Franco-Spanish Fleet
The following listing shows the French and Spanish ships of the line by order of sailing from north to south.
| Neptuno | 2-decker | 80 | Capt Don H Cayetano Valdés y Flores | 800 | 37 | 47 | 84 | 11% | Captured 21 Oct 1805, recaptured 23 Oct 1805, foundered 23 Oct 1805 | ||
| Scipion | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Charles Berrenger | 755 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 5% | Escaped, captured 4 Nov 1805 | ||
| Rayo | 3-decker | 100 | Capt Don Enrique MacDonnell | 830 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2% | Escaped, but surrendered to HMS Donegal, 23 Oct 1805, foundered 26 Oct 1805 | ||
| Formidable | 2-decker | 80 | Rear-Admiral Pierre-Etienne-René-Marie Dumanoir Le Pelley Capt Jean-Marie Letellier |
840 | 22 | 45 | 67 | 8% | Escaped, captured 4 Nov 1805 | ||
| Duguay Trouin | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Claude Touffet | 755 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 6% | Escaped, captured 4 Nov 1805 | ||
| Mont Blanc | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Guillaume-Jean-Noël de Lavillegris | 755 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 5% | Escaped, captured 4 Nov 1805 | ||
| San Francisco de Asis | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Don Luis de Florès | 657 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 3% | wrecked 23 Oct 1805 | ||
| San Agustin | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Don Felipe Jado Cagigal | 711 | 181 | 201 | 382 | 54% | Captured 21 Oct 1805, 28 Oct abandoned and burnt | ||
| Héros | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Jean-Baptiste-Joseph-René Poulain | 690 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 5% | Escaped | ||
| Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad | 4-decker | 136 | Rear Admiral Báltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros Capt Francisco Javier de Uriarte y Borja |
1048 | 216 | 116 | 332 | 32% | Captured 21 Oct 1805, foundered 23 Oct 1805 | ||
| Bucentaure | 2-decker | 80 | Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve Capt Jean-Jacques Magendie |
888 | 197 | 85 | 282 | 32% | Captured 21 Oct 1805, recaptured 23 Oct 1805, wrecked 23 Oct 1805 | ||
| Neptune | 2-decker | 80 | Commodore Esprit-Tranquille Maistral | 888 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 6% | Escaped | ||
| Redoutable | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Jean Jacques Etienne Lucas | 643 |
300 | 222 | 522 | 81% | Captured 21 Oct 1805, foundered 23 Oct 1805 | ||
| San Leandro | 2-decker | 64 | Capt Don José Quevedo | 606 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 5% | Escaped | ||
| San Justo | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Don Francisco Javier Garstón | 694 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1% | Escaped | ||
| Santa Ana | 3-decker | 112 | Vice-Admiral Vice-Admiral Ignacio María de Álava y Navarrete Capt Don José de Gardoqui |
1189 |
95 | 137 | 232 | 20% | Captured 21 Oct 1805, recaptured 23 Oct 1805 | ||
| Indomptable | 2-decker | 80 | Capt Jean Joseph Hubert † | 887 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 1% | Escaped, wrecked 24 Oct 1805 (~1000 killed in wreck including survivors of Bucentaure who had been rescued by Indomptable) | ||
| Fougueux | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Louis Alexis Baudoin † | 755 | 60 | 75 | 135 | 18% | Captured 21 Oct 1805, wrecked 22 Oct 1805 | ||
| Intrépide | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Louis-Antoine-Cyprien Infernet | 745 | 80 | 162 | 242 | 32% | Captured 21 Oct 1805, blown up deliberately after evacuating crew 24 Oct 1805 | ||
| Monarca | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Don Teodoro de Argumosa | 667 | 101 | 154 | 255 | 38% | Captured 21 Oct 1805, burnt 26 October 1805) | ||
| Pluton | 2-decker | 74 | Commodore Julien-Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien | 755 | 60 | 132 | 192 | 25% | Escaped | ||
| Bahama | 2-decker | 74 | Commodore Dionisio Alcalá Galiano † | 690 | 75 | 66 | 141 | 20% | Captured 21 Oct 1805 | ||
| Aigle | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Pierre-Paulin Gourrège † | 755 | 70 | 100 | 170 | 22% | Captured 21 Oct 1805, wrecked 23 Oct 1805 | ||
| Montañés | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Francisco Alcedo y Bustamante | 715 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 7% | Escaped | ||
| Algésiras | 2-decker | 74 | Rear-Admiral Charles-René Magon de Médine † Capt Laurent Tourneur |
755 | 77 | 142 | 219 | 29% | Captured 21 Oct 1805, recaptured 23 Oct 1805 | ||
| Argonauta | 2-decker | 80 | Capt Don Antonio Pareja † | 798 | 100 | 203 | 303 | 38% | Captured and scuttled 21 Oct 1805 | ||
| Swiftsure | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Charles-Eusèbe Lhospitalier de la Villemadrin | 755 | 68 | 123 | 191 | 25% | Captured 21 Oct 1805 | ||
| Argonaute | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Jacques Épron-Desjardins | 755 | 55 | 132 | 187 | 25% | Escaped | ||
| San Ildefonso | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Don Jose Ramón de Vargas y Varáez | 716 | 34 | 148 | 182 | 25% | Captured 21 Oct 1805 | ||
| Achille | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Louis-Gabriel Deniéport † | 755 | 480 | ? | 480 | 64% | Surrendered and blew up 21 October 1805 | ||
| Principe de Asturias | 3-decker | 112 | Adm Admiral Don Federico Carlos Gravina † Rear-Admiral Don Antonio de Escaño Commodore Rafael de Hore |
1113 | 54 | 109 | 163 | 15% | Escaped | ||
| Berwick | 2-decker | 74 | Capt Jean-Gilles Filhol de Camas † | 755 | 75 | 125 | 200 | 26% | Captured 21 Oct 1805, foundered 22 Oct 1805 | ||
| San Juan Nepomuceno | 2-decker | 74 | Commodore Don Cosmé Damián Churruca y Elorza † | 693 | 103 | 151 | 254 | 37% | Captured 21 Oct 1805 | ||
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| Cornélie | frigate | 40 | Capt André-Jules-François de Martineng | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | Escaped | ||
| Hermione | frigate | 40 | Capt Jean-Michel Mahé | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | Escaped | ||
| Hortense | frigate | 40 | Capt Louis-Charles-Auguste Delamarre de Lamellerie | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | Escaped | ||
| Rhin | frigate | 40 | Capt Michel Chesneau | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | Escaped | ||
| Thémis | frigate | 40 | Capt Nicolas-Joseph-Pierre Jugan | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | Escaped | ||
| Furet | brig | 18 | Lieut Dumay | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | Escaped | ||
| Argus | brig | 16 | Lieut Tailliard | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | Escaped | ||
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