The Battle of Trafalgar took place on the 21st October 1805 off the coast of Spain.

The Royal Navy, under the command of Vice-Admiral the Lord Nelson (who died in the action) with 27 ships of the line defeated a combined Franco-Spanish fleet of 33 ships under the command of Vice-Admiral Pierre de Villeneuve.

Summary:

The Britsh fleet was divided into two lines under Nelson and Collingwood which, after suffering a raking fire during their approach, cut through the Franco/Spanish line to cut off and overwhelm the centre and rear before the van could turn in support. After a fierce engagement this tactic proved succesful with many French and Spanish ships taken.

A storm that blew up at the end of the battle which resulted in the loss of many of the captured ships.

	Ships	Guns	Captain	Ships fate
	British Fleet - Weather Column
	Victory	100	Flag - Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson (Killed in Action) Cptn. - Thomas Masterman Hardy
	Temeraire	98	Eliab Harvey
	Neptune	98	Thomas Francis Fremantle
	Leviathan	74	Henry William Bayntun
	Conqueror	74	Israel Pellew
	Brittania	100	Flag - Rear Admiral the Earl of Northesk Cptn. - Charles Bullen
	Agamemnon	64	Sir Edward Berry
	Ajax	74	Lt. John Pilford (acting captain)
	Orion	74	Edward Codrington
	Minotaur	74	Charles John Moore Mansfield
	Spartiate	74	Sir Francis Laforey
	British Fleet - Lee Column
	Royal Sovereign	100	Flag - Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood Cptn. - Edward Rotheram
	Belleisle	74	William Hargood
	Mars	74	George Duff (Killed in Action) Lt. William Hennah (Acting)
	Tonnant	80	Charles Tyler
	Bellerophon	74	John Cooke (Killed in Action) Lt. William Pryce Cumby (Acting)
	Collosus	74	James Nicoll Morris
	Achille	74	Richard King
	Revenge	74	Robert Moorsom
	Polyphemus	64	Robert Redmill
	Swiftsure	74	William Gordon Rutherfurd
	Dreadnought	98	John Conn
	Defiance	74	Philip Charles Durham
	Thunderer	74	Lt. John Stockham (acting captain)
	Defence	74	George Hope
	Prince	98	Richard Grindall
	British Fleet - Isolated attacking head of Franco-Spanish Fleet
	Africa	64	Henry Digby
	Franco-Spanish Fleet
	Neptuno	80	Don H Cayetano Valdés y Flores	Captured. Recaptured & foundered 23 Oct.
	Scipion	74	Charles Bellanger	(Eventually captured 4 Nov.)
	Rayo	100	Don Enrique MacDonnell	(Eventually captured & foundered 23 Oct.)
	Formidable	80	Flag - Rear-Admiral Pierre-Etienne-René-Marie Dumanoir Le Pelley Cptn. - Jean-Marie Lettelier	(Eventually captured 4 Nov)
	Duguay Trouin	74	Claude Toufflet	(Eventually captured 4 Nov.)
	Mont Blanc	74	Guillaume-Jean-Noël Lavillegris	(Eventually captured 4 Nov.)
	San Francisco de Asis	74	Don Luis de Florès	Captured. Recaptured & wrecked 23 Oct.
	San Agustin	74	Don Felipe Jado Cagigal	Captured. Abandoned and burnt 28 Oct.
	Héros	74	Jean-Baptiste-Joseph-René Poulain
	Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad	136	Flag - Rear Admiral Báltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros Cptn. - Francisco Javier de Uriarte y Borja	Captured. Foundered 23 Oct.
	Bucentaure	80	Flag - Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve Cptn. - Jean-Jacques Magendie	Captured. Recaptured & wrecked 23 Oct.
	Neptune	80	Commodore Espirit Tranquille Maistral
	Redoutable	74	Jean Jacques Etienne Lucas	Captured. Foundered 23 Oct.
	San Leandro	64	Don José Quevedo
	San Justo	74	Don Francisco Javier Garstón
	Santa Ana	112	Flag - Vice-Admiral Ignacio María de Álava y Navarrete Cptn. - Don José de Gardoqui	Captured. Recaptured 23 Oct.
	Indomptable	80	Jean Joseph Hubert	Wrecked 24 Oct.
	Fougueux	74	Louis Alexis Baudoin (Killed in Action)	Captured. Wrecked 22 Oct.
	Intrépide	74	Louis-Antoine-Cyprien Infernet	Captured. Blown up deliberately 24 Oct.
	Monarcha	74	Don Teodoro de Argumosa	Captured. Foundered 25 Oct.
	Pluton	74	Julien-Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien
	Bahama	74	Dionisio Alcalá Galiano (Killed in Action)	Captured
	L'Aigle	74	Pierre-Paul Gourège	Captured. Wrecked 23 Oct.
	Montãnez	74	Francisco Alcedo y Bustamente
	Algésiras	74	Flag - Rear-Admiral Charles-René Magon de Médine (Killed in Action) Cptn. -Laurant Le Tourneur	Captured. Recaptured 23 Oct.
	Argonauta	80	Don Antonio Parejo	Captured & Scuttled
	Swiftsure	74	Charles-Eusèbe l'Hôpitalier-Villemadrin	Captured
	Argonaute	74	Jacques Epron-Desjardins
	San Ildefonso	74	Don Jose Ramón de Vargas y Varáez	Captured
	Achille	74	Louis Gabriel Deniéport	Surrendered & blew up
	Principe de Asturias	112	Flag - Admiral Don Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli (Died of his wounds 9 Mar 1806) Flag - Rear-Admiral Don Antonio de Escãno Cptn. Commodore Rafael de Hore
	Berwick	74	Jean-Gilles Filhol-Carnas	Captured. Foundered 22 Oct.
	San Juan Nepomuceno	74	Commodore Don Cosmé Damián Churruca y Elorza (Killed in Action)	Captured
	British Fleet - Also Present
	Naiad	38	Thomas Dundas
	Euryalus	36	Hon. Henry Blackwood
	Phoebe	36	Hon. Thomas Bladen Capel
	Sirius	36	William Prowse
	Pickle	12	Lt. John Richards La Penotière
	Entreprenante	10	Lt. Robert Benjamin Young
	Franco-Spanish Fleet - Also Present
	Cornélie	40	de Martinenq
	Hermione	40	Mahé
	Hortense	40	La Marre La Melilerie
	Rhin	40	MJA Chesneau
	Thémis	40	Jugan
	Furet	18	Lt. Dumay
	Argus	16	Lt. Tailliard