Battle of Trafalgar order of battle

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File:Trafalgar 1200hr.svg
The position and direction of the two forces shortly before impact. The combined fleet had been sailing south but Villeneuve had left standing orders that, if the rear of the column was attacked first, they were to reverse direction (by wearing ship) and they had carried out those orders. The centre, where he was located, was exposed in either case.Template:Efn
File:Trafalgar aufstellung.jpg
This map showing the all-important wind direction, which was NNW (or NW). Both fleets were sailing downwind, with the wind on different tacks. They were thus converging on the centre of the combined fleet, at the vertex of the angle of convergence. Seeing the battle about to begin, the French-Spanish wore ship and began to close-haul in the reverse direction. Villeneuve thought to bring the whole van crashing down on Nelson in the centre, but he lost headway against the wind and could not close. Meanwhile his former rear, now his van, appeared to Nelson to be escaping to Cadiz. He brought the weather column into the wind to pursue and caught them. The business in the centre was finished by Collingwood, lee column commander, who took on the new enemy rear piecemeal as it came slowly into range.Template:Efn

The Battle of Trafalgar was fought between British and Franco-Spanish fleets on 21 October 1805. A force of 27 British ships of the line faced 33 allied ships. Both forces were formed in two columns; the British sailed parallel, the allied one following the other.

The Battle of Trafalgar was fought by sailing vessels and therefore cannot be understood in substance except as the manoeuvring of sailing vessels according to the principles of sailing.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Without understanding the importance of wind and weather, especially wind direction, the modern can make no sense of the manoeuvring. Once those principles are understood, the plan of battle unfolds in a transparent fashion. The plan is included here as well as its general applicability to real events.

Real battles do not always develop according to plan, or exactly according to plan. Commanding officers usually are empowered to respond to the battlefield situation as it develops. Such concepts as "sailing order" and "battle order" are constructs. In a column of ships sailing anywhere the first ship forward was Number 1, the second, Number 2, etc. The battle order was based on planned order of attack.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Ships were assigned places in these orders by the commander, sometimes temporarily or even extemporaneously.

Nelson used the order that was best momentarily. In stormy weather or other adverse conditions the commanders might not be able to control the order. "Nelson's fleet" was not a fixed entity; ships were continually joining or leaving his fleet for various reasons: for example Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., was in the docks being repaired after four years at sea, including the chase of Villeneuve and was daily expected to re-join the fleet, where her Captain, Richard Goodwin Keats was to be Nelson’s second, but she was not repaired in time.[1] The complements of the ships also were variable. The early historians of the battle were not sure of what they were, nor did they know exactly what the casualties were. Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The roster lists of the ships before sailing were generally used. Afterward there were plenty of reports.

The numbers and orders of this article are based on the figures of modern scholars for the most part. There is general disagreement on the exact order and the exact numbers, but, on the whole, the different estimates are close to each other and can probably be taken as accurate within a few per cent. Script error: No such module "Unsubst". An effort is made to keep consistency between the tables and the graph.

Plan of battle

The constraints of sailing and sailing vessels

Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The combined French-Spanish fleet left Cadiz harbour in a loose line and turned to the south along the coast of Andalusia, headed for Naples through the Straits of Gibraltar. They were taking advantage of the north-westerly wind which was blowing on the starboard (right) rear quarter, nearly amidships, pushing them along at a slow rate and causing a swell (waves) perpendicular to the wind direction. It struck the ships from the side, causing them to roll and ruining their stability as gun platforms. The column had a predetermined order, which was necessary for sailing, to prevent some ships from getting between the wind and other ships, "stealing" their wind and running the risk of collision.

File:Santisima Trinidad.jpg
Representation of the Santisima Trinidad, the largest ship in the combined fleet, with 4 decks and 136 guns, under full sail. The position of the flag and the curvature of the sails reveal the direction of the wind. The ship is depicted at maximum headway. If the ship were to wear, it would rotate clockwise. The observer is looking at the weather side.

