The Battle of
Trafalgar, naval engagement
shown in naval art prints, published by Cranston Fine Arts.
At dawn on the 21st, the 33 ships of the combined
fleets of France and Spain were sighted by the British fleet along the
horizon heading in a ragged column in the general direction of Gibraltar,
having left Cadiz harbour the previous day. Having abandoned an
invasion of England that summer, Napoleon's strategy was to have his fleet
sail to Naples to land troops to guard his southern flank while he
attacked Austria. The English fleet, under the command of Admiral
Nelson, had been stalking the enemy fleet for some time and were now in
position to bring it to battle. Sailing in his flagship, HMS
Victory, Nelson's strategy was to attack the middle and rear of the enemy
fleet, piercing their line and enveloping them with superior numbers and
gunpowder - the "pell-mell battle" his revolutionary doctrine
called upon to achieve total victory. Nelson, dividing his force of
27 ships into two columns, led the attack on the enemy's center while the
other division, commanded by Admiral Collingwood, flying his flag in HMS
Royal Sovereign, concentrated their attack on the rear. The column's
approach - perpendicular to the Combined Fleet's line of battle- left them
exposed to sustained enemy fire for some time before being able to bring
their own broadsides to bear. Soon after 12 noon, ranging fire from
the combined fleet began to find its mark, and more concentrated salvos
were beginning to take their toll on the British columns, leaving the lead
ships with pockmarked sails and masts, shredded rigging, and mounting
casualties. Despite this withering fire, the British fleet pressed
on, Nelson secure in the knowledge that the superior seamanship and
gunnery of the Royal Navy would be decisive. The first of the
British columns to break the enemy line was Collingwood's - Royal
Sovereign opening fire with a devastating broadside into the Spanish Santa
Ana. She was followed by other ships in her division, most notably
the Belleisle and Mars. Shortly after 1pm, Victory broke through the
Franco-Spanish line, smashing the French flagship Bucentaure - under the
command of Admiral Pierre Villeneuve - at point blank range with her port
68 pounder carronade followed by her treble shotted broadside guns.
Victory soon collided with the French ship Redoutable, commanded by the
fiery captain Lucas, the best trained ship in the combined fleet.
The ships were soon locked together in a fight to the death. It was
at this moment of heavy fighting that Nelson was mortally wounded, shot
from a sniper high up in Redoutable's mizentop. The battle had now
developed into a general melee, white smoke obscuring the ships with
flashes of yellow flame cutting through the din of roaring cannon,
crackling musketry and shrieks of the wounded, adding to a most hellish
spectacle. As the action wore on, the superiority of the Royal Navy
in shiphandling and rate of fire were winning the day as more and more
ships of the French and Spanish fleet struck their colours. By
4:30pm the gunfire had subsided, with the British winning the most
decisive victory in the age of fighting sail with 18 of the combined
fleet's vessels in it's possession. Not a single British ship was
lost. The victory was not without its tragedies; Nelson, upon
hearing of a great victory, died of his wounds. For Britain, victory
at Trafalgar ensured her security from invasion and dominance of the seas
for the next century.
Having taken terrible punishment from the guns of the allied French and Spanish fleet as she broke through the line, HMS Victory found herself engaged by the French Redoutable, a bitter battle that saw the two ships locked together, pouring shot into......
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HMS Neptune is shown attacking the 130 gun Spanish ship Santisima Trinidad, and pounds it relentlessly into a floating wreck. All ships in the painting from left to right : Victory, Redoutable, Temeraire, Fogeux, Santissima Trinidad and Neptune are ......
Dominating the centre foreground, the wreck of the largest ship at Trafalgar, the massive four decker Santisima Trinidad (130 guns), comes under further attack from the British Neptune (98 guns) All her masts have fallen, rendering the Spanish gian......
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Just seconds from opening fire with a broadside that will devastate her opponent, HMS Victory prepares to pass the stern of the French flagship Bucentaure, closely followed by the three-deckers HMS Temeraire and HMS Neptune. With guns unable to bear......
