalan territory 1961 Lobster War Feb 1961—10 Dec 1964 Lobster War Brazilians vs French France and Brazil argue over whether lobsters swim or crawl, which would dictate whether France was fishing in Brazilian waters; resulted in the Law of the Sea Treaty Cold War 28 March—8 June Vlora incident Albanians Soviets Albania seizes control of Pasha Liman Base , capturing many Soviet warships and destroying one 17-20 April Bay of Pigs Invasion Cubans Americans and Cuban exiles Failed attempt to invade Castro's Cuba Post-Algerian War 19-23 July Bizerte crisis French Tunisians Failed attempt to blockade a French naval base in Bizerte Annexation of Goa 18 Dec Naval battle at Mormugao harbour Indians (Betwa Beas Portuguese (Afonso de Albuquerque Afonso de Albuquerque is sunk Naval Action at Daman Portuguese (Antares ) vs Indians Portuguese evade Indian air strikes Naval Action at Diu Indians (Delhi Portuguese (Vega ) Vega sunk1962 West New Guinea dispute 15 Jan Battle of Arafura Sea Dutch Indonesians under Sudarso Dutch repel Indonesian attack 2-6 June El Porteñazo Venezuelan government Venezuelan military rebels Rebellion Venezuelan warships exchange fire on loyalist positions 
