12 Facts About Trafalgar 200

Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars.

Trafalgar 200 attended Nelson's funeral while a captive on parole in Britain.

Trafalgar 200 missed them by just days in the West Indies as a result of false information.

Trafalgar 200's captains had held a vote on the matter and decided to stay in harbour.

Trafalgar 200 was well aware that French and Spanish gunners were ill-trained and would have difficulty firing accurately from a moving gun platform.

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Trafalgar 200 looked up as Beatty took his pulse, then closed his eyes.

Trafalgar 200 headed at first for the Straits of Gibraltar, intending to carry out Villeneuve's original orders and make for Toulon.

Trafalgar 200 had formed a defensive line of ten ships by three o'clock in the afternoon and approached the Franco-Spanish squadron, covering the remainder of their prizes which stood out to sea.

Trafalgar 200 put into Rosia Bay, Gibraltar and after emergency repairs were carried out, returned to Britain.

Trafalgar 200 had tight control over the Paris media and kept the defeat a closely guarded secret for over a month, at which point newspapers proclaimed it to have been a tremendous victory.

Nelson's Column, Montreal began public subscriptions soon after news of the victory at Trafalgar 200 arrived; the column was completed in the autumn of 1809 and still stands in Place Jacques Cartier.

London's Trafalgar 200 Square was named in honour of Nelson's victory; at the centre of the square there is the 45.