# 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.
| Date | Battles | Conflict | Combatants A | Combatants B | Result |
| 8–9 February 1904 | Battle of Port Arthur | Russo-Japanese War | Imperial Japanese Navy | Imperial Russian Navy | Indecisive |
| 10 August 1904 | Battle of the Yellow Sea | Russo-Japanese War | Imperial Japanese Navy | Imperial Russian Navy | Japanese victory |
| 27–28 May 1905 | Battle of Tsushima | Russo-Japanese War | Imperial Japanese Navy | Imperial Russian Navy | Japanese victory |
| 16 December 1912 | Battle of Elli | First Balkan War | Royal Hellenic Navy | Ottoman Navy | Greek victory |
| 18 January 1913 | Battle of Lemnos | First Balkan War | Royal Hellenic Navy | Ottoman Navy | Greek victory |
| 29 October 1914 | Black Sea Raid | World War I | Ottoman Navy | Imperial Russian Navy | Ottoman Victory |
| 18 November 1914 | Battle of Cape Sarych | World War I | Ottoman Navy | Imperial Russian Navy | Indecisive |
| 24 January 1915 | Battle of Dogger Bank (1915) | World War I | Kaiserliche Marine | Royal Navy | British victory |
| 10 May 1915 | Action of 10 May 1915 | World War I | Ottoman Navy | Imperial Russian Navy | Indecisive |
| 8–19 August 1915 | Battle of the Gulf of Riga | World War I | Kaiserliche Marine | Imperial Russian Navy | Russian victory |
| 8 January 1916 | Action of 8 January 1916 | World War I | Ottoman Navy | Imperial Russian Navy | Indecisive |
| 31 May – 1 June 1916 | Battle of Jutland | World War I | Kaiserliche Marine | Royal Navy | British Strategic Victory/German Tactical Victory |
| 16 October – 3 November 1917 | Battle of Moon Sound | World War I | Kaiserliche Marine | Imperial Russian Navy | German victory |
| 17 November 1917 | Second Battle of Heligoland Bight | World War I | Kaiserliche Marine | Royal Navy | Indecisive |
| 9 April 1940 | Action off Lofoten | World War II | Royal Navy | Kriegsmarine | Indecisive |
| 3 July 1940 | Battle of Mers-el-Kébir | World War II | Royal Navy | Vichy French Navy | British victory |
| 9 July 1940 | Battle of Calabria | World War II | Royal Navy | Regia Marina | Indecisive |
| 23–25 September 1940 | Battle of Dakar | World War II | Royal Navy | Vichy French Navy | Vichy French victory |
| 27 November 1940 | Battle of Cape Spartivento | World War II | Royal Navy | Regia Marina | Indecisive |
| 27–29 March 1941 | Battle of Cape Matapan | World War II | Royal Navy | Regia Marina | British victory |
| 24 May 1941 | Battle of the Denmark Strait | World War II | Royal Navy | Kriegsmarine | German victory |
| 26–27 May 1941 | Hunt for the Bismarck | World War II | Royal Navy | Kriegsmarine | British victory |
| 8–16 November 1942 | Battle of Casablanca | World War II | United States Navy | Vichy French Navy | American victory |
| 14–15 November 1942 | Second Battle of Guadalcanal | World War II | United States Navy | Imperial Japanese Navy | American victory |
| 26 December 1943 | Battle of North Cape | World War II | Royal Navy | Kriegsmarine | British victory |
| 25 October 1944 | Battle of Surigao Strait | World War II | United States Navy | Imperial Japanese Navy | American victory |