A short animation of the Battle of Trafalgar. Naval battle between a British fleet and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies. British victory under command of Admiral Nelson. #admiralnelson #trafalgar
This a whole other beast that rears it's ugly head when someone doesn't follow the rules of queuing. We go to war. Queue warfare, just pitched battles in the middle of a post office it's nuts xD
he knew exactly that french fleet was damaged by revolution and spanish was suffering lack of funds. what is more, britsh sailors were capable of maintaining higher fire rate
Thank you. This is short and to the point. After watching a couple of dramatized edutainment "documentaries" without being any wiser about how the battle actually went down, I finally found this little gem.
Nelson's strategy seems inspired from the greek period.. or pirating period, boarding action, every ship that could pulled alongside and boarded an enemy. Was that new in large fleet engagements during the period?
@@danielbordeianu5841 Not really, but the choice to dive right into a disorganized melee was seen as risky. Typically the line would be brought up against the other line going the opposite way, with both sides looking to get a shot at the bow of the other- like a massive game of snake basically. Usually after the two lines had exchanged fire like that did boarding action and super-close range stuff occur.
@@danielbordeianu5841 It was more typical for battle to be fought as the way Gregory Borton describes. But in this case, the British would never stand a chance in a typical line engagement given their fleet being 2/3 the size of the enemy. Splitting up the enemy fleet and defeating them in detail was a fairly sound strategy. It did expose them to heavy gunfire without being able to return fire (getting their T crossed) at the beginning but once they cut through the enemy line, they had a local numerical superiority. At least until the Franco-Spanish vanguard could turn around which took time. By the time the Vanguard could turn around, the rest of the fleet has been destroyed and the British could mop up the remaining ships if the French and Spanish stayed.
If you like historic novels there is one called Trafalgar by Benito Pérez Galdós, about a 14-year-old boy recruited by force who fought in that battle, which explains very accurately how bad the situation was on the Spanish side
@@neurofiedyamato8763 Also, either by luck or intention most of the british ships seemed to end up hidden behind captured ships so the enemy Vanguard had no targets.
The double formation used by Nelson was considered to be very risky as approaching ships would be facing intense broadsides without a chancre of replying, apart from the bow chasers. However Nelson knew that the French still used the slow match system when firing their guns, which was less efficient than the method used by the Royal Navy gunner's. Combined with the position of the French/ Spanish fleet, which had the lee shore of Cape Trafalgar too close for comfort and the ocean swells causing the ships to move erratically, making aiming at best, luck rather than accurate. Also they tended to want to dismast their opponent by aiming high, whereas the faster, more accurate firing from the British ,aiming at the hulls sometimes managed to use ricochets off the surface and the practice of a broadside from a 3 decker into the stern of an enemy resulted in a large loss of life, as the final tally of the different casualty lists on both sides shows.
I didn't realize that naval tactics of the day were so much about close battle. I assumed that it was about trading shots at a distance. Did the British have an advantage in boarding, etc? It seems that in pretty much every one of the one-on-one close actions, that the Brits won... a surprising outcome to me.
@@JohnKruse Naval battles were fought at close range because naval guns were very inaccurate and solid shot was ineffective against the sides of the ships at long range.
The idea, the concept, the reasons and why the battle went like this are far from those you mention. but it was certainly a regrettable performance that of the Spanish fleet, under French rule. Possibly the worst and last act. There is a lot of literature on this subject, and frankly interesting books if you like naval and vintage literature.
Missing from this animation is the wind direction. In the Age of Sail, this was a key factor in naval tactics. The French typically took the position downwind (leeward) of the enemy to give themselves an option to break off battle. The British typically took the position upwind (weather gage) of the enemy to give themselves the choice to engage or not. At Trafalgar the British and French took their typical positions. The wind was NNW (approx. 337º) so it was coming directly astern the British fleet. This was an ideal wind for the British to close quickly on the French and avoid French fire.
There was virtually no wind, men on board RN ships said they were moving at no more than walking pace, so they didn't close quickly, and the lead ships of both columns, Victory and Royal Sovereign were quite badly damaged by the time they broke the enemy line, one of the first shots to hit Victory (before she fired a shot), took away the ships Wheel, and throughout the battle she had to be steered from the tiller.
It was not ideal. The wind was astern but it was so extremely light that the ships moved slower than a man could swim. The leading ships were under fire for upwards of thirty minutes. A bigger factor was that the French and Spanish were poorly trained, firing from atop moving swell, and trying to time their long range shots while using slow-fuse matches on their cannons.
@@Scarletraven87 Sure, they did. This ignores the fact that the Dreadnaught revolutionized capital ship warfare by _not_ having a bunch of guns, and instead just having a couple of really big ones.
@@fransmurdani83 in TW empire and TW Napoleon the naval battles aren't that bad, and if you have a good pc (not like mine) , you can have battles with a lot of ships
In french we have a saying : "Un coup de Trafalgar", means a play that aim to get the initiative over your opponent with an unexpected blow. It's to say how this particular event has been burned in French culture.
Just a quick note to correct a little mistake spotted in the video: Spanish admiral Federico Gravina commanded the ship "Príncipe de Asturias". The "Santa Ana" was commanded by Ignacio de Álava.
The pub the British sailors drank at in Gibraltar, before and after the battle is still there, and is still a pub. Many souvenirs from the fleet adorn the walls. Many British casualties from the battle are buried in the Gibraltar cemetary.
Ive been onboard HMS Victory and have a souvenir piece of oak from her, 76 men from my home town fought in the battle of Trafalgar. The first Trafalgar square was built in Sunderland several years before the London Trafalgar square, it was built as alms houses for retired sailors and their families.
Had family on board at Trafalgar, the Nelson memorial on top of Portsdown Hill which was paid for by the crews of the English fleet was also erected before Nelsons column in Trafalgar Square, it seems London was a bit slow In the act
This is something that people don't know about the monument dedicated to Nelson: 90% (the column) is a tribute to the island. Without the island, Great Britain would have been invaded in 4 weeks by Philip II or Napoleon. The other 10% is a little man who won a sea battle because Britain is an island. That's why he's on top of the column.
