![]() ![]() The British Fleet beat the combined French and Spanish Fleet making the British the predominate power in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.I would recommend Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Trafalgar as a good source for the Naval Battle of Trafalgar. 19 Enemy Warships were Taken or Destroyed by Lord Nelson. ![]() The British Crew earning a Prize (1/3 of the cost of the ship divided between the Crew as a Bounty), and were sold back to Spain when it changed sides in the Napoleonic War (1803-1815). 27 British Ships-of-the-Line beat 33 French and Spanish Man-O-War, due to Nelson's daring tactic, and faster gun loading in the British Fleet because of trained Sailors, instead of pressed Soldiers for the Spanish. On 21st October, 1805 - off Cape Trafalgar, Spain.
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