The Battle of Zhenhai (c=鎮海之役) was a minor confrontation that took place on 1 March 1885 between Admiral Amédée Courbet's Far East Squadron (escadre de l’extrême-Orient) and Chinese warships and shore batteries near the coastal city of Zhenhai, 12 miles downstream from Ningbo, China during the Sino-French War (August 1884 April 1885).