Franco-Spanish Fleet
- Villeneuve had twenty ships of the line (six Spanish: Argonauta, Terrible, America, España, San Rafael, Firme; fourteen French: Pluton, Mont Blanc, Atlas, Berwick, Neptune, Bucentaure, Formidable, Intrépide, Scipion, Swiftsure, Indomptable, Aigle, Achille, and Algésiras) with seven frigates, and two brigs.
(according to Juan Ramón Viana Villavicencio)
| Ship (Spanish in bold type) |
Casualties | Damage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigging | Masts and spars | Hull and others | |||
| Argonauta (80), Flagship of Lieutenant-General Federico Gravina, Flag-Captain Rafael de Hore | 6 | 5 | Mizzen and fore masts knocked down | Cutwater torn down | |
| Terrible (74), Commander Francisco Vázquez de Mondragón | 1 | 7 | Much torn | Two cannons dismounted, slide ripped off, one shot flotation high | |
| América (64), Comm. Juan Darrac | 5 | 13 | All masts bullet-riddled | 60 shots | |
| España (64), Comm. Bernardo Muñoz | 5 | 23 | Much torn | Mizzen mast down, several spars | Rudder partly obliterated, some damage in hull |
| San Rafael (80), Comm. Francisco de Montes (captured) | 41 | 97 | All torn | Utterly dismantled | Bullet riddled |
| Fime (74), Comm. Rafael de Villavicencio (captured) | 35 | 60 | All torn | Fully dismantled | Shot riddled |
| Pluton (74), Comm. Cosmao-Kerjulien | 14 | 24 | |||
| Mont-Blanc (74), Comm. Guillaume-Jean-Noël de Lavillegris | 5 | 16 | |||
| Atlas (74) | 15 | 52 | Commander killed | ||
| Berwick (74), Comm. Jean-Gilles Filhol de Camas | 3 | 11 | |||
| Neptune (80), Comm. Esprit-Tranquille Maistral | 3 | 9 | |||
| Bucentaure (80), Flagship of Adm. Villeneuve Comm. Jean-Jacques Magendie |
5 | 5 | |||
| Formidable (80), Flagship of Rear-Admiral Dumanoir, Comm. Letellier | 6 | 8 | |||
| Intrépide (74), Comm. Louis-Antoine-Cyprien Infernet | 7 | 9 | |||
| Scipion (74), Comm. Charles Berrenger | 0 | 0 | |||
| Swiftsure (74), Comm. Charles-Eusèbe Lhospitalier de la Villemadrin | 0 | 0 | |||
| Indomptable (80), Comm. Jean Joseph Hubert | 1 | 1 | |||
| Aigle (74), Comm. Pierre-Paulin Gourrège | 6 | 0 | |||
| Achille (74), Comm. Louis-Gabriel Deniéport | 0 | 0 | |||
| Algésiras (74), Flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles René Magon de Médine, Comm. Gabriel-Auguste Brouard | 0 | 0 | |||
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