Battle of Trafalgar

The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took place on 21 October 1805 between the Royal Navy and a combined fleet of the French and Spanish navies during the War of the Third Coalition. As part of Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom, the French and Spanish fleets combined to take control of the English Channel and provide the Grande Armée safe passage. The allied fleet, under the command of French admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, sailed from the port of Cádiz in the south of Spain on 18 October 1805. They encountered a British fleet under Lord Nelson, recently assembled to meet this threat, in the Atlantic Ocean along the southwest coast of Spain, off Cape Trafalgar.

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1810 Battle of Portazgo

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John Christian Schetky - The Battle of Trafalgar - Google Art Project

Condition of British ships and fate of prizes after Trafalgar Wellcome L0048432

Ignacio María de Álava y Sáenz de Navarrete, capitán general de la Armada Española

Fate of enemy ships at the Battle of Trafalgar Wellcome L0048431

Condition of British ships and fate of prizes after Trafalgar Wellcome L0048433

A055a161 0950 (cropped) Combatido en Trafalgar por cuatro navíos ingleses, el navío español que montaba el almirante Gravina

Tallberg Trafalgar

Illustrations of Naval signal flags Wellcome L0048434

Nelson's Victory at Trafalgar closing in on the Santissima Trinidad, by Charles Edward Dixon

British flag flown from HMS Minotaur during the Battle of Trafalgar and now in the National Maritime Museum

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1640	Battle of Cádiz	Kingdom of France, Hispanic Monarchy, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1797	Action of 26 April 1797	Spain, naval battle, Kingdom of Great Britain	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1800	Action of 6–7 April 1800	naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1805	Battle of Trafalgar	Spain, First French Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1810	Battle of Portazgo	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1811	Battle of Barrosa	First French Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
link	page		Three Decks page@		Wikidata
organisation	arms industry		FABA Sistemas	arms industry, enterprise	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Batería de Alburquerque	artillery battery, fortress	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Batería de El Ángulo	artillery battery, bastion, fortress	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Batería de San Ignacio	artillery battery, fortress	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Batería de San Pablo	artillery battery, fortress, bastion	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Batería de San Pedro	artillery battery, bastion, fortress	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Batería de Santiago	artillery battery, bastion, fortress	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Punta Canteras Battery	coastal battery, fortress	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Santa Lucía Battery	coastal battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Santibanez Battery	coastal battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		Ardilla Bunker	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Bunker de Cádiz	building, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Bunker de la Breña	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Bunker de la Playa del Pirata	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Conil Submarine Cable Station	bunker, building	Wikidata
site	bunker		Fuente del Gallo Beach Bunker	bunker	Wikidata
site	castle	1691	Castillo de Matagorda	monument, fort, castle	Wikidata
site	fort		Batería de Aspiroz	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Batería de la Casería	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Batería de los Ángeles	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Batería de San Carlos	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Batería de San Genís	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Batería de Urrutia	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Población de San Carlos	barracks, fortress, cemetery, village	Wikidata
site	fort		Polvorín de la Batería de San Judas	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		San Judas Redoubt	fortress	Wikidata
site	military base	1752	La Carraca	hospital, church building, prison, shipbuilding, naval arsenal, single entity of population, residential building	Wikidata
site	museum	1992	Museo Naval de San Fernando	naval museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	tower		Torre Corredera	fortified tower	Wikidata
commons	image		John Christian Schetky - The Battle of Trafalgar - Google Art Project		Commons
commons	image		Condition of British ships and fate of prizes after Trafalgar Wellcome L0048432		Commons
commons	image		Ignacio María de Álava y Sáenz de Navarrete, capitán general de la Armada Española		Commons
commons	image		Fate of enemy ships at the Battle of Trafalgar Wellcome L0048431		Commons
commons	image		Condition of British ships and fate of prizes after Trafalgar Wellcome L0048433		Commons
commons	image		A055a161 0950 (cropped) Combatido en Trafalgar por cuatro navíos ingleses, el navío español que montaba el almirante Gravina		Commons
commons	image		Tallberg Trafalgar		Commons
commons	image		Illustrations of Naval signal flags Wellcome L0048434		Commons
commons	image		Nelson's Victory at Trafalgar closing in on the Santissima Trinidad, by Charles Edward Dixon		Commons
commons	image		British flag flown from HMS Minotaur during the Battle of Trafalgar and now in the National Maritime Museum		Commons