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 Sainte Marthe 1702-08-19 1702-08-25 England Inconclusive War of the Spanish Succession Battle of Vigo Bay 1702-10-23 1702-10-23 Kingdom of Spain England Dutch Republic Defeat War of the Spanish Succession Battle of Málaga 1704-08-24 1704-08-24 Kingdom of Spain England Dutch Republic Inconclusive War of the Spanish Succession Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759-11-20 1759-11-20 Great Britain Defeat Seven Years' War (1759 Invasion Campaign) Battle of Grenada 1779-07-06 1779-07-06 Great Britain Victory American Revolutionary War (West Indies) Battle of the Chesapeake 1781-09-05 1781-09-05 Great Britain Victory American Revolutionary War (Yorktown campaign) 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 Second Battle of Algeciras 1801-07-12 1801-07-13 Kingdom of Spain United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Defeat Trafalgar campaign of War of the Third Coalition Battle of Trafalgar 1805-10-21 1805-10-21 Kingdom of Spain United Kingdom Defeat Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) & Trafalgar campaign of War of the Third Coalition Battle of Cape Ortegal 1805-11-04 1805-11-04 United Kingdom Defeat Trafalgar campaign of War of the Third Coalition Battle of San Domingo 1806-02-06 1806-02-06 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Defeat War of the Fifth Coalition Battle of Grand Port 1810-08-20 1810-08-27 United Kingdom Victory Mauritius campaign of Napoleonic Wars Battle of Fuzhou 1884-08-23 1884-08-26 China Victory Sino-French War