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Midday, 21st October 1805, and Admiral Collingwoods flagship, the 100-gun HMS Royal Sovereign, breaks the allied line and delivers a shattering broadside on the Spanish flagship Santa Anna. Making great speed, Collingwoods ship had breached the Franc......
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One of the most decisive battles in the history of the Royal Navy, Nelsons defeat of the French fleet took place on 21st October 1805 off Cape Trafalgar and was conducted with not a single British ship lost, although few ships escaped severe punishme......
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The aerial view shows the scene of devastation at around 6pm with the British ships lying alongside their prizes in the foreground, and the remaining French ships fleeing in the distance. ......
The time is 1.35pm. (ten minutes after Admiral nelson had been fatally shot) HMS Temeraire and HMS Victory, are seen broadside to the redoubtable, which by 2pm had lost most of her crew, (out of a crew of 643 - 487 were dead, 81 died soon after, and......
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British Vice Admiral Nelson of the Royal Navy, is shot on the quarter deck of his flag ship, H.M.S. VICTORY at the height of the Battle of Trafalgar. He later dies from the mortal bullet wound. Despite this loss, the French and Spanish Fleets are ro......
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Dominating the centre foreground, the wreck of the largest ship at Trafalgar, the massive four decker Santisima Trinidad (130 guns), comes under further attack from the British Neptune (98 guns) All her masts have fallen, rendering the Spanish gian......
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Undoubtedly the most famous and decisive battle in the history of naval warfare. The battle of Trafalgar was fought on a calm, almost windless day, on 21st October 1805. Nelsons revolutionary battle plan was to cut apart the larger Franco-Spanish f......
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First daylight on the 21st October, saw the Royal Navy fleets together at a distance of about 12 miles. The day looked fine, a heavy swell from the west gave warning of an approaching storm. As dawn broke HMS Victory, Nelsons flagship and the rest of......
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Midday, 21st October 1805, and Admiral Collingwoods flagship, the 100-gun HMS Royal Sovereign, breaks the allied line and delivers a shattering broadside on the Spanish flagship Santa Anna. Making great speed, Collingwoods ship had breached the Franc......
Admiral Horatio Nelson is seen lying on the deck of HMS Victory after being mortally wounded, hit in the shoulder with the bullet going down through his chest, fired from a French sniper high in the rigging of the French ship Redoubtable, which is en......
With her mizzen top already gone and her sails aloft having received severe punishment, Victory breaks through the line behind the French flagship Bucentaure, delivering a shattering broadside into her stern. So severe was this opening fire that the......
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We shall have a pell-mell battle... and that is what I want. ADMIRAL NELSON, BEFORE TRAFALGAR, England expects every man to do his duty. Nelsons celebrated signal opened the Battle of Trafalgar, the most famous engagement of the age of sail. Tragical......
At 12.30pm on the 21st of October 1805, Admiral Lord Nelson on board his flagship, HMS Victory, breaks the line of the combined French and Spanish fleets. The Victory is delivering a devastating stern rake to the 80 gun French ship Bucentaure, the f......
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Ravaged by the combined guns of the allied French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar and by the great storm that followed the battle, a weary battered HMS Victory enjoys the relative calm as crew from HMS Neptune are despatched to take up the tow from ......
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The morning of 21st October 1805 dawned clear, under a hazy sky, with a breeze from the west-north-west so light that the sea was scarcely ruffled. At ten to six on this beautiful autumn morning, Nelsons ships sighted the French and Spanish fleet ag......
The name of Britains most celebrated naval tactician is inextricable linked to victory. Whether in reference to his famous ship or in memory of his many triumphs, Horatio Nelson lived a charmed existence upon the waves. His life on dry land, however......
Robert Taylors magnificent painting shows Victory breaking through the enemy line at 1.00pm 21st October 1805. A broadside has crippled Admiral Villeneuves French flagship Bucentaure, seen off Victorys port side, while Nelsons gunners fire a second ......