@@chairforce1234 Ships lost by Spain at Trafalgar 1805: 11 Spain had another 34 great ships and 24 frigates. The British believe that Trafalgar is the only naval battle in history. -1806-07 British defeat of the red coats in Argentina and Uruguay. Capture of the British generals. We still have the captured flag there. -1797. 3 defeats for Nelson against Spain in Cádiz, Central America and Tenerife. Another British defeat in Puerto Rico -1779-80 Spanish blockade of England (Luis de Córdova): capture of two British fleets of 24 and 55 ships. London stock market crash -1779-81 British defeats in Louisiana, Florida, Menorca, Bahamas and Central America. Spanish Governor of Louisiana, Bernardo de Gálvez. -1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias. Blas de Lezo. Destruction of 50 British ships. Greatest defeat of the Royal Navy in its history. All Europe laughs at the British coins commemorating the victory before the battle. -1741-48 War between Spain and England. England captures 108 Spanish ships. Spain captures 411 British ships -1726. Spain seizes hundreds of British ships in the Atlantic and Caribbean -1701-1714 The English lose the War of the Spanish Succession -1630. Spain wins the war against England -1629. Spain captures 14 ships of the combined fleet of France and England in San Cristóbal, Caribbean -1625 Spain sinks 62 ships of the combined fleet of England and Holland in Cádiz -1625 Spain defeats the combined army of Holland, England and Denmark in Breda, Holland -1625 Spain defeats the fleet of Holland in Brazil. 20 ships captures. -1594-95 Drake loses five battles in the Caribbean against Spain and dies, with his cousin -1589 Spain destroys the invincible English armada, capturing or sinking 80 ships. Queen Elisabeth, furious, condemns Drake to be a lighthouse keeper -1554 Felipe II arrives in England with a fleet commanded by the Duke of Alba, and 4,000 Spanish nobles, and becomes King of England, marrying María Tudor, half-Spanish Queen of England -1410 Spanish invasion of southern England -1380-81 Spanish invasion of southern England, going up the Thames -1377 Spanish invasion of southern England -1372 Spain sinks 48 English ships, without losing any Other Spanish victories with more than 11 ships sunk to the enemy -1585 Miracle of Empel. 100 Dutch ships sunk in a single night -1580 Spanish annexation of Portugal. Battle of Terceira Island, more than 30 ships of the combined French and Portuguese fleet sunk -1571 200 ships sunk in the battle of Lepanto. I say this knowing that the British have sunk 18 ships in the Battle of Passaro in Sicily in 1718 or half a dozen Spanish ships at Cape St. Vincent. But Spain is the fleet that sinks the most ships. 👍🙃
Many thanks. My great-great-grandfather, then about 15 years old, was on HMS Defiance. I have Hilary Rubinstein's biography of Captain Durham which includes an account of Defiance's actions on that day. From that I can pick out which blue ship in your animation represents my ancestor. It is very sobering to consider what he went through. Again, many thanks to you.
@@kv4648 The animation starts at 2:03. The top line of British ships have held their formation pretty well, but the bottom line is slightly fragmented. There is a line of four ships leading, then another group of four moving slightly starboard and starting to overtake the leading four, then six more bringing up the rear. Defiance is the leading ship in the overtaking group. Hope that makes sense.
Island, island... The English live on an island. Nelson tried to occupy the island of Tenerife in 1797, and lost his arm. The islands are difficult to invade. If the United Kingdom had an arm of land 500 meters wide, communicating with Europe, it would not exist 300 years ago.
from what i've gathered, villeneuve was being soft blockaded in Cadiz by nelson, and instead of waiting for a more opportune time such as the royal navies supplies running low, since you can't really sustain a blockade, he took the threat of being replaced at napoleon's order a little too personally and went out and fought at cape trafalgar, resulting in this. his ship was the first to surrender after nelson went for it and he was imprisoned in england. sea strategies were much simpler than land strategies because of wind and weather limiting what you can do, the line of battle used makes a lot of sense for it's simplicity, if you out number them you can bend the line around to get multiple ships firing on targets, but it's also extremely wasteful when the line gets cut like this, since a number of the ships need to turn about.
Camero56 The French commander might have known that a British Fleet was lurking somewhere, but he couldn't be sure, the RN had one frigate patrolling outside of Cadiz, and there were another two or three ships out at sea, ready to relay signals of any enemy action to the fleet which was hidden over the horizon, you mention supplies, Nelson did send ships to Gibraltar to pick up supplies.
I remember in my extreme youth watching some kidadult program; so this kid had a bet on the horses while he was still in school history class . Subject of the moment the Battle of Trafalgar. Following the race on a quiet radio under his desk lid, the boy suddenly leapt up; "We won!! We Won!!!" Teacher: "What?!" Boy: "By two lengths Sir!!!" Teacher: "Well, I'm glad someone's listening!"
Doug, if you haven't already read John Keegan's book Battle at Sea, I couldn't recommend it more. It has a brilliant account of Trafalgar, covers not only the battle but personal experiences of those there. The sort of book you must occasionally put down and think about what you have just read.!
I used to practically live at the Portsmouth historic dockyard and have spent many days there. It is full of historical treasures and although the Victory is having its masts repaired it is still well worth a visit although the real jewel in the crown is the national museum of the Royal navy or even the Mary Rose.
Subbed. Great job. This battle and Jutland are the two examples I like to give about how "Crossing the T" isn't instant win. Nelson decided to make the Franco-Spanish capital T into a lower case t by sailing through it. Nelson was a total unit when it came to ignoring the enemy's courage while piling on his own. Even in death, he still routed the enemy. The Germans at Jutland (not having to worry about the wind) just turned out of the trap and used support ships and smoke to disengage.
Just read of this battle in "Age of Nelson" by G.J. Marcus, and this animation matches that account and is a big help in understanding the action, thank you. One useful addition would be some indication of the wind direction and strength which was so important in that era.
If Nelson had seen the Battle of Jutland, I think he would have been amazed at the advances in naval technology. And I think he would have been appaled at the way the British admirals handled their ships. They were using tactics that predated Trafalgar. The whole point of Trafalgar was to avoid having to do it that way.
@@fredferd965 The tactics used in the battle of Trafalgar were used in the Battle of Jutland then the Grand Fleet would Have been destroyed. Jellicoe did alright, Beatty not so much.
@@georgea.567 This is true. I believe that, for the British, Trafalgar was both a blessing and a curse. It gave the Royal Navy a magnificent tradition, but it ended the last great sea battles. The enemy teaches you your trade, and from that time until the First World War the Royal Navy had no great opponents to fight. They were basically a peace-keeping show-the-flag force. Admiral Nelson's Band-of-Brothers was perhaps the best trained naval force the world has ever seen.
@@fredferd965 At Jutland, despite the invention of the radio, the British ships still communicated with each other during the battle by signal flags, as in Nelson's time.
@@legalvampire8136 Yes, I agree. However, they did it poorly. Admiral Beaty supposedly signaled his few Queen Elizabeth Class battleships to follow his cruisers, but they didn't get the signal, and he didn't wait for them. Poor workmanship.
