Clarkson Stanfield. "Trafalgar battle" 210 years ago, on October 21, 1805, near Cape Trafalgar on the Atlantic coast of Spain near Cadiz, the British fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated the united Franco-Spanish fleet under the command of the French Admiral Pierre de Villenev. Of the 33 battleships of the Franco-Spanish fleet, 1 was sunk, and 17 captured. 4.5 thousand French and Spaniards died, and 7 thousand together with Villene were captured.