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Admiral Nelson secured British naval supremacy at Trafalgar
The Royal Navy destroyed a combined French and Spanish fleet off Spain in 1805
On 21 October 1805, Admiral Lord Nelson commanded twenty-seven British battleships against thirty-three combined French and Spanish vessels off Cape Trafalgar. Breaking the enemy line in two columns, Nelson achieved a decisive victory that ended Napoleon's invasion plans, though Nelson himself was mortally wounded.
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