The French and Spanish fleets used a slow burning fuse to fire their guns. Their average rate of fire was 3 to 5 minutes per volley. The British ships used a flintlock firing mechanism to fire their guns. Average rate of fire was 90 sec per volley. Even though the combined Franco-Spanish fleet had an extra six ships they could not make up for the rate of fire disparity. Combined with the inexperience of the combined fleet the battle was over before it even started.
Napoleon's army invaded all of Europe. A month after Trafalgar, they defeated two empires at Austerlitz. Spain defeated the British redcoats in Argentina and Uruguay a year later, capturing the generals. The British won the Battle of Trafalgar because they live on an island. Otherwise everything would have ended in the 300 years before.
@@Gloriaimperial1 😂😂You still butthurt Spanish boy? we kicked both you and the French arses at Trafalgar to stop you from invading my country, then Napoleon betrayed you and you come crying for help from us to save your ass, pathetic.
Interesting. So while sailing straight into the teeth of the enemy battle line was not pleasant, they probably only suffered 1 or 2 volleys from a pair of enemy ships at a range where the cannon were very dangerous. A risk. But once the line is cut the British close range firepower is actually greater.
I have visited Victory in Portsmouth, and as you walk through the internals of the ship, you have an audio tour of how different parts of the ship prepared for & engaged in the battle. It is immersive and awe inspiring at the same time. For example, there is a 32 pound cannon below decks near the bow. It was loaded with anything & everything (grapeshot ) and Victory rammed into an enemy boat where it was fired killing scores !
The British gun crews achieved twice the rate of fire than their enemies did. They were the best. "England expects every man to do his duty"! Nelson. Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
This is the first time I see such an accurate depiction of a naval battle. I didn’t even know this was possible since formations are hard to grasp on the sea. How did you Menage to get that?
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail has this as one of the set battles and the initial set up is exactly the way the forces were set up for the original battle, plus whatever upgrades you've made to your ships... But if you want to win that battle, this tactic is pretty much the only way to do it as the French firepower is immense. The Spanish and French First Rates are very scary so cutting them out early is essential.
El del vídeo no tiene ni idea La estrategia franco-española fue diseñada por Escaño y era formar 2 líneas paralelas para envolver a los buques ingleses que pasaran la primera línea. Escaño sabía que Nelson emplearía la táctica del envolverlos, pero salió mal porque había barcos fuera de su zona asignada
Clever. Although we couldn't fire until fairly late, our ships presented a narrow profile on the approach. The British, as this plan illustrates, divide the Franco/Spanish. Once at close quarters our superior rate of fire would do the rest - at a terrible cost it must be said. Apart from Lord Nelson's death, the outcome couldn't have been better; which only makes the lamentable way in which Nelson's immediate family were treated all the more inexcusable.
One thing missing (sorry to be negative) is the wind direction. This was crucial to the success of Nelson's tactics as it made it impossible for the French / Spanish van to turn back in time to impact the battle.
Its weird that, in at least the popular view, during the iconic British victories of the Napoleonic wars the British broke the famous French column formation by firing in lines at waterloo and the British broke the French naval line at Trafalgar by forming a column.
It seems like Villeneuve had advantages in numbers and starting position and yet the British managed to win anyway without losing a single ship. What a great victory.
Trafalgar is extremely important for more reasons as well: Firstly, while Nelson's plan worked spectacularly, he was killed in the action while leading the column in his flagship HMS Victory. Nelson was a spectacularly brave man and was already missing his arm and an eye from previous battles, so this is in honor of his sacrifice. Secondly, it and other battles broke the French and Spanish fleets, leaving the French to play catch up and the Spanish to fall behind for the next 200 years. This is important because permanently remove the threat of Napoleon's invasion of Britain and the other victorious powers of the Napoleonic wars: Prussia, Austria and Russia were not navel powers. All this meant that Britannia really did rule the waves for the next 100 years, giving it the power to enforce its ban of the Atlantic slave and build a global empire.
I like to use the two line formation to cut into the enemy fleet in empire total war...... without knowing it's an actual strategy, it was just because it's easier to control and I have the chance to fire on both sides. But that's pretty coo that it's actually legit.
How can the positions of the ships be known so accurately? Were the starting British and Spanish/French battle lines, and which ship surrendered to which recorded, perhaps, then the rest inferred?
60 total ships, not too difficult to triangulate positions when you have hundreds of eye witnesses. That’s what I imagine; I’m not an expert by any means. Trafalgar is one the most famous tall ship battles in history, and it was a historically massive engagement when it happened.
@@1997jankuschef "not too diffucult to triangluate" it's hard enough triangulating with gps and systems yet alone collating a few hundred year old data with just memory as the main source. No images. Nah. This is over generalised, I'm sure theres alot written on what happend first hand but not enough detail to collate locations accurately like that. There would have to of been entire swathes of people monitoring it and logging it
@@TheFreshSpam You underestimate how well ship logs were kept back then. Every ship involved in this battle would be noting it's position fairly often. You can easily find drawings done onboard a ship during, or shortly after a battle. Also in the ships log would be when fire was commenced, down to the minute (timekeeping on sailing ships was very accurate for the time, with a ships chronometer being vital for navigation), what ship was targeted, damage to a rudder or mast, etc. Even when not in battle the ships position would be taken at least every hour, and in battle every movement would be recorded. Search for the logbook of the Euryalus if you want an example of how well positions were recorded during this battle.
Why exactly? The battle was over 200 years ago and theses French tourists a fair number of generations away from the culture and national ambitions of Imperial France. Americans visit Vietnam and war museums there, as do Germans that visit Holocaust memorials. Brits have visited Boston Harbour and other sites of import to the Revolution. It’s history literally and figuratively and unless a person has an unhealthy attachment to their national identity, when so much time has passed there is little rational reason to NOT visit.
@@cybersurf5 I mean just the shear number's, I work in the Dock Yard and through the summer, there are literally bus loads of French kids visiting everyday.
There was very little wind, which played into the British strategy, it meant a longer approach under bombardment but once they were in close quarters the Spanish/french couldn’t escape The wind direction in that area is normally ither east to west or west to east directly depending on time of year or unique weather conditions as the Gibraltar straits act as a funnel
Very interesting. We don't know about the wind, the waves... We can see several french ships, who seem to escape from battle... Giving the british a numeric advantage. What strange ! There is also a beautiful documentary from Arte TV, which is more about "Amiral Villeneuve". I recommand it very much to those who like that beautiful animation. It tells us about the "two or three years before that meeting"... And the psychologic role... I have forgotten: was that the usual tactic of Amiral Nelson ? Or not ?
