This is a listing of the fleets that participated in the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, and the number of killed and wounded per ship.

Named officers marked '†', died during or shortly after the battle.

British fleet

The table below shows the British vessels deployed during the battle. HMS Africa attacked the head of the Allied line (to the North of the Weather column), whilst the rest of the ships-of-the-line were divided into two columns, with the Weather column forming the northern flank and the Lee column the southern flank. They are listed in sailing order.

During the battle the frigates and smaller vessels acted in support, but did not engage the enemy.

Ship	Type	Guns	Fleet	Const- ruction	Commanded by	Complement	Casualties
							Killed	Wounded	Total	%
Attacking the Head of the Franco-Spanish Fleet
Africa p115-122, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy claims 18k 44w as does Adkin's The Trafalgar Companion	2-decker	64			Capt Henry Digby	498	8	44	52	10%
Weather Column
Victory 21-32, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy Clash of Steel	3-decker	100			Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson † Capt Thomas Masterman Hardy	821 nominal 850	57	102	159	19%
Téméraire p41-46, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	3-decker	98			Capt Eliab Harvey	718 nominal 750	47	76	123	17%
Neptune p38-41, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	3-decker	98			Capt Thomas Francis Fremantle	741	10	34	44	6%
Leviathan p86-90, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	2-decker	74			Capt Henry William Bayntun	623	4	22	26	4%
Conqueror p75-78, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	2-decker	74			Capt Israel Pellew	573	3	9	12	2%
Britannia p12-16, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	3-decker	100			Rear-Admiral the Rt Hon Earl of Northesk Capt Charles Bullen	788	10	42	52	7%
Agamemnon p122-131, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	2-decker	64			Capt Sir Edward Berry	490	2	8	10	2%
Ajax p58-62, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy claims 2 k 9 w	2-decker	74			Lieut John Pilford (acting captain)	702	2	10	12	2%
Orion p98-102, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	2-decker	74			Capt Edward Codrington	541	1	23	24	4%
Minotaur p94-98, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	2-decker	74			Capt Charles John Moore Mansfield	615	3	22	25	4%
Spartiate p106-109, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy claims 3k 20w	2-decker	74			Capt Sir Francis Laforey	620	3	22	25	4%
Lee Column
Royal Sovereign p16-21, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	3-decker	100			Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood Capt Edward Rotheram	826	47	94	141	17%
Belleisle p62-65, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy claims 33k 93w	2-decker	74			Capt William Hargood	728	33	94	127	17%
Mars p90-94, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy claims 29k 69w	2-decker	74			Capt George Duff † Lieut William Hennah	615	27	71	98	16%
Tonnant p50-54, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	2-decker	80			Capt Charles Tyler	688	26	50	76	11%
Bellerophon p66-72, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy claims 27k 123w	2-decker	74			Capt John Cooke † Lieut William Pryce Cumby	522	28	127	155	30%
Colossus p72-75, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy claims 46k 160w	2-decker	74			Capt James Nicoll Morris	571	40	160	200	35%
Achille p55-58, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	2-decker	74			Capt Richard King	619	13	59	72	12%
Revenge p102-105, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	2-decker	74			Capt Robert Moorsom	598	28	51	79	13%
Polyphemus p131-133, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	2-decker	64			Capt Robert Redmill	484	2	4	6	1%
Swiftsure p109-112, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 This spells the Captain's name: Rutherford Nelson's Navy	2-decker	74			Capt William Gordon Rutherfurd	570	9	8	17	3%
Dreadnought p34-38, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	3-decker	98			Capt John Conn	725	7	26	33	5%
Defiance p83-86, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	2-decker	74			Capt Philip Charles Durham	577	17	53	70	12%
Thunderer p112-115, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	2-decker	74			Lieut John Stockham (acting captain)	611	4	12	16	3%
Defence p78-92, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	2-decker	74			Capt George Hope	599	7	29	36	6%
Prince p46-50, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	3-decker	98			Capt Richard Grindall	735	0	0	0	0%
Attached
Euryalus p140-144, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	Frigate	36			Capt Hon Henry Blackwood	262	0	0	0	0%
Naiad p135-139, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	frigate	38			Capt Thomas Dundas	333	0	0	0	0%
Phoebe p145-149, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 This spells the captain's name: Capell Nelson's Navy	frigate	36			Capt Hon Thomas Bladen Capel	256	0	0	0	0%
Sirius p150-153, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	frigate	36			Capt William Prowse	273	0	0	0	0%
Pickle p154-159, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	Schooner	8			Lieut John Richards La Penotière	42	0	0	0	0%
Entreprenante p159-161, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Nelson's Navy	cutter	10			Lieut Robert Benjamin Young	41	0	0	0	0%

Franco-Spanish fleet

The following listing shows the French andSpanish ships of the line by order of sailing from north to south.

