Naval Battle Strategies

Combat and Calculus

Fleet Positions As the Battle Unfolds

Used by permission of Miguel Ángel García García http://www.batalladetrafalgar.com/com.htm 

RED SHIPS---1-NEPTUNO, 2-SCIPION, 3-INTREPIDE, 4-FORMIDABLE, 5-MONT-BLANC, 6-DUGUAY-TROUIN, 7-SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS, 8-RAYO, 9-SAN AGUSTIN, 10-HEROS, 11-SANTISIMA TRINIDAD, 12-BUCENTAURE, 13-REDOUTABLE, 14-SAN JUSTO, 15-NEPTUNE, 16-SAN LEANDRO, 17-INDOMPTABLE, 18-SANTA ANA, 19-FOUGUEUX, 20-MONARCA, 21-PLUTON, 22-ALGECIRAS, 23-BAHAMA, 24-AIGLE, 25-SWIFTSURE, 26-MONTAÑES, 27-ARGONAUTE, 28-ARGONAUTA, 29-SAN ILDEFONSO, 30-ACHILLE, 31-PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS, 32-BERWICK, 33-SAN JUAN NEPOMUCENO. BLUE SHIPS---34-VICTORY, 35-TEMERAIRE, 36-NEPTUNE, 37-EURYALUS, 38-LEVIATHAN, 39-CONQUEROR, 40-BRITANNIA, 41-AJAX, 42-AGAMEMNON, 43-ORION, 44-PRINCE, 45-MINOTAUR, 46-SPARTIATE, 47-ROYAL SOVEREIGN, 48-BELLEISLE, 49-MARS, 50-TONNANT, 51-BELLOROPHON, 52-COLOSSUS, 53-ACHILLE, 54-REVENGE, 55-DEFIANCE, 56-SWIFTSURE, 57-POLYPHEMUS, 58-DREADNOUGHT, 59-THUNDERER, .60-DEFENCE, 61-AFRICA

Naval Strategies Resources

 

Online Resources

Sambrook, Katie "The Skilful Seaman; An Exhibition of Items From The Foyle Special Collections Library To Mark the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar" Last modified January 17, 2006  http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/iss/library/speccoll/exhibitions/skilsail/topss.html

 

Magazine Articles

Czisnik, Marianne. "Admiral Nelson's Tactics at the Battle of Trafalgar." History (2004): 559.

White, Colin. "The Nelson Touch: The Evolution of Nelson's Tactics at Trafalgar." Journal for Maritime Research (2005): 1-.

Bridge, Cyprian,. "Naval Strategy and Tactics At the Time of Trafalgar" July 19, 1905 http://home.gci.net/~stall/strat.htm

Napoleonic Era Naval Warfare Tactics: French vs. British The Dear Surprise " 10/17/2010 http://www.thedearsurprise.com/?p=779.

Books

Keegan, John,. The Price of Admiralty : The Evolution of Naval Warfare.