The Royal Sovereign, was the first RN ship to cut the line of the combined fleet, the first eight ships continued sailing away from the battle, Villenuve on seeing this, hoisted a signal, ordering any ship that was not engaged in battle to take steps to join the action, these ships commanded by a man called Dumanoir, he either ignored the signal or did not see it, much later in the battle they did turn around and try to engage the RN but it was much too late, and they had little success, there were eight ships in this column, three Spanish, and five French ships. And no, this was not a normal tactic of Nelson, he was not the first to use these tactics, they were in fact, highly unusual, and very dangerous.
I hope to see soon a video of the frustrated attack of the largest English fleet in Cartagena de Indias. where they were repelled by an infinitely smaller force under the command of Blas de Lezo.
@@daneelolivaw602 por tu nombre entiendo que entiendes el idioma español, te mando un enlace de uno de los muchos videos que hay sobre el tema, curiosamente en inglés no he encontrado ninguno. Entre el desastre de Cartagena y el de la contraarmada inglesa en 1589 tienen los ingleses un gran vacío en su historia que borraron por vergüenza th-cam.com/video/Xm1BKh2F804/w-d-xo.html
Nelson's favorite battle plan, attacking the opponent 2 or 3 against one, same scenario during the Battle of the Nile. This is what saved the Victory that day, ready to be stormed by the crew of the Redoutable who were trained in boarding. Nelson will have paid with his life...
If the combined ship hadn’t been commanded by the French incompetent villeneuve things would have gone different. The Spanish captains urged not to attack as the conditions were disadvantageous for the fleet, but the French having known that napoleon was about to “”fire”” him (I don’t know the word sorry haha), he decided to go for it and compromised the fleet, ultimately losing the battle. Also to point out that the French were the only ones to flee, the Spanish fought to the last man (Santa Ana, Santísima Trinidad, San Juan Nepomuceno, …); even the British recognised their bravery
It would be useful for a battle like this to draw where the wind was blowing from . But reading from moves of the ships it was blowing from left side of the screen :D am I right
There was virtually no wind, and what little there was was blowing directly behind the Royal Navy ships, men on these ships said they were only moving at walking pace, that partly explaines the severity of the damage to the leading ships of each column, Victory and Royal Sovereign
Muy buena animación, sí señor, en Trafalgar de Benito Perez Galdós lo describe muy vagamente desde la perspectiva del Santísima Trinidad y del Santa Ana, pero aquí hay un gran trabajo. Mis dieces!!
"If you had One shot, or one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted, in one moment, would you capture it?" - Admiral Nelson
his palms were sweaty, knees weak, arms were heavy
Lol
@@joelthomastr ma's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs.
Nelson a una pata
Doesn't seem very British to win a battle by cutting in line
It's probably the most British thing out there. You will know by now that the British are somewhat special
queue
"They never saw it coming!"
This a whole other beast that rears it's ugly head when someone doesn't follow the rules of queuing. We go to war. Queue warfare, just pitched battles in the middle of a post office it's nuts xD
@@yersipest queue is a French word. I am British but prefer the word line.
High risk high reward tactic, Nelson must have trusted in his fleet
"No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy." That's the kind of confidence Nelson had in British seamanship.
Nelson was a coward
@@kaliyuga1476 what? His own ship was the first in and he died for musket fire fighting with his man?
he knew exactly that french fleet was damaged by revolution and spanish was suffering lack of funds. what is more, britsh sailors were capable of maintaining higher fire rate
Alejandro Reguera Diaz he was standing on the deck of the first ship to break though the line of the outnumbering Enemy fleet...
Thank you. This is short and to the point. After watching a couple of dramatized edutainment "documentaries" without being any wiser about how the battle actually went down, I finally found this little gem.
Nelson's strategy seems inspired from the greek period.. or pirating period, boarding action, every ship that could pulled alongside and boarded an enemy. Was that new in large fleet engagements during the period?
@@danielbordeianu5841 Not really, but the choice to dive right into a disorganized melee was seen as risky. Typically the line would be brought up against the other line going the opposite way, with both sides looking to get a shot at the bow of the other- like a massive game of snake basically. Usually after the two lines had exchanged fire like that did boarding action and super-close range stuff occur.
@@danielbordeianu5841 It was more typical for battle to be fought as the way Gregory Borton describes. But in this case, the British would never stand a chance in a typical line engagement given their fleet being 2/3 the size of the enemy. Splitting up the enemy fleet and defeating them in detail was a fairly sound strategy. It did expose them to heavy gunfire without being able to return fire (getting their T crossed) at the beginning but once they cut through the enemy line, they had a local numerical superiority. At least until the Franco-Spanish vanguard could turn around which took time. By the time the Vanguard could turn around, the rest of the fleet has been destroyed and the British could mop up the remaining ships if the French and Spanish stayed.
If you like historic novels there is one called Trafalgar by Benito Pérez Galdós, about a 14-year-old boy recruited by force who fought in that battle, which explains very accurately how bad the situation was on the Spanish side
@@neurofiedyamato8763 Also, either by luck or intention most of the british ships seemed to end up hidden behind captured ships so the enemy Vanguard had no targets.
"The British army should be a projectile to be fired by the British navy." - Sir Edward Grey
England expects that every man will do his duty
@@williamt.sherman9841 '' [...] including serving as a projectile for the artillery.''
-Trafalgar, the untold story, 2021
@@vacciniumaugustifolium1420 really? People were put into artillery guns?
@@zaighamabbas2041 nah, but imagine the scene! 😳
@@vacciniumaugustifolium1420 It is raining men on uncle sam's party boat lmao
The double formation used by Nelson was considered to be very risky as approaching ships would be facing intense broadsides without a chancre of replying, apart from the bow chasers. However Nelson knew that the French still used the slow match system when firing their guns, which was less efficient than the method used by the Royal Navy gunner's. Combined with the position of the French/ Spanish fleet, which had the lee shore of Cape Trafalgar too close for comfort and the ocean swells causing the ships to move erratically, making aiming at best, luck rather than accurate. Also they tended to want to dismast their opponent by aiming high, whereas the faster, more accurate firing from the British ,aiming at the hulls sometimes managed to use ricochets off the surface and the practice of a broadside from a 3 decker into the stern of an enemy resulted in a large loss of life, as the final tally of the different casualty lists on both sides shows.
Nelson was credited with using the bouncing bomb idea before Barns Wallis even shot his first ping pong ball!😉👍
I didn't realize that naval tactics of the day were so much about close battle. I assumed that it was about trading shots at a distance. Did the British have an advantage in boarding, etc? It seems that in pretty much every one of the one-on-one close actions, that the Brits won... a surprising outcome to me.
@@JohnKruse Naval battles were fought at close range because naval guns were very inaccurate and solid shot was ineffective against the sides of the ships at long range.
