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The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took place on 21 October 1805 between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).
HMS Trafalgar was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 21 June 1841 at Woolwich Dockyard. HMS Trafalgar was the last ship to complete the successful Caledonia class .
9 lis 2009 · The naval battle of Trafalgar, which took place in the Atlantic Ocean off the southwest coast of Spain on October 21, 1805, was a pivotal moment in the Napoleonic wars that helped seal...
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.
Historical Map of the Battle of Trafalgar - October 21, 1805; illustrating English, French & Spanish ships: Victory, Téméraire (Temeraire), Royal Sovereign, Redoutable, Bucentaure, Santa Anna, Santissima Trinidada; British Fleet: Admiral Nelson's Division, Vice Admiral Collingwood's Division; French & Spanish Fleets; Cape Trafalgar, Wind N.W.
Trafalgar was the last great battle of the sailing navy. It definitively closed the struggle for maritime preponderance which confronted France and England for centuries and sealed the British supremacy on the seas, which would remain unchallenged until the First World War.
4 dni temu · The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement fought between British and French-led forces on October 21, 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars. It took place west of Cape Trafalgar, Spain, between Cádiz and the Strait of Gibraltar.