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these ori......
One of the most decisive battles in the history of the Royal Navy, Nelsons defeat of the French fleet took place on 21st October 1805 off Cape Trafalgar and was conducted with not a single British ship lost, although few ships escaped severe punishme......
With her mizzen top already gone and her sails aloft having received severe punishment, Victory breaks through the line behind the French flagship Bucentaure, delivering a shattering broadside into her stern. So severe was this opening fire that the......
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Arguably the most iconic moment in British naval history, <i>HMS Victory</i> is depicted just moments from firing her devastating opening salvo into the stern galleries of the French flagship </i>Bucentaure</i> at Trafalgar as Nelson's flagship e......
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Just minutes from opening fire, HMS Royal Sovereign, carrying the flag of Vice-Admiral Lord Cuthbert Collingwood, approaches the Franco-Spanish line at Trafalgar, prior to breaking through and delivering a devastating broadside into the black-painte......
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HMS Victory leading her division is just altering course to starboard in order to pass under the stern of Bucentaure flagship of Admiral Villeneuve, to rake her and break the line during the battle of Trafalgar. ......
Admiral Cuthbert Collingwoods flagship the Royal Sovereign comes under intense fire from the black-painted Spanish 3-decker, Santa Ana, and the French 74 Fougueux, just prior to breaking through the Franco-Spanish line at Trafalgar. ......
Jury rigged and battered by the relentless gunnery of the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar, HMS Victory lies off the coast of Gibraltar as crews from HMS Neptune (nearest) are despatched to take over the tow from the Polyphemus for the final l......
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The Battle of Trafalgar was fought on a calm, almost windless day, on 21st October 1805. Nelsons revolutionary battle plan was to cut apart the larger Franco-Spanish fleet of Vice-Admiral Villeneuve by sailing in two single column divisions directly......
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Already ravaged by incoming shot from the combined French and Spanish fleets as she approached the enemy line, HMS Victory found herself under intense attack from the French 3rd Rate 74-gun Redoutable. The two ships became entangled, grappling iron......
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Trafalgar was one of the most decisive naval battles ever fought. In the course of a short October afternoon, the Combined Fleet of France and Spain, with 33 battleships, was defeated by a British force of 27 battleships off cape Trafalgar, on the s......
21st October 1805. As Admiral Nelsons flagship leads the British fleet towards the Franco-Spanish line, Captain Harveys Temeraire tries to pass the Victory in order to be the first to break the enemy column. Harvey was discouraged with a customry reb......
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The HMS Victory crosses the T in a most unorthodox naval maneuver, leading to the defeat of the Franco-Spanish fleet. Admiral Nelson would lose his life as a result of the epic battle, and forever earn a revered place in the minds and hearts of his c......
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Featuring stunning battle reconstructions and re-enactments, dramatised eye-witness accounts from primary sources, state of the art computer graphics, surviving contemporary images, and analysis by Dr David G Chandler - the worlds foremost military ......
As Admiral Nelsons flagship leads the British fleet toward the Franco-Spanish line, Captain Harveys Temeraire tries to pass Victory in order to be the first to break the enemy column. ......
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21st October 1805. As Admiral Nelsons flagship leads the British fleet towards the Franco-Spanish line, Captain Harveys Temeraire tries to pass the Victory in order to be the first to break the enemy column. Harvey was discouraged with a customry re......
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Undoubtedly the most famous battle in the history of naval warfare. The battle of Trafalgar was fought on a calm, almost windless day, on 21st October 1805. Nelsons revolutionary battle plan was to cut apart the larger Franco-Spanish fleet of Vice-Ad......
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Nelsons long-considered plan for dealing with a numerically superior force involved breaking their line in two places with two squadrons, the spearheads of each squadron being his biggest ships. The two squadrons were to attack the enemy line at rig......
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