The idea, the concept, the reasons and why the battle went like this are far from those you mention. but it was certainly a regrettable performance that of the Spanish fleet, under French rule. Possibly the worst and last act. There is a lot of literature on this subject, and frankly interesting books if you like naval and vintage literature.
Nelson in Tenerife: I'd swear l ad two legs 😫
Missing from this animation is the wind direction. In the Age of Sail, this was a key factor in naval tactics. The French typically took the position downwind (leeward) of the enemy to give themselves an option to break off battle. The British typically took the position upwind (weather gage) of the enemy to give themselves the choice to engage or not. At Trafalgar the British and French took their typical positions. The wind was NNW (approx. 337º) so it was coming directly astern the British fleet. This was an ideal wind for the British to close quickly on the French and avoid French fire.
There was virtually no wind, men on board RN ships said they were moving at no more than walking pace, so they didn't close quickly, and the lead ships of both columns, Victory and Royal Sovereign were quite badly damaged by the time they broke the enemy line, one of the first shots to hit Victory (before she fired a shot), took away the ships Wheel, and throughout the battle she had to be steered from the tiller.
@@daneelolivaw602 I once steered a girl from the tiller. Now I know why they refer to a ship as "she".
@@moistmike4150 I don't get it
@@moistmike4150
That _girl_ of yours had a tiller?
You from Thailand, I'm guessing?
It was not ideal. The wind was astern but it was so extremely light that the ships moved slower than a man could swim. The leading ships were under fire for upwards of thirty minutes. A bigger factor was that the French and Spanish were poorly trained, firing from atop moving swell, and trying to time their long range shots while using slow-fuse matches on their cannons.
These fleets had over 2,000 guns in an era where armies having even a 100 guns was considered overwhelmingly superior firepower
that would explain why spain entered in such a huge crysis after just this war
Really now? And here I tought the battle of waterloo had over 60k casualties total.
@@Scarletraven87 A canon and a musket are very different things, and gun in this context obviously refers to canon.
@@windrose5988even better: old naval warfare had more guns than modern time naval warfare.
@@Scarletraven87 Sure, they did. This ignores the fact that the Dreadnaught revolutionized capital ship warfare by _not_ having a bunch of guns, and instead just having a couple of really big ones.
Man if only a battle like this can be recreated in games. Total war can't even reach such magnitude
Naval action comes close at 50 players per side, wait for regular sale price of like £5.70 though
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
TW series not good at naval battle
Im often bring large or over power fleet to ensure winning without much sacrifice
@@fransmurdani83 in TW empire and TW Napoleon the naval battles aren't that bad, and if you have a good pc (not like mine) , you can have battles with a lot of ships
May I introduce you to empire at war
In french we have a saying : "Un coup de Trafalgar", means a play that aim to get the initiative over your opponent with an unexpected blow. It's to say how this particular event has been burned in French culture.
Just a quick note to correct a little mistake spotted in the video: Spanish admiral Federico Gravina commanded the ship "Príncipe de Asturias". The "Santa Ana" was commanded by Ignacio de Álava.
The pub the British sailors drank at in Gibraltar, before and after the battle is still there, and is still a pub. Many souvenirs from the fleet adorn the walls. Many British casualties from the battle are buried in the Gibraltar cemetary.
Ive been onboard HMS Victory and have a souvenir piece of oak from her, 76 men from my home town fought in the battle of Trafalgar. The first Trafalgar square was built in Sunderland several years before the London Trafalgar square, it was built as alms houses for retired sailors and their families.
And of course Victory Street in Pallion
Had family on board at Trafalgar, the Nelson memorial on top of Portsdown Hill which was paid for by the crews of the English fleet was also erected before Nelsons column in Trafalgar Square, it seems London was a bit slow In the act
This is something that people don't know about the monument dedicated to Nelson: 90% (the column) is a tribute to the island. Without the island, Great Britain would have been invaded in 4 weeks by Philip II or Napoleon. The other 10% is a little man who won a sea battle because Britain is an island. That's why he's on top of the column.
@@Gloriaimperial1 Levels of cope 🤣🤣
@@chairforce1234 Ships lost by Spain at Trafalgar 1805: 11 Spain had another 34 great ships and 24 frigates.
The British believe that Trafalgar is the only naval battle in history.
-1806-07 British defeat of the red coats in Argentina and Uruguay. Capture of the British generals. We still have the captured flag there.
-1797. 3 defeats for Nelson against Spain in Cádiz, Central America and Tenerife. Another British defeat in Puerto Rico
-1779-80 Spanish blockade of England (Luis de Córdova): capture of two British fleets of 24 and 55 ships. London stock market crash
-1779-81 British defeats in Louisiana, Florida, Menorca, Bahamas and Central America. Spanish Governor of Louisiana, Bernardo de Gálvez.
-1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias. Blas de Lezo. Destruction of 50 British ships. Greatest defeat of the Royal Navy in its history. All Europe laughs at the British coins commemorating the victory before the battle.
-1741-48 War between Spain and England. England captures 108 Spanish ships. Spain captures 411 British ships
-1726. Spain seizes hundreds of British ships in the Atlantic and Caribbean
-1701-1714 The English lose the War of the Spanish Succession
-1630. Spain wins the war against England
-1629. Spain captures 14 ships of the combined fleet of France and England in San Cristóbal, Caribbean
-1625 Spain sinks 62 ships of the combined fleet of England and Holland in Cádiz
-1625 Spain defeats the combined army of Holland, England and Denmark in Breda, Holland
-1625 Spain defeats the fleet of Holland in Brazil. 20 ships captures.
-1594-95 Drake loses five battles in the Caribbean against Spain and dies, with his cousin
-1589 Spain destroys the invincible English armada, capturing or sinking 80 ships. Queen Elisabeth, furious, condemns Drake to be a lighthouse keeper
-1554 Felipe II arrives in England with a fleet commanded by the Duke of Alba, and 4,000 Spanish nobles, and becomes King of England, marrying María Tudor, half-Spanish Queen of England
-1410 Spanish invasion of southern England
-1380-81 Spanish invasion of southern England, going up the Thames
-1377 Spanish invasion of southern England
-1372 Spain sinks 48 English ships, without losing any
Other Spanish victories with more than 11 ships sunk to the enemy
-1585 Miracle of Empel. 100 Dutch ships sunk in a single night
-1580 Spanish annexation of Portugal. Battle of Terceira Island, more than 30 ships of the combined French and Portuguese fleet sunk
-1571 200 ships sunk in the battle of Lepanto.
