List of the French and Spanish combined fleets in action, off Cape Trafalgar, near Cadiz, 21st October, 1805—33 sail of the line, 3 frigates, 3 brigs.
| No. | Guns. |
|---|
| 1. San Ildefonso | 74 | Taken. | (Spanish.) |
| 2. San Juan Nepomuceno | 74 | Do. | (Do.) |
| 3. Bahama | 74 | Do. | (Do.) |
| 4. Swiftsure | 74 | Do. | (French.) |
| (The above four ships arrived safe at Gibraltar.) |
| 5. Monarca | 74 | Taken and wrecked. | (Spanish.) |
| 6. Fougueux | 74 | Do., do., and all her crew. | (French.) |
| 7. Indomptable | 84 | Do., do. | (Do.) |
| 8. Bucentaure | 74 | Taken and wrecked, and most of her crew. | (French.) |
| 9. San Francisco de Asis | 74 | Taken and wrecked. | (Spanish.) |
| 10. El Rayo | 100 | Do. | (Do.) |
| 11. Neptuno | 84 | Do. and destroyed. | (Do.) |
| 12. Argonaut | 74 | Driven on shore, but got off again. | (French.) |
| 13. Berwick | 74 | Taken and wrecked. | (Do.) |
| 14. L’Aigle | 74 | Do., do. | (Do.) |
| 15. L’Achille | 74 | Blew up in action, with most of her crew. | (French.) |
| 16. Intrépide | 74 | Taken, and burnt after the action. | (French.) |
| 17. San Augustin | 74 | Do., do. | (Spanish.) |
| 18. Santissima Trinidada | 140 | Taken by the Neptune; sunk after the action by the Prince and Neptune, in consequence of orders to destroy her. | (Spanish.) |
| 19. Rédoutable | 84 | Taken, and foundered with all her crew except four. | (French.) |
| 20. Argonauta | 80 | Taken and destroyed. | (Spanish.) |
| 21. Santa Anna | 112 | Taken, but got into Cadiz dismasted. | (Spanish.) |
| 22. Algesiras | 74 | Taken, but escaped in the gale into Cadiz. | (French.) |
| 23. Pluton | 74 | Do., do. | (Do.) |
| 24. San Juste | 74 | Do., but got into Cadiz with her foremast only standing. | (Spanish.) |
| 25. San Leandro | 64 | Taken—got into Cadiz. | (Do.) |
| 26. Le Neptune | 84 | Escaped. | (French.) |
| 27. Le Héros | 74 | Escaped—lost topmasts. | (French.) |
| 28. Principe di Asturias | 112 | Lost all her masts—escaped into Cadiz. | (Spanish.) |
| 29. Montanez | 74 | Escaped. | (Spanish.) |
| 30. Formidable* | 84 | Do. | (French.) |
| 31. Mont Blanc* | 74 | Do. | (Do.) |
| 32. Scipion* | 74 | Escaped. | (French.) |
| 33. Duguay Trouin* | 74 | Do. | (Do.) |
(The four ships marked thus (*) were taken a few days after the action by Sir Richard Strachan’s squadron.)
Names and Rank of French and Spanish Flag Officers in the battle.
- Admiral Villeneuve, Commander-in-Chief—taken. (French.)
- Rear-Admiral Magon—killed. (French.)
- Rear-Admiral Dumanoir—escaped; taken afterwards by Sir Richard Strachan. (French.)
- Admiral Gravina—escaped. (Spanish.)
- Vice-Admiral Alava—taken in Santa Anna (112). (Spanish.)
- Rear-Admiral Cisneros—taken in Santissima Trinidada(140). (Spanish.)
The loss of the combined fleet was twenty ships of the line, one admiral killed, and three taken; the total killed, wounded, and taken prisoners, was near 16,000 men and officers. In concluding the account of the Battle of Trafalgar, I think I shall be excused for copying into this olla two beautiful extracts from unknown authors. The first lines on the particular circumstance of each of the different powers having a ship of the line, called the Neptune, in the battle:—
“Three different powers to rule the main,
Assumed old Neptune’s name;
One from Gallia, one from Spain,