List of French naval battles explained

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			Victory	Nine Years' War
Battle of Beachy Head	1690-07-10	1690-07-10			Victory	Nine Years' War
Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue	1692-05-29	1692-06-04			Defeat	Nine Years' War
Action at Barfleur	1692-05-29	1692-05-29			Inconclusive	Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue (Nine Years' War)
Action at Cherbourg	1692-06-01	1692-06-02			Defeat	Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue (Nine Years' War)
Action at La Hogue	1692-06-01	1692-06-04			Defeat	Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue (Nine Years' War)
Battle of Lagos	1693-06-27	1693-06-27			Victory	Nine Years' War
Battle of Camaret	1694-06-18	1694-06-18			Victory	Nine Years' War
Battle of Texel	1694-06-29	1694-06-29			Victory	Nine Years' War
Battle of Dogger Bank	1696-06-17	1696-06-17			Victory	Nine Years' War
Battle of Sainte Marthe	1702-08-19	1702-08-25			Inconclusive	War of the Spanish Succession
Battle of Vigo Bay	1702-10-23	1702-10-23	Kingdom of Spain		Defeat	War of the Spanish Succession
Battle of Málaga	1704-08-24	1704-08-24	Kingdom of Spain		Inconclusive	War of the Spanish Succession
Battle of Quiberon Bay	1759-11-20	1759-11-20			Defeat	Seven Years' War (1759 Invasion Campaign)
Battle of Grenada	1779-07-06	1779-07-06			Victory	American Revolutionary War (West Indies)
Battle of the Chesapeake	1781-09-05	1781-09-05			Victory	American Revolutionary War (Yorktown campaign)
Battle of the Saintes	1782-04-09	1782-04-12			Defeat	American Revolutionary War
Glorious First of June	1794-06-01	1794-06-01			Defeat	War of the First Coalition
Second Battle of Algeciras	1801-07-12	1801-07-13	Kingdom of Spain	Kingdom of Portugal	Defeat	Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) & War of the Second Coalition of French Revolutionary Wars
Battle of Diamond Rock	1805-05-31	1805-06-02	Kingdom of Spain		Victory	Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) & Trafalgar campaign of War of the Third Coalition & West Indies Campaign of Napoleonic Wars
Battle of Cape Finisterre	1805-07-22	1805-07-22	Kingdom of Spain		Defeat	Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) & Trafalgar campaign of War of the Third Coalition
Action of 10 August 1805	1805-08-10	1805-08-10			Defeat	Trafalgar campaign of War of the Third Coalition
Battle of Trafalgar	1805-10-21	1805-10-21	Kingdom of Spain		Defeat	Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) & Trafalgar campaign of War of the Third Coalition
Battle of Cape Ortegal	1805-11-04	1805-11-04			Defeat	Trafalgar campaign of War of the Third Coalition
Battle of San Domingo	1806-02-06	1806-02-06			Defeat	War of the Third Coalition & West Indies Campaign of Napoleonic Wars
Capture of the Rosily Squadron	1808-06-09	1808-06-14		Kingdom of Spain	Defeat	Peninsular War
Battle of the Basque Roads	1809-04-11	1809-04-24			Defeat	War of the Fifth Coalition
Battle of Grand Port	1810-08-20	1810-08-27			Victory	Mauritius campaign of Napoleonic Wars
Battle of Fuzhou	1884-08-23	1884-08-26		China	Victory	Sino-French War