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How many ships did the British fleet face at the Battle of Trafalgar?
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Horatio Nelson
Lord Nelson, detail of an oil painting by J.F. Rigaud; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.
At the Battle of Trafalgar, the British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson faced a combined fleet of 33 ships, consisting of 18 French and 15 Spanish vessels under the command of Admiral Pierre de Villeneuve.1