The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).
The battle was the most decisive British naval victory of the war. Twenty-seven British ships of the line led by Admiral Lord Nelson aboard HMS Victory defeated thirty-three French and Spanish sh...
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Date:
- Oct 21, 1805
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Military personnel involved:
- William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk ,
- Robert Heriot Barclay ,
- Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza ,
- Eliab Harvey ,
- Thomas Davey
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