List of single-ship actions

A single-ship action is a naval engagement fought between two warships of opposing sides, excluding submarine engagements; it is called so because there is a single ship on each side.

The following is a list of notable single-ship actions.

Battle Between the English Frigate Shannon and the American Frigate Chesapeake , painted in 1836 by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg and depicting the capture of USS Chesapeake .

HMS Leopard (right) fires upon USS Chesapeake during the Chesapeake–Leopard affair .

Single-ship action between the German gunboat Meteor and the French aviso Bouvet at the Battle of Havana .