They encountered the British fleet under Lord Nelson, recently assembled to meet this threat, in the Atlantic Ocean along the southwest coast of Spain, off Cape Trafalgar. Nelson was outnumbered, with 27 British ships of the line to 33 Franco-Spanish ships, including the largest warship in either fleet, the Spanish Santísima Trinidad .

2025年1月17日 · Battle of Trafalgar, naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars on October 21, 1805, which established British naval supremacy for more than 100 years; it was fought west of Cape Trafalgar, Spain, between Cadiz and the Strait of Gibraltar.

On October 20th 1805, the French and Spanish fleets put to sea and off the southern coast of Spain the Battle of Trafalgar took place. This was to be Nelson’s last and most famous victory. Before the battle, Nelson sent his famous signal to the …

2011年2月17日 · The Battle of Trafalgar was to witness both the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte's plans to invade Britain, and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson.

2022年2月23日 · On the 9th of Jan, 1806, Lord Nelson, naval commander, and hero of the Battle of Trafalgar was buried at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. Nelson's Column and Trafalgar Square are two of Britain’s most iconic landmarks.

Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson lost his life at the height of the battle, shot by a marksman. Nelson’s body was preserved in alcohol for the long journey home and arrived at the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich (now the Old Royal Naval College) on a cold and rainy Christmas Eve, 24 December 1805.

Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson, commanding the British fleet, devised an ambitious plan of attack, which involved ambushing the Franco-Spanish fleet off the Cape of Trafalgar, in south-west Spain. His attack was to prove a decisive victory for the British.

2010年2月9日 · In one of the most decisive naval battles in history, a British fleet under Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar, fought off the coast...