Ship	Type	Guns	Fleet	Const- ruction	Commanded by	Complement	Casualties				Fate
							Killed	Wounded	Total	%
Neptuno	2-decker	80			Capt Don H Cayetano Valdés y Flores	800	37	47	84	11%	Captured 21 Oct 1805, recaptured 23 Oct 1805, foundered 23 Oct 1805
Scipion	2-decker	74			Capt Charles Bellanger	755	17	22	39	5%	Escaped, captured 4 Nov 1805
Rayo	3-decker	100			Capt Don Enrique MacDonnell	830	4	14	18	2%	Escaped, but surrendered to HMS Donegal, 23 Oct 1805, foundered 26 Oct 1805
Formidable	2-decker	80			Rear-Admiral Pierre-Etienne-René-Marie Dumanoir Le Pelley Capt Jean-Marie Lettelier	840	22	45	67	8%	Escaped, captured 4 Nov 1805
Duguay Trouin	2-decker	74			Capt Claude Toufflet	755	20	24	44	6%	Escaped, captured 4 Nov 1805
Mont Blanc	2-decker	74			Capt Guillaume-Jean-Noël Lavillegris	755	20	20	40	5%	Escaped, captured 4 Nov 1805
San Francisco de Asis	2-decker	74			Capt Don Luis de Florès	657	5	12	17	3%	wrecked 23 Oct 1805
San Agustin	2-decker	74			Capt Don Felipe Jado Cagigal	711	181	201	382	54%	Captured 21 Oct 1805, 28 Oct abandoned and burnt
Héros	2-decker	74			Capt Jean-Baptiste-Joseph-René Poulain	690	12	24	36	5%	Escaped
Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad	4-decker	136			Rear Admiral Báltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros Capt Francisco Javier de Uriarte y Borja	1048	216	116	332	32%	Captured 21 Oct 1805, foundered 23 Oct 1805
Bucentaure	2-decker	80			Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve Capt Jean-Jacques Magendie†	888	197	85	282	32%	Captured 21 Oct 1805, recaptured 23 Oct 1805, wrecked 23 Oct 1805
Neptune	2-decker	80			Commodore Espirit Tranquille Maistral	888	15	39	54	6%	Escaped
Redoutable	2-decker	74			Capt Jean Jacques Etienne Lucas	643 550-600 nominal	300	222	522	81%	Captured 21 Oct 1805, foundered 23 Oct 1805
San Leandro	2-decker	64			Capt Don José Quevedo	606	8	22	30	5%	Escaped
San Justo	2-decker	74			Capt Don Francisco Javier Garstón	694	0	7	7	1%	Escaped
Santa Ana	3-decker	112			Vice-Admiral Vice-Admiral Ignacio María de Álava y Navarrete Capt Don José de Gardoqui	1189 1053 nominal	95	137	232	20%	Captured 21 Oct 1805, recaptured 23 Oct 1805
Indomptable	2-decker	80			Capt Jean Joseph Hubert	887	20	30	50	1%	Escaped, wrecked 24 Oct 1805 (~1000 killed in wreck including survivors of Bucentaure who had been rescued by Indomptable)
Fougueux	2-decker	74			Capt Louis Alexis Baudoin †	755	60	75	135	18%	Captured 21 Oct 1805, wrecked 22 Oct 1805
Intrépide	2-decker	74			Capt Louis-Antoine-Cyprien Infernet	745	80	162	242	32%	Captured 21 Oct 1805, blown up deliberately after evacuating crew 24 Oct 1805
Monarcha	2-decker	74			Capt Don Teodoro de Argumosa	667	101	154	255	38%	Captured 21 Oct 1805, burnt 26 October 1805)
Pluton	2-decker	74			Commodore Julien-Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien	755	60	132	192	25%	Escaped
Bahama	2-decker	74			Commodore Dionisio Alcalá Galiano †	690	75	66	141	20%	Captured 21 Oct 1805
Aigle p163-4, 174-5, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Clash of Steel	2-decker	74			Capt Pierre-Paul Gourège	755	70	100	170	22%	Captured 21 Oct 1805, wrecked 23 Oct 1805
Montãnez	2-decker	74			Capt Francisco Alcedo y Bustamente	715	20	29	49	7%	Escaped
Algésiras	2-decker	74			Rear-Admiral Charles-René Magon de Médine † Capt Laurant Le Tourneur	755	77	142	219	29%	Captured 21 Oct 1805, recaptured 23 Oct 1805
Argonauta	2-decker	80			Capt Don Antonio Pareja	798	100	203	303	38%	Captured and scuttled 21 Oct 1805
Swiftsure	2-decker	74			Capt CE l'Hôpitalier-Villemadrin	755	68	123	191	25%	Captured 21 Oct 1805
Argonaute	2-decker	74			Capt Jacques Epron	755	55	132	187	25%	Escaped
San Ildefonso	2-decker	74			Capt Don Jose Ramón de Vargas y Varáez	716	34	148	182	25%	Captured 21 Oct 1805
Achille p163-4, 172-3, Goodwin The Ships of Trafalgar, the British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 Clash of Steel	2-decker	74			Capt Louis Gabriel Deniéport	755	480	?	480	64%	Surrendered and blew up 21 October 1805
Principe de Asturias	3-decker	112			Adm Admiral Don Federico Carlos Gravina † Rear-Admiral Don Antonio de Escaño Commodore Rafael de Hore	1113	54	109	163	15%	Escaped
Berwick	2-decker	74			Capt Jean-Gilles Filhol-Carnas	755	75	125	200	26%	Captured 21 Oct 1805, foundered 22 Oct 1805
San Juan Nepomuceno	2-decker	74			Commodore Don Cosmé Damián Churruca y Elorza †	693	103	151	254	37%	Captured 21 Oct 1805
Attached
Cornélie	frigate	40			Capt de Martinenq	?	0	0	0	0%	Escaped
Hermione	frigate	40			Capt Mahé	?	0	0	0	0%	Escaped
Hortense	frigate	40			Capt La Marre La Melilerie	?	0	0	0	0%	Escaped
Rhin	frigate	40			Capt MJA Chesneau	?	0	0	0	0%	Escaped
Thémis	frigate	40			Capt Jugan	?	0	0	0	0%	Escaped
Furet	brig	18			Lieut Dumay	130	0	0	0	0%	Escaped
Argus	brig	16			Lieut Tailliard	110	0	0	0	0%	Escaped

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• by Walter Runciman