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Order of battle at the Battle of Trafalgar

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This is a listing of the fleets that participated in the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, and the number of killed and wounded per ship.

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Named officers marked '†', killed in action or died of wounds.

British fleet

The table below shows the British vessels deployed during the battle. HMS Africa attacked the head of the Allied line (to the North of the Weather column), whilst 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. They are listed in sailing order.

During the battle the frigates and smaller vessels acted in support, but did not engage the enemy.

Franco-Spanish fleet

The following listing shows the French and Spanish ships of the line by order of sailing from north to south.

References

Order of battle at the Battle of Trafalgar Wikipedia