I say this knowing that the British have sunk 18 ships in the Battle of Passaro in Sicily in 1718 or half a dozen Spanish ships at Cape St. Vincent. But Spain is the fleet that sinks the most ships. 👍🙃
Many thanks. My great-great-grandfather, then about 15 years old, was on HMS Defiance. I have Hilary Rubinstein's biography of Captain Durham which includes an account of Defiance's actions on that day. From that I can pick out which blue ship in your animation represents my ancestor. It is very sobering to consider what he went through. Again, many thanks to you.
Honor to your great-great grandfather.
Which one was it ?
@@kv4648 The animation starts at 2:03.
The top line of British ships have held their formation pretty well, but the bottom line is slightly fragmented.
There is a line of four ships leading, then another group of four moving slightly starboard and starting to overtake the leading four, then six more bringing up the rear.
Defiance is the leading ship in the overtaking group. Hope that makes sense.
@@RunnerBeanzDad Thank you!
Island, island... The English live on an island. Nelson tried to occupy the island of Tenerife in 1797, and lost his arm. The islands are difficult to invade. If the United Kingdom had an arm of land 500 meters wide, communicating with Europe, it would not exist 300 years ago.
from what i've gathered, villeneuve was being soft blockaded in Cadiz by nelson, and instead of waiting for a more opportune time such as the royal navies supplies running low, since you can't really sustain a blockade, he took the threat of being replaced at napoleon's order a little too personally and went out and fought at cape trafalgar, resulting in this. his ship was the first to surrender after nelson went for it and he was imprisoned in england.
sea strategies were much simpler than land strategies because of wind and weather limiting what you can do, the line of battle used makes a lot of sense for it's simplicity, if you out number them you can bend the line around to get multiple ships firing on targets, but it's also extremely wasteful when the line gets cut like this, since a number of the ships need to turn about.
"Admirals need only the science of navigation. Generals need the sciences of everything."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
I guess if it's a Napoleon quote must be true ...
Villeneuve subsequently took his own life
@@legalvampire8136
Did he?, if he did, he stabbed himself about six times in the lungs and once in the heart.
Camero56
The French commander might have known that a British Fleet was lurking somewhere, but he couldn't be sure, the RN had one frigate patrolling outside of Cadiz, and there were another two or three ships out at sea, ready to relay signals of any enemy action to the fleet which was hidden over the horizon, you mention supplies, Nelson did send ships to Gibraltar to pick up supplies.
I remember in my extreme youth watching some kidadult program; so this kid had a bet on the horses while he was still in school history class . Subject of the moment the Battle of Trafalgar. Following the race on a quiet radio under his desk lid, the boy suddenly leapt up; "We won!! We Won!!!"
Teacher: "What?!"
Boy: "By two lengths Sir!!!"
Teacher: "Well, I'm glad someone's listening!"
Very interesting, I have been aboard the Victory it’s in Portsmouth England
I've been a few times, and will go again. The history is very intense there.
Doug, if you haven't already read John Keegan's book Battle at Sea, I couldn't recommend it more. It has a brilliant account of Trafalgar, covers not only the battle but personal experiences of those there.
The sort of book you must occasionally put down and think about what you have just read.!
I too have been on board the victory, and I LOVE battleships
Same, as a fan of those kind of ships, that place was brilliant
I used to practically live at the Portsmouth historic dockyard and have spent many days there. It is full of historical treasures and although the Victory is having its masts repaired it is still well worth a visit although the real jewel in the crown is the national museum of the Royal navy or even the Mary Rose.
Subbed. Great job.
This battle and Jutland are the two examples I like to give about how "Crossing the T" isn't instant win. Nelson decided to make the Franco-Spanish capital T into a lower case t by sailing through it. Nelson was a total unit when it came to ignoring the enemy's courage while piling on his own. Even in death, he still routed the enemy.
The Germans at Jutland (not having to worry about the wind) just turned out of the trap and used support ships and smoke to disengage.
Just read of this battle in "Age of Nelson" by G.J. Marcus, and this animation matches that account and is a big help in understanding the action, thank you. One useful addition would be some indication of the wind direction and strength which was so important in that era.
If Nelson had seen the Battle of Jutland, I think he would have been amazed at the advances in naval technology. And I think he would have been appaled at the way the British admirals handled their ships. They were using tactics that predated Trafalgar. The whole point of Trafalgar was to avoid having to do it that way.
@@fredferd965 The tactics used in the battle of Trafalgar were used in the Battle of Jutland then the Grand Fleet would Have been destroyed. Jellicoe did alright, Beatty not so much.
@@georgea.567 This is true. I believe that, for the British, Trafalgar was both a blessing and a curse. It gave the Royal Navy a magnificent tradition, but it ended the last great sea battles. The enemy teaches you your trade, and from that time until the First World War the Royal Navy had no great opponents to fight. They were basically a peace-keeping show-the-flag force. Admiral Nelson's Band-of-Brothers was perhaps the best trained naval force the world has ever seen.
@@fredferd965 At Jutland, despite the invention of the radio, the British ships still communicated with each other during the battle by signal flags, as in Nelson's time.
@@legalvampire8136 Yes, I agree. However, they did it poorly. Admiral Beaty supposedly signaled his few Queen Elizabeth Class battleships to follow his cruisers, but they didn't get the signal, and he didn't wait for them. Poor workmanship.
Thanks for this!
Outstanding masterpiece Thank you
I am very impressed! Well done!
Thank you.
The French and Spanish fleets used a slow burning fuse to fire their guns. Their average rate of fire was 3 to 5 minutes per volley. The British ships used a flintlock firing mechanism to fire their guns. Average rate of fire was 90 sec per volley. Even though the combined Franco-Spanish fleet had an extra six ships they could not make up for the rate of fire disparity. Combined with the inexperience of the combined fleet the battle was over before it even started.
Completely agree!
Napoleon's army invaded all of Europe. A month after Trafalgar, they defeated two empires at Austerlitz. Spain defeated the British redcoats in Argentina and Uruguay a year later, capturing the generals. The British won the Battle of Trafalgar because they live on an island. Otherwise everything would have ended in the 300 years before.
@@Gloriaimperial1 😂😂You still butthurt Spanish boy? we kicked both you and the French arses at Trafalgar to stop you from invading my country, then Napoleon betrayed you and you come crying for help from us to save your ass, pathetic.
Interesting. So while sailing straight into the teeth of the enemy battle line was not pleasant, they probably only suffered 1 or 2 volleys from a pair of enemy ships at a range where the cannon were very dangerous. A risk. But once the line is cut the British close range firepower is actually greater.
Alot of work went into this well done
Into both the animation and battle
Lots of work went into this animation and the result is very good quality.
