Battles and Campaigns
Battle of Trafalgar
1805, Napoleonic Wars
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The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval fleet action fought on 21 October 1805 between the Royal Navy, led by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, and a combined French and Spanish fleet under Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, off Cape Trafalgar during the War of the Third Coalition. Nelson's numerically inferior fleet of 27 ships of the line captured or destroyed 18 allied vessels without losing any of its own, though Nelson was fatally shot during the action, and the battle ended in a decisive British victory that cemented British naval dominance.
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Battle TypeNaval fleet battle (line of battle action) 1 LocationOff Cape Trafalgar, Atlantic Ocean 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Battle of Trafalgar
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Nelson's numerically inferior fleet, 27 ships of the line versus Villeneuve's 33, attacked in two columns perpendicular to the allied line
1. Wikipedia: Battle of Trafalgar
1. Wikipedia: Battle of Trafalgar
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Off Cape Trafalgar, Atlantic Ocean (36 15N 6 12W)
1. Wikipedia: Battle of Trafalgar
1. Wikipedia: Battle of Trafalgar
Part Of: War of the Third Coalition, Infobox: Part ofQuote, Part Of: War of the Third Coalition, Infobox: Part of
the Trafalgar campaign of the War of the Third Coalition
1. Wikipedia: Battle of Trafalgar
Led By: Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Infobox: Commanders (British)Quote, Led By: Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Infobox: Commanders (British)
Horatio Nelson
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