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The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: End of the Action

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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Originally thought to be the Battle of St Vincent, the painting shows the ships scattered after the Battle of Trafalgar. By the evening of 22nd October a full gale was blowing and instead of anchoring the fleet, Vice-Admiral Collingwood took it out to sea. During the night the British lost the prizes, ‘Fougeux’, ‘Redoutable’ and ‘Algeciras’. The storm raged until 27th October, and when it finally subsided only four enemy ships remained in British hands, most having been wrecked on the Spanish coast around Cadiz. The painting appears to be located off the harbour of Cadiz and shows a French ship in starboard-quarter view, with the top of her masts partly gone with a dismasted Spanish ship in stern view behind, both trying to make the harbour.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: End of the Action

Date

1805–1842

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 61 x W 89 cm

Accession number

BHC0554

Work type

Painting

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