Many thanks! Providing this reconstruction is somewhat accurate, it is always interesting to learn the details)
Great battle! I'm just glad no one got hurt.
This was perfect, thank you.
Simple yet excellent video, thanks.
I have visited Victory in Portsmouth, and as you walk through the internals of the ship, you have an audio tour of how different parts of the ship prepared for & engaged in the battle. It is immersive and awe inspiring at the same time. For example, there is a 32 pound cannon below decks near the bow. It was loaded with anything & everything (grapeshot ) and Victory rammed into an enemy boat where it was fired killing scores !
Victory carried, 30x32pounder guns on her lower gundeck.
The British gun crews achieved twice the rate of fire than their enemies did. They were the best. "England expects every man to do his duty"! Nelson. Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
Great animation, nicely researched.
The best video one TH-cam that explains this battle in very short duration
the fact you put redcoat ships in blue and Tiddy-Doll ships in red troubles me to the highest level
Actually the navy of the British where using blue in their uniforms
@@andmos1001 true, but so did the french. What's funny is the Royal Marines still wore red.
This is the first time I see such an accurate depiction of a naval battle. I didn’t even know this was possible since formations are hard to grasp on the sea.
How did you Menage to get that?
Just build a time machine go back 200 years and ask Nelson himself, be careful to not get shot though as he died during the battle so be quick
The seas are the same each season, the shape of the area remains the same. Hundreds or thousands of eyewitness accounts from all sides.
Britain: Look at me.
France: Yeah.
Britain: *Look at me.*
France: Sure!
Britain: I rule the waves now.
True
Also France: *And I’m unbeatable On Land*
Yesh ik the 6 and 7 coalition but it took them more than 10 years to beat him so yeah
Man really just secured a century of British naval dominance and dipped
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail has this as one of the set battles and the initial set up is exactly the way the forces were set up for the original battle, plus whatever upgrades you've made to your ships... But if you want to win that battle, this tactic is pretty much the only way to do it as the French firepower is immense. The Spanish and French First Rates are very scary so cutting them out early is essential.
Elementary but unique and effective. Thanks.
In a battle between sailing ships, wind direction is crucial.
As is positioning.
yep the British may have been defeated by the Spanish Armada if a wind change didn't go in their favour .
El del vídeo no tiene ni idea
La estrategia franco-española fue diseñada por Escaño y era formar 2 líneas paralelas para envolver a los buques ingleses que pasaran la primera línea.
Escaño sabía que Nelson emplearía la táctica del envolverlos, pero salió mal porque había barcos fuera de su zona asignada
Clever. Although we couldn't fire until fairly late, our ships presented a narrow profile on the approach. The British, as this plan illustrates, divide the Franco/Spanish. Once at close quarters our superior rate of fire would do the rest - at a terrible cost it must be said. Apart from Lord Nelson's death, the outcome couldn't have been better; which only makes the lamentable way in which Nelson's immediate family were treated all the more inexcusable.
One thing missing (sorry to be negative) is the wind direction. This was crucial to the success of Nelson's tactics as it made it impossible for the French / Spanish van to turn back in time to impact the battle.
The Royal Navy had the advantage of what little wind there was, men on the RN ships reported that they were advancing at no more than walking pace.
Africa endured the fire of half the combined fleet, didn't sink, and even managed to score a kill afterwards, fucking legend.
Its weird that, in at least the popular view, during the iconic British victories of the Napoleonic wars the British broke the famous French column formation by firing in lines at waterloo and the British broke the French naval line at Trafalgar by forming a column.
It's strange in the French schools they only teach us the 100 battles Napoleon won and here only Trafalgar and Waterloo? Matter of taste I suppose?
Have been on the Victory when I was a kid, wonderfully preserved and well worth a visit
He had his T crossed deliberately and still won. Incredible!
It seems like Villeneuve had advantages in numbers and starting position and yet the British managed to win anyway without losing a single ship. What a great victory.
i love the ships in this era so much... the first rates i cant believe the architecture on those ships... 4decks with large poles...
Hello i wanna ask how you get this detailed informations about battles
I had no idea. The Royal Navy had such a Victory. I knew Trafalgar was a big deal but this was TOTAL domination. Bravo.
A Victory hehe ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Trafalgar is extremely important for more reasons as well:
Firstly, while Nelson's plan worked spectacularly, he was killed in the action while leading the column in his flagship HMS Victory. Nelson was a spectacularly brave man and was already missing his arm and an eye from previous battles, so this is in honor of his sacrifice.
Secondly, it and other battles broke the French and Spanish fleets, leaving the French to play catch up and the Spanish to fall behind for the next 200 years. This is important because permanently remove the threat of Napoleon's invasion of Britain and the other victorious powers of the Napoleonic wars: Prussia, Austria and Russia were not navel powers. All this meant that Britannia really did rule the waves for the next 100 years, giving it the power to enforce its ban of the Atlantic slave and build a global empire.
What a bloodbath... the animation captured really great the horror of war
Can i take this vídeo in my channel to explain the battle?
Very interesting!
Can I put a request in for the Battle of Cape St Vincent? It's the one that first established Nelson's reputation...
Between those two battles, Nelson lost three times, in Cádiz, Central America and Tenerife, 1797.
I'm guessing the wind is from the left of the screen to the right. The Brits are at a run, the others on a port tack. Is that right?
bf 1942 soundtrack makes the video more fun xd
great vid btw
Very nice! Wind direction?
"some said not a great sailor, but a great leader"
Terrific video man! Could you do the Battle of the Saintes next please?
I like to use the two line formation to cut into the enemy fleet in empire total war...... without knowing it's an actual strategy, it was just because it's easier to control and I have the chance to fire on both sides. But that's pretty coo that it's actually legit.
I never knew animation was this good in 1805
They used Windows 05 back then.
That was a cool video
How can the positions of the ships be known so accurately? Were the starting British and Spanish/French battle lines, and which ship surrendered to which recorded, perhaps, then the rest inferred?
60 total ships, not too difficult to triangulate positions when you have hundreds of eye witnesses. That’s what I imagine; I’m not an expert by any means. Trafalgar is one the most famous tall ship battles in history, and it was a historically massive engagement when it happened.
@@1997jankuschef "not too diffucult to triangluate" it's hard enough triangulating with gps and systems yet alone collating a few hundred year old data with just memory as the main source. No images. Nah. This is over generalised, I'm sure theres alot written on what happend first hand but not enough detail to collate locations accurately like that. There would have to of been entire swathes of people monitoring it and logging it
@@TheFreshSpam You underestimate how well ship logs were kept back then. Every ship involved in this battle would be noting it's position fairly often. You can easily find drawings done onboard a ship during, or shortly after a battle. Also in the ships log would be when fire was commenced, down to the minute (timekeeping on sailing ships was very accurate for the time, with a ships chronometer being vital for navigation), what ship was targeted, damage to a rudder or mast, etc. Even when not in battle the ships position would be taken at least every hour, and in battle every movement would be recorded.