The same wind that was moving the French and Spanish south was also bringing the British north. A sail is basically an airfoil. When full it is curved in such a way as to create a sideways "lift," or force perpendicular to its surface, one component of which is actually against the general direction of the wind. A sailing vessel can thus sail "into the wind." A keel prevents the ship from "slipping," or sliding sideways along the wind. The sails "are full;" that is, fully curved, only at certain angles to the wind direction. The angle is adjustable via "sheets," or lines, which generally have to be winched from the deck. The force required is high,[2] giving rise to the idea that one is "hauling" the ship into the wind, and therefore the ship is "close-hauled." When not full, the sails flap uselessly in the wind, or "luff." The sailors must then change the angle, or "trim the sails," until they fill.

A square rigged ship cannot sail within 6 points (67.5 degrees) either side of the wind. If the wind is coming from the north, the closest it could sail would be ENE or WNW. In order to travel in that direction, it must "fall off," or move to an angle with the wind on one side or the other, a "tack." A ship tacks back and forth against the wind, or "beats," each tack earning it some "headway". However, because of the huge distance a square-rigger had to travel before it could fill its sails again, tacking would only be done in a dire emergency; where speed of manoeuvre outweighed the enormous risk of being caught in irons. By far the most common way of working to windward was wearing round (gybing).

In addition, sailing with the wind directly aft ("abaft") or directly on either side ("abeam") was difficult and inefficient. Sails with the wind in those directions do not fill. The wind must be allowed only from the quarters. At those angles the sails fill and there is a component of force in the desired direction. If the wind is directly abeam, the ship must fall off or close up. The ship may sail on either side of a wind directly astern. A manoeuvre similar to coming about is used to move the wind from one side to another: wearing. The helm is put over, the sails go limp, they are adjusted to fill on the other side. The ship does not have to rotate as far, so the manoeuvre is less disruptive.

Wind is everything to a sailing vessel. It cannot move anywhere without it (is "becalmed"). If the wind is too great the sails may have to be shortened to present less area, a procedure call "reefing." In a storm the ship must sail close to the wind or have it close astern. As the waves are generally coming in with the wind, a ship sailing close into the wind generally cuts them perpendicularly and only pitches; i.e., drops into the troughs and rises on the crests. A ship with the storm wind abeam is struck longitudinally and rolls treacherously, running a risk of capsizing. To avoid that risk the captain must run before the wind. All directions are evaluated with regard to the wind. The side of a ship toward the wind is called the "weather" or "upwind" side; away, the "lee" or "downwind" side (refer to Windward and leeward).

Much has been made of the tactics of various great sailing captains, but the greatest constraints come from wind direction and relative position. The captain of a steam vessel has considerably more freedom to take his ship where he wishes to take it, but the tactics of a sailing captain are to a large extent already predetermined by nature. To get to any point the sailing captain must plot a course taking wind direction into consideration. He must have judgement and skill, and is evaluated by the men on that skill.

Nelson's plan of battle

Nelson's battle plan is revealed on a surviving "memorandum" to his captains scrawled on a sheet of paper. The memorandum was meant to be official, as it is signed "Nelson and Bronte"[lower-alpha 1] and dated "Victory, off Cadiz, 9th October, 1805," which was 12 days before the battle on the 21st.[3] Nelson and his fleet were patrolling off Cadiz, waiting the exit of a combined French and Spanish fleet. He knew better than to attack a heavily fortified harbour, the most heavily fortified in Spain. Meanwhile Nelson was staying out of sight and out of reach.

Sailing ships were not amenable, compared to modern ships, to this type of combat; they moved in slow motion at the mercy of wind and wave. A fleet of ships could deliver the most fire without risking hitting one of their own when it was sailing broadside in a line to the enemy, hence the designation "ship-of-the-line" for heavy ships of 50 or more guns. In variable weather, the manoeuvring required to set up a line could cost "... such a loss of time that the opportunity would probably be lost ...."Script error: No such module "Unsubst". While the attackers were manoeuvring, the targets might escape. Nelson therefore, had his fleet sail in order of battle.

In order "to make the business decisive," Nelson would attack on sight, going directly for the enemy line. This tactic was not standard, but neither was it new or unusual. The plan was revealed to one of Nelson’s favourite captains, Richard Goodwin Keats, in an animated conversation while the two were walking in Nelson’s garden at Merton just weeks earlier.[4][5] It did have a drawback. Only the front of the attacking column could engage. Nelson's 27 ships-of-the-line would attack in two columns. If they succeeded in breaking the enemy line, they could then take on the enemy piecemeal.

