Despite the calm sea and comparatively still scene, this hand-coloured etching depicts the post-battle chaos after Trafalgar on 21st October 1805. Central to the image, in port quarter stern view, is the British ship Belleisle, dis-masted, with her rigging and sails hanging over her port side. The British ensign is draped forlornly over her stern. A sailor has climbed the broken mizzen mast to remove the ensign; other sailors appear to be attempting to cut loose the tangled rigging of the main mast. On the right of the image, Naiad is depicted under full sail on a port tack preparing, according to the inscription, to take the Belleisle in tow. Many other vessels can be seen on the horizon, some dis-masted, others with ragged sails. One vessel on the far right of the image is suffering a massive explosion.

PAF4731 is an uncoloured impression.