Ships of the British fleet |
No Royal Navy ships were lost
SHIP | GUNS | CAPTAIN / NOTES |
Northern column | ||
Victory | 100 | The finest 'wooden walls' ship; flagship of Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson (killed). Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterton Hardy. 57 killed, 75 wounded. Ship preserved at Portsmouth, England. www.hms-victory.com |
Temeraire | 98 | Captain Eliab Harvey. 47 killed, 76 wounded |
Neptune | 98 | Captain Thomas Francis Fremantle. 10 killed, 34 wounded |
Leviathan | 74 |
Captain Henry William Bayntun. 4 killed, 22 wounded |
Conqueror | 74 | Captain Israel Pellew. 3 killed, 9 wounded |
Britannia | 100 | Flagship of Rear Admiral Northesk. Captain Charles Bullen. 10 killed, 42 wounded |
Agamemnon | 64 |
Captain Sir Edward Berry. 2 killed, 8 wounded |
Ajax | 74 |
Lieutentant John Pilford (acting for Captain William Browne). 2 killed, 9 wounded |
Minotaur | 74 |
Captain Charles John Moore Mansfield. 3 killed, 22 wounded |
Spartiate | 74 |
Formerly French, captured at Aboukir. Captain Sir Francis Laforey. 3 killed, 20 wounded |
Orion | 74 | Captain Edward Codrington. 'For Charity's sake, send us Lord Nelson!' 1 killed, 3 wounded |
Africa | 64 | Captain Henry Digby. 18 killed, 44 wounded |
Southern column | ||
Royal Sovereign | 100 | Recently refitted; flagship of Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood. Captain Edward Rotherham. 47 killed, 94 wounded. |
Belleisle | 74 | Formerly French, captured off L'Orient. Captain William Hargood. 33 killed, 93 wounded |
Tonnant | 80 | Formerly French, captured at Aboukir. Captain Charles Tyler. 26 killed, 50 wounded |
Mars | 74 | Captain George Duff (killed). 29 killed, 69 wounded |
Bellerophon | 74 | Captain John Cooke. 27 killed, 123 wounded. Later carried Napoleon as a prisoner |
Colossus | 74 | Captain James Nichol Morris. 40 killed, 160 wounded |
Achille | 74 | Captain Richard King. 13 killed, 59 wounded. |
Polyphemus | 64 |
Captain Robert Redmill. 2 killed, 4 wounded |
Revenge | 74 |
Captain Robert Moorsom. 28 killed, 51 wounded |
Swiftsure | 74 |
Captain William Gordon Rutherford. 9 killed, 8 wounded. |
Defiance | 74 |
Captain Philip Charles Durham. 17 killed, 53 wounded |
Thunderer | 74 |
Lieutenant John Stockham (acting for Captain William Lechmere). 4 killed, 12 wounded |
Defence | 74 |
Captain George Hope. 7 killed, 29 wounded |
Dreadnought | 98 |
Captain John Conn. 7 killed, 26 wounded |
Prince | 98 | Captain Richard Grindall. No damage or casualties |
Total: 27 ships of the line | 2,314 | Also
six frigates and corvettes
carrying an additional 164 guns:
Euryalus (36), Naiad (38),
Phoebe (36), Sirius (36), Pickle
(10), Entreprenante (8)
Total casualties: 449 killed, 1,214 wounded |
Ships of the Franco-Spanish fleet Battle map
My thanks to Kari Räisänen and Francois Fougerat from the Seaways Shipmodelling list for checking and adding to this data