The general orders from Nelson were to "make the attack upon the enemy, and to follow up the blow until they are captured or destroyed."Script error: No such module "Unsubst". If individual ships were momentarily lost in the confusion, they could do no better, said Nelson, than to pull alongside an enemy and fight broadside.

Once the enemy was in sight, the British fleet would form two columns. The double column would be sailing with the wind on one side, the windward or weather side. The columns were thus described as the "weather column" or the "lee column." Nelson would take command of the weather column while his "second-in-command" would take the other. The second could act independently. However, at that time Nelson did not know which side would be the weather side. That detail could not be decided until they were on the expected final approach. At that time the second half of the single line would sail along the leeward side of the first.

As they sailed, the wind could be anywhere on the weather side, from bow to stern. It could not be from a disallowed direction. If, reasoned Nelson, the enemy fleet was first seen to windward, it was probably extended so that the van (front) could not help whatever was behind it. Such a scenario implies the enemy stretched across Nelson's port bow quarter moving anticlockwise, but he did not know where the wind would be. His column would either be able to fetch[lower-alpha 2] the enemy column or not. If not, the opportunity was lost; they would have to fall off to leeward, wear, and come up on the other side, by which time the hoped-for battle would be only a pursuit.

If they could fetch the enemy on the current tack, they were to turn to port perpendicular to the enemy column (or near it). The lee column would now be facing the enemy's rear. Taking a bearing on the 12th ship from the end, they were to sail through to it, while the weather column sailed through to the centre. The 20 ships to the front were to be ignored. Nelson hoped to destroy all the ships to the rear before the enemy's van could wear round and join the battle. They were hoping to capture Villeneuve, whom they supposed to be in the centre. If the enemy van tacked or wore in an effort to stage a rescue, the British fleet would station itself between them and the captured and disabled ships, and defeat them in further battle.

If on the other hand the enemy fleet was first seen off the lee side; that is, off the starboard bow, the British would be in the strongest position. Turning to starboard they could glide downwind to the enemy and strike him wherever they pleased. Nelson seems to have believed the enemy line would have the same direction of travel, anticlockwise around the British line. Thus the lee line would act by the same instructions, turning to starboard, sail through to the 12th ship from the end.

As luck would have it, in the real battle, the enemy appeared to the lee. However, they were sailing clockwise around the British fleet, forcing the weather column to attack their rearScript error: No such module "Unsubst".. The real situation changed rapidly as the enemy column reacted but the direct attack on the centre and doubling of the column were planned and resulted in victory.

Matching the plan to the real battle

Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The French and Spanish were crowded into Cadiz Harbour, protected by shore batteries. Nelson entertained briefly a proposal to sail up to the entrance to the harbour and saturate it with the new Congreve Rocket, setting the enemy ships on fire. That is exactly what Villeneuve was hoping they would do. He believed the combined fire of shore and ship was the best chance of destroying Nelson. He delayed, hoping to exploit any impetuosity and impatience the younger commander might evidence.

Nelson's link to the enemy was an unobtrusive line of spy ships. The enemy saw only the first in line observing them at a distance. That ship was in signal range of another, which was in range of another, all the way back to Nelson, wherever he happened to be.

Higher-level decisions were being made by Napoleon, who could not wait indefinitely for the opportunity to invade Britain, and who had switched his attention to war on the continent, especially Austria and Italy. He needed Villeneuve in the Mediterranean and issued an order to sail out of Cadiz immediately.

Napoleon however, was not as skilled in naval matters and imagined that a fleet of 40 or so large vessels could leave port in an instant. It could take a considerable time for that many ships to get out of port, even under the best conditions. Moreover, they could not do so without favourable winds. If the winds were fickle, progress would be even slower and if the winds were contrary, the whole operation would be impossible.

