Battle Of Trafalgar Ships. 1805.

[benny1982]

Hi

Are any of you on here interested in Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson's famous Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805? I am, as I was born in the same county as Horatio, namely Norfolk. Well I have done research into the 27 ships that sailed in the battle and now can remember them off by heart.

Here goes:-

Belleisle
Africa
Revenge
Leviathan
Achille
Mars
Ajax
Royal Sovereign
Agamemnon
Polyphemus
Victory
Tonnant
Temeraire
Beleppheron
Britannia
Neptune
Orion
Swiftsure
Conquerer
Defence
Definat
Spartiate
Minotaur
Prince
Colossus
Dreadnought
Thunderer

Ben

 

[p.risboy]

Hi Ben,

Can you name the crews and their trades please.:biggrin: :biggrin:
Also their parents names and home towns.

I wish I had a memory like you, I have a job remembering my own name.

Steve.

 

[benny1982]

Hi Ben,

Can you name the crews and their trades please.:biggrin: :biggrin:
Also their parents names and home towns.

I wish I had a memory like you, I have a job remembering my own name.

Steve.

Hi Steve

How about their eye colours and what they all ate for breakfast?

I often wonder what Horatio Nelson would have done with his life if he had lived.

Ben

 

[p.risboy]

Hi Steve

How about their eye colours and what they all ate for breakfast?

I often wonder what Horatio Nelson would have done with his life if he had lived.

Ben

I reckon he would have made a good politician. He could blow the opposition out of the water.:2fun:

Steve.

 

[laxdoc]

ben
Why in that order? Would have thought that Victory would have lead the list.
charles

 

[benny1982]

Hi

Many of the ships were badly damaged after the battle. I am not quite sure which one took Nelson's body back to England though.

Ben

 

[p.risboy]

There's someone else who can do the same.

http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/showthread.php?44730-Battle-Of-Trafalgar-Ships.

Steve.

 

[stevegraham85]

There's someone else who can do the same.

http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/showthread.php?44730-Battle-Of-Trafalgar-Ships.

Steve.

Two different personality's in the one body and ones famous for handing out advice and help.

Oz

 

[benny1982]

There's someone else who can do the same.

http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/showthread.php?44730-Battle-Of-Trafalgar-Ships.

Steve.

Me.

I am not a twin thoiugh.

 

[p.risboy]

Me.

I am not a twin thoiugh.

Oh yeah Ben....never noticed the submitter.:2fun::2fun:

 

[duckweed]

The National Archives website has the crewlists. My husband has an ancestor who was an able bodied seaman at Trafalgar. Tale was he was a master gunner but that was a bit of exaggeration but he must have survived the battle as he went on serving in the Navy.

 

[DaveHam9]

I have one in my tree with a connection to Horatio.

Stephen PERDRIAU:

Joined Royal Navy on 12 Aug 1780 as Captain's servant on HMS 'Venus' in WI Squadron of Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney (a family friend). Served on HMS 'Boreas' and then HMS 'Endymion'.

Later on 2 May 1785 was Horatio Nelson's servant during one tour of duty Nelson had in the West Indies on HMS 'Boreas'.

London Gazette issue 16121 of 20 February 1808 [pages 5&6] contains a short dispatch from Lieutenant Steph. Perdrieau, commanding His Majesty’s Gun-Brig Hardy, reporting the capture of La Revios, a French Lugger Privateer, off Little Hampton, February 19, 1808.
Another officer took over the 'Hardy' later in 1808.

Later to become Commander - no record of him serving in Battle of Trafalgar. Gap in record....

In 1817 relinquished command of HMS 'Waldemar' and was appointed to HM Semaphore Station West Square, St Georges Southwark.


Dave