Search for the logbook of the Euryalus if you want an example of how well positions were recorded during this battle.
Now this needs a proper movie on the level of Master and Commander in terms of character, historical accuracy, and heart
What's amazing is the amount of French visitors to the HMS Victory every year, especially French schools.
Why exactly? The battle was over 200 years ago and theses French tourists a fair number of generations away from the culture and national ambitions of Imperial France. Americans visit Vietnam and war museums there, as do Germans that visit Holocaust memorials. Brits have visited Boston Harbour and other sites of import to the Revolution. It’s history literally and figuratively and unless a person has an unhealthy attachment to their national identity, when so much time has passed there is little rational reason to NOT visit.
@@cybersurf5 I mean just the shear number's, I work in the Dock Yard and through the summer, there are literally bus loads of French kids visiting everyday.
@@EugVR6 ah ok. 👌🏾
Nelson died well. The Germanic peoples have always admired that.
@@EugVR6 Trafalgar has allowed Britain not being invaded. But France won this coalition war (the third).
Brilliant animation! Now I know.
nice and simple
This was a battle of fighting sail. It would be helpful to show the wind conditions, upon which all battle strategy depended.
There was very little wind, which played into the British strategy, it meant a longer approach under bombardment but once they were in close quarters the Spanish/french couldn’t escape
The wind direction in that area is normally ither east to west or west to east directly depending on time of year or unique weather conditions as the Gibraltar straits act as a funnel
Very interesting. We don't know about the wind, the waves... We can see several french ships, who seem to escape from battle... Giving the british a numeric advantage. What strange ! There is also a beautiful documentary from Arte TV, which is more about "Amiral Villeneuve". I recommand it very much to those who like that beautiful animation. It tells us about the "two or three years before that meeting"... And the psychologic role... I have forgotten: was that the usual tactic of Amiral Nelson ? Or not ?
The Royal Sovereign, was the first RN ship to cut the line of the combined fleet, the first eight ships continued sailing away from the battle, Villenuve on seeing this, hoisted a signal, ordering any ship that was not engaged in battle to take steps to join the action, these ships commanded by a man called Dumanoir, he either ignored the signal or did not see it, much later in the battle they did turn around and try to engage the RN but it was much too late, and they had little success, there were eight ships in this column, three Spanish, and five French ships. And no, this was not a normal tactic of Nelson, he was not the first to use these tactics, they were in fact, highly unusual, and very dangerous.
The French lucky is, Nelson died at the end of the battle.
He wanted to die as he knew it'd be the last proper naval warfare engagement
He could die in Tenerife where he lost his arm
The Spanish as usual didn't kill their captives
@@rataxv20 spanish were honest
So on that day, Nelson was in the upstream of the wind or current?
And that's it, the end of Napoleon's new world ambitions.
Sadly
@@thessop9439 Luckily you mean, glad we stopped that man, i know you are a Napoleon fan boy though.
So Nelson basically flipped the script on "crossing the T" and turned it into a defeat in detail strategy. Neat.
Wow what a sight that must’ve been
is there supposed to be sound?
I hope to see soon a video of the frustrated attack of the largest English fleet in Cartagena de Indias. where they were repelled by an infinitely smaller force under the command of Blas de Lezo.
Jaja, no esperes tal cosa. No suelen querer recordar sus humillantes derrotas ante la Amada.
So, why dont you post one then?.
@@daneelolivaw602 por tu nombre entiendo que entiendes el idioma español, te mando un enlace de uno de los muchos videos que hay sobre el tema, curiosamente en inglés no he encontrado ninguno. Entre el desastre de Cartagena y el de la contraarmada inglesa en 1589 tienen los ingleses un gran vacío en su historia que borraron por vergüenza
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very interesting, but give me Trafalgar any day, It stopped the Spanish and French from EVER challenging Britain at sea again.
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Nelson's favorite battle plan, attacking the opponent 2 or 3 against one, same scenario during the Battle of the Nile. This is what saved the Victory that day, ready to be stormed by the crew of the Redoutable who were trained in boarding. Nelson will have paid with his life...
Wow, dunno why teacher wasnt showing videos like this for us in history class... Maybe then I would not sleep thru all of them...
Wind direction would have been SOOOOO helpful!
"England expects that every man will do his duty"
~Nelson
What a great supporter of the slave trade he was too... Shame a french cannonball didn't serve him justice
If the combined ship hadn’t been commanded by the French incompetent villeneuve things would have gone different. The Spanish captains urged not to attack as the conditions were disadvantageous for the fleet, but the French having known that napoleon was about to “”fire”” him (I don’t know the word sorry haha), he decided to go for it and compromised the fleet, ultimately losing the battle. Also to point out that the French were the only ones to flee, the Spanish fought to the last man (Santa Ana, Santísima Trinidad, San Juan Nepomuceno, …); even the British recognised their bravery
French have a rich history of surrendering
Wow I didn't know they had animation in 1805
Nelson was a great Commander with much courage! GG - City of Tours - France
song name?
how do you sail sideways
I like to think this inspired Admiral Farragut in the Civil War; damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!
When the British used their tactic they can reduce the amount of damage or the enemy.
It would be useful for a battle like this to draw where the wind was blowing from . But reading from moves of the ships it was blowing from left side of the screen :D am I right
There was virtually no wind, and what little there was was blowing directly behind the Royal Navy ships, men on these ships said they were only moving at walking pace, that partly explaines the severity of the damage to the leading ships of each column, Victory and Royal Sovereign
2:16 looool wut ? Africa respect😶
she was late and only wanted to get into line quickly, the long range fire did little damage.
"I hear the cannon echoing tonight..."
I'd love to see the battles of Patay and Castillon rendered like this
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Those two Spanish ships at the top be like: "Ight Imma head out"
here from that 'HMS Victory firing rolling broadside' video
Muy buena animación, sí señor, en Trafalgar de Benito Perez Galdós lo describe muy vagamente desde la perspectiva del Santísima Trinidad y del Santa Ana, pero aquí hay un gran trabajo. Mis dieces!!
También está la perspectiva del San Juan Nepomuceno
@@eduardogallego7691 después cuando se hunde el Santísima Trinidad
Feels like I'm back in 4th grade with huge laser discs 😂
Why no sound
GOD DANG ITTTT
So... no music?
nice animations, however why not make British red and French blue? That seems to be their standard uniform colors.