British fleet

The table below shows the British vessels as they were deployed just prior to engagement. HMS Africa, somewhat detached to the north due to a combination of weather and a missed signal during the night, was supposed to have been fourth from last, in the lee column.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The rest of the ships-of-the-line were divided into two columns, with the weather column forming the northern flank and the lee column the southern flank. The enemy line had been sailing north to south in front of the wind. Just as the battle was beginning they turned individually anticlockwise, wore ship, and came into the wind, hoping to bear down on Nelson. The order of British ships in the table is the one of that moment. Prior to closing with the enemy, they were in a single line, and after engagement, the ships manoeuvred to assume the best firing positions. The British fleet of the battle consisted of 33 warships, 27 of which were ships of the line.[6] During the battle the frigates (which had been the force observing Cadiz) and smaller vessels acted in support to the fleet, relaying messages and towing ships but did not engage. When Collingwood took command after Nelson's death he transferred to Euralyus as his own flagship, the Royal Sovereign, was badly damaged.

British fleet [7]
Ship Type Guns Fleet Const-
ruction 		Commanded byTemplate:Efn Complement Casualties
Killed Wounded Total %
Attacking the Head of the Franco-Spanish Fleet
AfricaScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 64 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Henry Digby 498[8] 8[9]Template:Efn 44 52 10%
Weather column
Victory[10] 3-decker 104 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson †
Capt Thomas Masterman Hardy 		821Template:Efn
nominal 850 		57 102 159 19%
Téméraire [11] 3-decker 98 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Eliab Harvey 718[12]
nominal 750 		47 76 123 17%
Neptune[13] 3-decker 98 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Thomas Fremantle 741[14] 10 34 44 6%
Leviathan[15] 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Henry William Bayntun 623[16] 4 22 26 4%
Conqueror[17] 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Israel Pellew 573[18] 3 9 12 2%
Britannia[19] 3-decker 100 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Rear-Admiral Lord Northesk
Capt Charles Bullen 		854[20] 10 42 52 6%
Agamemnon[21] 2-decker 64 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Sir Edward Berry 498[22] 2 8 10 2%
Ajax[23] 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Lieut John Pilford (acting captain) 702[24] 2 10 12 2%
Orion[25] 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Edward Codrington 541[26] 1 23 24 4%
MinotaurScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Charles Mansfield 625Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 3 22 25 4%
Spartiate[27] 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Sir Francis Laforey 620[28] 3 22 25 4%
Lee column
Royal Sovereign[29] 3-decker 100 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood
Capt Edward Rotheram 		826[30] 47 94 141 17%
BelleisleScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt William Hargood 728[31] 33Template:Efn 94 127 17%
MarsScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt George Duff †
Lieut William Hennah 		615[32] 27Template:Efn 71 98 16%
Tonnant[33] 2-decker 80 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Charles Tyler 688[34] 26 50 76 11%
BellerophonScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt John Cooke †
Lieut William Pryce Cumby 		522[35] 28Template:Efn 127 155 30%
Colossus[36] 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt James Nicoll Morris 571[37] 40Template:Efn 160 200 35%
Achille[38] 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Richard King 619[39] 13 59 72 12%
Revenge[40] 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Robert Moorsom 598[41] 28 51 79 13%
Polyphemus[42] 2-decker 64 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Robert Redmill 484[43] 2 4 6 1%
Swiftsure[44] 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt William Rutherfurd 570[45] 9 8 17 3%
Dreadnought[46] 3-decker 98 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt John Conn 725[47] 7 26 33 5%
Defiance[48] 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Philip Durham 577[49] 17 53 70 12%
Thunderer[50] 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Lieut John Stockham (acting captain) 611[51] 4 12 16 3%
Defence[52] 2-decker 74 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt George Hope 599[53] 7 29 36 6%
Prince[54] 3-decker 98 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Richard Grindall 735[55] 0 0 0 0%
Attached
Euryalus[56] Frigate 36 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Henry Blackwood 262[57] 0 0 0 0%
Naiad[58] Frigate 38 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Thomas Dundas 333[59] 0 0 0 0%
Phoebe[60] Frigate 36 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt Thomas Bladen CapelTemplate:Efn 256[61] 0 0 0 0%
Sirius[62] Frigate 36 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Capt William Prowse 273[63] 0 0 0 0%
Pickle[64] Schooner 8 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Lieut John Richards La Penotière 42Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 0 0 0 0%
Entreprenante[65] Cutter 10 Royal Navy Ensign Template:Flagicon Lieut Robert Young 41Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 0 0 0 0%

