Editing Battle of Trafalgar (section)

==Fleets==
{{main|Order of battle at the Battle of Trafalgar}}

===British===
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!British
!Franco-<br>Spanish
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|First rates
|3
|4
|-
|Second rates
|4
|0
|-
|Third rates
|20
|29
|-
|Total ships of the line
|27
|33
|-
|Other ships
|6
|7
|}

On 21&nbsp;October, Admiral Nelson had&nbsp;27 ships of the line with {{nobr| {{gaps|2|148}} cannons,}} and a total of {{nobr| {{gaps|17|000}} crewmen}} and marines under his command.{{sfn|Goodwin|2002|p=259}} Nelson's flagship, {{HMS|Victory}}, captained by [[Thomas Masterman Hardy]], was one of three 100-gun [[first-rate]]s in his fleet. He also had four 98-gun [[second-rate]]s and 20&nbsp;[[third-rate]]s. One of the third-rates was an 80-gun vessel, and 16 were 74-gun vessels. The remaining three were 64-gun ships, which were being phased out of the Royal Navy at the time of the battle. Nelson also had four frigates of 38 or 36&nbsp;guns, a 12-gun [[schooner]] and a 10-gun [[cutter (boat)|cutter]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Richter |first=Florian |title=The Battle of Trafalgar 1805: Profile Models of Every Ship in Both Fleets. |publisher=Helion, Limited |year=2018 |isbn=9781912174812 |location=United Kingdom}}</ref>

===Franco-Spanish===
Against Nelson, Vice-Admiral Villeneuve, sailing on his flagship ''Bucentaure'', fielded 33 ships of the line, including some of the largest in the world at the time. The Spanish contributed four first-rates to the fleet – three of these ships, one at 130&nbsp;guns ([[Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad|''Santísima Trinidad'']]) and two at 112&nbsp;guns (''Príncipe de Asturias'', ''Santa Ana''), were much larger than anything under Nelson's command. The fourth first-rate carried 100&nbsp;guns. The fleet had six 80-gun third-rates (four French and two Spanish), and one Spanish 64-gun third-rate. The remaining 22&nbsp;third-rates were 74-gun vessels, of which 14&nbsp;were French and eight Spanish. In total, the Spanish contributed 15&nbsp;ships of the line and the French&nbsp;18 along with some {{nobr| {{gaps|30|000}} men}} and marines manning {{nobr| {{gaps|2|632}} cannons.}} The fleet also included five 40-gun frigates and two 18-gun [[brig]]s, all French.{{sfn|Goodwin|2002|p=257}}<ref name=":0" />