List of naval battles between battleships


This is a list of naval battles in history where steel vessels rated as battleships and/or battlecruisers engaged each other in combat.
DateBattlesConflictCombatants ACombatants BResult
8–9 February 1904Battle of Port ArthurRusso-Japanese WarImperial Japanese NavyImperial Russian NavyIndecisive
10 August 1904Battle of the Yellow SeaRusso-Japanese WarImperial Japanese NavyImperial Russian NavyJapanese victory
27–28 May 1905Battle of TsushimaRusso-Japanese WarImperial Japanese NavyImperial Russian NavyJapanese victory
16 December 1912Battle of ElliFirst Balkan WarRoyal Hellenic NavyOttoman NavyGreek victory
18 January 1913Battle of LemnosFirst Balkan WarRoyal Hellenic NavyOttoman NavyGreek victory
29 October 1914Black Sea RaidWorld War IOttoman NavyImperial Russian NavyOttoman Victory
18 November 1914Battle of Cape SarychWorld War IOttoman NavyImperial Russian NavyIndecisive
24 January 1915Battle of Dogger Bank World War IKaiserliche MarineRoyal NavyBritish victory
10 May 1915Action of 10 May 1915World War IOttoman NavyImperial Russian NavyIndecisive
8–19 August 1915Battle of the Gulf of RigaWorld War IKaiserliche MarineImperial Russian NavyRussian victory
8 January 1916Action of 8 January 1916World War IOttoman NavyImperial Russian NavyIndecisive
31 May – 1 June 1916Battle of JutlandWorld War IKaiserliche MarineRoyal NavyIndecisive
16 October – 3 November 1917Battle of Moon SoundWorld War IKaiserliche MarineImperial Russian NavyGerman victory
9 April 1940Action off LofotenWorld War IIRoyal NavyKriegsmarineIndecisive
3 July 1940Battle of Mers-el-KébirWorld War IIRoyal NavyVichy French NavyBritish victory
9 July 1940Battle of CalabriaWorld War IIRoyal NavyRegia MarinaIndecisive
23–25 September 1940Battle of DakarWorld War IIRoyal NavyVichy French NavyVichy French victory
27 November 1940Battle of Cape SpartiventoWorld War IIRoyal NavyRegia MarinaIndecisive
24 May 1941Battle of the Denmark StraitWorld War IIRoyal NavyKriegsmarineGerman victory
26–27 May 1941Hunt for the BismarckWorld War IIRoyal NavyKriegsmarineBritish victory
8–16 November 1942Battle of CasablancaWorld War IIUnited States NavyVichy French NavyAmerican victory
14–15 November 1942Second Battle of GuadalcanalWorld War IIUnited States NavyImperial Japanese NavyAmerican victory
26 December 1943Battle of North CapeWorld War IIRoyal NavyKriegsmarineBritish victory
25 October 1944Battle of Surigao StraitWorld War IIUnited States NavyImperial Japanese NavyAmerican victory