Franco-Spanish fleet

Just before the engagement the French and Spanish ships of the line had been sailing north to south. After wearing, the order of sailing was reversed, so that the former head was now the rear. During the battle itself the entire line broke into small units and individual ships. The combined fleet consisted of 40 vessels with 18 French ships of the line and 15 Spanish ships of the line.[66]

Ships of the French-Spanish fleetScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Ship Type Guns Fleet Const-
ruction 		Commanded byTemplate:Efn Complement Casualties Outcome Killed in wreck
Killed Wounded Total %
Neptuno[67] 2-decker 80 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Cayetano Valdés y Flores 800[68] 37Template:Efn 47 84 11% Captured 21 Oct
Recaptured 23 Oct
Foundered 23 Oct 		few
Scipion[69] 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Charles Berrenger[70] 755 17 22 39 5% Escaped
Captured 4 Nov
Rayo Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 3-decker 100 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Commodore Enrique MacDonnell 830 4 14 18 2% Escaped
Captured 23 Oct
Foundered 26 Oct 		many
FormidableScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 80 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley
Captain Jean-Marie Letellier[70] 		840[71] 22 45 67 8% Escaped
Captured 4 Nov
Duguay-TrouinScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Claude Touffet[70] 755[72] 20[73] 24 44 6% Escaped
Captured 4 Nov
Mont Blanc[74] 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Guillaume-Jean-Noël de Lavillegris[70] 755 20 20 40 5% Escaped
Captured 4 Nov
San Francisco de Asis Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Luis Antonio Flórez y Pereyra 657[75] 5 12 17 3% Escaped
Wrecked 23 Oct 		none
San Agustin Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Felipe Jado Cagigal 711[76] 181[77] 201 382 54% Captured 21 Oct
Destroyed 28 Oct
HérosScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Commander Jean-Baptiste-Joseph-René PoulainTemplate:DOW[78] 690[79] 12 24 36 5% Escaped
Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad[80] 4-decker 136 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Rear-Admiral Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros
Captain Francisco Javier de Uriarte y Borja 		1048[81] 216 116[82] 332 32% Captured 21 Oct
Foundered 23 Oct 		few
BucentaureScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 80 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
Captain Jean-Jacques Magendie 		888[83] 197 85 282 32% Captured 21 Oct
Recaptured 23 Oct
Wrecked 23 Oct 		400
on Indomptable
NeptuneScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 80 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Commodore Esprit-Tranquille Maistral[70] 888[84] 15 39 54 6% Escaped
RedoutableScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Jean Jacques Étienne Lucas 643 (nominal 550-600) 300Template:Efn 222 522 81% Captured 21 Oct
Foundered 23 Oct 		many
172 ?
San LeandroScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 64 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain José Quevedo 606 8 22 30 5% Escaped
San Justo Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Miguel María Gastón de Iriarte 694 0 7 7 1% Escaped
Santa Ana[85] 3-decker 112 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Vice-Admiral Ignacio María de Álava
Captain José de Gardoqui 		1189[86]
1053 nominal 		95Template:Efn 137 232 20% Captured 21 Oct
Recaptured 23 Oct
Indomptable[87] 2-decker 80 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Jean Joseph Hubert † 887 20 30 50 Template:Efn 6% Escaped
Wrecked 24 OctTemplate:Efn 		657
Fougueux[88] 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Louis Alexis Baudoin † 755[89] 60 75 135Template:Efn 18% Captured 21 Oct
Wrecked 22 Oct 		502 (84% casualties)
IntrépideScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Louis-Antoine-Cyprien Infernet 745[69] 80 162 242Template:Efn 32% Captured 21 Oct
Destroyed 24 Oct
MonarcaScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Teodoro de Argumosa 667Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 101 154 255 38% Captured 21 Oct
Recaptured 22 Oct
Foundered 31 Oct
PlutonScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Commodore Julien Cosmao 755[90] 60 132 192 25% Escaped
Bahama Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Commodore Dionisio Alcalá Galiano † 690 75 66 141 20% Captured 21 Oct
AigleScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[91] 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Pierre-Paulin Gourrège[70] † 755[92] 70 100 170Template:Efn 23% Captured 21 Oct
Wrecked 23 Oct 		330
MontañésScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Francisco Alsedo y Bustamante 715 20 29 49 7% Escaped
AlgésirasScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Rear-Admiral Charles-René Magon de Médine †
Commander Laurent Tourneur[70] 		755[93] 77 142 219 29% Captured 21 Oct
Recaptured 23 Oct
ArgonautaScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 80 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain José Antonio ParejaTemplate:WIA 798[94] 100 203 303 38% Captured 21 Oct
Scuttled 21 Oct
SwiftsureScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Charles-Eusèbe Lhospitalier de la Villemadrin[70] 755[95] 68 123 191 25% Captured 21 Oct
ArgonauteScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Jacques Épron-Desjardins[70] 755Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 55 132 187 25% Escaped
San IldefonsoScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Jose Ramón de Vargas y Varáez 716 Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 34 148 Template:Efn 182 25% Captured 21 Oct
AchilleScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[91] 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Louis-Gabriel Deniéport † 755Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 480 ? 480 64% Destroyed 21 Oct
Principe de AsturiasScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 3-decker 112 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Admiral Federico GravinaTemplate:DOWTemplate:Efn
Rear-Admiral Antonio de Escaño
Commodore Ángel Rafael de Hore 		1113 54 109 Template:Efn 163 15% Escaped
BerwickScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Jean-Gilles Filhol de Camas[70] † 755[96] 75 125 200Template:Efn 26% Captured 21 Oct
Foundered 22 Oct 		622
San Juan NepomucenoScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2-decker 74 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Commodore Cosme Damián Churruca † 693[97] 103 151Template:Efn 254 37% Captured 21 Oct
Attached
Cornélie Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Frigate 40 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain André-Jules-François de Martineng[70] Unknown 0 0 0 0% Escaped
HermioneScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Frigate 40 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Jean-Michel Mahé[70] Unknown 0 0 0 0% Escaped
HortenseScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Frigate 40 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Louis-Charles-Auguste Delamarre de Lamellerie[70] Unknown 0 0 0 0% Escaped
RhinScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Frigate 40 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Michel Chesneau Unknown 0 0 0 0% Escaped
ThémisScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Frigate 40 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Captain Nicolas-Joseph-Pierre Jugan[70] Unknown 0 0 0 0% Escaped
FuretScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Brig 18 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Lieutenant Pierre-Antoine-Toussaint Dumay 130 0 0 0 0% Escaped
ArgusScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Brig 16 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Lieutenant Yves-Francois Taillard[98] 110 0 0 0 0% Escaped

Losses

Below is a graph of the percentage of casualties plotted for each ship along the three battle columns. The graph is a construct only. The losses were incurred throughout the entire battle and after, most while the ships were not actually in that order. The order in the graph is shown as a convenience.

Three columns and a separate ship are shown on the horizontal axis, which represents units of conventional distance between ship positions. All units are assumed to be the same. There are three origin points, one for the beginning of each column and the Africa, which was not in the three.

The vertical axis shows percentage of casualties per ship. For example, casualties for the Victory are plotted at 20%. A casualty is someone who was known to have been wounded, someone who was known to have been killed, or someone missing in action and presumed drowned. The percentage is the ratio of casualties to ship's complement multiplied by 100. Casualties continued over the next few weeks as enemy crews rebelled, retook their ships, and were subdued. The graph covers only the main battle on the first day.

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Casualties by Ship.
Yellow = HMS Africa
Green = British Weather Column, led by Nelson
Grey = British Lee Column, led by Collingwood
The number is the order in the column.
Blue = French
Red = Spanish. The number is the order in the line. Data for this chart are from the above table.

Notes

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  2. ↑ Bring it within the allowed angles for close-hauling.

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External links

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