An Accurate Plan of the Three Positions of the British Fleet. Before Lord Nelson Commenced the Action...21 Oct 1805...

A plan of ships and their positions at day-break, at 9am and just before the Battle of Trafalgar. All the ships are named, along with the names of their captains and the number of guns they had. The French fleet are also marked. The vessels mentioned are Victory, Temeraire, Neptune, Brittania, Leviathon, Conqueror, Agamemnon, Ajax, Orion, Minotaur, Spartiate, Royal Soveriegn, Bellisle, Mars, Tonnant, Bellerophon, Achille, Polyphermus, Revenge, Swiftsure, Defence, Dreadnought, Prince, Thunderer, and Defiance. Hand-coloured.

Object Details

ID: PAI8830
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: James Whittle & Richard Holmes Laurie
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Vessels: Ajax (1798)
Date made: 17 Dec 1805
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 415 x 265 mm