Order of Battle at The Battle of Trafalgar - British Fleet

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.

Attacking the Head of the Franco-Spanish Fleet
Africa 2-decker 64 Capt Henry Digby 498 8 44 52 10%
Weather Column
Victory 3-decker 100 Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson
Capt Thomas Masterman Hardy		 821
57 102 159 19%
Téméraire 3-decker 98 Capt Eliab Harvey 718
47 76 123 17%
Neptune 3-decker 98 Capt Thomas Francis Fremantle 741 10 34 44 6%
Leviathan 2-decker 74 Capt Henry William Bayntun 623 4 22 26 4%
Conqueror 2-decker 74 Capt Israel Pellew 573 3 9 12 2%
Britannia 3-decker 100 Rear-Admiral the Rt Hon Earl of Northesk
Capt Charles Bullen		 788 10 42 52 7%
Agamemnon 2-decker 64 Capt Sir Edward Berry 490 2 8 10 2%
Ajax 2-decker 74 Lieut John Pilford (acting captain) 702 2 10 12 2%
Orion 2-decker 74 Capt Edward Codrington 541 1 23 24 4%
Minotaur 2-decker 74 Capt Charles John Moore Mansfield 615 3 22 25 4%
Spartiate 2-decker 74 Capt Sir Francis Laforey 620 3 22 25 4%
Lee Column
Royal Sovereign 3-decker 100 Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood
Capt Edward Rotheram		 826 47 94 141 17%
Belleisle 2-decker 74 Capt William Hargood 728 33 94 127 17%
Mars 2-decker 74 Capt George Duff †
Lieut William Hennah		 615 27 71 98 16%
Tonnant 2-decker 80 Capt Charles Tyler 688 26 50 76 11%
Bellerophon 2-decker 74 Capt John Cooke †
Lieut William Pryce Cumby		 522 28 127 155 30%
Colossus 2-decker 74 Capt James Nicoll Morris 571 40 160 200 35%
Achille 2-decker 74 Capt Richard King 619 13 59 72 12%
Revenge 2-decker 74 Capt Robert Moorsom 598 28 51 79 13%
Polyphemus 2-decker 64 Capt Robert Redmill 484 2 4 6 1%
Swiftsure 2-decker 74 Capt William Gordon Rutherfurd 570 9 8 17 3%
Dreadnought 3-decker 98 Capt John Conn 725 7 26 33 5%
Defiance 2-decker 74 Capt Philip Charles Durham 577 17 53 70 12%
Thunderer 2-decker 74 Lieut John Stockham (acting captain) 611 4 12 16 3%
Defence 2-decker 74 Capt George Hope 599 7 29 36 6%
Prince 3-decker 98 Capt Richard Grindall 735 0 0 0 0%
Attached
Euryalus Frigate 36 Capt Hon Henry Blackwood 262 0 0 0 0%
Naiad frigate 38 Capt Thomas Dundas 333 0 0 0 0%
Phoebe frigate 36 Capt Hon Thomas Bladen Capel 256 0 0 0 0%
Sirius frigate 36 Capt William Prowse 273 0 0 0 0%
Pickle Schooner 8 Lieut John Richards La Penotière 42 0 0 0 0%
Entreprenante cutter 10 Lieut Robert Benjamin Young 41 0 0 0 0%

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